Geschichte der &sawn des britischen Reichs. Von W. Vocke (Triibner.)—This
is a truly German work in the highest sense of the ;term. Herr Vocke gives us the history and statistics of the taxation of the British Empire, beginning with Magna Charts, and ending with the financial statement of 1866. We do not envy him the number of blue-books which he must have studied, indeed the spectacle of a foreigner deep in one of those delightful masses of facts and figures would cheer the daughters of Danaus. It might have been expected that a German would construct an English budget out of the depths of his moral consciousness, which would be a still more pleasing sight, but Herr Vocke cannot be accused of speculativeness. He is as practical as the Board of Trade, and he handles large amounts with the ease of the Economist. We can hardly give him higher praise.
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