PROBLEMS OF TRANSPORT.} Tun problems of transport have been with
mankind ever since property, which had on occasion to be moved from place to place, came into existence. But it is only of late years that they have been systematically studied. The newer Univer- sities have mostly included the subject of transport in the curriculum for their commerce degrees, and it has thus come to be treated as a branch of economics deserving of accurate • Belgian Housekeeping in Englemd, By Margaret Clapham and Ethel B. Clarke. Cambridge : W. Keller and Sons. London: Bimpkin, Marshall, and Co. Rid. not.] t The Meters and Economics of Transport, By Adam W. Kirkaldy and Alfred Dudley Evans. London: Sir Lease Pitman and Sons. [7s. 05. net.] inquiry and scientific study. The History and Economics of Transport is a highly successful attempt to produce a text- book for the student which shall also be of interest to the general reader, "partioplarly to the business man whose daily affairs bring him into close contact with the problems of transport." The authors are both Birmingham men—Mr. Adam Kirkaldy, who is Professor of Finance in the Univer- sity, and Mr. Alfred Dudley Evans, who is Secretary of the Birmingham Exchange. Their joint work begins by taking a brief general view of the development of modern methods of transport by land and water—the road, the canal, and the railway. The three main sections of the volume deal respec- tively with "The Railway in the United Kingdom and Abroad," " Railway and Canal Economics," and " Shipping and Ocean Transport." There are numerous statistical tables printed as appendices, which show at a glance various series of facts of importance to the student. The hook is evidently the outcome of years devoted to the accumulation of suitable material, as well as to its thoughtful sifting and arrangement in the shape best calculated to elucidate the general principles of the subject.
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