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 flowers and of seeing the public enjoying his gardens.

Mr. Worstord’s little book may be slip- ped Into the pocket, yet in its compact contents is the best brief statement of the British side of the present case we have sn. This author does not find that the franchise, or the Kafr question, the aca- demic discussion over “suzerainty.”" or all three of them, caused the war. He demon- strates very plausibly a natural ethnolo- gical evolution of two races, with collision at the end as inevitable as when two trains converge from parallel tracks on to a single line. The only difference lies in the hope of ultimate reconciliation and fusion that roc Is a slow one, but history shows that no feud Is eternal, and that no conquered race ever failed to modify or be itself mod-

of political cliques, and of the recent un~ holy alltance between the Vatican and the Anarchists and Socialists. Yet, to under- stand contemporary politics in Italy, one must know these determining facts, and one has a right to find them intelligently stat- ed in even an epitome.

A critic does not demand, of course, that ‘an author shall agree with bim In opinton Dut there are certain facts and personages about whom most historical students are agreed. One is surprised, therefore, that ‘Mr, Sears should continue to paint the atro- clous tyranny of J. R. Barrios in Gautema- In tn the rosy colors which the agents of Barrios himself lala on thick, at the time when he was bent on luring foreign capl- | tal into that country. In general, Mr.) Sears's account of the Latin peoples seems to be based only on works in English or

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the serious curtailment of bis Information. Nevertheless, the tn his bibliography of twenty- ‘comprise much excellent mate- these limits, and will help all ts, whom he does not cater for. olnt out a few of the errors wo 4, 20 that, by their correction, lution of the book may be im- » date of the crowning of Wil- Versailles 1s given December, 46, and January 18, 1871, on was Frederick William II., not aed the coalition against France che Holy Roman Empire was 1806, as stated on p. 138, not ‘tated on p. 198, whore also the
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title which he never bore. Ru- paburg acquired Austria in 1276, 138). Mr. W. 1, Wilson was ative from West Virginia, not a, when he drew up his famous (p. 458). The French garrison ithérawn from Rome, “partly with a request of Queen Vic~ >, but in desperation, when Ni lutched at anything to save him assian deluge. ole, there are commendably fow the general impression left by that he wishes to tell his story judice. The statistical para- fh ho has added to many of the p to bring before the reader the tion In the chief countries. At

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