NEW EDITIONS.—The Philosophical Theory of the State. By Bernard Bosanquet.
(Macmillan and Co. 10s. net.)—To this edition, which follows the first at an interval of about ten years, Mr. Bosanquet has prefixed an introduction in which he deals with the question how far his theory fits the actual State of the modern world. This essay, which covers about twenty pages, is well worth study. The most important question of the day may be said to be : What may the State be legitimately and usefully expected to do for its citizens ? As a matter of fact, while relinquishing certain provinces of life occupied by the ancient polls, "it plays a greater part than the City-State in its prime." The more true this is, the more important it is to be clear about its real functions. The laissee faire policy was at least not actively mischievous ; Socialism spells ruin.—History of the British Army. By the Hon. J. W. Fortescue. Vol. I. (Same publishers. 18s. net.)—After an interval of ten years we have the first volume of a new edition of this important work. So far it is reproduced sub- stantially as it was; the author, however, will work in new material that he has found as occasion may require.—History of Gardening in England. By the Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil. (John Murray. 12s. net.)—This is a third edition, and exhibits con- siderable revision and addition as compared with the first issue which appeared in 1896.—With this may be mentioned The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers from Seeds and Roots, by Sutton and Sons, the Fourteenth Edition (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 5s. net).
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