England and Germany. By Austin Harrison. (Macmillan and Co. 2s.
6d. net.)—This volume is a republication of letters which first appeared in the Observer. " Since they were written," says the author in his preface, "a calm has fallen upon Europe ; the relations between England, Germany, and France have sensibly improved." That wo are all glad to see ; but it does not remove the necessity for watchfulness. That there has been a complete change in the German temper within the last fifty years no one can doubt. Who in the " fifties " could I 11,73 imagined it possible that in a country where anti-English feeling simply did not exist there should come a time when a dispassionate observer would conclude that war between the two countries was, whether desired or not, inevitable? There are, of course, many disclaimers. So far as these come from the Press they may be set aside. On foreign affairs the German Press has, as a whole, no independent opinion. The subject is too large to be treated here ; we can but commend Mr. Harrison's volume to the careful attention of our readers.
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