It is a remarkable thing that the only writer in our literature who has scientifically studied the psychological differences between man and woman concluded that woman's gifts were as high as, if not higher than, man's in relation to political work. Mr. Havelock Ellis (_Man and Woman_) quotes an older writer who had studied the matter from the historical and empirical point of view, and had concluded that "women are probably more fitted for politics than men." He then adds, on the ground of his own reading of history and his study of sex characters:-- Among all races and in all parts of the world women have ruled brilliantly and with perfect control over even the most fierce and turbulent hordes. Among many primitive races also all the diplomatic relations with foreign tribes are in the hands of women, and they have sometimes decided on peace or war. The game of politics seems to develop very feminine qualities in those who play it, and it may be paying no excessive compliment to women to admit the justice of old Burdach's remarks. Whenever their education has been sufficiently sound and broad to enable them to free themselves from fads and sentimentalities, women probably possess in at least as high a degree as men the power of dealing with the practical questions of politics. Nor is the opinion so uncommon as one would imagine. I was myself astonished, on pleading with an experienced political worker for leniency in judging women's present political competence (on account of their lack of experience), to receive the reply: "But women are better to deal with than men, and grasp the issues more quickly"! This was said by a Conservative magistrate after twenty years' close experience of political work in a large town.