SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Under this heading tee notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for ramie in other forms.] Fiscal Reform Sixty Years Ago. (T. Fisher 17nwin. Is. net.)—It will be well worth while looking at this little volume, in which Mr. Wilbraham Villiers Cooper puts together some extracts from the speeches of his kinsman, Mr. C. Pelham Villiers, the veteran Free- trader, who lived down to 1898. Many things cannot be better put than they were put then, and the volume should help to remind modern Free-traders how distinguished was the part played by Charles Villiers in winning the battle of untaxed bread. Though he belonged by birth and breeding to the land- lord class, Charles Villiers never allowed his eyes to be dimmed by self-interest. We are grateful to Mr. Cooper for having made so admirable a selection from his great-uncle's speeches, and trust that his little book will find its way into the hands of many readers.
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