IN an editorial note to the Spring number of the
Cornhill, Mr. Peter Quennell announces his retirement from the editorship, which in future will be vested anonymously in the House of Murray. The news of Mr. Quennell's departure will be learned with regret b) many readers who have been grateful for the taste and discrimina- tion that he has brought to the preparation of the magazine during the past seven yearie, The last issue of his editorship is in keeping with the tradition he- has established. It would be worth buying for one item alone—the extracts from the hitherto unpublished diaries of F. W. Gibbs, tutor to the Prince of Wales from 1851 to 1860. They show that Gibbs's task was even more onerous than had hitherto been believed. There are also some attractive photo- . graphs of Gibbs's other pupil, Prince Alfred, and an altogether remarkable study of the youthful Prince of Wales as iiacchui
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