Two volumes dealing with two divisions of local government may
be mentioned together, Handbook for Parish Meetings and Handbook for Parish Councils, both by George Frederick Emery, LL.M., and both published by Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston, and Co. The first of the two is specially intended for parishes in which the meeting is the sole authority. Of course, there is much that is practically outside the wants of any such place. It is almost amusing to read of a parish with less than the three hundred inhabitants—and with more it has a Council—adopting the Lighting and Watching Act, with its apparatus of from three to twelve inspectors, or the Baths and Washhouses Acts, with" Washhouses for the Labouring Class," "Swimming Baths," "Open Bathing Places," and all the rest of it. But it seems Mr. Emery does right in providing for every possible case. The title of the other work sufficiently indicates its purpose.
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