10 MAY 1945, Page 18

The New English Review, May, 1945. (Eyre and Spottiswoode. 3s.

6d.

THIS monthly periodical, now revived under the editorship of Douglas Jerrold, makes an excellent fresh start in its May number. It contains two articles of exceptional merit and importance: -Herbert Agar's "The Price of Peace," in which this eminent American publicist expresses the soundest views on the possibility of co-operation after the war between Britain and America and puts his finger exactly on the danger-spats, and Negley Farson's illuminating "Human Beings Can't Stand It," in which he gives an illuminating account of the changes now in process in Russia. The literary section is edited by Hugh Kingsmill and contains much of interest.