29 OCTOBER 1892, Page 25

The Story of Clifton Camrille. (Seeley and Co.)—This is the

narrative, regarded from the point of view of the national history, of a certain manor. The first lord after the Conquest was a certain De Meschenes, who had married a sister of Edwin, Earl of Marcia The Dc Meschenes were created Earls of Derby. Then came the Ferrars, representing them on the female side. Camvilles, Staffords, Stanleys, Heveninghams, and Coventrys succeeded, though not holding by precisely the same tenure. The Coventrys sold the entail to Sir Charles Pye, in 1701, and a collateral branch of the Pyes hold it out now. All this, as may easily be supposed, furnishes material for an interesting and instructive account.