19 AUGUST 1949, Page 4

On page 28 of Christopher Hollis's book, Can Parliament Survive

?, published this week, there is an astonishing footnote, Mentioning that " in 1802 every hereditary monarch in Europe was, as Bagehot reminds us',1nsane." I have no doubt that Bagehot was correct and that Mr. Hollis quotes him accurately. Even so the statement makes stiff demands on credulity.

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