'A Husrony or Botore By The Rt. Hon. CAL. Fisher, PO, DEL, PHOS ERS, "Warden of" New "College, Oxford. Complete. Edition In One Volume. "Edward Arnold, London.
This volume affords another proof of the benefits which the advancement of modern book production can bestow upon the reading public possessed of modest means." Mr. Fisher's, three-volume history, originally issued in 1934 and 1035, has now been compressed into 1,920 ages, with all the original maps, appendices and new index, at the remarkable price of 10/6. Mr. Fisher's achloverient in bringing the history of Europe from the earliest days down to the era of Mussolini ud Hitler is in itself a high distinetion and has already received such that further emphasis on ils merits seems. unnecessary. It may be enough to observe that the publishers in resenting this volume have in their own way matched Mr. Fisher's fest. The author, of course, is well known, He has the exceptions! distinction of having been the only President of the Board of Education who could be said to be an expert in that subject, and his tenure of office was remarkable for some real advances English educational administration He is a liberal in outlook, he travelled widely, and the reader can be assured that' he-or she, for this half-guinea, is obtaining the con:
lered views of a historian. of eminence and is not being fobbed off with the pot-boiling lucubrations of 8 versatile intellectual with left-wing tendencies. In other words, this sound yet pleasantly presented his tory, not political propaganda—e.n.
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