3 SEPTEMBER 1927, Page 32

THE LATE MR. STRACHEY AS ECONOMIST.

Essentially a man of letters, the late Mr. St. Loe Strachey was also highly esteemed in financial and economic circles. While never posing as the financial or economic expert, not only was his interest in this, as in other subjects, of the intense kind, but he had a breadth of vision and a freedom from dogmatism which always made his writings on these subjects both interesting and valuable. Those readers of the financial section of the Spectator who may not have had the good fortune to hear of Mr. Strachey's work entitled Economics of the Hour will, I am sure, be glad to have their attention drawn to a volume which will repay a careful perusal. It was published some few years ago by Hodder and Stoughton.