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 1922 SHORT NOTICES 469 It is a curious fact that its casualties in the Peninsular War, apart from the battles of the Pyrenees and of Orthez, were very slight, amounting to ten for six battles. With sixteen Warwickshire battalions fighting in the late war it was impossible for Mr. Kingsford to give more than a brief summary of their experiences, and as all but one of these were serving on the western front, his narrative, in spite of some useful maps and sketches, becomes somewhat difficult to follow. The 1st and 2nd battalions crossed the Channel in 1914 in time for the battles of Le Gateau and first Ypres respectively. In 1915 four first-line territorial and five service battalions of the new army arrived upon the scene, to be followed next year by four second-line territorial battalions. After Caporetto eight of these were dispatched to Italy, and four remained there to the end. The 9th (service) battalion was the only one which served in the East. It is claimed for it by the author that in the battle of Suvla Bay-Anzac Cove it shared with the 6th South Lancashires and the 6th Gurkhas the honour of reaching the crest of Sari Bair on 9 August. He suggests that the fact that it lost all its officers in the battle probably explains why its share in this feat of arms was not recorded. But the sole evidence which he cites that of an anonymous New Zealand eyewitness is not by itself sufficient to establish the claim. W. B. W. The income of the F. J. Kingsbury Memorial Fund could not have been more wisely expended than in publishing, in conjunction with the North Carolina Society of the Colonial Dames of America, the manuscript, accidentally stumbled upon in the British Museum, Journal of a Lady of Quality, being the Narrative of a Journey from Scotland to the West Indies, N. Carolina and Portugal in the years 1774 to 1776 (New Haven : Yale University Press, 1921). He must be a dull reader who does not agree with the appreciative comments on these journal letters of Mrs. C. M. Andrews in her charming introduction. Exceptional powers both of observation and of description, keen sense of humour and unfailing courage under difficulties, combine to make Miss Schaw's account of her journey of much value as well as interest. It throws vivid light on the way in which unfortunate highlanders might be smuggled aboard privately on small vessels, wholly unsuited for the purpose ; and it gives a striking picture of the material prosperity of Antigua and St. Kitts, just before the events of the American revolution were to bring about a very different state of things. Lastly, nowhere will be found a clearer presentment of the political situation, as it affected individuals, at the beginning of the revolutionary struggle than in the chapter on North Carolina. The story is indeed told from the tory standpoint ; and Miss Schaw would have disdained impartiality where loyalty to king and parliament was at stake ; but she formed a shrewd and, on the whole, fail- estimate even of her adversaries. In short, whoever wishes to be tran- sported for the time being into the atmosphere of life in the West Indies and North Carolina in 1775 should devote a couple of hours to the reading of this delightful volume. It only remains to add that Professor C. M Andrews has devoted much learning and labour to the notes and appendixes. H. E. E.