14 MAY 1892, Page 25

English Social Movements. By R. A. Woods. (Swan Sonnen- schein

and Co.)—This is a very readable record, written by an American primarily for Americans, of certain prominent move- ments in the social life of the English people, as they appeared to a sympathetic observer during a visit of some months to this country. The subjects, which are all treated descriptively rather than critically, include the Labour Movement, Socialism, Univer- sity Settlements, University Extension, the Social Work of the Churches, Charity Organisation, Moral and Educational Progress. Without being a profound study of English social life, it is a very fair and correct picture so far as it goes, though here and there one can detect a trifling error of detail.