In the "Library of Early English Writers" (Swan Sonnen- achein
and Co.) we have Yorkshire Writers : Richard Rolle of Harnpole and his Followers, edited by C. Horstman. Professor Horstman, in his introduction, after a comparison, of which the relevance is doubtful, between the Saxon and the French, dominated, he tells us, by the male and the female element respectively, proceeds to discuss the two forms of thought— scholasticism and mysticism. Brief notices are given of the lead- ing mystics ; but by the time we get to Richard Rolle the editor's space is exhausted, and we have to be satisfied with the assurance that the introduction is "to be continued." We must say that this is not the ideal way of editing, especially when the author is such an one as Richard Rolle. The book is printed in Leipsic, and well printed, though the type is over smalL—Together with this volume may be mentioned another contribution to early English theological literature, Prophecies, Miracles, and Visions of at. Columba, written by St. Adamnan, Abbot of Iona (679-704) (H. Frowde). The translation is by Mr. J. T. Fowler, whose valuable edition of the text, as revised by Bishop Reeves, we have already noticed.
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