18 JUNE 1927, Page 33

A book about high politics sounds dull, and Mr. William

Sanderson does not allay our fears of boredom in Statecraft (Methuen. 7s. 6d.). We disagree with much that he writes-L- he thinks The Confessions of a Capitalist vulgar, whereas we think it one of the shrewdest books of recent times—yet the book is worth reading, if not by politicians at least by intelligent electors. Politicians must get votes before they get power, a little fact about democracy which is often forgotten.

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