Reviews of books
1947; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 63; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00369224708735342
ISSN0036-9225
ResumoAbstract EUROPE Language as a Social and Political Factor in Europe. By Stanley Rundle. 8 3/4 x 5 5/8. Pp. 207. 11 sketch maps. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1946. 12s 6d. Britain's Structure and Scenery. By L. Dudley Stamp, C.B.E., B.A., D.Sc. 8 1/2 x 6. Pp. xvi+255. 47 colour photographs. 40 photographs in black and white. 74 maps and diagrams. London : William Collins, Sons and Co. Ltd., 1946. 16s. Climbing in Britain. Edited by J. E. Q. Barford. 7 x 4 1/2. Pp. 160. 47 figs. 18 photographs. Pelican Books, A 160. Harmondsworth : Penguin Books Ltd., 1946. 1s. Scotland before the Scots. The Rhind Lectures for 1944. By V. Gordon Childe. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. Pp. viii+144. 24 figs. 16 plates. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1946. 12s 6d. On Scottish Hills. By B. H. Humble. Foreword by Geoffrey Winthrop Young. 10 x 7 1/2. Pp. 128. 75 photographs. End‐paper sketches. London: Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1946. 18s. The Promise of the Years. By Edward Grace. 9 1/4 x 7. Pp.120. 26 illustrations. London: Sylvan Press Ltd., 1946. 16s. The Lure of Lakeland. By E. D. Tinne. 6 1/2 x 8. Pp.64. 22 illustrations by the author. End‐paper sketch map. London : Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd., 1946. 7s 6d. Henley‐in‐Arien : An Ancient Market Town and its Surroundings. By William Cooper, F.S.A., F.R.Hist.S. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. Pp. xii+195. 14 illustrations. 2 maps. Birmingham: Cornish Brothers Ltd., 1946. 21s. The River Windrush. By Wilson MacArthur. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. Pp. viii+184. 46 photographs. London : Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1946. 10s 6d. This Land of Sweden. By Prince William of Sweden. Translated by Elizabeth Kjellberg. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. Pp. 395‐ 17 illustrations. Stockholm : P. A. Norstedt och Söners Förlag, 1946. 16 kr. La Route Française, son Histoire, sa Fonction. By Henri Cavaillès. 9 x 5 1/2. Pp. 399. 7 figs. Paris : Librairie Armand Colin, 1946. 370 fr. The Matterhorn. By Guido Rey. Translated from the Italian by J. E. C. Eaton. Revised and two additional Chapters by R. L. G. Irving. 8 1/2 x 6 1/2. Pp. x+278. 37 illustrations. Oxford : Basil Blackwell, 1946. 15s. The Growth of Modern Germany. By Roy Pascal. 7 1/2 x 5. Pp. viii+145. 11 photographs. 5 charts. 3 sketch maps. Past and Present, Vol.2. London: Cobbett Press, 1946. 7s 6d. The Republic of Austria 1918–1934: A Study in the Failure of Democratic Government. By Mary Macdonald. 7 1/4 x 5. Pp. viii+165. Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. London: Oxford University Press, 1946. 8s 6d. Under the Carpathians : Home of a Forgotten People. By J. B. Heisler and J. E. Mellon. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. Pp.124. 79 illustrations. London: Lindsay Drummond Ltd., 1946. 12s 6d. ASIA Paysans de Syrie et du Proche‐Orient. By Jacques Weulersse. 9 x 5 1/2. Pp. 329. 69 figs. 16 plates. Le Paysan et la Terre, No. 3. Paris : Librairie Gallimard, 1946. 360 fr. Black Borneo. By Charles C. Miller. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. Pp.220. 23 photographs. London: Museum Press Ltd., 1946. 15s. The Philippine Islands. By W. Cameron Forbes. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. Pp. xv+424. 31 illustrations. Map. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press ; London : Oxford University Press. Revised edition, 1945. 85.00 or 23s 6d. A Presença de Portugal em Macau. By António da Silva Rego. 8 3/4 x 6 1/4. Pp. xiii+III. Lisbon : Agência Geral das Cólonias, 1946. Asia on the Move : Population Pressure, Migration, and Resettlement in Eastern Asia under the Influence of Want and War. By Bruno Lasker. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. Pp. xiii+207. End‐paper sketch maps. New York : Henry Holt and Company Inc., 1945. S3.00. AFRICA The Northern Goldfields Diaries of Thomas Baines. Edited by J. P. R. Wallis. 10 x 6 1/2. Vol.1. Pp. xxxviii+1–278. 9 illustrations (colour and half‐tone). 2 maps. Vol. II. Pp. viii+279–598. 12 illustrations. 1 map. Vol. III. Pp. viii+599–855. 8 illustrations. 2 maps. Government Archives of Southern Rhodesia : Oppenheimer Series, No. 3. London: Chatto and Windus, 1946. 90s per set of three volumes. AMERICA Quebec: Historic Seaport. By Mazo de la Roche. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. Pp. xii+212. 17 illustrations. London : Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1946. 12s 6d. AUSTRALASIA Soil Erosion in Australia and New Zealand‐ By J. Macdonald Holmes, Ph.D. 9 1/2 x 7 1/4. Pp.296. 63 figs. 62 plates. Sydney and London : Angus and Robertson Ltd., 1946. 17s 6d. POLAR REGIONS Bibliography of Bibliographies on the Arctic. By Rev. Artheme Dutilly, O.M.I. 10 x 7. Pp. 47. Map. Washington D.C.: The Catholic University of America, 1945. $1.00. Life on an Icefloe. By Ivan Papanin. Translated from the Russian by Fanny Smitham. 9 x 6. Pp.240. 20 photographs. Map. London: Hutchinson and Co. (Publishers) Ltd., N.D. 18s. EDUCATIONAL The Raw Materials of the World. By J. Gentilli. Foreword by Dr. G. L. Wood. 7 1/4 + 4 3/4. Pp. xi+306. 50 diagrams. 48 maps. Sydney, Melbourne, Perth : Whitcombe and Tombs Pty. Ltd., N.D. 8s 6d. Fundamentals of Economic Geography. By Nels A. Bengtson and Willem van Royen. 9 x 6. Pp. xxvii+802. 299 maps and illustrations. New York : Prentice Hall Inc. Revised edition, 1946. $6.00. GENERAL Dating the Past: An Introduction to Geodironology. By Frederick E. Zeuner, D.Sc., F.Z.S., F.G.S. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. Pp. xviii+444. 24 plates. 103 diagrams. London : Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1946. 30s. Ports of the World. Edited by Sir Archibald Hurd. 8 x 5 1/2. Pp. xxxiv+1065. London: The Shipping World Ltd., 1946. (Post free) 30s. Snow on the Hills. By F. S. Smythe. 12 1/2 x 10. Pp. 119. 47 plates. London: Adam and .Charles Black Ltd., 1946. 20s. ATLASES The Compact Atlas of the World. By John Bartholomew. 6 3/4 x 4 1/4. Pp. xvi+128+30. Edinburgh : John Bartholomew and Son Ltd. 2nd edition, 1945. 6s. Bacon's All Essentials School Atlas, containing maps showing contours, isobars, isotherms, rainfall, vegetation, population, productions, communications, political boundaries, etc., and a complete alphabetical index to names. 9 3/4 x 7 1/4. Pp. 47. Edinburgh : G. W. Bacon and Co. Ltd., [1946]. 3s 6d.
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