THE EMPIRE REVIEW.
Mr. J. H. Thomas, in his article "Labour's Opportunity in Office," is careful to point out that the opinions are his own and in no way bind his party. "Labour," he says, "is under no illusions about the present limits of possible social reform." He knows that in the -Circumstances the Labour Government must go slowly, and he remarks that it twill be entirely the fault of the Opposition "if questions are raised which bind the poor together and excite them against the rich." This is all very well, but what about the new Minister of Health's attempted blow at the administration of the Poor Law ? Dr. Edward Lyttelton's article, "Taxation on Betting," is a very cogent and sincere plea for taxation as a means of discouraging betting rather than of making it easier. The book reviews in this number are a capital feature, and among the other articles we must pick out for mention Professor J. Arthur Thomson's "Recent Advances in Science." Professor -Thomson combines a happy gift of popular exposition with his learning.
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