The Making of Modern England. : By Gilbert Slater, MA., D.Sc.
(Constable and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Slater is the Principal of Ruskin College, Oxford. His history begins at the . battle of Waterloo, and is written from the social and economic rather than from the political and international point of view. It thus emphasizes a side of the country's development which, in spite of its obvious importance, is often overlooked in general histories The value of Dr. Slater's work is perhaps a little impaired by the evident bias which he shows towards the views of "intellectual collectivism." He is, nevertheless, well informed, and writes with ability. We may perhaps except from this statement the two chapters in which he deals with foreign affairs, and more especially our government of India. His appreciation of the difficulties of the latter question may be gathered from his serious recommenda- tion that "as an immediate palliative [for the mistakes of our administration] it would perhaps be wise for the Indian Govern- ment to borrow a few officials from Japan or even from South America."
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