Colonies and Dependencies. By J. S. Cotton and E. J.
Payne. (Macmillan.)—This volume belongs to the "English Citizen Series." It consists of two parts,—" India," which has been contributed by Mr. Cotton, and "The Colonies," written by Mr. Payne. Both are in their way well done, but hardly, we should say, on the same lines that have been followed in some at least of the preceding volumes. To give facts in as effective a way as possible, and to abstain as much as possible from theory, seems to us the object at which the writers of such manuals should aim. Mr. Cotton, especially in the seventh and eighth chapters of his treatise, dealing respectively with "The Effects of British Rule in India" and "The Future of India," proposes to himself something very different. The subjects, we allow, are tempting, and perhaps could not have been omitted altogether ; but Mr. Cotton seems a little too confident in what he says. We have been led to criticise rather than to praise this volume, but we must not forget to say that it is written with much ability, and is remark- ably interesting.
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