The New Battle of Dorking, By * * • *
* * (Grant Richards. 1s.)—The author of this pamphlet wishes to put his readers on their guard against a possible invasion by the French. There are, he says, "three months in every year during which the French Army is fit for immediate warfare." Every year, then, we may have a surprise visit from one hundred and twenty thousand men. We do not wish to say a word which may lessen the desire to put England in a position of unquestionable safety. But does our author know how much shipping would be required to transport one hundred and twenty thousand men across the Channel ? Let him look back to the story of the Crimea, and see how vast a fleet was required for the allied army, though it numbered little more than a third. Nevertheless, we would not hinder our readers from the study of this pamphlet. We cannot be too safe.
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