18 MAY 1918, page 16

The Problem Of " The Merry Wives Of Windsor." By

J. M. Robertson. (Chatto and Windus for the Shakespeare Association. Is. 6d. net.)—Mr. Robertson is an acute and interesting critic of the Shakespeare canon. In this essay he......

A History Of Ancient Coinage. By Percy Gardner....

18s. net.)—Professor Gardner's treatise is an. example of good co-ordination. From the innumerable memoirs on separate city coinages he has written a connected history of......

The British In Capri, 1806-1808. By Sir Lees Knowles. (j.

Lane. 15s. net..)—This large book, with many fine portraits and views, is devoted to a small and far from creditable incident in our military history. Capri was captured by Sir......

Du Contrat Social. Par J. J. Rousseau. Edited By C.

E. Vaughan (Manchester University Press, and Longmans and Co: 5s. net.)— Professor Vaughan's very able edition of Rousseau's famous book deserves a word of praise. His edition......

Some Books Of The Week.

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.) Bath : its History and Social Tradition. By an Appreciative Visitor. (John Murray. 2s. 6d. net.)—This......

Soldata De France : Grognards Et Hera, De Vingt Arse.

Par- le Comte de Lort de Serignan. (Paris : Perrin. 6 fr.)—These inter- esting biographical essays on French soldiers of the Napoleonic age relate-to veterans like Captain......

We Welcome The First Monthly Number Of The Anglo-italian...

edited by Mr. Edward Hutton (Constable and Co., Is. 3d..). It opens with a frank and significant article on " England and Italy," pointing out how grievously Italy has been......

The New Number Of History, The Quarterly Journal Of The

His- torical Association (Macmillan and Co., ls. net), contains an in- structive article by Sir Paul Vinogradoff recalling bygone " Troubled Times in Russian, History " as an......

With The R.a.m.c. In Egypt By Sergeant-major, R.a.m.c....

Co. 6s. net.)--This very able and interesting book gives a full account of the work of the Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt from the outbreak of war to the capture of El Arish,......

The Estate Book Of Henry De Bray. Edited By Dorothy

Willis. (Royal Historical Society. Issued to members.)—Miss Willis has edited with great care and skill the curious estate book kept by a small landowner, holding about five......