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We have received the "Britannia History Readers" (E. Almold). Of

these there are four books,—(1) Introductory (Is.), giving anecdotes from British history, with brief descriptions, Ix., from Britain as it was before the Romans down to Queen Victoria ; (2) From the Death of Elizabeth to the Accession of Queen Victoria (le. 6d.); (3) The Reign of Queen Victoria (1s. Gd.) ; and (4) Men and Movements in European History (Is. 6d.), in which the thoughts of the reader are carried beyond our island boundaries to Charlemagne, the Huns, .the Crusades, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, the Reformation, dm All the volumes are well illustrated.