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Introduction to th.s Study of English History, By Samuel R. Gardiner and J. Bass Mullinger. (Regan Paul and Co.)—This is the third and enlarged edition of a very useful book. Indeed, it may be said to be the only work of the kind in English which is extensively used, Mr. Gardiner's introductory sketch is admirable, but the main feature of the book is the Bibliography of English history compiled by Mr. Mullinger. With the issue of this edition, the Bibliography is brought up to date. Mr. Mullinger does not adopt quite the scale of Monod, still less of Chovallier ; but he is more professedly critical and explanatory. We have, then, to deal mainly with the supplement, and have only one or two suggestions to make. The description of Dr. Cunning- ham's first volume of "The Growth of English Industry and Com- merce," on p. 408, is not quite adequate ; while that of the second volume of the same work, on p. 430, is not quite accurate. Again, it is difficult to say why "The Records of the English Province of the Society of Jesus" should be treated as a "contemporary authority" on p. 423; whilst "The Discourse on the Common Weal," edited by Miss Lomond, seems to be included among the works of "recent writers." We can understand the exclusion of Mr. Hessele's edition of " The Dutch Church Letters," but we should have been glad to find Wallon's "Richard II.," Blaauw's "Barons' War," Bemont's "Simon de Montfort," Kingsford's Song of Lewes," and Round's "Geoffrey de Mandeville." Probably the editor can answer that he does not mean to give an exhaustive catalogue. We are too grateful to him to be captious, and can praise highly the effort that has been made to include some of the latest works which have appeared,—e.g., Mrs. Green's "Town Life in the Fifteenth Century."
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