New Light on the Pilgrim Story. By the Rev. T.
W. Mason and the Rev. B. Nightingale. (Congregational Union. 7a. 6d. net.)—This interesting but somewhat discursive volume consists of short essays on some of the men who went over in the May- flower,' tracing their connexion with East Anglia, Essex, and London. The late Mrs. Skinner collected part of the biographical material, drawn from parish registers and other sources, which Mr. Mason and his collaborator have put into a readable form. One chapter is devoted to Francis Cooke, who was born at Gidea Hall, near Romford, and who was related to Francis Bacon and to Burleigh ; among his American descendants is Mr. Taft. John Eliot, the missionary to the Red Indians, was also an Essex man, born at Nazing ; he did not go in the ' Mayflower,' but emigrated to New England in 1631. The authors dismiss the highly controversial question " Whence came the ' Mayflower ' ? " without solving what is probably insoluble. The book is well illustrated.
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