Now publishing, in Crown Svo., price 3s. 6d. each volume. 



English 



A SERIES OF SHORT BOOKS ON 



HIS RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. 



EDITED BY HENRY CRAIK, M.A., LL.D. 



THIS series is intended to meet the demand for accessible information on tlie 

 ordinary conditions and the current terms of our political life. 



The volumes deal with the details of the machinery whereby our Constitution 

 works and the broad lines upon which it has been constructed. The books are 

 intended to select and sum up the salient features of any branch of legislation, so 

 as to place the ordinary citizen in possession of the main points of the law. 



The following are the titles of the Volumes: 



1. Central Government. H. D. TRAILL, D.C.L., 



late Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford. 



"A clear, straightforward style enables him to put his knowledge in a way at 

 once concise and lucid." Saturday Review. 



2. The Electorate and the Legislature. SPENCER 



WALPOLE, Author of " The History of England from 1815." 

 "Mr. Walpole traces the growth of the power of Parliament through all those 

 stages with which we are now familiar, and he does so very clearly and succinctly." 

 St. James's Gazette. 



3. Local Government. M. D. CHALMEES, M.A., 



Barrister-at-Law. 



" It is packed full of facts about our local government all worthy to be known." 

 Saturday Review. 



4. The National Budget : The National Debt, 



TAXES, AND RATES. A. J. WILSON. 

 " It, is calculated to do much in the way of enlightenment." The Citizen. 



5. The State in its Relation to Education. 



HENRY CRAIK, M.A. Oxon., LL.D. Glasgow. 



" An excellent digest of the progress of our national education during the present 

 century." The Academy. 



6. The Poor Law. Rev. T. W. FOWLE, M.A. 



" Mr. Fowle's treatise is a valuable little summary. ... It is worthy of a wide 

 circulation." The Academy. 



7. The State in its Relation to Trade. Sir T. 



H. FARRER, BART. 



" The subject is one of which Sir T. H. Farrer, from his official position, speaks 

 with a fulness of knowledge such as few possess, and this knowledge he has the 

 faculty of conveying to others in a vigorous and attractive way." The Economist. 



8. The State in Relation to Labour. W. STANLEY 



JEVONS, LL.D., M.A., F.R.S. 



"This little book is full of useful information, well and thoughtfully digested." 

 Law Times. 



9. The Land Laws. F. POLLOCK, Barrister-at-law, 



M.A., Hon. LL.D. Edin. ; Corpus Christ! Professor of Jurisprudence in the 

 University of Oxford ; late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. 

 "The excellence of the book as a survey of its subiect can hardly be too well 

 spoken of." Saturday Review. 



