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“With what seems pretty near perversity, he has chosen scrupulously to avoid the inevitable circumstances of chronology, and to arrange his matter under such categories as ‘Democracy and empire,’ ‘Woman,’ and so on, and instead of stating facts he is apt only to allude. The resulting impression is of confused admiration.”
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“It is an extensive and fascinating subject, and it is handled as we should expect a thoroughly efficient American professor to handle it. That is to say, he designs his structure in a clear and logical way.”
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THORNLEY, ISOBEL D. England under the Yorkists, 1460–1485; with a preface by A. F. Pollard. (Univ. of London intermediate source-books of history) il *$3.35 (*9s 6d) Longmans 942.04
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“Though primarily intended for the use of undergraduates, this volume of extracts from contemporary sources for the reigns of Edward IV and Richard III will interest a larger public. Miss Thornley has ranged widely among printed and unprinted materials in selecting passages to illustrate the political, constitutional, ecclesiastical, economic, and social aspects of that turbulent generation.”—Spec