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The Cambridge Ancient History. Edited by J. B. BURY, Dr. S. A. Cook, and F. E. ADCOCK. Volume of Plates

(II), prepared by C. T. SELTMAN. (9s. net. Cambridge University Press.)

Fortunate possessors of the six magnificent volumes of "The Cambridge Ancient History " have long waited with eager anticipation the issue of this second book of plates illustrative of volumes V and VI. Now that it has appeared they will not be disappointed. It is a worthy companion to the History, and even apart from the History it is the finest picture-book that has been published for many a day. It gives superb reproductions of the art of the Mediterranean world during the fifth and fourth centuries before the Christian era. At the beginning and the end of the volume figure the portraiture, sculpture, and engraving of later Egypt. These crude and clumsy exhibitions of an art devoid of genius and decadent with superstition serve, like a dark framework, to throw into relief the brilliance and sanity of the masterpieces of Greek art which fill the central pages of this album of years. The selection is thoroughly representative without being commonplace sculpture, painting, architecture, coinage, all being included-and the figures are, for their size, as good as can anywhere be found. Each plate is accompanied by descriptive notes, so that the volume is complete in itself. But, of course, it yields its full treasures only to those who are familiar with the chapters in the “ Ancient History," by Prof. Beagley, Mr. D. S. Robertson, and Dr. H. R. Hall, which deal particularly with the topics illustrated by the plates. The coins, for example, are of the highest evidential value for many doubtful portions of Greek history. The statues, however, are ends in themselves, and those who feast their eyes on the reproduction here given of such models as the Hermes of Praxiteles (page 82), or the Athlete Loosening his Sandal (page 98), will wonder if it is possible to conceive more splendid types of young manhood more divinely represented.

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Perhaps a sneaking affection for aphorisms is commoner than a frankly-expressed admiration. Copy-book maxims” are an easy target for sneers, and so is the proverbial philosophy of Martin Tupper or Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Yet the popularity of these two in their respective generations shows that they fulfilled in some way a felt want. It is not feeble minds merely .that find sustenance in aphoristic wisdom. A valid test of the quality of a man's mind would be a list of his favourite sentences."

Those who are familiar with Mr. Pearsall Smith's previous work will take up his newest anthology (1) with keen anticipations. Nor will they be wholly disappointed. There is very little between his covers that is not worth reading and even worth remembering. Besides extracting freely from such indubitably great aphorists as Bacon, Sir Thomas Browne, Jeremy Taylor, the two Fullers, Halifax, Johnson, Chesterfield, Hazlitt, Stevenson, and Santayana, he earns our gratitude by his ungrudging recognition of Walter Bagehot, Sir Henry Taylor, Bishop Creighton, and Churton Collins. The last-named is a real discovery, for there can be no doubt of the striking quality of the sayings here reproduced.

On the other hand, Mr. Pearsall Smith's omissions may cause some astonishment, and they are not explained by his introduction, in which he accepts the Oxford Dictionary

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definition of an aphorism as " a short pithy statement containing a truth of general import." Aphorisms in verse he has deliberately excluded, his quotations from Pope and Johnson being all in prose; and there is, of course, much to be said for ruling out verse, though it means the rejection of notable sayings of Young, Blake, and Wordsworth, as well as of Pope. Disraeli he has evidently weighed in the balance and found wanting; he holds that Disraeli's pretentious aphorisms" are "for the most part among the counterfeit currency of thought." This is a severe judgment, yet perhaps not too severe. But why, when Emerson is quoted largely, have we only one quotation from Carlyle? And why is Landor not even mentioned ? Burke is another surprising omission. Reynolds and Goldsmith should surely have been represented; and in the nineteenth century, Sir Arthur Helps, Julius and Augustus Hare, J. R. Seeley, T. H. Huxley, and Lord Acton. In fine, this is a good "Treasury," but it could easily be enriched.

Mr. Pearsall Smith, who stoutly champions the English aphorists as against the late Lord Morley's disparagement of them in comparison with the French, freely acknowledges the merits of Joseph Joubert. The man who wrote, "If there is a man tormented by the accursed ambition to put a whole book in a page, a whole page in a sentence, and that sentence in one word, I am he," had assuredly mastered the secret of aphoristic writing. "I polish not my phrase," he says elsewhere, but my idea: I linger till the drop of light I need forms and falls from my pen." (2) Many English readers will be glad to have these Pensées" in the admirable version of Mr. Collins, and be grateful for his scholarly introduction. Mr. Collins adds to our debt by translating a selection of five-and-twenty letters, which throw additional light upon the character of their author.

