closely printed pa g es. In the latest reprint Mrs. J. R.
Green has added an epilogue of one hundred and seventy-two pages covering the century from 1815 to 1914. A spirited sketch of the social changes and of the Imperial and foreign probleMs whioh have confronted us, it is as dogmatic, as biassed, and almost as entertaining as J. R. Green's own work, though he might not have given so much prominence to the so-called Celtic influence in British politics. He would certainly have described the causes of the war more clearly and more accurately, instead of veiling Germany's direct responsibility for the conflict. An historian of the English people ought, we think, to be perfectly definite about this important matter. Mrs. Green handles it gingerly, as if she doubted our good faith and our intense desire to keep the peace.
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