The late Mr. W. A. Bailward has in The Slippery
Slope (John Murray, 10s. 6d. net) writtena very interesting and readable book concerning " the manufacture of paupers." Written from the conservative point of view, his book is able and unbigoted, and its perusal would be particularly valuable to those who at present disagree with the author's conclusion. They might, having read the book, still disagree, but they would at any rate have heard the case for the opposition stated with great fairness and good sense. But it is really unfair to the book to use the metaphor of advocacy. Mr. Bailward's book is not in that sense persuasive ; the advocate must consider first the making out of a good case for his client and of truth afterwards. Mr. Bailward seems to have been actuated only by the desire for truth.
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