15 JULY 1922, Page 24

The case for maintaining the embargo on live cattle from

oversee is cleverly and wittily stated in a pamphlet, The Town Mouse, the Country Mouse, and the Cats, by " Country Mouse " (Vinton, 2s. net). We do not agree with the author's argu- inent, but we are delighted to see an economic and political controversy enlivened with so much humour, after the manner of Swift and Arbuthnot in the days of Queen' Anne. The " allegory " is well worth reading, and is illustrated with several comic drawings.