to be valued and consulted. The circle of readers will, Colchester Worthies: a Biographical Index of Colchester. THIS is a useful book of reference. The notices are, for Comprehensive Guide to the County of Durham. By J. R. THIS is an excellent guide-book. The characteristic The antiquarian part of this guide is well done. It is quite sufficiently copious. In fact, we think the account of the cathedral somewhat over-done for a book of this kind. One feature we are glad to see is that in many cases the inscriptions on the church bells are given. In one case at least we find the legend on a bell that has been destroyed. There was at Gainford a bell with the motto "Help Mary qwod Roger of Kyrkeby." This Roger was a former vicar of Gainford. We have been told that his bell has been broken up in very recent days. If this be so, it is not easy to find words too strong in which to express our reprobation, for not only was it an object of great local interest, but, as all students of belllore know, English inscriptions of pre-Reformation date are of great rarity. We have received the fifth edition of Dr. Jessopp's Coming of the Friars (Fisher Unwin). It is, if our memory serves us right, little more than two years since this charming volume first made its appearance. The wide circulation which it is having is a proof that when history is properly dealt with it is not unattractive, even to those whose reading is commonly confined to light literature. It would be out of place to offer criticism on a book so well known and highly appreciated. To our thinking, the two papers on the Black Death are the most important part of the volume. From their pages many persons first learnt the terrible nature of that great pestilence. 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