Old English Towns. By William Andrews. (T. Werner Laurie. 6s.
net.)—Mr. Andrews treats of twenty-seven towns,—twelve of them, by the way, are cities, without reckoning those which hold' the cathedrae of Suffragan Bishops. Some of these are to be found in every book of the kind, Oxford and Cambridge, Canter-, bury, Winchester, Lincoln, York, Chester, among them. Some, on the other hand, are not so regularly included, Ludlow, Leeds, Hull, and Monmouth among them, though, for one reason or another, they fully deserve a place. One of the novelties, if we may call a place so ancient by such a name, is Weobly. Of course one would find it in any Herefordshire history or guide- book ; but it is not accustomed to appear in such high company. Yet it was quite right to put it there. On the whole, this is a very interesting book and adequately illustrated.
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