ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE EDUCATION ACT.
The Education Act, 1902. Fully Explained, with Historical Introduction and Appendices, by William A. Casson and G. Cecil Whiteley, Barristers-at-Law. (Knight and Co. 7s. 6d. net.) —Mr. Casson's great experience in questions of local govern- ment law is a guarantee of the excellence and thoroughness of this book, which is designed "to help members of authori- ties, officials, and others to carry out the complicated duties which now devolve upon them." Education has become a branch of local government, and the innumerable questions of adminis- tration that must arise under the new Act can only be satis- factorily answered by those who have a practical knowledge of the various branches of local government law. The authors of this work have that knowledge, and the book will be invaluable to the officials employed by the education authorities throughout the country. The notes to the sections of the Act put the meaning of the various enactments into popular language, and this will prove of use to the members of Education Committees. The notes on the financial provisions (Section 10) are particularly lucid, as is the explanation of the difficult Section 7 (main- tenance of schools), though the explanation of " fair wear and tear " is not exhaustive. A valuable part of the book is the Code of model Standing Orders for the regulation of the proceed- ings and business of the Education Committees. The form may usefully be adopted. It is based on a Code drawn up by Mr. Casson some years ago for the Local Government Board. Ap- pendix A is useful, for it gives the various Elementary Education Acts in their present statutory form by the actual insertion in the text of the Acts of all alterations necessitated by the Act of 1902. This is a convenient method, though of course it does not do away with the necessity in particular cases of referring to the Acts in their original form. The book is well indexed.
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