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The History of Northumberland. By Cadwallader J. Bates. (Elliot Stock.)—This

volume in the series of "Popular County

Histories" was not an easy one to write. The author had at the outset a difficult question to answer- ought the "History of Northumberland" to be a history of Northumbria ? We should be inclined to answer in the negative, especially when there are very narrow limits of space to be observed. Deal with the county, and the county only, we should say, though it is, of course, easier to say than to do. However, this is an excellent book, the product of much study of authorities, and written with great spirit.