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BRITAIN AS SEEN FROM OLYMPUS The History of British Civilization. By Dr. E. WINGFIELDSTRATFORD. 2 vols. (42s. net. Routledge.)

It is unfashionable at the present day to write history either on the large scale or in the grand style. The proper thing seems to be to concentrate attention on some minute episode or some obscure individual, to collect masses of information respecting the chosen subject, and to let the information speak for itself. The writing of history has thus become a process of manufacture carried on in institutes according to standardized methods and conventional designs. As to the "Historians' English," in which the majority of the modern mechanical masterpieces are presented, it is, as Mr. Guedalla well says, not so much a style as an industrial disease.

Such being the case, it is with both surprise and delight that the jaded reviewer receives from the press a work of 1332 large crown octavo pages surveying the whole course of British history and written with a grace and a dignity worthy of the magnitude of the theme. Dr. Esmé Wingfield Stratford excels in the capacity to take broad views. Some years ago he wrote a remarkable and comprehensive "History of British Patriotism," in which he surveyed from the lofty eminence of the Senior Common Room of King's College, Cambridge, the whole process of the development of British national self-consciousness from Dunstan to Disraeli. It was a brilliant work; a work of distinct promise; although the work of a mind obviously not yet fully matured and balanced. The present larger essay displays the full fruition of Dr. Wingfield-Stratford's powers. He has ascended from King's College to Olympus, and he surveys not one aspect only but the complex whole of British history. He has produced, as the result of nine years' labour, a dissertation of extensive outlook and vivid description. It is less a history of Britain than a detailed commentary upon the history. A knowledge of the outstanding facts is assumed;

scarcely any dates or particulars of specific information are given; but the whole process of the evolution of civilization in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, is depicted as seen from the abode of the gods. Not merely, indeed not primarily, are politics treated; art, science, religion, culture, all come within Dr. Wingfield-Stratford's purview. Further, not only an Olympian knowledge but also an Olympian impartiality and aloofness from human

prejudice mark the tone and temper of these two notable volumes. In the "History of Patriotism" the writer's prepossessions were painfully prominent; here they are not evident at all. He has achieved a vivacity free from passion, and a brilliance without tint of party colour. This book should be in every public library; every rich man should buy it; and every student of British history should, by some means, get hold of it and read it.

Minor Notices and Books of the Month BIOGRAPHY AND CLASSICS

James Watt and the Pioneer Inventors. By ANNA M. PAGAN. (IS. 3d. Blackie.)

Too little is generally known of the lives and work of the great inventors who, mostly profiting little themselves by their genius, brought about such portentious changes in the social life of England between 1780 and 1830. These sketches, accompanied by portraits, of James Watt, George and Robert Stephenson, John Rennie and others, are interesting in themselves and will be a welcome aid to the history teacher. The addition of a set of questions adds to the utility of the work.

Four Greek Heroes: Leonidas, Phidias, Themistocles, Socrates.
By JENNIE HALL. New Edition. (Is. Harrap.)
Alexander Hamilton. By H. H. HICKS. (6s. 6d. net. New York :
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The Lives of Aristeides and Marcus Cato. By PLUTARCH. (Iod.
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(Cloth, 2s. net. Leather, 3s. 6d. net. Oxford University Press.)

Introduction to the Study of the Greek Dialects. Grammar, Selected Inscriptions, Glossary. By Prof. C. D. BUCK. (35s. net. Ginn.)

