14 NOVEMBER 1947, Page 5

The appearance of the first number of the Cambridge Journal

is extremely welcome. The new monthly (which costs 3s. a number or 303. a year, and is obtainable from Bowes and Bowes, Cambridge) does exactly what I have for years felt ought to be done—publishes to the world the results of Cambridge learning, discovery and erudition. Many Cambridge men (and equally, of course, Oxford men) write for various general or technical periodicals, including The Spectator, but there was abundant room for a journal whose single purpose would be to impart and interpret Cambridge thought to the world. That I take to be the chief aim of the Cambridge journal, which in its first issue covers a wide field in history, science, sociology and politics. Professor Brogan contributes a long article in answer to the question, " Was the French Revolution a Mistake?" and Professor Butterfield examines the general state of the contem-

porary world. And there is much else. jANUS.