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 316 SHORT NOTICES April here depicted than that furnished by the other article to which we have referred, on the Roman medallists of the renaissance from Nicholas V to Leo X. This is written by Mr. G. F. Hill, who notes that the medals of Paul II are of a different character from those of his predecessors and show ' a deliberate assimilation to the brass sestertii of the early Empire '. Mr. Hill omits to mention that Paul was himself a great collector of medals, and so perhaps wished to strike out a new line. Both these articles are supplied with a large number of.plates as well as of illustrations in the text. N. The new Jahresberichte der Deutschen Geschichte by .Dr. V. Loewe and Professor M. Stimming (Jahrgang 1918. Breslau : Priebatsch, 1920) differs from its predecessor the Jahresberichte der Geschichtswissenschaft in being confined to German history, and by an arrangement of its matter in periods and subjects which has a general resemblance to that of Dahl- mann-Waitz. The bibliography is very well done and is accompanied by useful critical remarks. Indexes of authors and subjects make it easy to consult, and the serial should become indispensable for the study of German history. 0. Two more parts of the Dansk Historisk Bibliografi (Copenhagen : Gad), by Erichsen and Krarup, have appeared during 1919 and 1920, forming parts ii and iii (pp. 193-528) of the first volume. Part ii continues the chronological bibliography of ' Danmarks Historie ' from Frederick VI (1808) to Frederick VIII (1912), with a short appendix of works relating to the Danish royal family. Part iii contains the first instalment of books and articles dealing with social, political, and constitutional matters, arranged under a large number of headings, which range from ' Language ' and ' Runic Inscriptions ' to ■ Trade and Industry '. These subdivisions will greatly facilitate the consultation of the bibliography for information regarding the Danish contributions to the special literature of the various subjects. W. A. C. Three vigorous and lucid lectures given by Dr. P. Geyl at University College, London, in 1920, have been published with the title Holland and Belgium, their Common History and their Relations (Leyden : Sijthoff, s.a.). The subject has its political temptations and dangers, but Dr. Geyl has treated it, in the best sense, historically, and his rapid sketch, beginning with the middle ages and ending in 1839, may be heartily commended. One or two phrases of foreign origin might have been eliminated if the text had been more carefully revised. P. M. Hector Garneau has done a work of public utility, as well as of personal piety, in bringing out a new edition (the fifth) of his grandfather's well-known Histoire du Canada, tome 2 (Paris : Alcan, 1920), containing a few necessary corrections and additions, and a comprehensive body of refer- ences to authorities bearing on statements in the text. Most English- speaking students of Garneau's history are familiar, to some extent, with its shortcomings ; what generally they failed to apprehend is the back- ground of research and learning which lay behind its passion and pre-