Letters of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. With an Introduction
(John Murray.)—These Letters, we learn from the title-page, are "now just published from the original manuscripts at Madresfield Court."
They give details about the change which sent the Marlborough faction into the "cold shade of Opposition." This is their special value, and of itself fully justifies their publication, though, apart from this, such characteristic memorials of a very remarkable woman are worth pre- serving. It is to be wished, however, that the "Introduction " with which they are accompanied had been more to the point, which, we take it, would have been to show precisely what new matter these Letters contain, and how they affect the historical question. Another desirable thing would have been to have had the style corrected by some one who had some little knowledge of the English language.
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