VIEWS ON SOME SOCIAL SUBJECTS.
On opening Sir Dyoe Duckvvorth's Views on Sons Social Subjects (George Allen and Unwin, 7s. 6d. net), we turned first to the chapter on " Christian Science and Faith Healing." We found that he had not much to say on the matter that was either original or of any great depth, but that his opinions were perfectly sound, and that what he did say was relevant and well expressed. And this seems to be a fair criticism of the book as a whole. Thus when Sir Dyce is writing of "Women in the Twentieth Century," he quite rightly deplores the fact that a woman's home should be as sadly neglected as it often is nowadays, but he suggests no remedy for the unsatisfactory mingling which most women must make of their professional and their private lives ; when he considers " Sunday Observance," he does not take into account the all-explaining fact that it is useless to hope for mental tranquillity on Sunday when the mind is driven at an unhealthily rapid pace from Monday to Saturday. So we like best those of Sir Dyee's essays which treat of " The Dignity of Medicine" and other subjects more nearly related to his profession, for whose wisdom and growth he has so profound an admiration. The greater number of the chapters in his book are addresses delivered on various occasions, while some few are reprinted from reviews.
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