THE CRITERION. October. Vol. II., No. V.
The Criterion, at the opening of its second year, shows no lowering of its standard of excellence, and the list of contribu- tors to the present number, which includes the late Professor W. P. Ker, Professor Charles Guignebert, Mr. T. S. Eliot, Miss May Sinclaif, Mr. Ford Madox Ford, and Herr Hugo von Hofmannsthal, is sufficient to show the breadth and variety of its outlook. Professor Ker's study of Byron is an excellent piece of criticism, and admirers of Mr. T. S. Eliot will enjoy watching him, in his article on " The Function of Criticism,;' perform one of his most successful surgical operations on the body of criticism itself. Professor Charles Guignebert dis- cusses the Devil and his past with both lightness and learning. According to his conclusions the Devil is not Jewish by birth ; he is no more than a naturalized Jew, whose origin was Indo- Iranian. Herr von Hofmannsthal' s contribution is a finely imaginative description of a visit to Greece. Mr. W. J. Lawrence has discovered valuable and interesting information bearing on the text of Shakespeare, while investigating the platform-stage music used in connection with performances of the plays. His theories, embodied in an article called " A New Shakespearean Test," are extremely suggestive.
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