By william 'C. Atkinson, Stevenson Professor of Spanien in the Univer= ity of Glasgow. Methuen, Although looming, more and more important in world history especially since the overthrow of the monarchy, in has never been a popular subject for histories in the English Ranguage. In fact, there are fewer English-language textbooks on this country, which once was one of the greatest empires in the world, dominated the balance of power in. europe and opened up the New World, than of many others. And what few books have been published jate a mere recital of facts and dates land fail to take into accoun: the vast political and economic changes which have transformed the country.
Ta his book, the author, who is a escogaized authority on the country. is very successful in giving a picture lot Spain, not only tracing its long and glorious history but explaining and alyzing the policies and developments which have moulded ite present condition. Few countries in the world have passed through such a sequence of events and changes and yet, at a time when national decay resent, have made such an effort towards national resurgence. The Jauthor treats his subject very sympathetically but, unbiasedly analytical. Me has produced a work of undoubted importance in trying to understand the processes and problems of Spain and
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