26 OCTOBER 1901, Page 21

THE Ent - memos Ravraw.—We noticed the principal article in the Edinburgh

last week, and will only say' here that the number is a good one and contains a very striking article on the French Expedition to Egypt in 1798, based on fresh material lately published in Paris. Like so many great events, chance seems to have played a very great part in the evolution of the Expedition. It was by no means the calculated and deliberate step on Napoleon's part which it is so often represented. The Directory seem to have believed that:in trying to conquer Egypt they were carrying on the traditional policy of Louis XIV. in the Levant. Other articles of no little interest are "Rome and the Novelists" and "The Macedonian Problem and its Factors."