15 JANUARY 1910, Page 26

British Place - Names in their Historical Setting. By Edmund McClure, M.A.

(S.P.C.K. 5s.)-Mr. McClure allots about a third of his space to the Roman occupation. His plan is to give a narrative which he illustrates as he proceeds with examples of place-names suggesting an obvious or more or less probable connexion with the incidents mentioned and the eaters in them. Much, of course, has to be conjectural. So of the place-names occurring in Agricola's Caledonian campaign "Taus " is the only one which may be pronounced certain. Still, the careful study which Mr. McClure has given to the subject is sure to be service- able. When he reaches the second part, "The Teutonic Invasion," the ground is firmer. Altogether, the book may be recommended without hesitation to the student of history.