22. A woman was killed and many persons were injured by the collapse of a roof at a concert hall at Walsall.

— The late Mr. W. J. Chrystal, chemical manufacturer, left estate valued at 1,145,160.

23. A gale in the North Sea caused considerable damage to shipping. 24. Mr. Arthur M. Hind was elected Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford.

25. The House of Lords delivered considered judgments holding that under the Gaming Act of 1835, the loser of a bet on a horse race who had paid his loss by cheque might recover the amount from the winner in an action at law.

26. The Prince of Wales sailed in the Renown on his visit to India. The King and Queen bade him farewell at Victoria.

- Mr. R. V. Bankes, K. C., the Metropolitan police magistrate, was found shot dead in bed.

Mr. J. A. de Rothschild's Milenko won the Cambridgeshire Stakes at Newmarket.

28. Mr. W. Valentine Ball, O.B.E., was appointed a Master of the Supreme Court.

30. M. Poincaré, accompanied by Madame Poincaré, arrived in London.

31. Canon E. A. Burroughs was appointed Dean of Bristol.

NOVEMBER.

1. The Prince of Wales opened the first session of the newly constituted Maltese Parliament.

The index figure of the cost of living was 103.

In consequence of an abnormally high tide the Thames flooded its banks at many places up to Putney.

3. The Bank Rate was reduced to 5 per cent. from 51 per cent. at which it had stood since July 21.

4. Dr. S. E. Morison was appointed Professor of American History in Oxford University.

Mr. Takashi Hara, Prime Minister of Japan, was murdered at the Tokio railway station.

5. Dr. S. M. Taylor was appointed Canon of St. George's, Windsor. 6. A gale caused great damage to shipping; 16 lives were lost by the sinking of a steamer in the North Sea.

7. Kinnaird Castle, the seat of Lord Scuthesk, was practically destroyed by fire.

-Lord Peel was appointed Minister of Transport (unpaid) in succession to Sir Eric Geddes.

9. Lord Mayors and Mayors for the next year were elected in England and Wales; four women Mayors were elected.

10. The Times stated that Brigadier-General the Hon. C. G. Bruce would lead the expedition to climb Mt. Everest in 1922 [v. Nov. 21].

11. Throughout the United Kingdom and in the Empire generally, Armistice Day was solemnly commemorated by the observance of the two minutes' silence.

At a bye-election at Hornsey, Lord Ednam (Cons.) was returned by a majority of 2,016 over the Independent Liberal candidate.

12. Opening of the Washington Conference on the limitation of armaments.

13. Mr. R. L. Wedgwood was appointed General Manager of the North Eastern Railway in succession to Sir A. K. Butterworth.

15. Dr. A. C. Pearson was appointed Regius Professor of Greek in Cambridge University.

The Cambridge Union Society celebrated its centenary by a dinner and debate at which the Duke of York was present and spoke.

16. The quarterly returns of the Registrar-General for July, August, and September showed a fall in the birth-rate as well as in the deathrate.

The estate of the late Mr. William Morton of Birmingham was sworn at 576,3021.

17. The Prince of Wales landed at Bombay on his visit to India. Mr. Samuel Pope was appointed a Metropolitan Police Magistrate

in place of the late Mr. Ralph V. Bankes, K.C.

18. Colonel S. H. Wilson was appointed Governor of Trinidad.

One hundred and seventy-nine pounds was paid for an autograph letter of Robert Burns.

Dr. C. A. H. Green, Archdeacon of Monmouth, was elected as the first Bishop of the new diocese of Monmouth.

20. The Duke of Atholl was appointed Lord Chamberlain, in the place of the late Lord Sandhurst.

21. Brigadier-General the Hon. Charles Bruce accepted the post of Chief of the Mt. Everest Expedition, to leave England on February 1.

Four machine-guns and about a dozen rifles were stolen from a store at Victoria barracks, Windsor, but were recovered later; other arms stolen from the Guards' barracks at Chelsea were also recovered.

22. It was officially announced that Princess Mary was betrothed to Viscount Lascelles, eldest son of the Earl of Harewood.

A Treaty was signed between Great Britain and Afghanistan. 26. In a collision between two passenger trains at Birmingham two men and a baby were killed, and eight persons injured.

28. The Molteno Institute for research in parasitology was opened at Cambridge University by Lord Buxton.

29. In pursuance of the provisions of the Dentists Act, the Dental Board was constituted with Mr. F. D. Acland, M.P., as Chairman.

