13 SEPTEMBER 1913, Page 26

Proportional Representation. By J. C. Meredith. (Simpkin, Marshall and Co.

2s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Meredith discusses with reference to the "proportional representation" clauses in the Home Rule Bill the various electoral systems which have been devised to secure such representation, and comes to a conclusion in favour of a modification of the Belgian system. The discussion involves a general treatment of the subject which gives it an interest beyond the range of its immediate object.