This would seem to be the only available introduction in English to the study of Greek dialects, and without it students are dependent either on sections in grammatical works or on appendices to editions of particular authors, unless they know enough German to use Thumb's "Handbuch" with Solmsen's "Inscriptiones Selectae" as a reading book. Prof. Buck's work, which now appears in a second edition, contains all that is necessary for the beginner and more advanced students. The first part-the grammar of the dialects-includes chapters on Phonology, Inflexions, Word Formation, Syntax, a useful summary of the characteristics of the several groups and dialects, a brief discussion of the growth of the Koh. The second part consists of a number of illustrative inscriptions with notes, a glossary of forms, and in an appendix in which there are sections on the literary dialects of the lyric poets, Pindar, Theocritus, &c. The appearance, printing, and paper of this volume are very handsome, and, though the price is high, those who buy it will possess a sound and scholarly addition to their library, and an indispensable aid to any real knowledge of the Greek dialects, which are of considerable importance historically as well as philologically. The Shorter Caesar (Civil War). Arranged and Edited for the Use of Schools by T. G. WELLS. (2s. 6d. Bell.) Mr. Wells has produced a very successful school book by skilfully abridging the complete "De Bello Civili" of Caesar to about two-thirds of its original length. The abridgment is accomplished by substituting for the Latin of intermittent chapters a concise synopsis in English of their contents. This synopsis is always printed in italic type, which is a good device. There is thus less fear of self-deception as to the amount of Latin read by the student, whereas there is always danger of this when the text is given partly in the original and partly in translation. The book is provided with the usual notes and vocabulary, and there is a brief introduction which summarizes the military events which are justly described as marking the greatest crisis in the history of the Roman State. Four good maps help to make things intelligible, and the whole book will be found eminently serviceable.

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Attic orators for a considerable part of the speeches of Demosthenes hitherto prescribed for classical moderation." The scheme has not yet been adopted owing to the lack of a convenient text, but the present volume should go far towards removing that objection, for we here have, at a very reasonable price, 250 odd pages of text, unencumbered by notes presenting specimen speeches by Antiphon, Andocides, Isocrates, Aeschines (two), Hyperides, and Lycurgus. Owing to the absence of notes, the use of the book in the classical sixth at school will necessitate a very competent teacher, but in the hands of any such the selection should be the means of inculcating a wider and broader outlook than can be derived from the pages of the excellent Demosthenes alone, and we should like to see our schools following the lead of Oxford in varying and humanizing the studies of their classical boys. So one might hear less of the "classical rut."

Greek Rhetoric and Literary Criticism. By W. R. ROBERTS. (5s. net. Harrap.)

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This latest addition to the series, "Our Debt to Greece and Rome," is almost sui generis. It is not so much that it is likely to lead the English reader to an enthusiastic perusal of the authors treated as that it provides the student of the originals with a simple yet very helpful commentary not, of course, upon details of interpretation, but upon the underlying principles of each work. Dr. Rhys Roberts is already well-known for his work upon Greek literary criticism and the present survey is the work of a master hand. Beginning with the old quarrel between rhetoric as a power of persuasion" and philosophy, he analyses Aristotle's “Rhetoric,” noticing unrecognized allusions to Plato in the first two books and the close connexion of Demetrius on style with the third. Thence he passes to the two great figures of Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Longinus on the Sublime, as he is commonly called. As we have implied, there is throughout an illuminating power of exposition which will be welcomed by all students of the Greek authors. We conclude with a brief consideration of the influence of these pioneers in literary criticism upon almost all subsequent critics. A Handbook of Greek Mythology, including Its Extension to Rome. By Prof. H. J. ROSE. (16s. net. Methuen.)

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Christ's Hospital: From a Boy's Point of View, 1864-1870. By Rev. W. M. D. LA TOUCHE. (3s. 6d. net. Heffer.) We place these two books together because in some senses they obviously belong together. Each of them relates to a famous old school. Neither of them pretends to be a history. Each of them is a chatty account of personal experiences and contacts. In other respects the two books are very unlike. One contains the reminiscences of a master; the other is written from a boy's point of view. There is another difference equally remarkable. The one school has for many generations been the resort of the wealthy and the privileged, of those of whom it has recently been remarked that their fellowcountrymen do not mind their privileges, so long as they do not claim the privileges of a governing class. The other school has maintained its fame through the centuries in spite of having had to practise the austerer virtues. The more formal history of these eminently English foundations has been written and is accessible. But Mr. Mayo's personal recollections of the great school on the hill are a most interesting sidelight on a particular school, and an equally interesting comment upon the educational movements of his time. And the late Mr. La Touche's notes and jottings will serve to rescue from oblivion some of the ways of Bluecoat boys before the great flit into Sussex.

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A Plea for Open-Air Schools in India. By S. C. CHATTERJI. (Re. 1.8. Bombay: Taraporevala.)

