6 AUGUST 1892, Page 25

England under the Coalition. By P. W. Clayden. (T. Fisher

Clayden has written under this title a gigantic pamphlet, running to nearly six hundred pages. Such a book seems to be a mistake, quIte apart from any misstatements and erroneous judgments which it may b3 found to contain ; and England under the Coalition, which i partisan to the last degree, supplies plenty of both. But a history cannot be written, as Mr. Clayden himself would acknowledge, by one who is still engaged in the fiercest of the fray; while a pamphlet, to be effective, must be brief. Anyhow, th'il is not literature.