THE RUSSIAN REVOLT. EDMUND NOBLE. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND CO.

One of the most puzzling questions that have recently disturbed the minds of economists and socialogists, is the so called Russian Revolt. Mr. Noble in his little volume by this name has endeavored to solve the enigma. As a study in history, the book is exceptionally concise, and thoroughly satisfactory with the exception of the study given to the period more immediately previous to the dynamite period of agitation. The author has not sufficiently noticed this period of the revolt, and as a result, the book somewhat unnaturally falls into two parts,-preparation for the revolt, and the revolt itself. The treatment for the preparation of the revolt is a masterly effort, and is thoroughly exhaustive. Great thought has been bestowed upon an exact statement of the causes which have unsettled the body politique of Russia, and the natural effect of these causes upon the Russian mind. The attention given to apolism and mysticism brings into prominence two comparatively new phases of the question. But the latter half of the book is hardly satisfactory, and the reader feels the failure upon the author's part to carefully track the various phases of the more active and agressive character of the contest.