. French men, women and books : a series of nineteenth-century studies. dual initi-ative and reduces the bulk of young Frenchmen tomere administrative automata. If there is exaggera-tion in this view, there is also a good deal of things considered, however—rival factions, loveof change, and the ebullient French temperament— 186 ANGLOPHILE AND REFORMER it is not altogether a disadvantage that the hugeadministrative machine, as the phrase goes, marchetoute seule, goes of itself. Our imitator, as we should expect, has manycharming things to say about England and Englishmethods, and also
. French men, women and books : a series of nineteenth-century studies. dual initi-ative and reduces the bulk of young Frenchmen tomere administrative automata. If there is exaggera-tion in this view, there is also a good deal of things considered, however—rival factions, loveof change, and the ebullient French temperament— 186 ANGLOPHILE AND REFORMER it is not altogether a disadvantage that the hugeadministrative machine, as the phrase goes, marchetoute seule, goes of itself. Our imitator, as we should expect, has manycharming things to say about England and Englishmethods, and also tells us some home-truths weshould do well to lay to heart. He happened to bein England during the railway race to Scotland afew years ago, an incident which increased his pro-found admiration for Anglo-Saxon enterprise; atthe same time, we get from him a note of warningagainst the rising spirit of militarism on this side ofthe Channel, so contrary to the pacific, practicalside, the true source of Englands greatness. X THE HISTORIAN OF A TRAGEDYM. JOSEPH REINACH. Joseph Reinach [Facing p. 189. THE HISTORIAN OF A TRAGEDYM. JOSEPH REINACH One afternoon of August 1899 a large party wasassembled for coffee in a beautiful old-fashionedgarden at Montfort TAmaury (Seine-et-Oise), con-sisting of several families who were here near neigh-bours, an English guest and one visitor who had rundown from Paris for lunch. Meantime two of thenumber had quitted the group on the lawn, and nowpaced a shaded walk in earnest conversation. Coffeehaving been brought in, cups were rattled, other hintsgiven to the laggards. Utterly oblivious of every-thing but the topic in hand, the pair still paced toand fro. Shall I fetch Maitre Demange and , papa? asked a young girl of her father. No, no, was the reply. Leave them alone; dontyou see that they are hard at work ? Hard at work indeed were those first brave de-fenders of Dreyfus throughout every day—onemight almost say every hour—of that
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