Sixty Years of Empire. (W. Heinemann.)—Here are twelve articles, originally
published in the Daily Chronicle, and now brought together in one volume, in which the history and development of the Empire during the Queen's reign are succinctly recorded. On the whole they are satisfactory, representing, as such articles should do, the facts as they are broadly regarded by the public. Mr. George W. E. Russell's "The Queen's Prime Ministers" might seem an exception, but that it is not clear whether his bitterness about Lord Palmerston is not dramatic. Mr. Macnamara, writing on "Education," might have said a good word for the clergy, Possibly they are included in the "bene- volent volunteers" who have the credit of having made a begin- ning. Mr. Charles Williams writes on "The Navy and the Army" (keeping, we are glad to see, the right order), Sir Charles Dilke on "The Growth of Greater Britain," Mr. Harold Spender on "Parliament daring the Queen's Reign," and Mr. W. Clarke on "Religious Thought," while Mr. H. Morgan Browne deals with "The Forces of the Crown," "Railways and Poet Office," "Public Finance," "Widening of Our Borders," "India,' and "Trade and Shipping."
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