In the "Victoria County History" (A. Constable and Co., £1
us. 6d. net per vol.) we have received Leicestershire, Vol. I., in which the natural history sections are written by Messrs, C. Fox-Strangways (geology), R. Lydekker (palaeontology), II. Fisher (botany), B. B. Woodward, F. Bonskell, Montague Brown (zoology in various divisions). "Early Man" is contributed by G. Clinch ; the Roman period by W. Page (general editor) and Miss Keats and G. E. Fox ; "Anglo-Saxon Remains" by Reginald A. Smith ; "Ancient Earthworks" by J. Charles Wall ; "Domes- slay Book" by F. M. Stenton ; and "Ecclesiastical History" by Sister Elspeth. Derbyshire, Vol. II., begins with "Ecclesiastical History" by the Rev. J. C. Cox, D.D., who contributes also the account of the religious houses. These were not by any means numerous. Derby and its neighbourhood contained the greatest number. After Derby comes Repton. In Castellar were Alkmonton and Yeaveley. At Chesterfield there was one, and another at Beauchief, and in the Peak district one. Dr. Cox also writes the political history and "Old Sports and Games." Economic history, minerals, and manufactures, with other sub- jects, appear in the regular order.
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