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Bannockburn. By John E. Morris. (Cambridge University Press. 5s. net.)—In

this brief but very interesting "centenary monograph" Mr. Morris discusses some of the problems con- nected with the famous battle of which we have just been celebrating the six hundredth anniversary. He shows good reasons for supporting Mr. W. M. Mackenzie's theory that the battle was fought on the Corse of Stirling, not on the upland where it has usually been located. He discusses the tactics of Bruce, and shows that their result was "to make Englishmen think "—a wholesome result of our defeats—and to lead up to the military system which triumphed at Crecy. The book is worthy of its theme.