Book Propaganda

The League of Nations announced that it intends to compile annually a list of the best 600 books published during the preceding year.

The New York World said editorially : "Time must hang a little heavy in Geneva."

The New York Times: "It is a plan which cannot work harm and may be productive of good."

Novels are not included and in no sense will the list interfere with the future of the Nobel Institute, as every nation is to choose its own best books on a quota basis.