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Handbook for the Diplomatic History ofEurope, Asia and Africa, 1870-1914. Frank M. Anderson, Professor of History at Dartmouth College, and Amos S. Hershey, Professor Political Science and International Law, University of Indiana. Pp. 482. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1918.

Early in 1918, the National Board tor Historical Service undertook to prepare a survey of recent diplomatic history, primarily for the use of those who were busy in the Government service with the problems of war and peace. They entrusted the work to Messrs. Anderson and Hershey; and while these two had the assistance of some fifty contributors, the scheme of the work, and its arrangement, revision and editing fell wholly upon the authors named, as well as much of the actual composition.

Professor Hershey is the author of a substantial percentage of the articles; the task of rewriting, recasting and editing fell almost wholly upon the capable shoulders of Professor Anderson.

The method of treatment is interesting and novel. There are 160 articles, each dealing, within the compass of a few pages, with some specific event, question, or phase of diplomatic negotiations. Each of these articles has its own bibliography. One who wishes, for example, to refresh his recollection regarding the international aspects of the Boxer outbreak in China will turn to Article 91, where he will find succinctly stated the causes, the facts and the results of the uprising; the demands of the powers upon China; the influence of the United States upon the negotiations; and the final settlement. He will also find references to the documents, and to a selected list of books where he may pursue the subject further. But he will not find

any bias, nor any "color". The general arrangement is chronological, and the combination of episodic and encyclopedic treatment is such as to make the book especially useful to the busy editor, publicist, teacher or government official. The authors have restricted themselves admirably to the precise field covered by the title, and within its announced scope, the book leaves little to be desired. It is a tribute alike to the scholarship and executive ability of the authors that so well-rounded a result should be the product of something less than six months' labor.

The Industrial Problem, an address by President Ernest Martin Hopkins' delivered at a meeting of the Taylor Society at Rochester, New York, May 8, 1920, has been reprinted in pamphlet form from the Bulletinof the Taylor Society, volume 5, number 4.

An Example of Classification by GroupTests by Professor Riverda H. Jordan appears in the April issue of Educational Administration and Supervision.

The issue of the Electrical Review for August 7, 1920 contains "Stresses in Suspended Wires and Cables, Part 2 by Professor Frank E. Austin.

The July issue of the American HistoricalReview contains a Letter of Daniel Webster, Jan. 18, 1833 with notes by Professor Herbert D. Foster.

The Macmillan Company have just issued "Bank Credit' by former Professor C. A. Phillips.