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the whole commerce of London, led to the forma- 

 tion by the London Chamber of Commerce of the 

 London Labour Conciliation and Arbitration 

 Board, the success of which seems to have been 

 mainly due to the energy and tact of Mr. G. B. 

 Boulton. Twelve employers were nominated by 

 the Chamber of Commerce — the different sections 

 being arranged in twelve groups — and twelve were 

 nominated by the London Trade Unions arranged 

 in twelve similar groups, to which were added 

 two nominated by the Lord Mayor and by the 

 Chairman of the London County Council. Sir 

 John was a member of the Board from the 

 commencement and took much interest in the 

 work. The advantage of this body over other 

 Conciliation Boards is that the latter generally 

 have, on opposite sides of the table, two dia- 

 metrically opposed interests — employers and 

 employed. In the London case, however, a 

 dispute would directly affect two representatives 

 only and the other twenty-four would be able to 

 exercise a comparatively unprejudiced and in- 

 dependent judgment. 



Sir John states that in his opinion the Board 

 " worked well." 



An excellent criticism of The Senses of Animals, 

 given by one of the reviews, indicates in a few 

 words the secret of the popular success which it 

 achieved immediately : 



In Sir J. Lubbock's new book on The Senses of Animals 

 he sensibly adds to The Pleasures of Life by collecting 

 information perfectly new to the unscientific majority 

 of mankind. He enables us, not indeed to ascertain how 

 animals " envisage " the world but to be certain that 

 their world is extremely unlike ours. Take a beast 



