Toasts, Rakes and Cita. (Philip Allan. 5s. net.)—The title of
this neat little volume in the " Pilgrim's Books " conceals a pleasant selection of •papers from Steele and Addison's Waller. 'which is much less familiar to the present generation than their Spectator. The editor has picked out the lighter essays. We are amused to see from the papers on " The Politician " that Londoners in 1710 were discussing the probable end of the Sick 'Man of Europe. The chief politician of the bench at the upper 'end of the Mall informed the Tatter that " for his part he could not -wish to-see the Turk driven out of Europe, which he-believed could not but be prejudicial to our woollen manufacture." The politician afterwards tried to borrow half-a-crown of the jour- nalist, who retorted by offering him five shillings " to receive .pounds of him when the great Turk was driven out of Constan- tinople; which he very readily -accepted."
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