The Newspaper Press Directory (C. Mitchell and Co., 2s.) keeps
its diamond jubilee, appearing for the sixtieth time under the care of Mr. Walter Wellsman, who assisted the late editor in bringing out the first volume. It contains a complete account of the newspaper Press of the world, and there are special articles. Sir Edward Russell writes some sound sense on "The Judgment of the Press." Mr. E. E. Williams is hopeful about "Tariff Reform." Duties are to be placed on all imports entering the United Kingdom, and, says Mr. Williams, "I make no distinction between agricultural produce and manufactures." Finally, Mr. W. P. Reeves describes the policy of the Labour party in New Zealand. He scouts the idea of Japanese resentment in the matter of the exclusion of their citizens. "A distant portion of the British Empire is about the last place in the world that the Japanese are likely to attack." Does not Mr. Reeves see that though as long as New Zealand remains in the Empire the
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