BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 9040, 19 November 1892, Page 1 (Supplement)

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.

The Westminster Review. We have the October number to hand. " Will Great Britain Return to Protection," is the title of a thoughtful paper by Lawrence Irwell. After discussing at length the question of Protection and Free Trade, he concludes by giving his view as to the fiscal policy England should adopt: —

If England is to hold her own, she must not cripple herself by increasing the cost of food, raw material, or any necessity of life. Her fiscal policy must be that of free ports, in order to enable her manufacturers to buy in the cheapest markets, whatever her competitors may think fit to do. . Progress and freedom must be her watchwords; progress in technical education, industry and ingenuity, freedom in the sale and tenure of land, in education, and in all matters connected with religion. With " advancement and reform" as her motto, a prosperous future for our beloved mother country is assured.

" Manual Training : A Pastime for Boys," by R. Scotter, gives some useful hints on this subject. He points out that the manual training class must be made the playground for the English mechanic of the future; that if the industrial supremacy of England is to be maintained the rule of thumb methods of- his forefathers must be thrown aside, and he must work on the thoughtful scientific foundation laid in his school life. There are interesting articles on "Industrial Life Assurance," by F. J. Brown, and " A Common Sense Currency," by Robb. Ewen. Among the articles well worthy ot perusal, are " Upper Class Education and its Amendment," "Fancies Concerning the Future State," etc. Contemporary literature in its various branches is also ably dealt with.