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19561 NEW PUBLICATIONS RECENTLY RECEIVED 347 published in 1935 but destroyed by bombing in 1941): it tells, with many bright anecdotes, the story of the headquarters mess of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from its beginnings in 1716 down to 1952. The Hislaty of the Royal Bcrkshire Regimen# (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s), 1920-1947, by BRICADIBR GORDON BLIGHT [London, Staples, 1953, xx+499 pp. (illus., maps), 42.1 records the inter-war service of the regiment in Ireland, Persia, N.W. India, Palestine and the Sudan, and its paxt in the recent war in Northern France, Italy, Burma, Normandy and Germany. RECENT HISTORY SCHOOL BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN TO 31 DECEMBER 1955 The following continues the lists cm f recent history text-books, readers and atlases printed in History from Sept. 1938; the date of publication is 1955, unless otherwise given. The Historical Association is obliged to the publishers who present copies of their new publications to the Association’s library, where they are available for inspection by members. This list has been compiled by Mr. F. E. Manning, M.A., lecturer in history, Gipsy Hill Training College, who will be glad to receive corrections and additions; these should be addressed to the Historical Association, 59a Kennington Park Road, London, S.E.ll. [An asterisk indicates that the kook has been despatched for notice in History; a number in square brackets-e.g. [138/9]-is the number of the issue of History in which the book has been or will be noticed. Present financial stringency compels us to restrict the reviewing of text-books : we have therefore added brief comments in this list to the particulars of some of the books which have been sent to us for review but which we have not been able to notice.) Primary-Ages 5-1 1 *ALLEN, AGNES. Living under the Tudors and the Stuarts. Edinburgh: Johnston and Bacon. 192 pp. (illus.). 5s. 3a. (Social history based on the imaginary Children’s Map of London. Edinburgh: Bartholemew. (Cloth) 5s. (681) *FIRTH. CATHERINE B. (edit.). History Bookshelves. London: Ginn. 32 pp. (illus.). 4s. 6d. each set of six booklets: Teacher’s Booklet, 16 pp., 6d. each. Blue Shelf: Before the Norman Col;:quest, by A. F. TITTERTON: Green Shelf: The Middle Ages, by A. F. TITTERTON ; Yellow Shelf: Under Tudor Rulers. by C. B. FIRTH. (An admirable series of miniature reference books, well HITCHCOCK, A. and HITCHCOCK, L. J. The Pilgrim Way History Readers; Book 4, The British People, Their Work and Way ojLafe. Glasgow: Blackie. 232 pp. (illus.). 6s. 3d. (A social background reader which completes this TURNBULL, D. The Golden Mean Histwies. Exeter: Wheaton. Book 1, 128 pp., 4s. 3d.: Book 2, 144 pp., 4s. 9d. : Ebok 3, 144 pp., 4s. 9d.; Book 4. 160 pp.. *UNSTEAD, R. J. People in History. .London: Black. Book 1, Fvom Caractacus lo Alfred, 96 pp. (illus.), 5s.: Book 2, From William the Conqueror to William Coxton, 120 pp. (illus.), 5s. 6d. (A ,companion series of simply told stories to village of Rennington.) [141/3]. (680) illustrated and attractively written). [ 138/9]. (682) series.) (683) 5s. 6d. (all illus.). (684) the Looking at History series). (685)

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Page 1: RECENT HISTORY SCHOOL BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN TO 31 DECEMBER 1955

19561 NEW PUBLICATIONS RECENTLY RECEIVED 347

published in 1935 but destroyed by bombing in 1941): it tells, with many bright anecdotes, the story of the headquarters mess of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from its beginnings in 1716 down to 1952. The Hislaty of the Royal Bcrkshire Regimen# (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s), 1920-1947, by BRICADIBR GORDON BLIGHT [London, Staples, 1953, xx+499 pp. (illus., maps), 4 2 . 1 records the inter-war service of the regiment in Ireland, Persia, N.W. India, Palestine and the Sudan, and its paxt in the recent war in Northern France, Italy, Burma, Normandy and Germany.

RECENT HISTORY SCHOOL BOOKS PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN TO 31 DECEMBER 1955

The following continues the lists cmf recent history text-books, readers and atlases printed in History from Sept. 1938; the date of publication is 1955, unless otherwise given. The Historical Association is obliged to the publishers who present copies of their new publications to the Association’s library, where they are available for inspection by members. This list has been compiled by Mr. F. E. Manning, M.A., lecturer in history, Gipsy Hill Training College, who will be glad to receive corrections and additions; these should be addressed to the Historical Association, 59a Kennington Park Road, London, S.E.ll.

