The Twentieth Century (Francis Griffith, 2s. 6d.), if not exactly
a " book of the week," may be mentioned in those columns as an event. It makes no profession of faith, but the writer of an article on "Church Reform "—his nostrum is popular election— hopes that it " may do for the Liberals of 1900 what the Edin- burgh did for the Whigs a century ago." Possibly to help in this work, four Liberals have been called into council. Mr. P. W. Clayden thinks that the leadership of the party should be put into commission ; Mr. A. E. Fletcher bans all the Liberal Imperialists, and thinks that " Mr. Lloyd-George, Mr. Sam Evans, and Mr. Tim Healy are the most promising" ; Mr. A. E. T. Newman (the writer on "Church Reform") plumps for Mr. John Morley; and Mr. J. C. Haig, not to be beaten, proposes Mr. T. W. Russell. There is more promise in a series of articles entitled "A Survey of the Century," to which Professor Maitland contri- butes an article on " Law," and Mr. J. R. Diggle one on "Education "; literature is represented by an essay from Mr. Curning Walters on " The Magic of John Inglesant." We hope that No. 2 will be proof-read with more care.
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