14 APRIL 1900, Page 23

The Boroughs of the Metropolis, by Albert Bassett Hopkins, M.A.

(Bemrose and Sons, 7s. Gd. net), is a " Handbook to Local Administration in London under the London Government Act, 1899." The Act, drafted and passed as it was under the appre- hension of hostile criticism, is anything but final or complete. It is, for instance, largely enabling rather than enacting, putting very large powers into the bands of certain Commissioners appointed by the Privy Council. Mr. Hopkins has devoted much time and trouble to an appreciation of the Act, and has done good service to his fellow-citizens in this setting forth of the results obtained.