23 FEBRUARY 1895, page 19

The Making Of Birmingham.*

"Tim beauty of Bermingham, a good market towne in the extreame parts of Warwickshire, is one street going up a meane hill by the length of a quarter of a mile." So Leland wrote......

Details Of Despotism.* He Would Be A Bold Man Who

alleged that Acts of Comic I were in themselves attractive reading, or, with a few excep. tions, were historical documents of even secondary importance. Nevertheless, they......