THE QUARTERLY REVIEW
Lord Ernie, at eighty-one, recalls his " Early Victorian Childhood " in a delightful paper in the Quarterly Review for ' April. His father was the rector of Whippingham, Isle of - Wight. He is sure that he remembers seeing Napoleon Ill land at Osborne in 1857 on a visit to the Queen. At Ids preparatory school he was admonished for reading Jane Eyre, which, strange to say, shocked our Victorian forefathers.. Sir George Aston, drawing partly on the knowledge which be gained as a- member of the General Staff up to 1912, describes the origin of the " military. conversations " with France that arose out of the Entente Cordiale soon after the Liberal Ministry took office in December, 1905. An article of timely interest on " Minorities in the Free State " is contributed by Professor M. A. O'Sullivan, He has no liking for compulsory Irish, he is concerned about the Roman Catholic hierarchy's ill-will towards Trinity College, but he does not think that ;Protestants need suffer through the abolition of the right to 'uppeal to the Privy Council.
Previous page
