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 REI,NT PERIODICALS AND NEW BOOKS 621 July, A Fair Taxatio. of Gro.nd Re.rs. By ROBERT HUNTER. '.The object of this paper is t.o recon,mend the imposition of a special tax upon new gronnd rents, m orde to secure an adequate area of open land for the use and enjoyment of London.' It is urged that London has a special need of open spaces, on acconnt of its exceptional size; that the funds of the City Charities or private liberality cannot be trusted to provide sufficient open spaces; and that a tax, amounting to one-tenth of the increase in the value of land consequent on its being used for building proposes, might reasonably be levied for this purpose. The area of taxation to be 'Greater London'; the administrative authority, the London Connty Conncil. The Industries of A.cie.t I. dia. By Rajah MUL MANOAR. Shows the industrial progress made by the ancient Hindus in the period preceding the Mohammedan invasions, and quotes to this effect from Megasthenes and the Chinese travellers. Maintains that a new industrial development is the only remedy for over-population in India, and that the State can alo,,e give the impulse to this development, but does not specify the manner of assistance required. A Labour Inq.ir!l. By H. H. CHAPO.W. A sequel to the dialogues in the Ninetee.th ('e.tnrj for April and October, 1890. A new dr. matis perso.a is Mr. Wentworth, recently returned from Australia; in the light of whose experience Mr. Blake's panacea of ' such a legal li,nitation of the hours of labour as shall absorb the surplus labour in the market,' is discussed. August. Onr Deali.gs witb tle Poor. By Miss OCTAVIA HILL. Points out le danger incidental to the methods of modern philan- thropy, inasmuch as these do n.o.t bring the benevolent into sufficiently dose contact with the fanily hie of the poor. Describes the method of operation adopted by she Women's University Settlenent in Sq. uth London. Is principle that each visitor ' shah do many thngs for a few people, not one thing for many people,' so as to foster personal intimacy between the poor and hose who wish to help them. Tbe Seany Side , A.str, tlia. By HOWAa) WILLOUGHBY. A colonial reply to the article in the April nmnber by the Hon. J. W. Fortescue. Points Grit that, whilst the Anstralian colonies have increased the capital of their public debts, they have kept down the interest by' conversions.' Argues that the railways and other public works are not so nnprofitable as has been alleged, and that there is a growing party in favonr of working them on strictl,y com- mercial, not semi-Socialist principles. Explains the defects n the method of keeping public acc. onnts, and denies that anybody in Australia contemplates repudiation. The Harvard Q',utrterly Jo,trnal of Economics (Boston). July. Tbe Aculemic Stndy of Political Ecowmj. ' The instructor is little coneended mifonnity of conclusion aong his By C, F, I)v.wsAa, with the greater or less students, and is not properly