STUDIES OF ENGLISH POETS. By J. W. MACKAIL. Longmans, Green. 10s. 6d. net. Ten studies of English poets are contained in this new volume by Professor Mackail. The poets considered are Shakespeare; then Pope, Thomson, Young and Collins as representing the poetical movement of the earlier 18th century; three Victorians-Tennyson, Morris and Swinburne; and Fanshawe, as a typical figure of the transitional period of the 17th century. To these the author has added a brief review of the surroundings in which Keats wrote " Endymion." THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM PLATO TO THE PRESENT. By R. H. MURRAY., Litt.D. Cambridge: Heffer. 12s. 6d. net. The author analyses the main conceptions of the political philosophies of the past. Beginning with Plato and Aristotle, he passes on to St. Augustine, Machiavelli, Calvin, Montesquieu and Rousseau, Burke, the Utilitarians, down to recent political theories such as Syndicalism and Bolshevism. There is also a chapter on American political theories. In handy form the book covers much ground. BEOWULF, Translated into Modern English Rhyming Verse, with Introduction and Notes, by ARCHIBALD STRONG, Jury Professor of English in the University of Adelaide. With a Foreword by R. W. CHAMBERS, Quain Professor of English in University College, London. Constable. 125. net. Sir Archibald Strong has produced an attractive version in modern English verse of the great Anglo-Saxon epic. The value of this work is increased by the author's authoritative introduction and by Professor Chambers' interesting foreword on "Beowulf and the Heroic Age," in itself an essay of value to all students of English literature. LANFRANC: A Study of his Life, Work, and Writing. By A. S. MACDONALD, M.A., Oxford University Press. 12s. 6d. net. Mr. Macdonald was encouraged to undertake this biography of Lanfranc because of the lack of any "Life" in English, and the fact that in French there are only two short studies, those by M. de Crozals and the Abbé Longuemare, which are deficient in their treatment of Lanfranc's English pontificate. The book is a careful study not only of Lanfranc himself, but of the religious controversies of the time. An account is given of Lanfranc's quarrels with the undue claims of the English crown, and particularly of his disputes in his later years with William Rufus ; also of his differences with the Pope, who accused him of ignoring the papal authority once he had achieved his English archbishopric. TAXATION IN AUSTRALIA. BY STEPHEN MILLS, C.M.G. Macmillan. 12s. net. Mr. Mills here provides a comprehensive examination of the origins growth and forms of taxation in the different States, and finally in the Commonwealth of Australia. In the course of his book he examines the development of the constitution, which was responsible for the alteration in certain forms of taxes, and he concludes with a review of the present position in relation to the War Debt. He finds that on the whole the Australian community is carrying its tax burdens with a remarkable resilience and courage. The book is not intended as a criticism of fiscal policies, but merely as a record, and it is indeed an interesting record, showing, as it does, the intimate connection between the forms of taxation evolved and the particular circumstances and industries of each State of the Commonwealth. THE ENGLISH BRASS AND COPPER INDUSTRIES TO 1800. By HENRY HAMILTON, M.A., D.Litt. With an Introduction by Sir WILLIAM ASHLEY. Longmans, Green. 18s, net. The history of the English brass and copper industries is, in effect, as Sir William Ashley remarks in his introduction, a contribution to the history of Birmingham. The book opens with the introduction into England of the copper and brass industries by foreign enterprise, assisted by the policy of Queen Elizabeth's government under Burleigh. The later chapters deal with the methods by which Birmingham was able to overcome other competitors, and the author adds to English economic history by his acute and detailed analysis of the forces at work behind the intricate negotiations. HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. By EMILE LEGOUIS and LOUIS CAZAMIAN. In Two Volumes. Volume I. The This is the first volume of the English translation of a history of English Literature originally written by two professors at the University of Paris for French students. The French edition received such favourable notice in England, however, that it became apparent that there was space for an English translation. In their introduction the authors say that, while they are conscious that they cannot have the innate love of English literature of the native, they feel that perhaps the detachment of those who approach a literature first as men, with no prejudices of childhood to distort their judgment, may counterbalance this lack. The book is, indeed, a monument to French thoroughness in scholarship, and in its English translation a serious rival, in very compact form, to the "Cambridge History." No. 497 will be published in July, 1926. Titles of Articles are printed in heavy type Abd el Krim, 92 Addison, Dr. C.-housing policy, 310 Arab nationalism, 19 Colour question, 23; the Ethiopian Africa, North-France in North Africa, Africa, South :- Colour question, 24 et seq.; labour Alexander I. of Russia, 50-65 Algiers centenary of occupation of, 82 Société Secrète au XVII Siecle, 321 Argenson, Le Comte Rene de Voyer d,' 288 Expenditure-report of committee on 411 Bagehot, Walter, quoted, 366 Banerjea, Sir Surendranath, A Nation in Baptism-Church doctrine regarding, Bardo, treaty of, 98 Barker, W. R., Local Government Beaconsfield, Lord (Disraeli)-Queen Beauchet-Filleau, R. P. Dom., Annales "Great Netherlands" Idea, 240-252 Belloc, Mr. Hilaire-controversy with Biology-modern ideas on theory of Bismarck, Prince, 379 |