THE NATIONAL REVIEW.
The general articles in this month's issue, though attractive, and in the case of the Duke of Northumberland's essay both important and controversial, are somewhat overshadowed by the remarkable verve of the editorial " Episodes of the Month." There is often an element of melodrama in the National Review's view both of men and events. But on this occasion the distortions amount to no more than the necessary simplifications of the caricaturist, simplifications which serve here to illuminate and hold in focus the memorable events of the last six weeks. Had the summary been a little shorter' it might have served as a model of how the exposition of current history should be tackled, with its amusing juxta- position for contrast or correlation of events to which accidents of time had lent a false perspective.
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