Aw Avias or Raseme—By J, F, Horrabl Golianez, London. 3/0
To hi useful atlases on "Current Affairs". and "European History", the author now adds one which lustrates the burning istic of colonial posse sions. It provides a compact catalogue of areas: which are owned by allen States. The relevant maps are ace companied by brief records of the essential facts regarding the mode of their acquisition, the nature of their resources and the degree of their general development. "Mr. Horrabin Lses the term "colonial" in Its fullest sense so that his maps Include the Self-governing Dominions of the Empire as well as India, for the Dominions "remain relatively undeveloped territories avallable for white (and other) settlement and s0 exposed to the rivalry and jealousy ff those engaged in imperial develop:
'oF as he would put I, the Great Scramble, For cognate reasons "he includes Manchoukuo and the Phitipme Islands, although they are both nominally independent, sine he foresees {n them the origin of future international complications. His facts, figures and maps are accurately and clearly presented, He makes generous use of the comparative method in selling by the side of certain colonial areas maps, on the same scale, of the fowner-countries respectively ce! cerned. A small blemish may be holed in bls failure to bring the Geseription of the Constitution of India up to date. The regime which hho describes In the entry against the Tndlan map will have been replaced at the end of the present month.—-r.,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.