TUE WAY TO WEALTH.* I cannot too strongly recommend those
who are interested in the tangled economic problems of the present dag to secure the latest book by Mr. Hartley Withers, entitled The Way to Wealth. It is not, as perhaps may be supposed from the title of the handbook, for those who desire to get rich quickly by share purchases, but it covers a thoughtful consideration of the need for a growth in the wealth of the country, a growth enabling each country to maintain, and if possible, increase its standard of living as applied to all classes of the community. The chief value of the book, in my opinion, consists in the fact that the author examines with the care and skill of a trained observer the many factors, local and international, which must be held responsible for the economic problems of this and other countries. It is, perhaps, largely a psychological study, but its practical value is in no way diminished by that fact, for it is impossible to study the events of the post-War years, and especially, perhaps, those of the last five or six years, without being impressed by the extent to which develop- ments have been governed by political influences, and still later by the spread of economic nationalism.
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