CORNISH GRANITE. Compiled by E. C. M. Stewart and E.
Satterwaite. (Parsons. 6s.) Tins book contains extracts from the writings and speeches of the late Lord Courtney of Penwith. It is a little volume which many readers will be glad to possess as a memento of a fine public character of the old school--one, indeed, who was not of the old school in his mental outlook, which was always " advanced " and unflinchingly independent, but who belonged to it by reason of the courtesy, dignity, and sense of responsibility which inspired alike his life and his utterance. In a delightfully _ intimate introduction, rich in personal reminiscence, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch says that he in- stinctively associates Leonard Courtney with the names of Mill, Darwin, Huxley, George Eliot, and John Morley, as belonging to what, with all their divergence, may be called the " Fortnightly " group, whose " besetting virtue " was " Intellectual Honesty." It is just that quality, which time and again cost Lord Courtney the sweets of office, that gives to these speeches and writings, dealing mainly with questions of international peace and of religion, and not otherwise remarkable in themselves, an air of freshness and distinction.
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