An Outline of English Local Government. By Edward Jenks, M.A.
(Methuen and Co.)—" This little book," says the writer in his preface, " is the outcome of a course of lay lectures delivered in University College, Liverpool." Its speciality lies in the word " lay." Mr. Jenks thinks the subject is more profitably treated from the unprofessional point of view, and there is much to be said for his contention. We may very likely find it profitable to supplement his information by the use of a technical treatise. But for the purpose of getting a lucid, orderly, and intelligent view of the subject generally, we cannot do better than avail ourselves of Mr. Jenks's method. The " Parish," " School Dis- trict," " Hundred," " Petty Sessional Division," "County-Court District," " Poor-law Union," " Sanitary District," and "County " (in its two characters of " Parliamentary and Judicial" and "Administrative") are successively treated. Then comes the "Standing Joint Committee," and finally the "Borough,"
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