Lord Wariston's Diary, and other Papers. (Edinbur g h University Press.)—This volume,
the twenty-sixth of the publications of the Scottish Historical Society, is a generous gift from Messrs. Constable to the Society. The documents which it contains are four in number. "Lord Wariston's Diary," to which Mr. George Morison Paul furnishes an introduction and' notes, begins with May 21st, 1639, and ends with June 25th in the same year (there are a few entries relating to the year 1640), and describes the negotiations which ended in the Pacification of Berwick. There are also " Papers Relative to the Preservation of the Honours of Scotland in Dunnotar Castle," edited by Charles R. A. Howden. By the " Honours " is meant the Regalia, and the letters refer to the period following the battle of Worcester. The crown, &c., which had been used for the coronation of Charles II. (January 1st, 1651) were lodged in Dunnotar Castle, and when that fortress was besieged were removed by the Governor's wife. The minister of Kinnoff hid them under the floor of his church. At the Restoration they were recovered. " Lord Mar's Legacies to Scot- land and to his Son, 1722-1727," are edited by the Hon. Stuart Erskine, and Mr. Grant's (of Laggan) letters concerning the Stuart cause in the eighteenth century by J. R. N. Macphail.
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