5 FEBRUARY 1921, Page 22

Selections from the Parton Letters. Edited by Alice D. Green-

wood. (Bell. 15s. net..)—These selections are made from Sir John Fenn's modernized version, not from Dr. .Gairdner's scholarly edition of the originals, and are arranged in groups under subjects and not chronologically. The average reader will find the Poston Letters, treated in this way, highly interesting and often amusing ; they reflect the life• of the fifteenth century in Norfolk and London as no other documents do. The editor contributes a spirited and accurate introduction, incidentally summarizing the Fastolfe case. She surprises us by pronouncing, with some hesitation, in favour of John Paston's honesty.