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SO11] BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the souk as have not been reserved for review in other forms.]

1912? Germany and Sea Power. By Archibald R. Colquhoun. (Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons. Is. net.)—We are in some respects in thorough agreement with Mr. Colquhoun. We have to face facts. There is a distinct threat to our existence in German naval ambitions. But when Mr. Colquhoun would have us believe that we cannot defend ourselves unless we have Tariff Reform, we part company. Nor is Germany so prosperous as he would have us believe. A deficit of twenty-five millions does not look like it,— all to be made up by indirect taxation.