The Romanoffs. By H. Sutherland Edwards. (W. H. Allen and
Co.)—There is, indeed, more about the current of political life in
Russia than the personalities of the Romanoffs, in Mr. Sutherland Edwards's sketch of that dynasty. We have called it a sketch because it seems to have been hastily written, and is not always well balanced, and occasionally digresses. It cannot be said that
the portraits of individual monarchs are delineated with clear- ness; of some we get an impression that they were not what the
world has generally supposed them to be, and of others we get no impression at all ; and the whole resembles a gallery of faded portraits. The latter part, which deals with the political aspects of this century, shows Mr. Sutherland Edwards's knowledge of Russian affairs better, and is, generally speaking, readable.
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