2 DECEMBER 1905, Page 3

As to criticism of other historians, Mr. Henderson gives it

exceeding abundantly, and often with great acuteness. But he has so much criticism at his disposal that he bestows it freely on " episodes " which are by no means "main episodes" of Mary's career. As a baby and as a very young child she was not "art and part" in the diplomatic and religious chaos of 1543-1548. Great economy of space might have been made by a very rapid treatment of this period, during which the Queen had "the mawlys or messelys," acquired the Scots language and accent, and made friends with her four Marks, children of her own age.

As people are curious about Mary's appearance, Mr.