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As the years go by, the growth in size and usefulness of this welcome summary of the world are signs not only of the value of the contents, but of the carefulness which marks its compilation. Much wants more, and many readers would, no doubt, appreciate the extension of the introductory tables to include world surveys of other commodities than coal, gold, etc. The maps this year deal with new political boundaries in Balkania and Mongolia, the extension of railway communications in America, and the position and number of the wireless stations of the world. Many portions of the main text have been subjected to a thorough revision by competent authorities, and no effort seems to have been spared to bring the fifty-first issue thoroughly up-to-date. The complete bibliographies add specially to the usefulness of this indispensable year-book.
The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1914.
Edited by Dr. J. Scott Keltie, assisted by Dr. M. Epstein. Fifty-first annual publication. Revised after Official Returns. Pp. lxxix + 1500. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1914.) Price 10s. 6d. net.
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The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1914 . Nature 93, 531 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/093531a0
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