16 MAY 1908, Page 25

The Wardens of the Northern Marches. By Thomas Hodgkin, D.C.L.

(John Murray. ls. net.)—An essay on the border relations of England and Scotland up to the time of the union of the two kingdoms, showing all the lucidity and fullness of know- ledge which we connect with the author's name. It is illustrated with an excellent map. We notice it with the more readiness because it is the "Creighton Memorial Lecture," an annual function which keeps alive, so to speak, the plan of founding a Creighton Lectureship in the University of London. Six hundred and fifty pounds—nearly half given by Mrs. Creighton—is but a poor recognition of the eminent services done by the historian of the Papacy and the editor of the English Historical Review. This may serve as a useful reminder.