The author of this well-printed little book studied education at the University of Leeds, and while in England gave special attention to health, education, and open-air schools. His book is a plea for the establishment of a number of such schools for delicate children in India, for whom he proposes schools of two types, residential schools of recovery for the anaemic and debilitated, and sanatorium schools for tubercular children. He describes in outline the general organization and curriculum suitable for these schools, and his enthusiasm will doubtless win support from Indian teachers. It is a pity that his manuscript was not corrected by a reader with an adequate knowledge of English.

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Philosophical Theology. By Dr. F. R. TENNANT. Vol. I. The Soul and its Faculties. (21s. net. Cambridge University Press.)

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It is in the best tradition of sound learning that this work, obviously the outcome of immense intellectual labour, and, less obviously but quite certainly, a monument of strenuously careful thought, should have been put forward with very modest claims. This volume is the first part of a complete treatise on theism. Unlike the Scotch professor, however, Dr. Tennant does not "begin wi' infeenity and go straight on.' He abandons the deductive in favour of the inductive order of thought. His position is that a doctrine of God can be mediated only through a preliminary doctrine of man, and it is to the latter that this first volume is devoted. The theistic interpretation is to follow in the second volume. The serious student of theology must be equipped with an adequate study of psychology and the theory of knowledge, and he must be acquainted broadly with the methods and the limitations of modern science. But in these subjects there are vast fields which he can well afford to ignore. In fact, like the serious student of education, he needs a guide who shall select and systematize these propaedeutic themes. Such is the task which Dr. Tennant has here accomplished. On the psychological side he acknowledges his great indebtedness to James Ward ("Psychological Principles''), but he himself is an original thinker. The book is an impressive contribution, and will interest others besides professed students of theology.

Auguste Comte, Thinker and Lover. By JANE M. STYLE. (5s. net. Kegan Paul.)

The title of this work and the picturesque chapter headings are sufficient indications that the author has adopted the modish vein of biography. She writes graphically of the painful vicissitudes of Comte's personal life; and her summary accounts of his teaching will enable the general reader to gain an insight into the general trend of his thought, its reception by contemporaries, and its subsequent influence.

A Sociological Philosophy of Education. By Prof. R. L. FINNEY. (10s. 6d. net. New York: Macmillan.)

This book is interesting because its point of view runs counter to current opinion in both England and America. The author disagrees with the modern desire to encourage independent thought in all pupils, insisting that "at least half of them never had an original idea of any general nature, and never will." 'What the duller half of the population needs is to have their reflexes conditioned into behaviour that is socially suitable." Democracy requires that in numerous social situations all citizens shall behave in a similar way, therefore in school the dull and bright must study the same subject matter, but the dull can learn by rote memory, while the bright are expected to understand and reason. Prof. Finney emphasizes the importance of learning by sheer imitation, and therefore condemns the practice of segregating the dull from the bright. Provided they are not segregated, he says, the uncultured classes of society and the backward races of mankind are capable of negotiating by imitation any culture system that the brightest can invent."

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The Great Forerunner : Studies in the Inter-Relation of Platonism and Christianity. By J. S. HOYLAND. (5s. net. Constable.) The Freewill Problem. By Prof. H. WILDON CARR. (6d. net. Benn.)

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ENGLISH, POETRY, AND DRAMA Selections from Thomas Love Peacock. Edited by H. F. B. BRett

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It is difficult to understand why the works of Thomas Love Peacock are not more widely read, but this admirable selection should extend the circle of his readers and introduce his merits to those to whom he is unknown except as a writer of humorous

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New Paths on Helicon: A Collection of Modern Poetry. Edited by H. NEWBOLT. Parts 1 and 2. (1s. 9d. each Nelson.) A List of Plays: For Young Players and Others. Compiled by the Junior Plays Committee of the Village Drama Society. (28. Nelson.)

The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Sir Charles Sedley. Collected and Edited from the Old Editions. By Prof. V. DE SOLA PINTO. With a Preface on the Text, Explanatory and Textual Notes, an Appendix Containing Works of Doubtful Authenticity, and a Bibliography. 2 Vols. (52s. 6d. net. Constable.)

Poets and Poetry. By E. J. S. LAY. (Junior Books I and II, 9d. each. Junior Book III, rod. Macmillan.)

The Wise Kings of Borrowdale: A Comedy. By T. E. CASSON. As presented in the Garden of Greta Hall, by Members of Keswick School, June, 1914. Second Edition. (Erskine Macdonald.)

