Lloyd George and the Land. By G. E. Rube. (G.
Allen and Co. Is. net.)—This amusing little book contains a great deal of sound criticism under a veil of persiflage. It is called "an exposure and an appeal." We doubt whether any one can expose the Chancellor of the Exchequer as thoroughly as he does it himself every time be makes a speech. As Mr. Rains says, if you asked a hundred men taken at random what Mr. Lloyd George had said about the land, ninety-five of them would reply "He talked of how pheasants eat man- golds (which they don't) and of how it was a shame that deer forests in Scotland should not grow corn (which they can't)." Unfortunately, as the Daily News and Leader lately confessed in a candid moment, Liberals in general have to address them- selves to the problem of the land "with the handicap of not having a lifelong practical acquaintance with the conditions of rural life and industry."
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