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1 1 24, with a narratio of Bishop Anianus ; Ulricus of Hasel- borough in Dorset, died 11 54; Godric of Finchale, died 1170, servant of God and hermit, born of devout parents at Walpole (?) in Norfolk; Malachias, archbishop of Armagh, died about 114S, with a narratio of a devout father and his method of disciplining his son to resist temptation; "William of York, died 1154; Thomas Becket of Canterbury, died 1170 ; Hugo, bishop of Lin- coln, died 1206; Robert, abbot of Newminster, near Morpeth, died 1 159; Wallevus of Mailros, died 1160; Ailred of Rievaux, died 1 1 66; Gilbert of Sempringham, died 1190; the boy-saints William of Norwich, died 1137, and Herebertus, died 1180." In an appendix to the MS. the scribe has added an account of Christiana, otherwise called Theodora.

The saints of the thirteenth century include Edmund, arch- bishop of Canterbury, died 1241, with a narratio relating to cer- tain relics; Richard, bishop of Chichester, died 1253, with a narratio from Bede ; Thomas, bishop of Hereford, died 1282; Hugo of Lincoln, died 1255 ; Thomas de la Hale or Thomas of Dover, died 1295.

The collection is particularly rich in Welsh saints. Of Scottish saints, it contains Ninian of Whithern, Kentigern of Glasgow, Columba, and Queen Margaret, who died 1093. There are eighteen Irish saints.

If this enumeration of the contents of the Sanctilogium be thought to be wearisome, it is hoped it will be forgiven, as there did not appear to be any better way of indicating to the readers of Folk-Lore what a storehouse of legend and tradition John of Tynemouth collected for their benefit, than to draw attention not only to the lives, but to the narrationes appended to them, which for the most part relate to wholly different matters. To the pious and patriotic John, who gave up so large a part of his blameless life to the task of making these collections, to Dr. Horstman, who has given labour without stint to the work of collating and editing them, and to the delegates and printer of the Clarendon Press, who have done their part by bringing out these volumes in a manner worthy of the reputation of their great establishment, folklorists will often find reason to express their gratitude.

E. W. Brabrook.