30. Sir Henry Lambert succeeded Sir W. H. Mercer as Senior Crown Agent for the Colonies.

Landru was condemned to death at Versailles on a charge of murdering ten women and the son of one of them.

DECEMBER.

1. Penny fares were re-introduced on the tramways and omnibuses of London; the lowest charge had previously been 1d.

The average level of retail prices was estimated at about 99 per cent. above that of July, 1914.

3. An Irish Mail Steamer bound from Holyhead to Kingstown came into collision with the schooner James Tyrrel, which was sunk with the loss of three of her crew.

5. The King visited the Smithfield Club Show where his exhibits won several prizes.

The Times announced the appointment of Sir Borlase Childs as Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, in the place of Sir Basil Thomson.

6. A slight fall took place in the prices of some qualities of household coals.

Lord Sinha resigned the Governorship of Bihar and Orissa owing to ill-health.

A General Election in Canada resulted in the overwhelming efeat of Mr. Meighen, the Prime Minister, and the Conservative Party.

8. The Board of Trade appointed Mr. H. F. Carlill to be Inspector General in bankruptcy.

Mr. David J. Owen was appointed to the newly created post of General Manager of the Port of London Authority.

9. A baronetcy was conferred on Sir Francis Dunnell, and knighthoods on Mr. H. A. H. Steward and Mr. C. F. Higham, M.P., in recognition of their services to the Ministry of Transport.

10. The Nobel Peace prize for 1921 was divided between M. Branting, the Prime Minister of Sweden, and M. Christian Large, Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Bureau, Geneva.

11. The Rev. P. M. Herbert was appointed Suffragan Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames.

12. The estate of the late Sir Joseph Savory was sworn at 188,4231. 13. An order in Council was published announcing that Grand Juries would be restored after December 22.

The certificate of naturalisation granted to Sir Edgar Speyer, Bart., was revoked, and his name was struck out of the list of the Privy Council. 15. At a bye-election in the South-east Southwark division, Mr. T. E. Naylor (Lab.) was returned by a majority of 3,925 over the Liberal candidate. An independent Conservative also stood.

16. The Times stated that the coal exports of South Wales were now up to 80 per cent. of the pre-war quantities.

17. Owing to an abnormally high tide the low-lying districts of Hull were flooded and considerable damage was done to property; there was no loss of life.

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18. M. Briand, the French Prime Minister, arrived in London to discuss with Mr. Lloyd George the payment of the German indemnity.

19. A report of the Ministry of Pensions for 1920-21 showed that awards of all kinds in operation at the end of the year numbered 1,760,000. 21. The English and Welsh railway companies announced reductions in rates for coal, iron and steel, lime and limestone, to take effect on January 1.

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Dr. St. Clair Donaldson, formerly Archbishop of Queensland, was enthroned as Bishop of Salisbury.

22. General the Earl of Cavan was appointed to succeed Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson as Chief of the Imperial General Staff.

23. The Central Railway Wages Board agreed to the reduction of railwaymen's wages by 4s. per week to take effect from January 1.

24. Colonel Robert Johnson was appointed Deputy Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint.

25. Christmas Day. Four people were burnt to death by a fire in a house at Sheffield.

26. Mr. Lloyd George left London for Cannes.

27. A gale reaching a velocity of 50 to 60 miles an hour blew over Southern England.

29. The King of Norway, who was staying privately at Sandringham, opened Norway House in Cockspur Street.

30. The Earl of Lytton was appointed Governor of Bengal in succession to the Earl of Ronaldshay who was due to vacate the office in March, 1922.

The record billiard break of 1,109 unfinished was made by Newman in London.

31. The average retail level of prices was about 92 per cent. above that of July, 1914. The corresponding figure at the beginning of 1921 was 165 per cent.

The rainfall in London during 1921 amounted to about 14.6 inches, or less by 1.5 inches than any London record for 150 years past. Drought prevailed throughout the country during the greater part of the year.

RETROSPECT

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LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART IN 1921.

LITERATURE.

(Books marked with an asterisk are further noted at the end of this section.) THE following analysis of books published in the United Kingdom during 1921 is taken from the Publishers' Circular, by kind permission of the Editor, Mr. R. B. Marston. New books and new editions together show a total of 11,026, an increase of twenty-two on the output for the previous year. Production was more evenly distributed than usual over the whole year, and prices showed a tendency to fall.

CLASSIFIED ANALYSIS OF BOOKS PUBLISHED DURING THE YEAR 1921.