SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not bees reserved for review in other forms.] Sir David Dale. By Howard Pease. (John Murray. Ss. 6d. net.)—This is a very timely publication. It contains a com- memoration of an eminent master of conciliation. First there is a memoir of the man by Mr. Howard Pease, and then there is an appreciation of his work and character by Sir Edward Grey. The latter gives us a view taken from the political standpoint, and naturally includes within its scope the question of labour and strikes. This is far too serious a question to be dealt with in such a notice as this. We may give, however, one or two of the points which Sir Edward Grey makes. The possession of political equality tends to a demand for economical equality, and there is much disappointment because the first does not lead more quickly to the second. Feeling that the franchise does not do much to promote his wellbeing the worker puts more and more trust in his trade union. Then he finds that the trade union does not work quickly enough; he is ready to displace his own leaders and to follow the agitators who promise large and speedy results and prescribe violent means for attaining them.
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