CURRENT LITERATURE
Mr. Michael Stewart, who has experience both as a poli- tician and as a teacher, has written an interesting and -useful primer of politics, The British Approach to Politics (Allen and Unwin, 7s. 6d.). It is intended for the Sixth Form student in the secondary schools, and it is on the whole extremely well adapted to his needs. In its general outline the book treads in well-worn tracks, dealing with the Government, Parliament„ the Judicature and Local Government ; but its final section, a survey of world politics, which includes an account of the machinery and work of the League of Nations, is a novel feature in a work of this sort, and the chapter, in another sec- tion, on the special features of Scottish Government, is also' to be welcomed. The author reviews the problems which form the background of the contemporary political scene in judicial fashion, and while this method of approach would probably prove uninteresting to the adult mind, its objectivity and its ,Lear exposition of conflicting points of view should appeal to f. esh and relatively unformed-ininds. As is almost inevitable, ,n a work of such an eScien§fve scope, there are a certain number of minor inaccuracies in the more technical sections of the book,: but these will not materially detract from the value of this. •
luccessful and well-written textbook. .
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