What makes this specially noteworthy and specially consolatory is our
knowledge that Mr.. Bonin. Law would not have used the words he did unless he thoroughly believed in them. Mr. Boner Law does not, like his predecessor, cultivate the levity of irresponsible optimism ! Yet, curiously enough, this is used against' him by his detractors. When he is perplexed he says so and admits that he cannot exactly say how he stands or how things stand in general. Surely that is more- honest, and more useful, than the boasts of the guide who, when he does not in the least know where he is, will still assure you that he knows every inch of the way, that " everything is all right," and that he will get you " home within two hours at the very most " ? That may be the sort of guide for certain races, but it is certainly not the sort desired by the British people.
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