THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1939. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER A REVIEW OF PUBLIC EVENTS 1939. -- CONTENTS. -- PREFATORY NOTE. -- MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN'S FIRST ADMINISTRATION. -- MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN'S WAR ADMINISTRATION. -- ANNUAL REGISTER, 1939. -- PART I. -- ENGLISH HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- THE END OF "APPEASEMENT." -- CHAPTER II. -- THE NEW PEACE FRONT. -- CHAPTER III. -- THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. -- CHAPTER IV. -- THE INTENSIFIED BLOCKADE. -- IMPERIAL HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- IRELAND. -- NORTHERN IRELAND. -- EIRE. -- CHAPTER II. -- CANADA. -- CHAPTER III. -- THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA. -- SOUTH-WEST PROTECTORATE. -- SOUTHERN RHODESIA. -- MOZAMBIQUE. -- CHAPTER IV. -- AUSTRALASIA. -- AUSTRALIA. -- NEW ZEALAND. -- CHAPTER V. -- INDIA AND BURMA. -- FOREIGN HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. -- CHAPTER II. -- FRANCE AND ITALY. -- FRANCE. -- ITALY. -- CHAPTER III. -- GERMANY. -- CHAPTER IV. -- THE SOVIET UNION. -- THE BALTIC STATES. -- ESTONIA. -- LATVIA. -- LITHUANIA. -- POLAND. -- FREE CITY OF DANZIG. -- CZECHOSLOVAKIA. -- HUNGARY. -- RUMANIA. -- YUGOSLAVIA. -- TURKEY. -- GREECE. -- BULGABIA. -- ALBANIA. -- CHAPTER V. -- BELGIUM. -- NETHERLANDS. -- SWITZERLAND. -- SPAIN. -- PORTUGAL. -- DENMARK. -- SWEDEN. -- NORWAY. -- FINLAND. -- CHAPTER VI. -- IRAN -- AFGHANISTAN. -- IRAQ. -- PALESTINE AND TRANS JORDAN. -- SYRIA AND THE LEBANON. -- ARABIA. -- CHAPTER VII. -- CHINA. -- JAPAN. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- MOROCCO AND EGYPT. -- MOROCCO. -- EGYPT. -- CHAPTER IX. -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. -- ARGENTINA. -- BOLIVIA. -- BRAZIL. -- CHILE. -- ECUADOR. -- MEXICO. -- PANAMA. -- PARAGUAY. -- PERU. -- URUGUAY. -- PART II. -- CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN 1939. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE, ART, AND SCIENCE IN 1939. -- LITERATURE.

GENERAL LITERATURE. -- FICTION. -- ART, DRAMA, CINEMA, AND MUSIC. -- I. ART -- II. DRAMA. -- III. THE CINEMA. -- IV. MUSIC. -- SCIENCE OF THE YEAR. -- THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. -- THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES. -- FINANCE AND COMMERCE IN 1939. -- LAW. -- PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. -- I. AGREEMENT OF MUTUAL ASSISTANCE BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND POLAND. -- II. TREATY OF MUTUAL ASSISTANCE BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY IN RESPECT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC. -- III. RUSSO-GERMAN PACT. -- IV. THE GERMAN-SOVIET TREATY ON AMITY AND THE FRONTIER BETWEEN THE U.S.S.R. AND GERMANY. -- V.SOVIET-ESTONIAN PACT. -- VI.SOVIET-LATVIAN PACT. -- VII.SOVIET-LITHUANIAN PACT. -- VIII.TEXT OF THE MEMORANDUM OF APRIL 28, 1939, FROM THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT TO THE POLISH GOVERNMENT, REGARDING THE GERMAN-POLISH NON-AGGRESSION PACT OF 1934. -- IX.TEXT OF POLISH MEMORANDUM TO GERMANY. -- OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- INDEX.