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of his books, too, seem to feel that there is a substratum of truth in his confession, When he publish- ed a 'Short History of England' one of the reviews in a leading journal said that a complete and accurate History of England could be written from the omissions from Mr. Chesterton's book. His essay in this volume is simply dull.

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... It Had Happened Otherwise?" by Winston Churchill, Emil Ludwig, Andre Maurols, G. K. Chesterton, 11. If Don John of Austria had THE SCORCHED MANUSCRIPTS Harold Nicholson, Milton married Mary Queen of Scots. Waldman, Ronald Knox, H. A. L. Fisher, J. C. Squire, Hilaire Belloc, Philip Guedalla; Longmans & Co., 21/- net.] Readers of history have always felt the curious uncertainty and 'chanciness' which seemed to underlie some of the most import- ant events the turning points- In history. They could almost re- peat the words of the hymn.

"Great God on what a slender thread Hang"..... historical

events.

Old fashioned thinkers lumped all this under the general term "providence."

Reward by merit would have been in the above order. The general Editor, J. C. Squire, writes a clever and humorous essay. But he seems to allow himself a with the idea of greater latitude the subject than any of the other writers. Nobody now, save a few cranks, believes that the actor of Stratford wrote all the plays of Shakespeare as we have them. One might as well suppose that

the Bible the Books in written by the authors whose names they hear. Hypothesis and fact are

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The archives of Pope Clement IX, have returned to the Vatican Library after a lapse of more than two and a half centuries. Though he reigned only from 1667 till 1669, he left a valuable collection of docu- mento dating from the time when he was Secretary of State to Alexander VII., whom he succeeded. After his death they passed inte the hands of the Rospigliosi family, and were stored in their Roman palace. A few years ago they narrowly escap ed destruction in a fire which broke out there. Fortunately the robust vellum binding saved them until the household rescued them; but the scorched edges of the manuscripts bear witness to the danger they had been in.

Mr. Luls Mendelssohn, an Amer ican citizen, recently acquired the collection and presented it to Fope Pius XI. He also received a por tion of one of the Colonna libraries, five red berets worn by Clement IX, and some ancient globes.

The collection of "incunable", in

f' is like the if of a future life. One of the greatest of nineteenth Modern thinkers incline to take century Divines once said that if it was conclusively proved to a more scientific and analytical

morrow that there was no future view. But many readers have at Jimes felt the pleasure of speculat-life after death the disclosure would not make a particle of ing on the course of events if difference to the mode of life and things had happened otherwise. There are no trammels in hypothethought of nine-tenthe of the And this, we think, population. tical history; and this allows some

would be the case. writers to give freedom and rein

And if there came an authorita- to their imagination which the

tive proof from heaven that Bacon cold limits of fact curb and res-

had written Shakespeare's plays the Vatican library is sald to be train.

there would be no alteration in unique. But its real glory is its

profes- academical allegiance or

treasure of manuscripts, said to in- sional judgment. Mr. Squire clude 60,000 iteras. The vast task would still be a Stratfordian.

of drawing up a general catalogue Perhaps it is previous acquaint has now been undertaken, but the ance with Mr. Belloe and Mr. present generation of students will Chesterton as historians of non- probably not sea its completion. hypothetical history go-to-gay which rether prejudices one when reading thair efforts in this volume. Mr. Belloe's essay seems very like a good deal which he

With the group of authors be- fore us it is very interesting to watch the effect of the absence of restraint on each. Most of them have already tried their hands at the narration of history which is supposed to have been not pure hypothesis: and on this, account the present volume has a peculiar attraction.

For my own edification I set

had not read this book but only heard that Mr. Belloc had put in

down the essays in what appear has already written. A wag, who ed to me their order of merit, just as I might do with a set of school boy compositions. Here it is:-

1. If Napoleon had escaped to

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A chapter of hypothetical history, said Oh, easy for him; ho need only put in a chapter from "Europe and the Faith".'

Mr. Chesterton is somewhat different. He nearly always writes about subjects about which,

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the transitional etage probably lost their homes, relations reaping the benefit of the Move- "I noticed one small chap carry- ment and we look forward to their ing two buckets of water. becoming good citizens, loyal to hardly seemed bigger than the their God, King, and Country."

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