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Nadir Shah. A critical study based mainly on contemporary sources. By Laurence Lockhart, B.A., Ph.D. With a Foreword by Sir Denison Ross. 10?×7¾>. Pp. xvi + 344. Illustrations and maps. Luzac. 1938. 21s. The Crescent and the Rose: Islam and England during the Renaissance. By Samuel C. Chew. Pp. ix+583, with illustrations. Octavo. New York: Oxford University Press. 1937. Price 5 dollars. Survey of International Affairs, 1936. By A. Toynbee. 9/3/4>?×6¾>. Pp. xvi+1006 and four maps. Oxford University Press. 38s. International Tramps. From Chaos to Permanent World Peace. By T. F. Johnson. 8¾×5¾>. Pp. viii+400. Nineteen illustrations. Hutchinson. 12s. 6d. The Crucial Problem of Imperial Development. British Empire Society: Imperial Studies No. 15. Longmans, Green and Co. 6s. Speeches and Documents on International Affairs, 1918–1937. Edited with an Introduction by Arthur Berriedale Keith. Two volumes. 6/3/4>?×3/3/4>? Pp. lvi+290+16 and pp. x+268 +16. (The World's Classics, No. CDLVIII.) Oxford University Press. London: Humphrey Milford. 2s. each volume. Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian. By Sherman le Roy Wallace. Princeton University; Oxford University Press. 1938. 25s. Ataturk et le Vrai Visage de le Turquie Moderne. By Gerard Tongas. Documents pour l'Étude des Pays Orientaux. 8 × 6. Pp. 100. Geuthner. 1937 Unité Syrienne et Devenir Arabe. Par Edmond Rabbath, Député à la Chambre Syrienne. 8×5½. Pp. 411. Paris: Lib. Rivièro. 1937. Annual Report of the Department of Migration, Palestine Government, for 1937. Pp. 102. Jerusalem: Government Printing Press. Price 150 mils. (3s.). The Blood Feud. A Novel dealing with the Marsh Arabs of Southern Iraq. By Captain C. E. Corry, M.B.E. 7½> × 5. Pp. 256. Mortiboys. 5s. Partition of Palestine. Suggested Alterations in Proposed Frontiers. By James A. Malcolm. Pp. 15. Apollo Press. Price 6d. The Wisdom of the Qur'an. Set forth in Selected Verses conveying the Moral, Religious and Social Philosophy of Islam, preceded by an Introduction expounding the Teachings of the Qur'an. By Muhmūd Muhtar‐Katircioglū. English translation by John Naish, M.A.(Oxon.), D.D.(Lond.y Pp. lx+146. Oxford University Press. 5s. The Bektashi Order of Dervishes. By John Kingsley Birge, Ph.D. Pp. 284 and index. Thirty‐two plates in half tone. 8vo. Luzac and Co. 1937. 17s. 6d. Search for Tomorrow. By Rom Landau. 9×6. Pp. xx+404. Fourteen illustrations. Nicholson and Watson. 10s. 6d. Survey of the Import Trade of India. H.M. Stationery Office. 1938. Land of no Regrets. By Lieut.‐Colonel A. A. Irvine, C.I.E. 8¾>×5¾>. Pp. 352. London: Collins. 12s. 6d. Ein Lateinalphabet für das Paschto. By Wolgang Lentz. 9×6. Pp. 14. Berlin. 1937. Chinese Evergreen. By Victor Purcell. Michael Joseph, Ltd. 10s. 6d. Chinese Calligraphy. An Introduction to its Æsthetic and Technique. By Chiang Yee. With a Foreword by Lin Sen. 10 × 8. Pp. xvi + 230. 6 plates; 155 text illustrations. Methuen. 21s. A History of Chinese Philosophy. The Period of the Philosophers. By Feng Yu‐lan, Ph.D. Translated by Derk Bodde. With Introduction, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Oxford University Press. (Preliminary notice.) China, Body and Soul. Edited by E. R. Hughes. (Contributions by L. Binyon, R. Fry, E. R. Hughes, I. Jackson, H. Laski, B. Mathews, Gilbert Murray, E. Power, Sir A. Salter, Russell Pasha, and A. Waley.) 8×5. Pp. 166. Secker and Warburg. 5s. The Lady and the Panda. By Ruth Harkness. 81×6. Pp. xii+247. Illustrations. Nicholson and Watson. The National Faith of Japan: A Study in Modern Shinto. By D.C. Holtom. 9×6. Pp. xiv+329. Illustrated. Kegan Paul. 1938. 15s. The Buddhist Sects of Japan : Their History. Philosophical Doctrines and Sanctuaries. By Steinilber‐Oberlin, with the collaboration of Kuni Matsuo. Translated from the French by Marc Logé. 8¾>×5¾>. Pp. 304. Four illustrations. Allen and Unwin. 1938. 15s. Tokugawa Japan. I.—Materials on Japanese Social and Economic History. Introduction. Resources and Population. Communications and Trade. Edited by Neil Skene Smith, B. Comm. (London). With 64 illustrations by artists of the period. 9¾>×6¾. Pp. xvi+176. P. S. King. 5s. Where Are You Going, Japan? By Willard Price. 8¾>×5¾>. Pp.xviii+369. Heinemann. 15s. Turkey Illustrated. Georgica. A Journal of Georgian and Caucasian Studies. Pp. 331+32 plates. Published for the Georgian Historical Society by Stephen Austin and Sons, Ltd. £2 2s. Hussein: An Entertainment. By Patrick Russ. 7½>×5. Pp. iv+300. Oxford University Press. 7s. 6d. Stephen Herbert Langdon, 1876–1937. By C. J. Gadd. Proceedings of the British Academy, vol. xxii. London: Humphrey Milford.