The Westminster Review. July. (Triibner.)—The best article in this number,
it seems to us, is that on " The Place of Socrates in the Greek Philosophy." Among other things, may be noted the writer's just estimate of Xenophon's as compared to Plato's representation of their common teacher, and the sound criticism to which he subjects Crete's optimistic view (one of the strangest instances of the great historian's pro-Athenian bias) of the condemnation of Socrates. Sir Theodore Martin's last volume of " The Life of the Prince Consort" is reviewed with some plainness of speech, that does not, however, go beyond moderation. There is an interesting article on " The Peasant Poets of Russia." The writer of the essay on the -" Scotch Peerage" is inclined, on the whole, to admit the whole of these Peers to the House of Lords, a step which would give to that House the benefit of whatever Liberal element the Scotch Peerage contains. As the majority is already Conservative, any increase to it would be of no importance. The other articles deal with the sub- jects of " Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister," " Game Laws and Game Preserving," " State Papers : Foreign Series."
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