29 MAY 1915, Page 23

Richard Rolle of Hampole was a fourteenth-century hermit, poet, and

mystic, whose writings in Middle English have received considerable attention. He also wrote a number of Latin treatises, but none of these has been reprinted in modern times. One of them, Incendium Amoris, has now been edited by Miss Margaret Deaneely (Manchester University Press, 10e. 6d. net). She has made elaborate researches into the manuscript authorities upon which her text is based, and has also written an excursus upon a subject to which her inquiries led her—namely, the foundation of Sion Abbey.