A Short History of British Expansion. 13f James Williamson. (Macmillan.
25s. net.)—This substantial work, well propor- tioned, carefully written and suitably illustrated with maps, ought to be in every school library. The author handles masses of detail with commendable accuracy and yet contrives to emphasize the fundamental principles at stake in each successive period of the long and gloricaas history. He begins with a short account of our mediaeval commerce, and then devotes a hundred pages to the Tudor adventurers and trading companies who paved the way for the larger and more durable enter- prises begun under the Stuarts. The last quarter of the book is concerned with the development of the Empire or Common- wealth from 1783 to the present time. The lists of authorities are useful, and there is an excellent index.
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