. Review of reviews and world's work. ould be incon-venient. Moreover, any minister may propose the sus-pension of a periodical which in his opinion may provedetrimental to the interests of the such suspension is usually discussed at the coun-cil of ministers, instances may occur where the suspen-sion is decided upon contrary to the wishes of the min-ister of the interior. While the latter has the power tosuppress any periodical, or even to .suppress completely the publication of all periodicals, he has not the powerto resist the pressure brought to bear by the other min-i
. Review of reviews and world's work. ould be incon-venient. Moreover, any minister may propose the sus-pension of a periodical which in his opinion may provedetrimental to the interests of the such suspension is usually discussed at the coun-cil of ministers, instances may occur where the suspen-sion is decided upon contrary to the wishes of the min-ister of the interior. While the latter has the power tosuppress any periodical, or even to .suppress completely the publication of all periodicals, he has not the powerto resist the pressure brought to bear by the other min-istries. The writer concludes, therefore, that it is notpossible to establish for the Russian press a posi-tion of permanence and authority as based merelyon the good-will of one or another of the minis-ters. Security from the changing tendenciesmay be secured only by guaranties founded onbasic law. In another editorial, the writer refers tothe necessity of replacing administrative pun-ishment by the responsibility of the press before. MAXIM GORKY READING THE MANUSCRIPT OF HIS LATESTWORK (WHICH HAS BEEN BANNED BY THE CENSOR) TOTHE RUSSIAN ART CRITIC, W. STASOFF. 216 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REI^/EIVS. the courts alone. This lias been [)oiuted out re-peatedly by various periodicals, among them theBuss/ciya ]i/f(fomosfi. A new occasion for theemphasis of this thought is offered by two recentincidents, wherein two periodical publicationswere meted out administrative punishment. Even here there is no clear statement as to what reallyconstitutes a dangerous tendency, what thoughtsand opinions are considered deserving of pun-ishment or warning. The Il/cdotiKKsli has beenone of the strongest advocates of more liberalpress laws. KATHERINE BERESHKOVSKA,—A RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONIST. AN embodiment of the entire Russian revolu-tionaiy movement, in one heroic figure,is offered by the life and work of KatherineBereshkovska, who recently arrived in this coun-try to lecture on the present i
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