Sober

The Outlook, soberest of U. S. reviews, craved the indulgence of its readers for any tardiness with which they might receive Vol. 138, No. 11, dated Nov. 12, explaining that No. 11 had been withheld from the presses until Nov. 5 that the editors might "interpret the verdict of the voters on the Presidential campaign." When No. 11 reached its readers, its opening words were these:

''America is American.

"That is the illuminating revelation of the election."