The Savage Family in Ulster. By G. F. S.-A. (The
Chiswick Press. 21s. net.)—"G. F. S.-A." stands for George Francis Savage- Armstrong. Mr. Savage-Armstrong put into shape, enlarged, and revised certain chapters on one of the oldest Ulster families in a volume bearing the title of "The Savages of the Ards," doing so much for the material thus dealt with by him that, according to Mr. Nugent, who has seen the volume through the press, "the whole merit of the work is due to him and to him alone." He did not live to see its publication. The Savage family (otherwise Le Sauvage) came with William the Conqueror into England, and settled in Derbyshire. In 1177 one of them, William Savage, went to Ireland with De Conroy and assisted in the subjugation of Ulster, a province of which ho became one of the Palatine Barons. A genealogy of some seven centuries presents no small difficulties, and with these Mr. Savage-Armstrong seems to have contended with success. The book is well illustrated.
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