An Election Journal, 1892. By " M." (Remington and Co.)— This
book is intended to picture the changes of fortune, the fluctuations of hope and fear, which an observer would have seen in the General Election of 1892. These are given well enough, but the whole is "ancient history" now. We are looking on, not back, and are speculating what the election of 1895—if such should happen—may bring forth. Still there are interesting items in it, as when we read again the prophecies that were confidently made before the election. Mr. Gladstone himself confidently reckoned upon 154 majority ; Mr. Herbert Gladstone "went one better," and expected 170. Perhaps he was thinking of his own majority at Leeds, which, indeed, was just about double. It is curious to note that Lord Randolph Churchill was the first Member returned.
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