SAUNDERS, T. Bailey Sayce, Rev. Professor A. H. Schneider, Baroness Augusta von Shirlaw, Mathew, Mus. Bac. Edin. Starzyński, Dr. Stanislas Ritter von Stransky, Dr. Adolf (Austria-Hungary) Trotter, A. Pelham Tzontcheff, General (Macedonia) VILLARI, L. WALDSTEIN, Professor C. Warren, T. H., President of Magdalen Watkins, Frank (Member of the late Wedgwood, The Hon. Mrs. White, A. Silva Wilkinson, Spenser Williams, Basil Wilson, Maj.-Gen. Sir C. W., K.C.B. Wolff, Rt. Hon. Sir H. Drummond, Wolff, Henry W. To these must be added "Anon," "Galeatus," "Auditor," "The Author of 'Pro Christo et Ecclesia," "The Writer of an Englishwoman's Love-letters," "The Author of An Englishman in Paris,' and the contributors of "The Loss of the Cobra," "The Veil of the Temple,” « Reviews of Unwritten Books," and "Lord Salisbury," besides the writers who have contributed editorial articles, and the reviewers of books "On the Line." PROPOSALS The following Articles which have appeared in THE MONTHLY REVIEW will be found useful in the present Inquiry THE OUTLOOK FOR BRITISH TRADE-Sir HENRY E. Sept. 1901 THE ALLEGED ECONOMIC DECAY OF GREAT BRITAIN -W. H. MALLOCK Nov. 1901 GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY-Rt. Hon. R. B. HALDANE, M.P. Dec. 1901 SHIPPING SUBSIDIES-BENJAMIN TAYLOR Jan. 1902 BRITISH COMMERCE, 1881-1900-J. HOLT SCHOOLING June 1902 THE PROMOTION OF TRADE WITHIN THE EMPIRE -J. B. C. KERSHAW Aug. 1902 THE PROMOTION OF TRADE WITHIN THE EMPIRE -Hon. R. H. BRAND July 1903 MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S PROPOSALS-Viscount GoSCHEN FREE TRADE AND PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS-RALPH Aug. 1903 THE POSITION OF UNIONIST FREE-TRADERS—Rt. Hon. HENRY HOBHOUSE, M.P. IMPERIAL TRADE AND TARIFFS-HUGH BELL Sept. 1903 A VIEW OF THE FISCAL CONTROVERSY-Rt. Hon. Sir MICHAEL HICKS BEACH, Bt., M.P. Oct. 1903 MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S FISCAL POLICY-Rt. Hon. Sir EDWARD GREY, Bt., M.P. PREFERENCE AND RETALIATION-Lord HUGH CECIL, M.P. CANADA, THE EMPIRE, AND MR. CHAMBERLAIN- SHEFFIELD AND ITS SHADOW-WINSTON CHURCHILL, M.P. THE MONTHLY REVIEW EDITED BY HENRY NEWBOLT JANUARY 1904 Page THE DAUGHTERS OF THE HOUSE-HON. W. PEMBER REEVES THE CAVALRY AND ITS PRINCIPAL ARM-EQUES THEODORE MOMMSEN-EMIL REICH, D.C.L. THE REPORT ON THE FLEETt ManŒuvres-JULIAN CORBETT THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE (Concluded) CHARLES II. AND REUNION WITH ROME-REV. ARTHUR A RAMBLE IN CLUBLAND-A. INNES SHAND FORT AMITY-XIII—XIV—A. T. QUILLER-COUCH The Editor of the MONTHLY REVIEW is always happy to receive MSS., and to give them his consideration, provided that they are type-written or easily legible, and accompanied by a stamped en- velope for their return if not accepted. In the case of all unsolicited contributions the Editor requests his correspondents (i) to excuse him from replying otherwise than by formal printed letter; (ii) to state whether he is offered the refusal of the MS. indefinitely or only for a limited period. Where the offer is indefinite, the Editor cannot be answerable for time or opportunities lost through his adverse decision after long consideration; nor can he in any case be respon- sible for the loss of a MS. submitted to him, although every care will be taken of those sent. They should be addressed to the EDITOR, FOREIGN TRADE AND THE MONEY MARKET QUESTION is suddenly brought before us for decision, A is us which, rightly or wrongly, may involve a complete reversal of all the traditions under which the last two generations have been brought up. I hold that we should judge it entirely on its own merits; we must, as far as we can, rid ourselves of anything like prejudice or preconceived ideas, or submission of our own judgment to that of others with whom on questions of politics we may have been associated. AS TO NECESSITY FOR INQUIRY. We are told that there has been an inquiry. The only official evidence produced by that inquiry has been presented in a most admirable Blue Book, which is deserving of the closest study, but which is confined mainly to statistics, most valuable, no doubt, but which, like all statistics, are open to various interpretations, unless they are considered in conjunction with all the causes and conditions of which the figures are the outcome. Beyond this we know nothing of an official inquiry; we have had pamphlets and speeches innumerable, some of them of great ability, and containing much valuable information. These have, however, for the most part, to be regarded as the pleadings of advocates; and not as the summing up by an impartial judge; yet the jury are to be |