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The body of the book is followed by a very complete index, so as to render reference to any part of it easy this was the more necessary on account of the multifariousness of the topics treated, the variety of persons mentioned, and the many works quoted.-Athenæum, Oct. 8, 1853. The Rev. Beale Poste has long been known to antiquaries as one of the best read of all those who have elucidated the earliest annals of this country. He is a practical man, has investigated for himself monuments and manuscripts, and we have in the above-named volume the fruits of many years' pa tient study. The objects which will occupy the attention of the reader are-1. The political position of the principal British powers before the Roman conquest-under the Roman dominion, and struggling unsuccessfully against the Anglo-Saxon race; 2. The geography of Ancient Britain; 3. An investigation of the Ancient British Historians, Gildas and Nennius, and the more obscure B. tish chroniclers; 4. 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ANECDOTA LITERARIA.-Pepy's Directions for the Disposition of his Library; A Legendary Poem of the 15th Century, the Story laid at Falmouth, in Cornwall: both now first printed. CONTENTS OF No. VI. 1 Drayton's Polyolbion. 2 Penn's No Cross No Crown. 3 Lambarde's Perambulation of Kent. 4 Philosophy of the Table in the Timo of Charles 1, 5 Russia under Peter the Great. 6 Life and Works of Leland, the Antiquary. 7 The Decay of Good Manners. 8 Stephen's Essayes and Characters, 1615. ANECDOTA LITERARIA.-The Child of Bristow, a Metrical Legend. The title of this Review explains its objects. It is intended to supply a place unfilled in our periodical literature, and this first number is very satisfactory. The papers are varied and interesting, not overlaid by the display of too much learning for the general reader, but showing sufficient research and industry on the part of the writers to distinguish the articles from mere ephemeral reviews of passing publications. 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