England's Outpost : The Countfy of the Kentish Cinque Ports.
By A. G. Bradley. (R. Scott. 10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Bradley has written an attractive book, well illustrated by Mr. F. Adcock, to supplement his Old Gate of England. There he dealt with the western Cinque Ports ; here he deals with the eastern Cinque Ports, covering the whole Kentish coast from Thanet and Sandwich round to Dover and Hythe. After a preliminary sketch of the old federation of port towns—really seven in number—which constituted the Cinque Ports, he proceeds with his pleasant historical, architectural, and topo- graphical notes, beginning with Minster in Thanet, Ebbsfleet, and Ramsgate, and passing on to Margate, Richborough, Sandwich, Deal, and other familiar and attractive towns. Mr. Bradley knows the country well and selects judiciously from its rich store of historical associations. His account of the great Roman fortress of Richborough and of the picturesque old town of Sandwich are particularly good. We observe that, according to Mr. Bradley, a " Marxite " in the Kentish dialect is a midden. His printer has made him call the learned Mrs. Carter, of Deal, a " Pas bleu."
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