The Reviews Reviewed. 



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THE ITALIAN MAGAZINES. 



The interest of the Italian reviews at tiie rnoincnt 

 es rather in their comments on the war than in their 

 eneral articles. The tone is distinctly more serious 

 nd less provocative than last month. The Chi/id 

 "atlo/icii, the Jesuit organ, maintains a cart-fully non- 

 ommittal attitude. The Nuo7-a Aiitologia discusses 

 le whole position dispassionately and with a full 

 ealisation of its gravity, and pleads emphatically for 



policy of remaining on the coast and not venturing 

 pon any hazardous expedition inland. The editor 

 dmits frankly that the Italian nation was deceived 

 s to the probable attitude of the Arabs towards 

 hem, and that the resistance of the latter has intro- 

 iuccd an entirely new element into the military 

 itualion. The Rasscxna ConUmpcranea, while testi- 

 ying to the correct attitude of all the Powers towards 

 taly in their official utterances, describes the con- 

 lenmation of h^r methods by the foreign press as " a 



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The Rebuke. 



" Let him that is without sin cast llie fir 



wash-house, etc. It is worth noting that every room 

 is fitted with electric light. The municipality is now 

 engaged in erecting a garden-city near the Lido. 



In honour of the Liszt centenary the jV/wi'ij Anio- 

 lt\i;ia publishes in two numbers a lengthy biographical 

 sketch of the Abbe' Liszt, mainly in relation to " the 

 sensible influence which the eternal feminine exer- 

 cised upon him, both as man and as artist." !•'. Pinelli 

 contributes further some interesting reminiscences of 

 the composer and of his friend of many years. 

 Princess Caroline Wittgenstein, one of the most 

 learned and fascinating women of her day, both of 

 whom he frequently saw as a child in Rome. 

 Pasquale Villari, the distinguished historian, discusses 

 sympathetically various points raised in the recent 

 revised edition of .Mr. Bryce's " American Common- 

 wealth," while A. Agresti contributes an extremely 

 well-informed study of the place of Browning's poetry 

 in the development of the thought of his day. 



The Civilla Cattolka complams 

 of the oppression of Catholics in 

 Russia. The writer asserts that 

 the religious freedom guaranteed 

 by the edict on liberty of con- 

 science has been withdrawn bit 

 by bit, until all missionary work 

 is rendered impossible, Catholic 

 priests are frequently prevented 

 from entering the country, and no 

 Catholic family is even allowed 

 to have a private chapel. 



Admirers of Spanish art may be 

 interested in an illustrated article 

 in the Rassegiia Cciilaiiporanea 

 on the Spanish painter Hermen 

 Anglada, whose painting is 

 described by C. Tridenti as 

 " an enchanted mirror in which, 

 for an instant, desire is realised." 



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lisgusting spectacle of bad faith " inspired either by 

 inancial interests or by morbid sentimentality. The 

 Rasseg^na yVrtsw/ir/cr continues to dwell on the iniquity 

 )f the .Socialist party in opposing the war, and deplores 

 he " furious and disj^raceful campaign " of foreign 

 lewspapers against Italy, but it admits that the 

 ;onquest of Tri]>oli will prove a far longer and more 

 liflicult task than the nation had imagined. 



Turning to articles of general interest, the Ras- 

 tgna NaziouaU publishes an instructive account of 

 he municipal housing jx)licy of Venice. There it 

 las liccn frankly recognised that the provision of 

 louses for the working classes cannot be left solely 

 o private enterprise. U'ilh the financial co-operation 

 )f the Venice savings banks the municipality have 

 •rccted flats both for working-folk and for minor 

 )fificials in various |)arts of the city. The tenements 

 re in such demand that there are forty to fifty 

 pplicants for every vacancy, rents beginning as low 

 s as. 9d. a week for a two-roomed flat, with use of 



The Twentieth Century Magazine. 

 With the November number Mr. B. O. Flower 

 retires from the editorship of the magazine, and his 

 place is taken by Professor Charles Zueblin. Mr. 

 Flower states that on starting the magazine he 

 estimated that the placing of thirty thousand dollars' 

 worth of his preferred stock would enable him to 

 make the magazine self sustaining and pay the 

 dividends on the preferred stock sold. Hut several 

 parties who were expected to subscribe failed to do 

 so. Now, under the editorial management of Mr. 

 Zueblin, the necessary funds can be supplied. He 

 earnestly invites all believers in democracy to rally 

 to the support of Professor Zueblin, " so well and 

 so favourably known to fundamenlal democrats 

 throughout the Republii .' 



.•\n American lady's experiences during the Com- 

 mune is one of the most interesting papers in 

 .November Harper'i. 



