* * * We have often expressed the opinion that
some of the best reading in literature is to be found in diaries that were never intended for publication. Those who agree should not miss the extracts appearing day by day in the Morning Post from the diary and letters of the Duchess of Northumberland, the heiress of the Percies who married Sir Hugh Smithson,_first Duke of the third creation. Many books, composed with scissors and paste or otherwise, and dealing with Georgian days, are eagerly read, but give a less true and vivid view of those times and the court circles that attract readers. The Duke was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland where the Duchess lived for two years. We hope for a lively account of Wilkes's elections. The Smithson family has, of course, a special interest for all who know Washington.
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