ULSTER UNDER HOME RULE: A Study of the Political and
Economic Problems of Northern Ireland. Edited by Thomas Wilson. (O.U.P., 21s.) PARTITION is slowly ceasing to be an issue in any but an emotive sense (and all the more dangerous for that). This reasoned study of the way that Northern Ireland's curious version of Home Rule has been working out in practice is obviously the product of the new confidence that she has found in herself; unlike the defensive propagandist stuff that was to be found until a few years ago, it gives a reasoned, fair, and sensible appreciation of her problems. The essays do not, it is true, give an entirely balanced picture, because they are more concerned to explain and comment on Northern Ireland's development in relation to the UK than to the Republic of Ireland; a contribution from a nationalist source would have been a useful addition. But otherwise the book is sound and informative.
BRIAN 1NGLIS
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