rpHE. Victorian Age expired, after all its glories, in a storm of derision and ridicule ; but it has come back. Whether we like it or not, we cannot avoid talking about it; the force of its attraction can bo clearly seen in the constant argument about it that goes On now. Mr. Godfrey Elton , who will make his contribution to-it this evening, is a historian (Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford) who is also an author, his books including ' The Testament of Dominic Burleigh ' and ' The Years of Peace.'