POLITICAL QUESTIONS OF THE DIY.
A Handbook to Political Questions of the Day and the Arguments on Either Side. With an Introduction. By Sydney Buxton, M.P. Eleventh Edition. (John Murray. 12s. net.)—In the concluding words of an excellent Introduction Mr. Buxton suggests that "lukewarm indifferentism" may be an even greater danger than the heated partisanship which his handbook is calculated to mitigate. The usefulness of the book, however — and its great popularity attests its usefulness—must be for active politicians, whether candidates or not, who have to be ready with arguments on a number of points upon all of which no human being can pretend to have "settled convictions." They will hero find the various considerations exhaustively and most clearly stated; texts upon which they can enlarge for themselves or for their audience. The book is probably of most use, in short, to those whose minds are already made up on the main questions of public policy. We have carefully read the new sections on "Preference," "Protection," and "Retaliation," and find them admirable from this point of view. No one could become a Pro- tectionist or a Free-trader from reading them, but each will find an array of arguments on his side, some of which he is sure to have overlooked. Thoroughness and impartiality characterise this no less than other portions of the volume.
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