The Great Days of Northumbria. By J. Travis Mills. (Long-
mans. 4s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Mills publishes here three lectures, delivered in connexion with the University Extension movement "Politics" as illustrated by the careers of the three Northumbrian kings, Edwin, Oswald, and Oswy, is the subject of the first ; Religion," as seen in the work and history of Wilfrid and Cuthbert, of the second; while the third deals with "Learning " as exemplified in Bede and Alcuin. Mr. Mills is not given to indiscriminate hero worship. He recognizes the devotion and courage of Wilfrid, but he sees in him tactlessness and bigotry; we may even say that sometimes he is a little severe in his condemnation, for instance, of the cowardice of some of the Augustinian missionaries leaving their posts. For the most part, however, he seems to take a fair and reasonable view of persons and events.
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