The Reign of Sir Edward Carson. By the -Hon. George
Peel. (P. S. King and Son. 2s. Gd. net.)—Mr. Peel's attempt to use the 'weapon of ridicule does not strike us as happy either in its conception or in its execution. A great thinker said long ago that ridicule was the test of truth, and Mr. Peel has unintentionally shown that the Ulster movement eats atand this test. The somewhat laboured humourof his first six chapters leaves us wondering how any sant politician could possibly have studied the speeoheannel actions of Sir Edward-Carson so carefully without seeing that they deserve- to be taken seriously. It is no doubt arguable that Ulster may be wrong, but to think that her high and serious deter- mination is a fit subject for jesting is to write down one's own condemnation as a trifler. In the remainder of his book Mr. Peel presents himself as a serious politician. But after this proof of his incapacity to grasp the meaning of to-day's affairs, we have grave hesitation in accepting his argument from history.
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