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France." Something of the same need runs through the book.

Mr.

Jerrold takes too much for granted in his readers ; familiar himself with French journalism, for thia is the side of "political France" with which he deals, he supposes it in others. We must confess that lively as his book is, it is sometimes just a little incomprehensible. Its main object is to expose the folly of the "Irreconcilable" party in the press ; and

the work is done vigorously, generally, we think, fairly. We may instance the estimate of M. Rochefort's literary power as a piece of keen criticism. In M. Rochefort, we should say, Mr. Jerrold sees a very dif- ferent person from the frenzied mob of libellers which is doing its best to make liberty impossible.