13 DECEMBER 1884, Page 19

The Woman with Two Words. By Sarah Tytler. (Rontledge and

Sons.)—This is the story of the mother of Thomas a Becket, how she made her way from the East to London with only the two words, "Gilbert " and " London," and so managed to find her lover. There are some carefully studied pictures of the time—among them Edgar the Atheling and the Empress Maud. Altogether Miss Tytler gives the old story in an effective way.