24 APRIL 1909, Page 40

The Children's Charter : Explained for Social Workers. By M.

Inglis. (T. Nelson and Sons. 6d. net.)—The Children Act, 1908, which came into force on the first day of April, is here explained clause by clause. It is interesting to see how far-reaching these provisions arc, and how social reformers would supplement them by still stricter regulations. Incompetent or immoral parents should have their children taken from them. We are getting on to the ideals of Plato's "Republic."