26 DECEMBER 1891, Page 25

A Short History of Political Economy in England. By L.

L. Price, M.A. (Methuen.)—This volume, one of the "University Exten- sion Series," gives an account, in biographical form, of Political Economy in England, beginning with Adam Smith, and ending with Arnold Toynbee. We may especially direct our readers' attention to the essays on Malthus, whose theories are very fairly estimated, and on Walter Bagehot, whose special gifts and faculties are pointed out with great discrimination. Among the other economists discussed are D. Ricardo, John Stuart Mill, Cairnes, and Fawcett. The names of Newmarch and Rogers occur to us as omissions which Mr. Price may, we hope, have an opportunity of supplying hereafter.