REVIEWS 07 1 PUXDAAIENTAIB Oh' 13IOClIE~;~rSTltY I X I~IUAT~OS TO Jiu>ritN l'ii\rsror,oaiv. I3y ' J! . 17. Pnrsons. Gth cd. Pp. sii + 461. Csnibridgc : Nr. lIcJfcr ~k Sons, Lttl., 1939. 10s. Grl. I rcnd nn cnrlicr cdition of this book n fcw ycars ngo rind 011. rcccipt of n copy of tlic Intcst ctlition I intcndcd to send i t to.an iicqiinintnmc to rcricw, but IJeforc doing so I looked n t tlic book to scc how innriy pngcs thcrc \wrc in it, nntl glnncctl tit thc first pigc or two, nntl tlicn rcnd tlicm aiitl tlic ncst fifty pngcs, niid I suppose I slidl rcnd nnotlicr two Iiiintlrctl or morc pngcs tomorrow and tlic ncst dny. Tliiit is tlic sort oโฌ hook it is ; it, is SO siniply writtcn nnd tlic irutlior ohionsly knows his subjcct so wcll thiit it is n plcnsure to rcntl it. I slinll spciid II few niorc hnppy hours with it, nnd slinll ccrtninly rcconinicnd my fricntls to rcntl it.
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