11 AUGUST 1906, Page 24

London by Night. By George R. Sims. (Greening and Co.

is. net.)—Mr. Sims treats a very disagreeable subject with great tact. On the whole, we may conclude that things have mended. It would be rash to affirm that the level of public morality has been raised, but there is less open scandal. One thing certainly ought to be done, if it can be managed in any way. There is a class of most undesirable aliens who make their livelihood—and an ample livelihood it seems to be—by acting as "bullies," to use a vigorous old English word. The police are well acquainted with them. Could they not be deported en masse? Deported they are, one by one, when some outrageous crime gives the authorities an opportunity ; but why not anticipate?