When Age takes a page out of the book of Youth and emulates all the feats that in this workaday world are considered as strictly reserved for the young, then things are likely to happen! And so they do in Valentine's "Youth in Revolt" (Ward Lock, London. Colonial Edition. 3/6). When Geoffrey Herapath, easy-to-please father of two grown-up children, decided it was high time for him to break away from a perfect shrew of awite, live his life alone and endeavour to treat the members of his family as he should have done years previously, he quickly realized that the experiment he was toying with was likely to burn several people's fingers. But by a little judicious string-pulling, unknown to the rest of the family, he was enabled to bring them all—Separated and going their various ways—together again. Valentine has a deep knowledge of human nature and the clever and breezy way in which he has handled this yarn will be appreciated by all readers, Well written, full of piquant situations, this is a tale that enhances Valentine's already fast growing reputation as an author of considerable Books Received "With the White Cross in China By Harley Harmsworth MacNair (Vetch, Peiping. $7.50) East Versus West By P. Konanda Rao (Allen Unwin, London. 10/6) Hitler Speake By Hermann Rauschning (Thornton Butterworth, London. 10/6) War and Soldier By Ashihei Hine (Putnam, London, 8/6), That which I wish to guard against—the impression that I wish should not be entertained anywhere, either n this country or out of it—is that while there is in England a fervent love of peace, an anxious and steady desire to maintain it, there should nat exist the impression that the manly spirit of Englishmen is dead—that England is not ready, as she is ever, to repel aggression and resent injury, and that she is ready to defend her rights, although she never will be found acting aggressively against any other power.—Lonp PALMERSTON. ment of gold and capital and the consequences on foreign exchanges. The next chapter, on commercial policies, illuminates the records already covered. The United States' Trade Agreement programme and the liberalization of trade is carefully studied, and its review comes in striking contrast with the disruptive influence of the German "barter method and system of blocked clearances." Germany's trade drive, its method and consequences, are concisely studied without many illusions. This study is further expanded in the final chapter, which considers the economic effects of war, rearmament and territorial changes. The Sino-Japanese conflict is not forgotten, but treated broadly in the sense of immediate disturbance.
The indexes are comprehensive and there is a considerable number of tables and diagrams, The survey is certainly worth study and keeping for reference against the findings of
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