Abstract: | Dates and Date Cultivation of the ‘Iraq. Mr. V. H. W. Dowson, of the Mesopotamian Agricultural Department, on his election as a member of the Central Asian Society, has presented to the library copies of Parts I. and II. of his monograph on “Dates and Date Cultivation of the ‘Iraq’ (W. Heffer and Sons, Cambridge). Part III. is still in the press. River Control in Mesopotamia. By E. B. Howell, C.S.I., C.I.E. Quarterly Review for January, 1922. Pioneers of Progress : Empire Builders : Sir Robert G. Sandrman. By A. L. P. Tucker, C.I.E. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1921. Price : 2s. 6d. net. |