Stories of the English. By F. (W. Blackwood and Sons.
3s. 6d. net.)—"F." begins with the coming of the English under Hengist and Horse, and ends with Waterloo, adding, however, a postscript in which she says a few words about the greatness and the meaning of the British Empire. This is a long story to tell within the compass of some four hundred pages, and not a few events and persons are not easy to deal with. As far as we can judge, both difficulties are fairly met. Nothing of essential importance is omitted, and when there are considerations which weigh on both aides, the balance is held fairly. Now and then a little more detail might have been given, as about Robert Bruce; the murder of Comyn was a deed which the historian is bound to tell. The dates, too, at the top of the pages might have been profitably made more detailed. Put in the margin opposite any incident mentioned they would have been more useful. Dates are a great stand-by with young readers.
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