PALESTINE HANDBOOK

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 58, 1 December 1934, Page 19

PALESTINE HANDBOOK

“The Handbook of Palestine and TransJordan,” edited by Sir Harry Luke, sometime chief secretary to the Government of Palestine, and Edward Keith-Roche, district commissioner of the northern district of Palestine, third edition (London: Macmillan. 24/-). In this book is to be found a veritable mine of information concerning Palestine and trans-Jordan. To the casual reader most interest will attach to the section dealing with the rich history of the Holy Land, dating back to the far distant past. The story of the Jewish race is traced through Biblical times and the later conquests up to the coming of the British mandate. An account of the crusades is included, and another section deals with archaeology and art and Important discoveries through excavation and research, in themselves history of the land. Under other headings are given particulars of the people and their religions, the work of administration, tails regarding communications and other information for tourists, and a survey of commerce and industry. Attention is also paid to geology, mining and natural history.

In an appendix are to be found the texts of the mandate for Palestine, the agreement between Great Britain and the Amir of trans-Jordan, and the trans-Jordan Organic Law.

ESSAYS IN PHILOSOPHY

“Philosophical Studies,” by A. E. Taylor. (London: Macmillan.)

This is a collection of essays that (with the exception of that of Aeschines of Sphettns) have previously appeared in print. The Studies are: Parmenides, Zeno, and Socrates,; Forms and Numbers; A Study in Platonic Metaphysics; the Philosophy of Proclus; Plato’s Seventh Epistle; St. Thomas Aquinas as a Philosopher; Francis Bacon; Some Features of Butler’s Ethics; David Hume and the Miraculous; Knowing and Believing; Is Goodness a Quality? They are all written in a *dlrect and engaging manner.