29 JULY 1916, Page 20

The Nation and Alcohol. By A. W. Richardson. (Student Christian

Movement, Chancery Lane. Lid. net.)—A reprint of some very useful articles contributed to the Student Movement by Miss Anne Richardson, the public-spirited Vice-Principal of Westfield College. The articles were written with a view to arousing young men and women to study the subject of the drink problem in all its bearings, " so that thy may educate the mind of the next generation." In dealing with remedies in the chapter on " Alcohol and the Future," Miss Richardson, though she does not mention it specifically, clearly supports our plea for disinterested management of public-houses, for she speaks of devising a method " which will remove the scandal of private profit drawn from the most prolific cause of national degradation."