It is quite evident that the County Council Magazine (Frederick
Warne and Co.), of which the fourth number has now been pub- lished, has secured for itself a permanent place among the periodicals of the day. It is carefully and judiciously edited by Mr. Charles Baker, author of "A Handbook of the English Local Government Act," and endeavours to cover all the ground included within the domain of county government. Mr. Baker, indeed, would almost seem to be attempting too much, for some of the papers in this number—notably Mr. James Torr's on "The Preservation of Footpaths "—have a snippety look. There are two admirable articles in this number, however,—Sir George Morrison's on" County Boroughs," and Mr. Sheepshanks' on "The County Council of the West Riding of Yorkshire," which is accompanied by a portrait of the Marquis of Ripon, the Chairman of the Council. Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald also deals at once briefly and happily with the subject of "The Sanitary Powers of County Councils." It strikes us that the pages of the County Council Magazine would be none the worse for being lightened up by correspondence on the many disputed points in connection with last year's Act.
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