Form and Style in Poetry: Lectures and Notes. By Prof. W. P. KER. Edited by Prof. R. W. CHAMBERS. (IOS. 6d. net. Macmillan.)

The Story of Eneas: Virgil's Eneid Translated into English Verse. By H. S. SALT. (8s. 6d. net. Cambridge University Press.)

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The Agamemnon of Eschylus: An English Version. By Sir H. SHARP. (2s. 6d. net. Oxford University Press.)

HISTORY

Outlines of European History. 1789-1922. By G. B. SMITH. Third Edition, Revised, with Chapters on the Great War and After. (3s. 6d. Arnold.)

The master of Sedbergh's well-known and serviceable textbook of nineteenth-century history is not only revised, but also considerably enlarged. Originally covering the hundred years 1814-1914, it now includes an introduction on the French Revolution and Napoleon, as well as a supplement carrying the story down to 1922. In its present form it will no doubt enjoy a long-continued and well-deserved popularity.

A Child's History of the World. By V. M. HILLYER. Revised
Edition. (7s. 6d. net. Allen & Unwin.)
Class Books of World History. By HELEN CORKE. Book II.
The Home-Builders. (2s. 6d.
Oxford University Press.)
Outlines of Ancient History. By D. M. VAUGHAN.
(2s. 6d.
Longmans.)

The Approach to History. By F. C. Happold.
Christophers.)

(3s. 6d.

A few years ago text-books on world-history were unprocurable. Now the flow is so copious and so steady that the difficulty is one of selection. Mr. Hillyer's "Child's History" is intended for American boys and girls of about 9 years of age. Its style is an exaggerated variety of Mr. Van Loon's; that is to say, it descends to the profoundest deeps of infantile colloquialism. One may doubt whether any amount of information about our ancestors can compensate for so devastating a treatment of the English language. Miss Corke's little volume simplifies the 9bject of world-history by approaching it from the domestic side. She describes the way of life of different peoples at various stages of the development of civilization. Miss Vaughan presents a simple outline of the story of mankind down to the beginning of the middle ages. Mr. F. C. Happold, author of that admirable text-book, "The Adventure of Man," here provides for teachers a companion volume telling them how to treat the subject of world-history in class.

From Age to Age: Stories in English History. By MARY GOUld.
Book I-A.D. 43 to 1485. Book II-A.D. 1580 to 1815.
(Is. 6d. each. Oxford University Press.)
Great Venturers. By MARY STURT and E. C. OAKDEN. (Is. 6d.
Bell. Glasgow: Holmes.)

These little volumes excellently exemplify the approach to history by way of stories. Miss Gould has adopted the ingenious idea made familiar to us in Mr. C. R. L. Fletcher's imaginary Manor of Tubney. That is to say, she has covered the whole course of British history in a series of nine tales, all centring round the city of Winchester, and treating of the fortunes of a fictitious family of Verno. She has worked out her scheme thoroughly well, and has succeeded in producing a narrative at once interesting and instructive. The stories told by the Misses Sturt and Oakden are of a different order, suited to those rather older children who have ceased to be fed with fables. They relate in admirable English the adventures of authentic_travellers, e.g. the Northmen, the Crusaders, the Elizabethan Seamen. How We Are Governed. By Sir J. A. R. MARRIOTT. (2s. 6d. net. Oxford University Press.)

Sir John Marriott, one of our leading authorities on the actual working of the British Constitution, here presents to "beginners of all ages from fifteen to fifty," an introduction to his larger works entitled respectively " English Political Institutions" and "The Mechanism of the Modern State." It gives with admirable succinctness all the information suited to the tyro respecting Cabinet, Parliament, Departments of State, Judges and Law Courts, Local Government, and the administration of Great Britain. It constitutes an excellent elementary handbook of civics.

An Outline History of the World. By H. A. DAVIES. (Part I, 3s. 6d. Part II, 4s. Complete, 7s. 6d. Oxford University Press.)

It is safe to say that no text-book of world history published up to the present is more attractive or workmanly than the one before us. Part I treats of ancient times; Part II covers the medieval and modern periods. Both of the parts are wellinformed, excellently proportioned, and ably written. But the unique feature of the work is undoubtedly its remarkable and numerous illustrations, marvellous and most illuminating reproductions of ancient relics, air photographs, modern parallels, everything in short calculated to interest and inform the student. The book is also furnished with useful time-charts and an exceptionally full index.

