24 OCTOBER 1891, Page 23

The World Grown Young, by William Herbert (W. H. Allen

and Co.), is an account of how an imaginary Mr. Philip Adams, "millionaire and philanthropist," sought to reform the world during the years 1894-1914. Mr. Herbert puts into the shape of a tale his notion of the " gospel of wealth." We are not quite sure whether it would be wise to wish for the advent of such a reformer; but readers will not find it uninteresting to judge for themselves from reading The World Grown Young.