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 1921 SHORT NOTICES 317 judice ; but no one can glance through M. Hector Garneau's notes without recognizing the solid foundations of the original structure. H. E. E. The old yeoman families of Lancashire resemble the clans of Scotland more than the landed gentry of the south in their close concentration in well-defined areas, in their knowledge and sense of kinship in more than name, and in the persistence through many generations of a hardy stock, sometimes rising, sometimes falling, but usually preserving its level in the social scale. Research into their histories is in some ways simplified, in others complicated, by these characteristics, and the interest of inquiry is increased when, as often happens, the descent of the family property is disputed amongst many claimants. The Rev. T. C. Porteus has investi- gated the claim of Myles Standish to inherit lands in Lancashire. His Captain Myles Standish : his Lost Lands and Lancashire Connections. A new Investigation (London : Longmans, 1920) is the first attempt based upon proper historical methods. He shows that the lands in dispute were not the property of the Standishes of Standish, or the Standishes of Duxbury, but of a third branch of the family, seated at Ormskirk, and having connexions in the Isle of Man. This accurate inquiry disposes at once of the claims of Myles's descendants in the United States to the Duxbury property, and of their accusations of obstruction and fraud (with the usual ' mutilation ' of the parish register), to which Longfellow in his verses gave unfortunate support. Though he cannot at present show Myles's pedigree otherwise than tentatively, Mr. Porteus has done good work in narrowing the field of inquiry and clearing it of the kind of rubbish which still too often passes muster for family history. The book also deals briefly with Myles Standish's library, Duxbury Park, Standish Hall, and the Lancashire Jacobite plots in the reign of William III. J. E. W. W. To our new contemporary, The Antiquaries' Journal (London : Milf ord, 1921), we extend a cordial welcome. Sir Hercules Read explains in a fore- word that it is to be issued quarterly to members of the Society of Anti- quaries in place of the old Proceedings, but is also to be offered for sale to the general public. The first number, besides notes, reviews, notices of periodicals, and a bibliography, has seven articles on archaeological subjects, the most elaborate being that of Mr. A. W. Clapham on the Latin monastic buildings of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem (with a large plan) and that of Lieutenant-Colonel Hawley on the excava- tions at Stonehenge. Mr. Charles Johnson prints a document of 1451 relating to the children of the chapel royal. There are many excellent photographs and other illustrations. Q. The Church Quarterly Review contains an article by Mr. H. P. K. Skipton, in which he throws light on the history of the non- jurors, in connexion with the character and career of Thomas Deacon, from the large collection of Brett papers recently acquired by the Bodleian Library. R. Of the four parts (97-100) making up volume xxv of the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, Part 97 has been already noticed (ante, xxxiv.