and Wagner An interesting anthology has just, been published in Berlin
of "Classical Journalism," de-under the somewhat heavy, title scribed still more heavily by the publishers in their advortisements as "the document of the seventh Great Power." It is odd that this book should appear in Germany, where journalism and the journalist are still looked upon askance by the average citizen. All really weighty articles are written, save in isolated instances, by high Government officials and University professors whose opinion the public may be expected to value.
The classics of journalism viewed by German eyes must of necessity conform to a peculiarly German standard—a fact which must be borne in mind or the reader may be somewhat startled at the contents of the closely printed eight hundred pages. The compiler, E. E. Kitsch, himself an everyday journalist, has chosen the specimens from the works of publicists whose personality was instrumental in ushering in a new era in the realms of politics, art, or literature. On this ground the most widely different personalities and their views are included in his collection.
Martin Luther's impassioned defence of his Bible translation and the holiness of the Scriptures against the attacks of the Papists, Beaumarchais's polemics, ft's proposal for the universal letters of Junius, and,
use of Irish manufactures are included in the same category as Napoleon's "Bulletins" and fanatical manifestos of Robes-pierre and Morat. A whole history of Germany of the past cen~ tury is compressed within the extracts. from Borne, who clamoured for a republic in the *forties, when he and Heine were the feverish representatives of "Young Germany'; in Marx's defence of the Commune, and in Bismarck's attack upon the policy of his successors. Mazzini, Kossuth, and Jaurés are included among the many politicians quoted.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.