[An asterisk indicates that the kook has been despatched for notice in History; a number in square brackets-e.g. [138/9]-is the number of the issue of History in which the book has been or will be noticed. Present financial stringency compels us to restrict the reviewing of text-books : we have therefore added brief comments in this list to the particulars of some of the books which have been sent to us for review but which we have not been able to notice.)

Primary-Ages 5-1 1 *ALLEN, AGNES. Living under the Tudors and the Stuarts. Edinburgh: Johnston

and Bacon. 192 pp. (illus.). 5s. 3a. (Social history based on the imaginary

Children’s Map of London. Edinburgh: Bartholemew. (Cloth) 5s. (681) *FIRTH. CATHERINE B. (edit.). History Bookshelves. London: Ginn. 32 pp.

(illus.). 4s. 6d. each set of six booklets: Teacher’s Booklet, 16 pp., 6d. each. Blue Shelf: Before the Norman Col;:quest, by A. F. TITTERTON: Green Shelf: The Middle Ages, by A. F. TITTERTON ; Yellow Shelf: Under Tudor Rulers. by C. B. FIRTH. (An admirable series of miniature reference books, well

HITCHCOCK, A. and HITCHCOCK, L. J. The Pilgrim W a y History Readers; Book 4, The British People, Their Work and W a y ojLafe. Glasgow: Blackie. 232 pp. (illus.). 6s. 3d. (A social background reader which completes this

TURNBULL, D. The Golden Mean Histwies. Exeter: Wheaton. Book 1, 128 pp., 4s. 3d.: Book 2, 144 pp., 4s. 9d. : Ebok 3, 144 pp., 4s. 9d.; Book 4. 160 pp..

*UNSTEAD, R. J. People in History. .London: Black. Book 1, Fvom Caractacus lo Alfred, 96 pp. (illus.), 5s.: Book 2, From William the Conqueror to William Coxton, 120 pp. (illus.), 5s. 6d. (A ,companion series of simply told stories to

village of Rennington.) [141/3]. (680)

illustrated and attractively written). [ 138/9]. (682)

series.) (683)

5s. 6d. (all illus.). (684)

the Looking at History series). (685)

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Secondary-Ages 11-16 AICKMANN, R. The Story of our Inland Waterways. London: Pitman. vii+

69 pp. (illus.). 7s. 6d. (An informative account of British canals written by

*BARKER, W. A., ST. AUBYN, G. R. and OLLARD, R. L. Documents of English History, 1832-1950. London: Black. 1954. viii+86pp. 6s. 6d. [140]. (687)

*BOOG-WATSON, ELSPETH and CARRUTHERS, J. ISOBLL. Country Life through the Ages. (Understanding the Modcm World Series). London: Allen and

*DE BEER, E. S. English History in Pictures: Stuart Timcs. London: Philip (for the Historical Association). (16 coloured plates, with notes and intro-

*DIMONT, C. The British Monarchy. London: Batsford. 80 pp. (illus.).

ELLACOTT, S. E. Guns. (Methuen’s Outlines, edit. S. E. ELLACOTT). London: Methuen. iv+76 pp. (illus.). 8s. 6d. (A succinct account, by an enthusiastic specialist, of the development of all types of missiles and firearms, from spears to pistols and heavy artillery, illustrated by simplified but adequate drawings of the mechanism : for a general account of this growing and signi-

*ELLIOT, M. E. British History Displayed. 1688-1 950. Cambridge Univ. Press. xiif348 pp. (illus., maps). 11s. 6d. (Well chosen illustrations and

*FAGE, J. D. A n Introduction to the History of West Africa. Cambridge Univ.

GREENWOOD, M. Railway Revolution, 1825-1845. (Then and There Series. edit. M. REEVES and P. HODGSON). London: Longmans. iv+92pp. (illus.). 2s. 6d. (A well constructed addition to this very useful series: see History,

HARRISON, G. The Story of Oil. London: Pitman. ix+70 pp. (illus.). 6s.

