SOME BOOKS OF TII E WEEK.
[Under this Igeadiag se notice such Books of the tusk as hare not been reserved for °Mi.° in ether forme.] The Education Bill of 1906. By S. Lowry Porter. (Macmillan and Bowes,Cambridge. 6d. net.)—Mr. Porter says very truly that both supporters and opponents of the Bill—as, indeed, is the case with Bills in general—know very little about what actually took place, about the original proposals, the amendments, the suggested com- promise. Here he gives an analysis of the proceedings of 1906. The crisis, of course, was reached in the House of Lords. What the Bill was when it reached the House, what amendments were made by the majority, and what concessions were offered by the Government are here set forth with great clearness. A sketch of the education question since 1870 is added. The reader will at least be better qualified to form an opinion. Secularists on the one side, and religious partisans on the other, may be left alone; but a well-informed public opinion among moderate citizens ought not to be without influence.
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