generally used for purposes of quick reference, and it has
also been employed at the Universities as a text-book. It is an admirable sketch ; but none the less it contains the result of a good deal of independent work. The edition in three volumes in which it is now published has the merits of admirably clear type and thick paper; the maps, however, with which it is furnished do not sufficiently illustrate the text. What there are, are clear enough, but as, presumably, the history is designed for those whose acquaintance with historical geography is not great, such, if they wish to follow Mr. Fyffe, will have to follow in part with some other maps at hand. It is to be hoped that such interesting features as the new Italian Republics will be set out in any new edition. Perhaps, as regards the text, some future editor will enlarge, during the Napoleonic period, the sections that deal with maritime affairs.
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