25 DECEMBER 1926, Page 26

THE LEGACY OF THE MIDDLE AGES. Edited by C. G.

Crump and E. F. Jacob. (Clarendon Press. 10s. net.)- Seventeen well-known specialists show us both the differences and the resemblances between the mediaeval period and our own day. The authors make it clear, for instance, that mediaeval Europe, although united by a common religion, a common language in Latin, and common ideals and usages, was far from being stagnant ; it was, if anything, too excitable and restless. We should single out for special praise Pro- fessor Lethaby's essay on architecture and Miss Eileen Power's brilliant paper on the position of women. But every page of the book provokes thought, and it is well illustrated.