Reviews and Short Notices

Books reviewed in this article: General:Cambridge University Library: a history from the beginnings to the Copyright Act of Queen Anne. By J.C.T. Oates. General:The Art and Science of Victorian History. By Rosemary Jann. General:Learning and a Liberal Education: the Study of Modern History in the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Manchester 1800–1914. By Peter R.H. Slee. General:History and Computing. Edited by Peter Denley and Deian Hopkin. General:Speaking of the Middle Ages. By Paul Zumthor. General:Time and Place: Collected Essays. By M.W. Beresford. General:Voluntary Religion. Edited by W.J. Sheils and D. Wood. General:Abolition and its Aftermath: the historical context, 1790–1916. Edited by David Richardson. General:Out of Slavery: abolition and after. Edited by Jack Hayward. General:The Market in History. Edited by B.L. Anderson and A.J.H. Latham. General:Custom, Courts and Counsel: selected papers of the sixth British Legal History Conference, Norwich 1983. Edited by Albert Kiralfy, Michele Slatter and Roger Virgoe. General:Measures and men. By Vitold Kula. General:The Rise of Statistical Thinking 1820–1900. Theodore M. Porter. General:Science and Literature in the Nineteenth Century. By J.A.V. Chapple. General:The Age of Science. By David Knight. General:The Dilemmas of an Upright Man: Mar Planck as Spokesman for German Science. By John L. Heilbron. General:How the West Grew Rich: the economic transformation of the industrial world. Nathan Rosenberg and L.E. Birdzell. General:Prosperity and Upheaval: the world economy 1945–1980. By Herman Van Der Wee, translated by Robin Hogg and Max R. Hall. General:The Government of Space: town planning in modem society. By Alison Ravetz. General:The Economic and Social Effects of the Spread of Motor Vehicles: an international centenary tribute. Edited by Theo Barker. General:Rediscoveries: some neglected modern European thinkers. Edited by John A. Hall. General:Makers of Modern Strategy: from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age. Edited by Peter Paret, with the collaboration of Gordon A. Craig and Felix Gilbert. General:Warfare, Diplomacy and Politics: essays in honour of A.J.P. Taylor. Edited by Christopher Wrigley. General:L'Amministrazione Nella Storia Modena. Milan: Instituto per la scienza dell'amministrazione pubblica. General:A History of Sicily. By M.I. Finley, D. Mack Smith, and C.J.H. Duggan. London: Chatto and Windus. 1986. x + 246 pp. £14.95. General:The Basques. By Roger Collins. Oxford: Basil Blackw