History, the quarterly organ of the Historical Association (Macmillan, 2s.
net), contains some admirable articles in its April issue. We may mention Professor Terlinden's detailed history of the Schelde in modern times, Lord Robert Cecil's article designed to show that the League of Nations does not impair the principle of national sovereignty, and Professor Pollard's suggestive paper on historical criticism. The "his- torical revision" in this issue is that of the battle of Bannock- burn ; Professor Tout expounds and accepts the new view put forward by Mr. W. M. Mackenzie some years before the war. Mr. Mackenzie had had the good sense to study with an open mind the account given in The Bruce by Barbour, who was born not long after Bannockburn. The poet's narrative is per- fectly clear, and shows that the English had creased the Bannock before the battle and fought -in the marshy plain between the Bannock and the Fotth. The Bannock was no obstacle to their advance, but it served to cut off their retreat, so that the whole army was lost.
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