6 JUNE 1908, Page 24

The Triumph of Socialism. By John D. Mayne. (Swan Sonnenschein

and Co. 15.)—This is an amusing " skit " on Socialism, taking it at its weakest point, application to practice. What a Communist Ministry with the courage of its opinions might do is set forth with no little skill. The official declarations and the defence put forth by an inspired Press are particularly well done. They are not mere inanities; they are just what such fanatics might really say. The other side is as well represented. But it might have been better to keep the Germans out of the affair.