20 JULY 1901, Page 21

Your Banker's Position at a Glance. By Henry Warren. (Jordan

and Sons. 5s.)—Mr. Warren lays down some general principles as to the conditions which constitute soundness in a bank, discusses dividend-paying, and such details as advances, liability to the public, &c., and then examines by way of illustration the balance-sheets of a hundred odd banking companies, public and private (the litter, of course, being those that publish balance-sheets). It would be indis- creet to mention the institutions which Mr. Warren selects for praise and blame. On the whole, he finds that the condition of the banks is satisfactory.