*HARRISON, MOLLY and WELLS, A. A. M. Picture Source Book for Social History: Eighteenth Cenlury. London: Allen and Unwin. 144 pp. (95 plates). 10s. 6d. (The third book in this series; admirably chosen contemporary

*HOBLEY, L. F. Opening Africa (Methuen’s Outlines, edit. S . E. ELLACOTT). London: Methuen. iv+75 pp. (maps). 8s. 6d. (For a general account of

*HUTCHINSON, W. H. A Short History of Ireland to 1955. Belfast: Erskine

LAY, E. J. S. (edit.). Men and Manners, an Anthology of Social History: Modern Times. (Supplementary Histories, ‘Easy Study’ Series). London : Macmillan. 108 pp. (illus.). 3s. 6d. (A reader for the last year of the

*NEWSOM, JOHN A. D. Historical Ncwsheets: 20 dates between the years 1493 and 1914. London: Allen and Unwin. 80 pp. (illus.). 7s. 6d. (A bound

OGLE, R. People of the Sun. London: Pitman. x+115 pp. (illus.). 5s. (A simply told history and life of the Bantu fully illustrated by the author.)

RICHARDSON, E. M. The Building of the British Empire. London: Bell. xi+ 201 pp. (illus.). 5s. (A revised edition brought up to date by N. F. G.

an enthusiast.) (686)

Unwin. 40 pp. (illus.). 5s. [141/3]. (688)

duction). 8s. 6d. (689)

7s. 6d. (690)

ficant series, see History, no. 134). (691)

succinct letterpress. A useful reference book.) [141/3]. (692)

Press. xi+210 pp. (maps). 8s. 6d. (693)

no. 140 for general account of series).

(A simple account of the history of oil and its manufacture.)

(694)

(695)

pictures and extracts.) [141/143]. (696)

this series, see History, no. 134). [140]. (697)

Mayne. vi+127 pp. (illus., maps). n.p. [141/3]. (698)

secondary modern course, covering the period 1900-1950). (699)

edition of the well-known news sheet). [141/3]. (700)

(701)

Taylor.) (702)

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ROUTH, C. R. N. Notes on History: Book 1, 1763-1846; Book 2, 1846-1914. Oxford: Blackwell. 20 pp., 24 pp. 1s. each. (Skeleton notes providing the

*SEAMAN, L. C. B. From Vienna to Versailles. London: Methuen. xi+216 pp. (A stimulating corrective to older textbook views of

*SELLMAN, H. R. The Crusades. (Afethuen’s Outlines, edit. S . E. ELLACOTT). London: Methuen. 73 pp. (illus., diag.). 8s. 6d. (A short but comprehensive survey of the crusading movement with very practical illustrations.)

*SHARP, MARGARET. English History in Pictures : T h e Lafer Middle Ages. London: Philip (for the Historic.11 Association). 16 coloured plates with

*SHERMAN. HUGH. Ireland since fhe Close of fhe Middle Ages. London:

*SHILLITO, G. H. A Village. (Informalion Books: ‘How to Explore’ Series). London: Educational Supply Assoc. v+ 109 pp. (illus.). 6s. [141/3]. (708)

*STRONG, C. J . T h e Early Modern World. London: Univ. of London Press. 256 pp. (illus.). 7s. (The third book of Dr. Strong’s new History of Britain and the World which covers the period from the Age of Discoveries to the

*TATE, W. E. and BLOUNT, C. H. C. British Institutions. (History fhrough the Ages Series: Second Series: Book 4). Oxford Univ. Press. 192 pp. (illus.). Cloth 7s., paper cover 5s. 6d. (A civics book in which the local government section based on ‘Linfordshire’ is particularly well done in very simple

TAYLOR, DUNCAN. Living in England: The Elizabethan Age. London: Dennis Dobson. 184 pp. (illus.). 10s. 6d. (A useful introduction to the life of the times which would help all those using the ‘patch’ method of teaching history.) (711)

*VALE, EDMUND. Abbeys and Priories. London: Batsford. 80 pp. (illus.). 7s. 6d. ( 7 1 4

WILLIAMS, S. A. Land, Trade, and Transport. London: Univ. London Press. 144 pp. (illus.). 6s. (Beginning with the present, this book goes back to the past and ends in the future.) (713)

WOODALL, R. D. British History Examination Note Book (1 783-1953). Exeter : Wheaton. (maps). 5s. (714)

WYYBR, NORMAN. Lives of Great M e n and W o m e n : Social Reformers: Robert Owen, S i r Rowland Hill. Sir Robert Peel, Lord Shaftesbury. Oxford Univ. Press. 32 pp. (illus.). Is. 6d. each. (Four more graphically written brief

WYMER, NORMAN. Lives of Great M e n and Women. Series 1 : Social Reformers. Oxford Univ. Press. 256 pp. (llus.). 7s. 6d. (A bound edition of the eight

basis for up-to-date factual knowledge). (703)

nineteenth-century European statesmen.) [140]. (704) (maps). 9s. 6d.

