Weatherford, W. D. Fundamental religious principles in Browning’s poetry. $1. Pub: House M. E. ch. So.

7–23628.

“Mr. Weatherford has made a thorough study of Browning’s works, has gathered up his views on the great fundamentals, has arranged them in systematic order, and has put them in plain and lucid prose. Browning interpreted nature, man and life; and Mr. Weatherford has interpreted Browning’s interpretation.”

Webb, Sidney, and Webb, Beatrice. English local government, from the revolution to the municipal corporations act; the parish and the county. *$4. Longmans.

6–40962.

The first volume of five or six to be devoted to the history of local government in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It covers the government of the parish and the country, and reveals methods of great accuracy in the use of material.


“This book is epoch-making. The completed work, as planned by the authors, will constitute a veritable magnum opus both in scope and in quality, to judge by this splendid installment.” George Elliott Howard.

+ + +Am. Hist. R. 12: 631. Ap. ’07. 1050w.

“Altogether it may be said that every student of English local history or administration will now have to read this book with care, and every such student is to be congratulated on having such a key to his subject.” Edward P. Cheyney.