A notable article by Mr. H. W. C. Davis deals
with the devious tactics of that arch-intriguer, Brougham, in the years between Waterloo and the death of George IV. Brougham was trying at one and the same time to curry favour with• the Radicals and to make a Moderate coalition with the Canningite Tories. Grey steadily refused to agree to a coalition, preferring to bide his time till Parliamentary Reform became inevitable, but Grey's temporary successor Lansdowne, was less cautious. Canning, for his part, assured himself of Court favour through Lady Conyngham, and then played with Brougham. The strange thing is that, though Brougham as a politician was distrusted by all parties, he had devoted friends, and was able to impose himself on the Whigs when at last they took office in 1830. In another valuable article Mr. R. N. Kershaw describes in detail " The Elections for the Long Parliament, 1640 " ; we may add that Mr. Kershaw deals with the many by-elections for that famous Parliament in the current number of History, the Historical Association's quarterly.
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