Prcelia Eboracensia. By Alex. D. H. Leadman. (Bradbury, Agnew, and
Co.)—Mr. Leadman wrote, he tells us, some twelve years ago an account of the Battle of Boroughbridge. He has added to this ten other papers, all dealing with the subject of battles fought within the limits of the county. It might be urged, indeed, that when Penda, King of Marcia, and the British Cadwallon routed Edwin of Northumbria in 633, and for not a few years afterwards, Yorkshire was not a geographical entity, and even that the circumstances which combine to place a battle within county boundaries are often accidental; still, it is allowable to appeal to local interests by adopting such a title as Mr. Lead- man has taken. His other subjects are Winwced (in which Penda was defeated and slain), Stamford Bridge, the Standard, Myton, the Insurrection and Death of Archbishop Scrope, Bram- ham Moor (where a rising against Henry IV. was crushed), Wakefield, Towton, and Marston Moor. The author has taken much pains with his task, and illustrates with maps, &c.
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