21 SEPTEMBER 1918, Page 18

The Government of the British Empire. By Edward Jenks. (John

Murray. 69. net.)—This interesting account of our governing insti- tutions,imperial, British, and local, may be commended as a useful outline of a very large and complex subject,. Professor Jenks describes the situation -as it was at the end of last year, without goingtoo much into -detail. He notes in passing the dangers as well as the merits of a small War Cabinet. His description of our English local _government will probably teach ninety-nine readers out of a hundred several things that they did not know, for the system, though It works well enough, is anything but simple.