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Critical Notices Of The Literature Of The Last Three Months,
Still on the same subject we have to notice a clever compilation , * halfhistorical , and half-narrative and personal , by W . Cole , of the 21 st Eusiliers . It is a mass of information , interspersed with such suggestions and reflections as a military man might be supposed to make while acting spectator to tactics which he does not altogether approve , and yet does not feel authorised to condemn . With the remarks , however , which Mr . Cole makes upon the two courses which are open to the emperor in carrying on the war , we entirely agree , although we could wish " to see an end made on't" a little more quickly than he seems to fear possible .
"The emperor , " he says , "has two courses open to him—a vigorous attack , or a protracted defence . He may push boldly on , and attempt to force his way to Constantinople , in despite of rivers , frontier fortresses , mountain passes , and opposing armies ; or he may retire , like a tortoise , into his shell , and wait in defiance of reprisal . If he adopts the former plan , the chances in our favour are materially and manifestly increased ; if the selects the latter , and pursues the Fabian system of delay , he may harass and worry the allies until some unforeseen accident affords him an opening : but to do this he must have interminable
supplies of treasure , his nobles must second him with enthusiastic loyalty , and submit to the total suspension of their annual incomes ; the mass of his people must resign themselves to endure , without murmuring , the privations that a long war will entail upon them ; and his ranks thinned by the swovd , disease , and neglect , must be recruited by miracle , as warriors sprang in full equipment from the dragon's teeth of Cadmus—which it may be said , they are not likely to do for the special behoof of the house of Romanoff . "
Mr . Morell ' s " Russia as it Is , " f is a really useful little work , published by Mr . Routledge , in his shilling books , and contains an immense quantity of valuable and interesting matter , well arranged , and tastefully written . The resources of Russia are fairly estimated , and the condition of the great masses of her population honestly described ; and we glean from it this important fact , that the emperor is far more likely to be supported by the people , who still look np to him with reverential awe as their friend
and supporter , than he is by the nobles , who , ever anxious for a change , are peculiarly the victims of imperial rapacity when the necessities of war oblige the finding , by fair means or foul , of the means of carrying it on . Among the other books on this subject which we can properly recommend as fairly entitled to the perusal of those anxious to obtain information on matters connected with the countries now the seat of war , are Mr . Eowler ' s " History of Turkey ; " J M . Ivan Golovin ' s " The Nations of Turkey and Russia ; " § a translation from the Ereneh of M . Germain de Lagny ' s , entitled , " The Knout and the Russians ; " |] which , despite its unpleasant name , is really an interesting sketch . A clever , small book , by
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Critical Notices Of The Literature Of The Last Three Months,
Still on the same subject we have to notice a clever compilation , * halfhistorical , and half-narrative and personal , by W . Cole , of the 21 st Eusiliers . It is a mass of information , interspersed with such suggestions and reflections as a military man might be supposed to make while acting spectator to tactics which he does not altogether approve , and yet does not feel authorised to condemn . With the remarks , however , which Mr . Cole makes upon the two courses which are open to the emperor in carrying on the war , we entirely agree , although we could wish " to see an end made on't" a little more quickly than he seems to fear possible .
"The emperor , " he says , "has two courses open to him—a vigorous attack , or a protracted defence . He may push boldly on , and attempt to force his way to Constantinople , in despite of rivers , frontier fortresses , mountain passes , and opposing armies ; or he may retire , like a tortoise , into his shell , and wait in defiance of reprisal . If he adopts the former plan , the chances in our favour are materially and manifestly increased ; if the selects the latter , and pursues the Fabian system of delay , he may harass and worry the allies until some unforeseen accident affords him an opening : but to do this he must have interminable
supplies of treasure , his nobles must second him with enthusiastic loyalty , and submit to the total suspension of their annual incomes ; the mass of his people must resign themselves to endure , without murmuring , the privations that a long war will entail upon them ; and his ranks thinned by the swovd , disease , and neglect , must be recruited by miracle , as warriors sprang in full equipment from the dragon's teeth of Cadmus—which it may be said , they are not likely to do for the special behoof of the house of Romanoff . "
Mr . Morell ' s " Russia as it Is , " f is a really useful little work , published by Mr . Routledge , in his shilling books , and contains an immense quantity of valuable and interesting matter , well arranged , and tastefully written . The resources of Russia are fairly estimated , and the condition of the great masses of her population honestly described ; and we glean from it this important fact , that the emperor is far more likely to be supported by the people , who still look np to him with reverential awe as their friend
and supporter , than he is by the nobles , who , ever anxious for a change , are peculiarly the victims of imperial rapacity when the necessities of war oblige the finding , by fair means or foul , of the means of carrying it on . Among the other books on this subject which we can properly recommend as fairly entitled to the perusal of those anxious to obtain information on matters connected with the countries now the seat of war , are Mr . Eowler ' s " History of Turkey ; " J M . Ivan Golovin ' s " The Nations of Turkey and Russia ; " § a translation from the Ereneh of M . Germain de Lagny ' s , entitled , " The Knout and the Russians ; " |] which , despite its unpleasant name , is really an interesting sketch . A clever , small book , by