The Half - Crown Atlas of British History. By Keith Johnston, LL.D.
(W. and A. K. Johnston.)—Hero are thirty maps illustrating the history of this country, and incidentally the history of Europe, from the occupation of Britain by the Romans down to the most recent times. It is not necessary to enlarge on the value of such a help to historical study, and.Dr. Johnston's name is a guarantee for the excellence of the work. Here, for instance, a boy has before him on page 10, "France (Norman to Tudor period), illustrating the French and English wars." There are no unnecessary names,—no necessary names left out. It puts what he has been reading in accurate form, which has as good a chance of not slipping from him as anything can have. We should like to see a large atlas of the same kind, furnished with notes and explana- tions. It would be a most valuable book of reference.
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