The Monthig Review (J. Murray, 2s. 6d.), of which the
first number was published on Wednesday, is outwardly most attractive. Its cover is a "powder blue," delightful to the eye. Inside, the page is ample, the paper good, and the print- ing bold, black, and clear. But after all a magazine, like the rest of us, must live by its brain, and not by its body. In this important point Mr. Newbolt, the editor, is to be most heartily congratulated. His "Ode to the Nile," though not as captivating as some of his sea pieces, has a fine stateliness of phrase, and the editorial articles are sound and statesman- like in tone. Among many good articles we may specially note Mr. Spenser Wilkinson's trenchant "Puzzles of the War," and Mr. Roger Fry's "Art before Giotto," which is charmingly illustrated. Best of all, however, is the instal- ment of "The Autobiography of the Amir of Afghanistan," a human document of the East almost worthy to rank with the memoirs of Baber. We wish Mr. Newbolt and Mr. John Murray all success in their new venture. It certainly deserves it.
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