The Oxford Survey of the British Empire

Abstract

THOUGH arranged as a series, these volumes can, it would appear, be bought separately. Each volume has the same preface, and the order in the series is distinguished on the back by stars instead of numbers, so as to conceal the oddness of an odd volume. Each volume is by several authors, who have obviously, each as an expert in his own branch, been left a good deal to themselves as to the manner in which their own subjects are to be treated. Each volume is provided with an index, with coloured folding maps showing the physical features, geology, or political divisions of the regions dealt with, with textmaps and diagrams, largely climatological, in black and white, to illustrate the same or other things, and with plates giving illustrations of typical scenery. Each volume, too, has at the end another useful feature, a set of statistical tables, or tables and diagrams relating to the dominions dealt with in the volume, those in the last volume being of a more general and comprehensive character. All the volumes except the last, moreover, have a short gazetteer or alphabetical list of the more important places mentioned in the corresponding volume, with a statement of the situation, and notes as to points of interest. This arrangement will obviously facilitate the bringing up to date of later editions.

The Oxford Survey of the British Empire.

By Prof. A. J. Herbertson O. J. R. Howarth. The British Isles, and Mediterranean Possessions (Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus). Pp. xii + 596 + 7 maps. Asia, including the Indian Empire and Dependencies, Ceylon, British Malaya, and Far Eastern Possessions. Pp. x + 505 + 5 maps. Africa. Pp. xvi + 547 + 5 maps. America. Pp. x + 511 + 6 maps. Australasia. Pp. xii + 584. General Survey. Pp. viii + 386 + i map. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1914.) Price 14s. net each.