The English People: a Junior History. By Dr. R. JONES. (2s. 6d. Dent.)

Dr. Robert Jones, a skilled epitomizer and an expert at the construction of diagrammatic aids to realization and remembrance, has concentrated all his ability and the fruits of his long experience in the production of this brief social history of England. It is a work which reduces kings and heroes to their place of proper insignificance. It subordinates war and diplomacy to industry and invention. It tells the story of the masses rather than of the classes. To say that Dr. Jones is gifted with a fascinating literary style would be an exaggeration. Nevertheless, the story that he tells is so intrinsically interesting that it holds the attention of the reader.

The Early History of Tasmania: The Geographical Era, 1642-1804. By R. W. GIBLIN. (21s. net. Methuen.)

This is the first of three volumes of what will unquestionably be for many years to come the standard history of Tasmania. Mr. Giblin divides the whole history of the island into three periods, viz. (1) the geographical era, 1642-1804; (2) the penal establishment era, 1804-36; and (3) the progressive era, 1836 to the present time. The volume before us treats of the conjectural early history of the island, describes the voyages of discovery of Cook, du Fresne, La Pérouse, Bligh, D'Entrecasteaux, Hayes, Flinders, Bass, and others, and finally traces the course of political and other events during the hundred and sixty-two years 1642-1804. It is a work of great erudition and most careful research. All available sources, both printed and manuscript, have been drawn upon. It is illustrated by twelve excellent reproductions of old charts and by three plates. Mr. Giblin is to be commended and congratulated upon producing so scholarly and important an addition to the history of one of the constituent members of the British Empire.

English Constitutional Conflicts of the Seventeenth Century, 1603-1689. By Dr. J. R. TANNER. (15s. net. Cambridge University Press.)

Many generations of Cambridge students have enjoyed and profited by Dr. J. R. Tanner's brilliant lectures on modern constitutional history. Here we have, most attractively printed, a selection from them, revised and brought up-to-date. They cover the eighty-six years of the Stuart regime proper, and furnish a magnificent survey of the period from this particular point of view. In them are displayed with striking effect Dr. Tanner's remarkable power of combining exact scholarship with fine literary style and with a genius for incorporating choice quotations from original sources. A noteworthy and fascinating volume. The Victorian Age in Politics, War, and Diplomacy: the Inaugural Lecture, University of Cambridge Local Lectures, Summer Meeting, 1928. By Dr. H. TEMPERLEY. (2s. 6d. net. Cambridge University Press.)

The Cambridge Ancient History. Edited by J. B. BURY, Dr. S. A. Cook, and F. E. ADCOCK. Volume of Plates II, prepared by C. T. SELTMAN. (9s. net. Cambridge University Press.)

British History, 1760-1822. By C. R. CRUTTWELL. (28. Bell.) Practical Exercises in Matriculation History. By W. T. WILLIAMS and S. H. MCGRADY. Part V. European History, 1798–1914. (1od. Philip.)

A History of Europe. Vol. II. The Ascendancy of Spain and of France, 1494-1740. By A. HASSALL. (7S. 6d. Rivingtons.) Living History. Book I. Jimmie's Story Book. By J. J. BELL. (Is. 6d. Philip.)

The History of British Civilization. By Dr. E. WINGFIELDSTRATFORD. 2 Vols. (428. net. Routledge.)

A Junior Ancient History. By A. M. DALE. (3s. 6d. Methuen.) Athens: A Picture of a Great Greek City. By E. H. WARMINGTON. A History of the United States of America. By Prof. R. MCELROY. (6d. each. Benn.)

Nineteenth Century Europe. By R. B. MowAT. (2s. 6d. Nelson.) An Outline History of the Great War: For Use in Schools. Compiled by G. V. CAREY and H. S. SCOTT. (3s. 6d. Cambridge University Press.)

A General Survey of British History. By Dr. R. S. RAIT. Vol. I. From the Earliest Times to 1603. Vol. II. From 1603-1924. (2s. 6d. each. Nelson.)

Illustrated History. By R. POUND. Illustrations by A. E. HORNE. (3s. 6d. net. Bles.)

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