1 DECEMBER 1888, Page 25

The first four numbers of the Universal Review, edited by

Harry Quilter (Swan Sonnenschein and Co.), are collected into a volume, which, after the notices given in these columns of the Review as it appeared, calls for little more than a simple announcement of its publication. The editor may at least congratulate himself on the fact that his enterprise has attracted attention. The new Review is not a still-born child, but a vigorous existence which it is impassible to ignore. Its form is not quite developed ; its voice is sometimes shrill, and almost inarticulate—(what could have induced the editor to insert such an article as Mr. T. P. O'Connor's, or Mr. Grant Allen's foolish rhapsody on 'The Celtic Race" P)— but there is not a little to make one hopeful about its future.