[138/9]. (705)

notes and introduction. 8s. 6d. [140] (706)

Harrap. 160 pp. (illus., maps). 6s. [141/3]. (707)

American War of Independence.) (709)

language.) (710)

biographies.) (715)

lives in this series.) (716)

Sixth Form-Ages 16-18 *ASETON, T. S. An Economic History of England: the Eighteenth Cent-.

*BOAK, A. E. R. A History to R o w to 565 A . D . New York: Macmillan Co. London: Methuen. viii+257 pp. 18s. (717)

(718)

Times. Cambridge Univ. Press. 1954. viii+368 pp. 21s. (719)

(London: Macmillan). 4th edn. xiu+569 pp. (illus., maps). 42s. [141/3].

*COURT, W. H. B. A Concise Economic History of Britain f r o m 1750 to Recent

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*DICKINSON, W. CROFT and DONALDSON. G. (edit.). A Source-Book of Scottish History: vol. iii, 1567-1707. Edinburgh: Nelson. 1954. x+501 pp. 21s.

*ERGANG, ROBERT. Europe from the Renaissance to Waterloo. New York: Heath (London: Harrap). 2nd edn. xvii+758+lxxviii pp. (illus., maps).

*ERGANG, ROBERT. EuroPe since Waterloo. New York: Heath (London:

+GLADSTONE, E. W., ST. AUBYN, G. R. and RJIES, BRIAN. The Unification of Italy. Oxford: Blackwell. viii+124 pp. (maps). 9s. 6d. [140]. (723)

*GREEN, V. H. H. The Later Plantagenets: A Survey of English History between 1307and 1485. London: Arnold. 438 pp. (maps, diag.). 20s. (724)

+HARBISON, E. HARRIS. The Age of the Reformation. (‘The DevelqPmcnt of Western Civilization’ Series, edit. E. W. Fox). Ithaca (N.Y.) : Cornell Univ.

*MILLAR, C. M. H. (edit.). The Roman Avmy: Selections from Various Latin Aufhors. (Modern School Classics). London: Macmillan. x i + 183 pp.

*ROEHM, A. W., BUSKE, M. R., WEBSTER. H. and WESLEY, E. B. The Record of Mankind. Boston: Heath (London:Harrap). xviii+747 pp. (illus., maps).

[ 1 4 1 /3]. (720)

40s. [138/9]. (721)

Harrap). xx+836 pp. (illus., maps). 40s. [138/9]. (722)

Press (London: Cumberlege). xivf145 pp. 10s. (725)

(illus.). 4s. 6d. [140]. (726)

25s. [141/3]. (727)

NOTES AND NEWS The Jubilee annual general meeting of the Association in London, from

Tuesday, 3 January to Saturday, 7 January 1956, was the most impressive and memorable occasion that the Association has ever staged. The phrase is used advisedly, for there was about the gathering an air of deliberate and dignified showmanship which suited well the general sense of justified rejoicing in sub- stantial achievement and of awareness of future opportunity and challenge. The University of London, copiously supported by its Colleges, Schools and Institutes, appropriately acted as our host, for i t was at a meeting held at University College, London, that the Association was founded on 19 May 1906, and the initiators were Dr Rachel Reid and Miss M.A. Howard of the London Day Training College (now the Institute of Education of London University). powerfully supported from the first by Professor A. F. Pollard of University College. For the Jubilee meeting, the University lent the Macmillan Hall for a great reception by Dr. G. P. Gooch and the London branches, and the admirable Beveridge Hall of the Senate House, with further accommodation for overflow meetings where necessary, for all of the general lectures and for the annual general business meeting, while Dr. J. H. P. Pafford, Goldsmiths’ Librarian of the University. arranged a special exhibition in the University Library. University College gave a reception to members, and made College Hall available for members requiring accommodation and for the general conference office. The Institute of Education housed a remarkably interesting exhibition illustrating ‘Fifty Years of Historical Study and Teaching’, and two addresses dealing with the exhibition ; the Institute of Historical Research accommodated meetings of the council; and University College, the Institute of Education, the London School of Economics, King’s College, Queen Mary College, the School of Oriental Studies and the Warburg Institute all accommodated dis- cussion meetings. The Senate House refectory and the University Union cafeteria provided lunch for members requiring it.