3 DECEMBER 1910, Page 69

Sweep of the Sword. By Alfred H. Miles. (Stanley Paul

and Co. 6s.)-Mr. A. H. Miles is a great collector and arranger of good things,-who does not know his "Fifty-two" series ? Here he has put together the battles of some four thousand years, from Abraham's victory in the Vale of Siddim down to the Relief of Matching. It is indeed "A Battle Book for Boys." Gaps are supplied by "a synopsis of events."-A not dissimilar collection is Men of Mark in the History of Western Europe, by Richard Wilson (T. Nelson and Sons, 6s. net). Mr. Wilson tells us about other heroes than the heroes of war. So we have Francis of Assisi, Marco Polo, Columbus, and Galileo. Warriors, of course, fill the larger space. However you may write history, that is inevitable.