The feeling of the last sentence will commend itself to
the King's subjects. Standing alone, as he must, in the isolation of kingship, he knows that the only person who can share his anxieties in any intimate sense is the Queen.—We note that the Queen is to be known officially as Queen Mary. Queen Victoria Mary (the double name was always used when she was a Princess) would have been clumsy, and would possibly have ended in the abbreviation of Queen Victoria, which would have been undesirable.—As for the rest of the King's speech, we can only say that nothing could be of better omen. Like the speech of his father in similar circumstances, it breathes manliness and sincerity. We have written else- where of the prospects of the new reign, and need only repeat here that the country looks forward to what the future may bring with confidence. The King's past has given us the assurance that he willingly accepts the tradition of faithful service, and that his motives are high and his personal life admirably simple.
