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the feast of St. Bartholomew. The lord of the manor had set up a pillory, a tumbrel, and other useful articles appurtenant to fairs, when his men were maltreated and these articles carried off by a crowd of riotous BorderersReeds, Kerrs, Foresters, Bells, and others, who bore good old Border clan-names. We have no means of explaining the riot. Probably it arose out of some longstanding family feud.

The reign of Edward I. was, notwithstanding the wars in which the king was constantly engaged, one of great progress in almost every direction. One would not have expected to find a patent granted for laying out a new town, yet such was in 1286 the case at Gotowresuper-Mare, in the parish of Stodlaund. There were to be" sufficient streets and lanes and adequate sites for a market and church and plots for merchants" to expose their wares upon.

We perhaps hardly need say that the volume has a very copious and excellent index.

An Exact Account of the Church and Priory of Goring, in the County of Oxford. Set down by Percy Goddard Stone. Duly printed by William Knott at Brooke Street, within the Parish of Saint Alban the Martyr, Holbourn, and published by Henry L. Smith at the

Post-Office, Goring on Thames, MDCCC and XCIII.

THIS is a quaint and interesting pamphlet of some fifty odd pages. The author is evidently not at present a skilled antiquary, but he has zeal and discretion. We have none of those foolish guesses by which many local books are encumbered.

The little nunnery of Goring on Thames fell with the lesser monasteries. Very little seems to be known concerning it. We cannot but think Mr. Stone might have come on more details than he has discovered. He is not even quite certain to what order it belonged. He has, however, given us, what will be very useful, a list of the prioresses from 1200 to 1530. It is confessedly imperfect. One of them bore the uncommon name of Eularia. Two interesting mediæval bells yet remain in the church tower; one is dedicated to St. Blaise, the patron of wool-combers, the other asks for prayers for the soul of Peter, Bishop of Exeter. This is Peter de Quivil, who was Bishop of Exeter at the end of the thirteenth century.

The church of Goring contains a monumental brass which would be of surpassing interest could we believe in the truth of what it records. It is in memory of a certain Hugh Whistler, who is stated to have died in 1615, aged 216 years. Of course there is some error. Mr. Stone gives an engraving of it, and the figures are clear enough. Mr. Stone thinks that the artist has been told to engrave two score and sixteen. It may be so, but in that case it seems strange that the family did not discover the error and insist on an accurate memorial being furnished to them.

Dictionary of the Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases of the English Language relating to the Sea. By Frank Cowan. (Greensburgh, Pennsylvania, Oliver Publishing House.)

THIS is a work of much erudition, and of wider compass than the title denotes. It is of a class to commend itself warmly to our readers.

Landmarks of Church History. By Henry Cowan, D.D. (Black.)

To their series of "Guild Text-Books" Messrs. Black have added Dr. Cowan's compendium of Church history. It is a sound compilation, carrying the information from the apostolic age to the death of Calvin, 1564. Students will find it of great practical utility, which, however, would be enhanced by the addition of an index.

UNDER the pleasantly punning title of Green Pastures Mr. Grosart has issued (Stock) a series of extracts from the writings, prose and poetical, of Robert Greene. In this cheap little pocket volume the reader unfamiliar with sixteenth century literature will find much exquisite verse.

MR. W. L. RUTTON, F.S.A., has issued a short and very Kent, 1539-1894. Not very eventful has been the history readable and trustworthy History of Sandgate Castle, but few events of importance. Henry VIII., its founder, of this castle, which has stood no siege, and witnessed and Queen Elizabeth visited it, and Thomas Keys, who married poor little Lady Mary Grey, was a prisoner there. Among the captains was Sir Thomas Allin-Pepys's Sir brochure owes its origin to 'N, & Q.' Thomas Allen. It is pleasant to hear that this little

MR. E. H. MARSHALL has supplied (Hastings Observer Office) an Alphabetical Index to the Printed Sermons in the Reference Library at the Brassey Institute, Hastings, with a valuable preface on the utility of this class of composition. The arrangement is excellent, and the work will commend itself to a large number of readers.

Handy Book of Astronomy (Stanford), first published in 1882, has reached its eighth edition, and its value and authority are still unassailed.

MR. WILLIAM THYNNE LYNN's Celestial Motions: a

MISS MARY HOWARD's useful Guide to Hastings and St. Leonards, a model work in its class, has appeared in a revised form, with information brought up to date. The publisher is Mr. E. Stanford.

NEW editions have appeared of Percy Lindley's Tourist Guide to the Continent and Walks in Belgium and the Ardennes. Both are amply illustrated.

CLARK'S Civil Service Annual, useful to candidates for the Civil Service, has to be added to the list of new

annuals.

MR. JOHN SULLIVAN, a local antiquary, has issued a third edition of his Le Vier Marchi Guernsey, a work patronized by the Queen.

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