17 MARCH 1917, Page 21

Proportional Representation and British Maks. By J. Fischer Williams. (John

Murray. 2s. net.)—Now that the Speaker's Com- mittee has recommended the partial adoption of Proportional Repre- sentation in its scheme for a redistribution of Parliamentary seats, this admirable pamphlet, explaining the question very clearly and simply, will be found useful by many readers.