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(include dates and particulars of their origin. jSome are diflicult to follow, but the details they contain are valuable enough to repay the trouble nf a little concentrated attention. For instance, ' Burke's Peerage ' still allows the style of Prince of Mindelheim to the Duke of Marlborough ; but the ' International Peerage ' shows that this title became extinct in 1722 on the .death of the great i duke. We may also learn that the title of Vis- conde de Monserrat, which was conferred in 1870 on Mr. Francis Cook of St. Paul's Churchyard (afterwards Sir Francis Cook, Bart.), was for two I lives only, a limitation to which we are not accus- tomed. There appears to have been no similar limitation in the patent of Baron Albert Grant. One would expect to find the eleventh Marquis of Grimaldi also among the foreign titles at the end i.i ; Hurke's Peerage,' seeing that his pedigree has been recorded in the College of Arms. It may be ^interesting to mention that the Graf von Schon- iburg-Glauchau (p. 1330) numbers among his ancestors Topham Beauclerk and Lady Diana Spencer, and is therefore of royal descent from King Charles II. and Nell Gwynn. A difficult ,?ntry to follow is that of Dom Miguel of Braganza }(p. 48), who "succeeded his father, Michael I., 'King of Portugal, 30 June, 1828-26 May, 1834, It Nov., I860." The expression "Mother .'hurrh " receives illustration in the notice of Don jlainie (Bourbon), who is described as " eldest son pf the Holy Catholic, Apostolic and Roman fchurch."

Naturally much has had to be sacrificed, even Contractions abound, and many of them are not l.n the list of abbreviations. Only living members Ure named, and the degrees of relationship when further removed than nephew are not mentioned, <o that pedigrees cannot be drawn up from this ource alone. It is not claimed that the work is xhaastive. For some countries all titles includ- ng and above that of baron are given ; for other Countries only those above baron ; for France only lucal titles as yet appear ; but completion is I limed at in future issues. The list of Errata jxmld be considerably extended. It is awkward i 'or an editor with a French name to ask indul- gence for " erreurs glisses," and to allow such aults to pass as " au primogeniture " (twice), ' la commerce," and " fournisse." The Italian lips, which are numerous, include differences in lates and particulars between the English and Italian texts; "stepmother" should be rendered >y nmtrigna, not suocera (p. 43); and the Rue 'rowii of Saxony is translated sometimes as tufa and sometimes left as Rue. According to lia( Prince Theodore Callimachi is still living ; e died 7 April, 1894.
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The armorial illustrations are not of the highest I'der, the Norwegian achievement being especi- Hy weak. All the lions in the Saxe-Meiningen luarterings should be rampant, in spite of the fact hat German draughtsmen have gradually allowed he front paws to reach the ground. The arms 'f several princely houses have been omitted for 10 apparent reason. Supporters have not been erved out impartially, and the mantle has been Mowed to some and denied to others. The anting position of the inescutcheon in the Belgian 'ins, and the substitution of a bird for the amiliar crowned stockfish of Iceland in the Danish

shield, require some explanation. The motto of Greece contains two errors, and Denmark's motto reads " Domimis inihiad jutor."

We consider this the most important work of its kind that has ever been published, and we hope that it will be found possible to produce it yearly.

Berkeley and Percival. By Benjamin Rand.

(Cambridge University Press, 9s. net.) PROF. FRASER, when compiling the ' Life ' of Berkeley which accompanies his edition of the- philosopher's works, transcribed from the ' Letter- books ' of the Egmont collection sundry passages in letters which passed between Berkeley and his friend John Percival, first Earl of Egmont. This set of letters had, however, until now not been brought to publication as a whole, and Dr. Benjamin Rand, whose edition of Shaftesbury's ' Second Characters ' we lately had the pleasure of reviewing, is not a little to be congratulated upon its having fallen to him to give it to- the world. The first half of the eighteenth century has no more admirable or more engaging' figure to show than that of Berkeley ; it cannot but have been a pleasure to be occupied once more with the details of his life, even though the new matter adds little of importance to what was already known ; and, so far as his tasks of illustration and arrangement go, Dr. Rand has nothing to expect but thanks. He gives us,, before the letters, a lucid, careful, and quite- adequate ' Biographical Commentary,' which,, taking one year after another, and with con- tinual reference to the letters, rounds out hints, explains allusions, and generally gives the back- ground of information needed for a proper appre- ciation of the letters.

The first of these is from Berkeley at Trinity College, Dublin, in September, 1709, condoling with Percival on the loss of statues, medals, &c., collected in Italy and in the way of being conveyed to Cork. The last between the two old friends is that in which Berkeley congratulates Percival on the earldom (1733). The most interesting: parts of the correspondence are, as might be expected, those connected with the publication of Berkeley's works, and especially of the ' Prin- ciples of Human Knowledge,' the letters from Italy, and the letters discussing Berkeley's famous Bermuda project. Here and there one comes across passages which have by no means escaped Dr. Rand of fine descriptive eloquence,, but, taken as a whole, the correspondence shows us Berkeley far less on the side of intellectual accom- plishment or vigour than on that of those qualities: which so endeared him to his contemporaries. It is Percival, one comes to see, who sets t he- topics and circumscribes the limits of the corre- spondence or rather it is the genuine and affec- tionate sympathy of Percival's friend. And therefore we get little or nothing in the way of speculation, but much sober reflection irradiated with that charm which was Berkeley's singular gift upon the tide of national affairs and the personages carried on the stream of it, together with playful accounts of Porcival's small children when absent from their parents, and kindly messages of solicitude for Lady Percival's health. IVn ival's own writing is singularly dignified and honest growing a little pompous, a little hor- tatory, as the years increase. His confidence in