The story of the French revolution and of its importance to the world, which was really born of the works of thinkers just prior to is remarkably well told; and there is an excellent survey of the world war, the Washington Conference and the Chinese revolution. During the past 120 years the world has been growing both greater und smaller. History. has become infinitely more complicated as. gradually ceases to be a mere Kaleidoscope of dynastic intrigues; and at the same time simpler, as all nations begin to come into a common focus under the impact of common ideas. "Within the Four brethren." Mr. history shows convincing ly how the world has at last been Drought to a point at which it may rake, if it wishes, a new start with mutual understanding. One wonders, what fature historians will have to tell of the use it has made of the We have not space to deal with Mr. Sokolsky's chapters on art, science, law, literature and social developments. They are all full of interest and most cunningly woven in at the precisely suitable point with the rest of the outline. The one blemish on the book is its illus trations, There are some ood. useful maps, and vignettes of old baudings and fanciful subject are inoffensive. But, the portraits ave really egregious. Chinese renders may judge of others by the represen tation of the people they know. Where the publishers unearthed these blocks one cannot conceive, but the guiding principle seems to have been, A picture a page at any cost! In the circumstances one is rather relieved that, alone among heroes of the Great War, not a single British generat or admiral appears, an exclusiveness which might otherwise have woomed
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