20 MAY 1893, Page 24

Place-Names of Scotland. By J. B. Johnston. (David Douglas, Edinburgh.)—A

great deal of research has been expended by Mr. Johnston on his work, and in its own particular department it is really a mine of information. It mainly consists of an. alphabetical list of names of places with the derivations and meanings following. The introduction, a short historical sketch of the process by which, as for as can be judged, Scotch place- names have arisen, and the part played by various races in the naming of places, is succinct and to the point. Mr. Johnston is becomingly modest about his labours, which deserve much praise. A reference to it will satisfy many occasional inquiries, and to not a few it will prove of great use and suggestive interest.