6 JUNE 1903, Page 26

The Pocket Guide to the Education Act. By Laurence Gilbertson,

(H. J. Osborn. is. net.)—This is an admirable little guide to the Act, absolutely up to date (March 23rd) so far as official circulars are concerned. The explanatory notes are based upon official memoranda and circulars, and upon the pronouncements of Ministers as to the meaning of the text as it passed through Parliament. These frequent references to the opinions of Mr. Balfour, Sir R. Finlay, Sir John Gorst, Sir W. Anson, and Mr. Walter Long are of considerable value, and are a feature of this full little book. Such opinions, of course, have no legal value, but they elucidate difficulties. The cases on the words "wear and tear" are omitted in this as in other books. We cannot agree that "no express legal interpretation of them exists."