21 MAY 1904, Page 22

Buy English Acres. By C. F. Dowsett. (The Author, Winkle-

bury, Basingstoke, 3s. 6d. net.)—This is a second edition,—i.e., a reprint of the first edition (which we greeted with the "warmest sympathy ") and a supplement. From the latter we learn what gains "American Land Buyers" have made. All this, with some of what follows, is good enough ; but, alas ! on p. 120 there is an access of violent fiscalitis. We are told that the "first Corn Laws

in this country arose to reduce the price of corn," and then we have a summary of a treatise entitled "Free Trade a Failure from the First." We still hold that the advice to "buy English acres" is excellent ; but we are not impressed by the additional reasons with which Mr. Dowsett has thought fit to fortify it.