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Chronica .Tohannis de Reading et Anonymi Cantuariensis. Edited by James

Tait. (Manchester University Press. 10s. 6d. net.)—This twentieth volume of the Historical Series pub- lished by the University of Manchester affords, alike in contents and in scholarship, a typical example of the work that should be done by a University press. It contains two chronicles of Edward 111's reign which have not previously been printed, though one was freely pillaged by later com- pilers. Professor Tait's introduction and notes furnish the apparatus necessary to their full comprehension.