Labour, Finance, and the War. Edited by A. W. Kirkaldy.
(Sir Isaac Pitman. 3s. 6d. net.)—This instructive book gives the results of inquiries made by the Economic Science section of the British Association, which published a similar volume last year under the title of Credit, Industry, and the War. The report on " Industrial Unrest " is suggestive but too brief. " The Replacement of Men by Women in Industry " is carefully examined with much new detail, the general conclusion being that men have no reason to fear undue competition from the other sex. " The Effects of the War on Credit, Currency, and Finance " are ex- plained very fully in a third chapter, and Mr. Christopher Tumor con- tributes a vigorous paper on " Land Settlement," in which he outlines a great agrarian policy. Professor Kirkaldy, in an introductory essay on reconstruction after the war, lays great stress on the importance of settling by peaceful agreement the Labour disputes that may be expected, lest we miss our chances in trade when peace comes. Nothing would please the enemy better, or help him more to recover lost ground, than a series of strikes and look-outs in England.
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