Part 1 dealing with the facts, Part 2 with religion and the army. The

report is edited by D. S. Cairns and has a preface by the Bishop of Winchester.

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=Dial= 68:670 My ’20 100w

“The really disappointing section of this volume is that which deals with the remedies. One confesses to some occasional irritation in reading ‘The army and religion,’ due to a certain complacent assumption that the traditional religious synthesis with its dogmatic superstructure is still valid.”

− + =Nation= 109:766 D 13 ’19 950w

=Sat R= 128:sup14 N 29 ’19 800w

“The witnesses do not always see eye to eye with one another, or report the same thing. The result is a certain impression or spontaneousness and of the actual. The writers do not say what they feel under an obligation to say; or tell us what they, or those behind them, wish us to believe. They give us the facts, as they have come to their knowledge. The compiler, Professor D. S. Cairns, sums up, and he has done so admirably.”

+ =Spec= 123:896 D 27 ’19 1750w

“A document of much importance both in its enlightening disclosure of a state of things in many ways disquieting, and in the suggestions of future policy which arise out of it.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p503 S 18 ’19 200w

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p508 S 25 ’19 1550w

=ARNOLD, JULIAN B.= School of sympathy. *$1.60 Jones, Marshall 824

“Several essays and poems are presented by Julian B. Arnold in a volume entitled ‘The school of sympathy.’ The author is the son of Sir Edwin Arnold, author of ‘The light of Asia,’ and is himself favorably known in England as a traveler, archaeologist and lecturer.”—N Y Times

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+ =N Y Times= p17 O 3 ’20 50w

“The reminiscent portions of the book are doubtless the best.”

+ − =Springf’d Republican= p6 Jl 20 ’20 450w

=ARONOVICI, CAROL.= Housing and the housing problem. (National social science ser.) *75c McClurg 331.83

20–2757

“Mr Aronovici’s definition of housing reform is: ‘The furnishing of healthful accommodations adequately provided with facilities for privacy and comfort, easily accessible to centers of employment, culture and amusement, accessible from the centers of distribution of the food supply, rentable at reasonable rates and yielding a fair return on the investment.’ Nor does he overlook the close connection of housing policy with larger aspects of industrial development, distribution and growth of population and national economy. Following the lines of previous studies of social survey methods, he suggests a plan of inquiry for the housing reformer who wishes to arrive at an accurate view of the housing situation in his community and for the legislator who is concerned with improvement of the law. He has no easy panacea for stimulating housing activity or supplanting private by state enterprise, but rather lays down some fundamental considerations without which either must fail.”—Survey

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=Booklist= 16:260 My ’20

“This small but weighty volume is likely to do a world of good in correcting mistaken view-points and vague programs yet all too current among laymen who tackle housing reform with more enthusiasm than knowledge and wisdom.” B. L.

+ =Survey= 44:253 My 15 ’20 440w

=ARTHUR, SIR GEORGE COMPTON ARCHIBALD.= Life of Lord Kitchener. 3v il *$12.50 Macmillan

20–9393

Lord Kitchener’s private secretary has written his life, now issued in three volumes as the official biography. The marquis of Salisbury writes a preface in which he says, “Sir George Arthur has undertaken the difficult task of writing a life of Lord Kitchener within four years of his death. He has, I believe, in so doing been well advised, and he has produced a work of great value. The interest of Lord Kitchener’s career, its extraordinary culmination, the public enthusiasm which in these last critical years centred upon him, and the dramatic end, demand immediate treatment by a friend whose inside knowledge of recent events from Lord Kitchener’s own point of view is second to none.” There is also a brief introductory note by Earl Haig on Lord Kitchener and the new army. The first of the three volumes covers the early years, the Sudan campaign and the period to 1900.