The Revolution of the Twentieth Century. With an Introduction and
Edited by Henry Lazarus. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—These "prospective histories" are commonly somewhat foolish; this, which Mr. Lazarus has written or "edited," is so in a conspicuous degree. The author rages with impartiality—it must be allowed that he has this merit—against statesmen, financiers, bishops, every one, in short, who may be supposed to represent existing institutions. Facts, for of course there are many facts on which an indictment of society may be founded, exaggerations, fictions, such as have been exposed again and again, are mingled together. The revenue of the Church, to take an instance, is put at eight millions ! (No authorities are given from beginning to end.) Could there be a more silly exaggeration? There are scandalous inequalities because a suffragan bishop leaves .236,000,—due to his patrimony probably, which would doubtless have been largely increased had he followed any other profession.
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