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We have received the first volume of a series which

"the Scottish Burgh Records' Society" propose to publish. It contains the earliest collection of Burgh Laws, dating from the earlier part of the twelfth century, the Guild Laws first enacted for the merchants of Berwick about a century later, and a variety of kindred matters of various dates up to the end of the fourteenth century. The volume appears under the care of Professor Lines, who furnishes, a preface in which he reviews the progress of burgh life on the Continent and in England, as well as in Scotland. The book is full of curious illustrative matter, which it is well worth while thus to make accessible. The book is a well-printed and handsome volume.