27 JANUARY 1923, Page 24

HISTORY. (Macmillan. 2s. net.) The January number of the admirable

quarterly which is the organ of the Historical Association contains an eloquent tribute to Lord Bryce and to his last book, Modern Democracies. by Professor Pollard. Mr. B. D. Reed shows how philately. or stamp-collecting, illustrates political changes and how it may be made to assist the work of the teacher of history. We may note, too, a paper by Mr. G. N. Clark, in the valuable series of " Historical Revisions," on the Navigation Act of 1651. Mr. Clark shows that, contrary to the accepted belief, the famous Act was not the main cause of the war between the Commonwealth and Holland and that it did not ruin the Dutch shipping trade nor greatly benefit our own.