22 JULY 1916, Page 19

The speeches of Mr. Hughes have attracted so much attention

that it is not necessary to describe or criticize them, but many may be glad The speeches of Mr. Hughes have attracted so much attention that it is not necessary to describe or criticize them, but many may be glad to know that some of them can be obtained in book-form, being pub- lished under the title of " The Day" and After (Cassell and Co., Is. net). One or two of these are short and topical, as, for instance, that addressed to wounded Australian soldiers. Some are full of a lofty ideal of free- dom ; some put forward the speaker's opinions on practical and material questions of trade, Ste. Others combine the two types. Though a few of them were delivered in Australia, nearly all were addressed to English, Scots, or Welsh audiences.—Mr. Hughes's admirers will also find a great deal that they will like to know in a short biography written by Mr. S. W. Sprigg, W. M. Hughes (Pearson, is. net).