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BOOKS TO READ

Philip Snowden: The Man and His Financial Policy.

By A. ANDREaDES, C.B.E., Professor of Public Finance in the University of Athens, Crown 8vo. 128 pp. Cloth, 5s.

PART ONE: Tue Man anp His Porrricat CarEER.—The Labour Party: Its Fortune, Its Characteristic Features—Philip Snowden’s Origin ; Influence of Home Surroundings—The Chief Stages in Mr. Snowden’s Career—Obstacles in Mr. Snowden’s Path—Reason for his Success.

PART TWO: Mr. SNowDEN’s FINANCIAL Poricy.—Preliminary ObservationsThe Years Before the War; Reform of Direct Taxation—The War and After ; The Capital Leyy—The 1924 Budget—The Hague Conference—The 1930 Budget. Apppendiz A: Expenditure on Social Services. Appendix B: Mr. SnowdenDrink and Racing.

India on the Brink.

By a Britisu-Inpia MeRcHANT. Crown 8yo. 148 pp. Cloth, 3s.

A clear, accurate, moderately-stated exposition of the case for the British in India. Amongst others, it contains chapters on: The Indianisation of the Civil ServiceImportant Dates in Indian History, from a.p. 1600 to A.p. 1860—Dates of Summary and Legislation effecting Constitutional Changes in the Government of India, from 1861 to 1930—Subversive Indian Press—Baseless Allegations by Americans controverted by an American—Extracts from Indian National Congress BulletinsThe Myth of India’s Impoverishment by the British—Recent Abortive Peace Negotiations—National Congress Demands—The Fruits of British Rule: a Summary of the Benefits it has brought to India.

Changes in the Structure of World Economics Since the War.

By Dr. FEtix Somary, with an Introduction by Professor T. E. Grecory, D.Sc. (Econ.), Professor of Banking and Currency in the University of London. Crown 8vo. 224 pp. Cloth, 7s. 6d.

Written by an eminent Continental banker, this book deals with the present political and economic problems of Europe, and with those currents of public opinion which are shaping the course of events to-day. The issues discussed range from the possibilities of Franco-German co-operation to Empire Free Trade, and the dangers of continued European particularism in the face of the economic power of the United States.

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