Abstract
THIS well-known work of reference has now reached its hundred and seventieth volume, a length of life which alone expresses its value. It continues on the lines of previous issues. The first part, consisting of about 300 pages, is a survey of the history of the world during the year. As usual, this survey is conspicuous for its completeness and lucidity. Nothing of importance seems to be omitted. In the second part of the book there are a chronicle of events which do not fall within the scope of the historical survey, and obituary of some hundred or more eminent men of all nations. The retrospect of achievements during the year devotes nine pages to a record of science, which is little inough compared with literature and finance, but the scientific chapter is nevertheless an excellent survey of the year's progress. The public documents given in full this year are the Kellogg Pact, the Convention of the Pan-American Union, the Agreement with Transjordania, and the Anglo-Chinese Treaty.
The Annual Register: a Review of Public Events at Home and Abroad for the Year 1928.
Dr.
M.
Epstein
Edited by. Pp. xiv + 316 + 166. (London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1929.) 30s. net.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 123, 867 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/123867c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/123867c0