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Medieval Civilization. By Roscoe Lewis Ashley. (Macmillan and Co. net.)—This

American " text-book for secondary schools " " covers the ages of transition from the barbarian invasions to the Peace of Westphalia," giving a rapid, but at the same time an interesting and readable, survey of "Early European History." Though it is a con- tinuation of the author's Ancient Civilization, this volume is complete in itself, for in Appendix III. the teacher or the pupil can see by means of tables and lists how later history is connected with the earliest records of mankind, while a few short " supplementary chapters " and chrono- logical tables bring the reader down to the beginning of the twentieth century.