The Politician's Handbook. By H. *Mates. (Vacher and Sons. Gs.)—This
is likely to be a useful volume. The facts that are most difficult of access are the facts of quite recent history. It is tedious work to hunt through the files of newspapers, and these are not always to be got at. The Newspaper Room of the British Museum, for instance, does not contain, and, indeed, cannot be expected to contain, recent publications. Some at least—they seem to be taken for binding in alphabetical order—reach their second year before they can be consulted. Mr. Whates begins with giving a resuntt of "The State Papers:' in six chapters,— " China," "South African Republics:' "Egypt and the Soudan," "Uganda," "The Venezuelan Arbitration," "Samoa, Alaska, &c." After this comes the "Political Section," with brief notices in alphabetical order. Finally we have the "Commercial Section." This is a very conveniently arranged manual for the speaker and writer on public topics.
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