In the current number of History (Macmillan and Co., le.)
will be found an admirable address on " America's Entry into the War," by Professor A. C. McLaughlin, of Chicago University. His account of the slow crystallization of American opinion in. regard to the war is most instructive. The German propaganda, he thinks, did more harm than good to Germany, and German espionage helped to convince Americans that they must come into the war. To make the world safe for democracy is, he admits, a big programme, but, he adds, " this is a big war." Mr. Geoffrey Callender's article on " The Naval Campaign of 1587 " is of great interest. When Drake " singed the King of Spain's beard " at Cadiz, he really demon- strated the superiority of the first modern warship over the huge Spanish galley. Four of Drake's ships with their big guns routed the whole Spanish battle-fleet in an hour or two. The failure of his galleys induced Philip to send only armed transports in the Armada of 1588, which, in Mr. Callender's view, was foredoomed to destruction.
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