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* * * f" The Scottish Historical Monuments Commission has

pro- duced a most fascinating volume on the Monuments of Mid- lothian and West Lothian (Stationery Office, 32s. 6d.), exclusive of Edinburgh and Leith. The accurate and scholarly descrip- tions and the excellent photographs are all that one could wish. Linlithgow Palace, Roslin Chapel, Pinkie House, Craigmillar Castle, are among the many famous buildings here recorded with scholarly care. Prehistoric remains are fully noted, and the vexed question of tl-e Roman occupation is authoritatively discussed, for Dr. George Macdonald is on the Commission. The great series, of which this volume forms part, is a national enterprise of which we may feel justly proud.

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