Mr. Weld's study of the history of Romania will open the eyes of most readers to the difficulties which ancient diplomacy and the conservative prejudices of half Europe have placed in the way of such consolidation of States. All the more interesting is a history of one of the great providential movements in which is answered that prayer which foreshadows the Christian civilization of the future. That prayer was answered in a certain measure in the Constitution of the United States, which made one nation out of many. It was answered when the Italian provinces formed themselves into the Kingdom of Italy; when the petty duchies of Germany united with such kingdoms as Bavaria and Prussia in the formation of the Empire of Germany; when Austrians and Hungarians consent to the dual Empire of Austria; and when the kingdom of Romania came into being in the face of jealousies and of the sway of ancient prejudices.