A History of Northumberland. By Edward Bateson, B.A. (Andrew Reid,
Sons, and Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.)—A County History on the old-fashioned scale of size is a rare, almost singular, sight ill these days. There are little books, excellent in their way and highly useful, but of a kind wholly different from the stately folios add quartos of the past. Here we have a quarto—a folio was too much to hope for—and it is devoted to " Bamburgh, with the Chapelry of Belford." The inception of the scheme is due to Mr. Thomas Hodgkin ; at his instance a committee was formed, and a fund raised. A considerable amount of materials was at band, formed by the late Rev. John Hodgson, and was put at the disposal of the committee by that gentleman's grandson. Other help has been given by various competent persons, and the result promises to be of adequate completeness and value. We hope to be able to return to the work when it is somewhat further .advanced.
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