MR. GLADSTONE AND GENESIS 



[1886] 



IN controversy, as in courtship, the good old rule 

 to be off with the old before one is on with the 

 new, greatly commends itself to my sense of 

 expediency. And, therefore, it appears to me 

 desirable that I should preface such observations 

 as I may have to offer upon the cloud of argu- 

 ments (the relevancy of which to the issue which 

 I had ventured to raise is not always obvious) 

 put forth by Mr. Gladstone in the January num- 

 ber of this review, 1 by an endeavour to make 

 clear to such of our readers as have not had the 

 advantage of a forensic education the present net 

 result of the discussion. 



I am quite aware that, in undertaking this task, 

 I run all the risks to which the man who presumes 

 to deal judicially with his own cause is liable. 



1 The Nineteenth Century, 1886. 



