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Seventeenth-century Europe

A History of Europe, 1610-1715. By W. F. Reddaway. (Methuen 25s.) AT the Glorious Revolution, observed Lord Acton in a passage which Mr. Reddaway quotes, " the history of......

A Great Pro-consul

Life of Lord Lloyd. By Colin Forbes Adam. (Macmillan. 21s.) WHO was Lord Lloyd ? We can already hear this question asked by the very young persori. The not so young person will......

1848

The Opening of an Era: 1848. An Historical Symposium, Edited by Francois Fetjts. (Allan Wingate. 21s.) LAST year saw a spate of publications, especially in French, designed to......