Two volumes in the "University Correspondence College Tutorial Series" (W.
B. Clive), are The Tutorial History of Rome, by A. H. Allcroft, M.A., and W. F. Masora, M.A. ; and The Intermediate Text-Book of English History (1485-1608), by C. J. Fearenside, M.A. We know what the " Correspondence Classes" are, but what a "Correspondence College " is we have some difficulty in imagining. A college where teachers and taught never meet—and this is the idea of teaching by correspondence—is somewhat of a contradic- tion. If, however, it simply means a society of men who possess a considerable amount of knowledge, and have a decided gift for imparting it, these are just the books that might be expected to issue from it. Both are very good in their way, excellently adapted to give the student what he wants. Mr. Fearenside's volume is the most distinctive of the two, on account of the vigorous though somewhat bizarre English in which it is written. It will be found eminently readable. It is far above the ordinary book of cram, as, indeed, is its fellow also. Beth are the outcome of adequate knowledge, which has been acquired in a good school, kept equal with the latest advances, and informed with a genuinely scientific spirie,
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