11 JANUARY 1930, Page 30

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In the name of all students of English history we must warmly congratulate Mr. Vicary Gibbs, Mr. H. A. Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden on the appearance of the seventh volume of The Complete Peerage in its new'form (St. Catherine Press, 73s. 6d.). The original work by G. E. Cokayne has been invaluable to historians and genealogists for the past , half-century, but the new edition is far better in every respect ' -not least for the racy personal details which Mr. Gibbs adds in footnotes. The book is a magnificent piece of patient scholarship and should be in every historical library.

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