6 APRIL 1867, Page 22

The British People. By One of Themselves. (Hall and Co.)—Enter-

taining, though absurd, and paradoxical under a show of reason. We will not enter into the author's argument about the Germans and the Normans, or do more than allude to his attacks on Mr. Freeman, and his patronage of "that clever writer Macaulay." No one will dispute the last item, and if any one wishes to dispute the last but one, Mr. Free- man will do it best.