The Passing of the Saturday Review

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17607, 24 October 1931, Page 13

The Passing of the Saturday Review

LONDON, Sept. 6. JTS political andlitprary. ‘ ‘ weeklies ’ ’ tv< pride of,.English journalism, and ,wo arp i ,the,,pQorpr by tlie. passing .pf tjio Saturday; Raview,. which .recently, .cajno to .an abrupt ciul as a, sopuratc .entity. Its prosperous ,rival, tho .Spectator.,, has absorbed the Saturday .Review, which, although it had. been ailing.for. over a year, showed no signs that,the end Was so" close; at hand.... On, ..the, contraty,,.the,end cauteiso suddenly that its .staff .appears to. have been taken completely u.riaw.aijes, ~and; in setting one,. of . its amusing literary. ..competitions .in-,what has .proved .to be., thjo final, issue, ■ the rosults were promised in a later number., . ... .. ..... \ The. Saturday, Review is one of the victoins of the how forgotten Empire Tree |Trade Crusade. When Lord Leavcrbrooh’s ill-starred, campaign iyas. at libs'’.height the proprietor of the Saturday Review! wholeheartedly, ehibraped the, policy oyer the. head of Jits editor, Mr.'.Gerald Barry. No ; selfrespecting editor could , stand ,for this, and Mr. Barry did not' .take it lying down., .He resigned. To his surprisp and intense gratification,, practically allitho most distinguished contributors of. the journal' followed suit,. a j nd with touching loyalty placed their'services at his disposal;, Within a fortnight, Barry had founded, a new weekly, the Week End Review. That wgs rather more than a year ago, and it has flourished while the Saturday. Review has declined. ’ iV; ■' • i. In itß grqat days, the journal was robust organ of, opinion. Thhre iw.erc no half measures about its views. It had a.t- its service the most brilliant-.pens of the day. Many of tho literacy giants of the day, including MV. Cunuinghaihc Grahame, wijlingly contributed to its literary columns for a trifling remuneration. Its. fresh, healthy, buoyant'outlook on nftaifs was something to give, thanks for. ‘ ' • ■ ■