"Alas then said good Robyn, Alas and well a woo, If I dwele longer with the kynge Sorowe wyll me sloo:"
and the evidence which he adduces in favour of our popular hero having been one of the _Contrariantes_ of the reign of the Second Edward; and the coincidences which he points out between the minstrel testimony of the _Little Geste_ and the testimony of records of different kinds and lying in different places, will, we are sure, be read with great interest even by those who may not think that our author has quite succeeded in unmasking the "Junius" of those olden times.
_Richmondshire, its Ancient Lords and Edifices: a Concise Guide to the Localities of Interest to the Tourist and Antiquary; with short Notes of Memorable Men_, by W. Hylton Longstaffe, is a pleasant, chatty, and amusing guide to a beautiful locality, which the author describes as "the capital of a land whose riches of romance are scarcely exceeded by any other in England, the chosen seat of its own Earls, the Scropes, Fitzhughs, Marmions; and those setters up and pullers down of kings, the richest, noblest, and most prudent race of the North, the lordly Nevilles:" and which as such may well tempt the tourist and antiquary to visit it during the coming autumn. Those who do will find Mr. Longstaffe's little volume a pleasant companion.
BOOKS RECEIVED.--The second volume of Charlotte A. Eaton's _Rome in the Nineteenth Century, containing, a Complete Account of the Ruins of the Ancient City, the Remains of the Middle Ages, and the Monuments of Modern Times_, which completes this lady's excellent guide to the Eternal City.--The second volume of Miss Thomasina Ross's well-executed translation of Humboldt's _Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America during the Years 1799-1804_, is the new volume of Bohn's _Scientific Library_.--_The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature; to which are added Two Brief Dissertations; on Personal Identity, and on the Nature of Virtue; and Fifteen Sermons_, by Joseph Butler, D.C.L., _late Lord Bishop of Durham_.--The new volume of Bohn's _Standard Library_ is deserving of especial mention. It is a reprint of Bishop Halifax's Standard Edition, with the addition of Analytical Introductions, and Notes by a Member of the University of Oxford; and we have no doubt will be found a really useful _popular_ edition, such as may allure to the careful study of one of the best works in our language those minds which, without such help, might shrink from the task.