6 AUGUST 1910, Page 27

The Governance of Empire. By P. A. Silburn. (Longmans and

Co. 9s. net.)—It is always well to know what people living under conditions different from our own are thinking. But the knowledge brings surprise. Mr. Silburn would like to have an " Imperial Senate," which, he suggests, is to consist of two hundred and sixteen members, of whom the United Kingdom is to have sixty-seven, India thirty-seven, Canada thirty, New Zealand twelve and Australia eleven (an explanation is given of this anomaly), and the other Colonies the remainder.