"The Gentleman's Maga.:ine Library :" Romano-British Remains, Part I. Edited
by George Lawrence Gomme. (Elliot Stock.)—The notes (extending over nearly a century and a half) are arranged topographically, under the beads, first of counties, then of localities in country. The present volume takes us as far as Shropshire. Mr. Gomme prefixes an introduction, in which he touches on some interesting points, especially on the continuity between the Roman and the Saxon life in the island. but the introduction is all too short, and we cannot but wish that the editor could have found time to arrange this vast mass of interesting and valuable material ander the head of subjects, such as "Domestic, Life," " Worship," "Burial," and, most important of all, when one considers the character of the remains, "Military Organisation." Still, we are mach obliged for what we have, and look forward to the appearance of the second part, which is to give as not only some explanatory notes, but notices of some of the chief workers in the field of Roman-British antiquity.
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