6 JULY 1907, Page 35

The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond. By Sir Ernest Clarke.

(John Murray. is. net.)—Jocelin of Bralceloncl was a monk of Bury St. Edmunds who took the habit in 1173. (His designation seems to refer to a street in the town which still bears his name.) He tells the story of the Abbey from that time, which he marks by saying that it was "the year when the Flemings were taken captive without the town," down to 1201. His principal theme is Abbot Samson, who was elected in 1182, and held office for nearly thirty years. This volume is a cheap reissue of a work published in 1903, and bears the title of "Bury St. Edmunds Pageant Edition." Lovers of Carlyle's "Past and Present" will find special pleasure in this reprint.