Hungry England

Hungry England. By A. Fenner Bniekway. (Gollanez. 2s. ad.) MR. PENNER BROCKWAY has paid flying visits to the textile towns of Lancashire, to the Black Country and Birmingham, the Tyne and the Tees, South Wales, Glasgow, and certain depressed agricultural districts, being in each case fortunate enough to obtain the assistance of experienced and sympathetic. guides. He reaches conclusions which he tabulated at the end of his book under sixteen heads. All of these are incapable. of exact proof, e.g., " that actual hunger in the sense of nourishment less than enough to maintain bodily health exists, widely in Britain," and most of them are already axiomatic. with all Socialists and most philanthropists. But Mr. Brockway has selected with so much skill his examples of distreSs that he should not-only Make many converts, but do much to destroy the peace of mind of intellectually sincere opponents. The most significant passage in the book is that in which. he gives Contrasted figures for two districts of Glasgow,. Calton, the wage-earners' district, and Cathcart, where the comfortable classes live.