PERIODICALS.
The National Review.
The political notes in the April number are vigorous and bellicose. The editor was, perhaps, ill-advised in printing Mr. Arthur lOtson's three-page letter : it seems to be a reductio ad absurdum of his own views. Mr. Kitson argues that "the British public are the victims of a gigantic con- spiracy, conceived years ago for the purpose of enabling Germany to win the peace " ; conceived, apparently, by British Government officials. He was still more ill-advised in pub- lishing Mr. Desmond Mountjoy's nauseating short story, "The Witch," a tale designed to illustrate the bestiality of the Irish people. In a mainly political paper such an indictment should be documentary and " responsible " ; propagandist fiction should have no part in serious journalism. Lord Esher's account of his connexion with the League of Nations and its scheme for the Limitation of Armaments is interesting ; but the most engaging article is Sir Chartres Biron's "The Duty of an Advocate.'
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