Parliament, Past and Present. By Arnold Wright and Philip Smith.
Vol. I. (Hutchinson and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—This "popular and picturesque account of a thousand years in the Palace of West- minster" cannot be adequately appreciated by any means at our command. The letterpress is sufficiently good, all the better suited to its purpose because it leaves untouched graver questions of history and politics. It is interesting, with plenty of anecdote, and the gossip, benevolent rather than scandalous, about famous places and famous people that has so great an attraction for the average reader. But the chief attraction of the book lies, of course, in its pictures. Of these there are three hundred and thirty-seven. They seem to have been collected with much care and industry, and make a really valuable collection.
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