The History of Normandy and of England. By Sir Francis
Palgrave. Vols. III. and IV. (Cambridge University Press. 30s. net each.)—These are two further volumes of the collected historical works of Sir Francis Palgrave. His son, the late Sir R. H. Inglis Palgrave, began to edit them ; the task has now devolved upon the author's great-grandson, Mr. Geoffrey Palgrave Barker, with the assistance of Dr. Joseph Hall and other scholars. The third volume deals with Normandy from 987, and with England under the Conqueror ; the fourth volume carries on the story through the reigns of William H., Henry I., and Stephen. Prefixed to the third volume is an interesting essay on "General Relations of Mediaeval History," now printed for the first time. These portions of Sir Francis Palgrave's book were published originally in 1864. The editors have sought in most elaborate notes to summarise the results of historical research in this difficult field during the last half-century ; maps and genealogical tables are also given. Sir Francis Palgrave was an accomplished writer, and his history is very readable and picturesque, as, for example, in the account of the First Crusade.
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