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breeding of unhealthy children, leads the author to the conclusion that only by making mothers free to select their partners and economically independent of these partners, is any advance possible. He points out how inadequate is the help which is afforded to maternity and presents a plan for the State Endowment of Motherhood, which would, at the same time, not remove the children from their mother's care. He further gives a summary of all the measures already undertaken for the purpose of making maternity easier. Paper, 1s. net. #THE COTTAGE HOMES OF ENGLAND.# By W. WALTER CROTCH. With an Introduction by G. K. CHESTERTON. Third Edition, revised and enlarged. "A scathing and nearly heart-breaking disclosure and condemnation of the scandalous condition of the cottage property of rural districts. The Housing Acts graphically and caustically exposed."--_The Manchester City News._ "A really useful book.... It deals with the housing problem in a plain, straightforward, practical fashion."--_The Pall Mall Gazette._ "We welcome it as a contribution of value to an important question."--_The Spectator._ Crown 8vo. Boards, 2s. net. #THE DANCING FAUN:# A Novel. By FLORENCE FARR. Cheap Re-issue. With cover design by AUBREY BEARDSLEY. Crown 8vo. Gilt, Boards, 1s. 6d. net. #A PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIST:# A Play in Five Acts. By ERICA COTTERILL. "Well constructed and brightly written."--_Scotsman._ "Merit resides in the clearness with which the characters are thrown, as it were, upon the screen.... They are familiar types. We admire the freedom as well as the skill with which the author has sketched the eccentricities of the comrades."--_The Sheffield Independent._ "All the characters are finely drawn and are full of significance. The author is to be congratulated upon her insight, message, and dramatic instinct."--_The Christian Commonwealth._ "The dialogue ... is bright and sparkling ... there is a great deal that is clever and amusing in the play."--_The Glasgow Evening News._ "Miss Cotterill's play betrays the Shawian influence.... It is an entertaining play."--_Justice._ Crown 8vo. 1/4-Canvas, Gilt, 1s. net. #HOW TO LIVE ON 24 HOURS A DAY.# By ARNOLD BENNETT. This book, by the author of "Savoir-Vivre Papers" and "The Human Machine
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