THE LONDON MERCURY.
The article by Prince D. S. Mirsky on " Byron" makes the April number of the Mercury notable. It is vigorous and decided : but its chief interest is in the contrast between Byron the European poet and Byron the English poet. It has long been a puzzle to most people to know why the only English writers that have been universally accepted as great on the continent of Europe are Shakespeare, Byron, and Oscar Wilde, and Prince Mirsky's article should help to make it clear. Mr. J. C. Squire's "The Cemetery" is the best of his "Grub Street Nights," but we can always prophesy what is to follow and the portrayal of character is unoriginally grotesque. The other contributions worth notice are Miss Sylvia Lynd's short story, "Exile," and Mr. W. J. Turner's sequence of sonnets.
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