The first number of the Slavonic Review, edited by Sir
Bernard Pares, Professor Seton-Watson and Dr. Harold Williams (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 58. net), is of high promise. It is produced by the School of Slavonic Studies at King's College, and should do much to arouse interest in a subject of ever-increasing import- ance. President Masaryk contributes a valuable paper on The Position of the Slays in the New Europe." Professor Peter Struve, the eminent Russian economist, discusses the revolution ; he regards it as the product of Western ideas which are alien to the true Russian spirit. Sir Bernard Pares describes the aims of Russian study in this country, urging that our universities should train Englishmen for work in Russia, which will need a vast number of experts when normal conditions return. Mr. Baykalov writes on the Russian co-operative movement, destroyed by the Bolsheviks but now beginning to revive, and Mr. Macek describes the land reforms in Czecho- Slovakia. There are also historical and literary articles, includ- ing an interesting comparison between old English and Scottish ballads and the ballads of Rumania by Mr. Beza, the Rumanian Consul-General. At the end are political and economical notes and some interesting notices of books. The new review is much to be commended.
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