2 JULY 1904, Page 30

Municipal Public Works : their Inception, Construction, and Management. By

S. Whinnery. (Macmillan and Co. 69.)—This volume is primarily intended as a handbook for the inexperienced city official and for the urban citizen; and, written as it is from the practical point of view by a civil engineer, it should be of special value not only to American citizens but to English people. Incidentally, questions of principle, such as the propriety, of _

municipal ownership, are discussed, apparently with the same moderation and caution as that displayed in Major Darwin's work recently noticed in these columns.