CURRENT LITERATURE.
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. New Series. Vol. VIII. (Longmans.)—There are several articles of special interest in this volume. Among these we may mention "The
Educational Organisation of the Mendicant Friars in England," by Mr. A. G. Little; the story of "Antonio Perez in Exile,"
by Major Martin Hums; the "Case of Lucas and Lisle," by Mr. J. H. Round (Lucas and Lisle, it may be mentioned, were the Cavalier prisoners summarily executed after the surrender of Colchester to Lord Fairfax,—Mr. Round is strong against the conduct of the Parliamentarian leader in the matter); and "An Account of the Proceedings in Suffolk during the Peasants'
Rising in 1381," by Edgar Powell, B.A. The documents printed by Mr. Powell have no little significance. One point oomes out very clearly. "A peasants' rising" the movement doubtless was, but it had the support of many persons of a superior station. We must not forgot to mention Mr. J. S. Leadam's paper on "In- closures and Evictions," as brought out by the Inquisition of 1517. The materials for a real history of the English people are not by any means exhausted.
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