That the good service which the _English Historical Society_ has
rendered to that branch of our national literature, for the promotion of
which it was instituted, is clearly recognised, is shown by the fact,
that of the small paper copies of the Society's publications, many of
the earlier volumes are now entirely out of print. Of the six volumes of
Mr. Kemble's invaluable _Codex Diplomaticus_, a work alike honourable to
the patriotic zeal of the Society and to the profound learning of its
editor, the first two volumes are, we believe, no longer to be procured.
Good texts of our early chronicles, in an acceptable form, have long
been wanted. That want, the English Historical Society is gradually
supplying. Their last publication is now before us. To Mr. Benjamin
Williams, the editor of _La Chronique de la Traison et Mort de Richard
II., Roy d'Angleterre_, the Society and the public is now indebted for
_Henrici Quinti Anglice Regis Gesta, cum Chronicâ Neustriæ Gallicè, ab
anno MCCCCXIV. ad MCCCCXXII._, a volume containing an account of the
battle of Agincourt, one of those mighty struggles, the result of which
changed the face of Europe; as well as a detailed narrative of Henry's
second expedition to the Continent, a subject passed over by historians
with less attention than it deserves. Mr. Williams' Preface gives a very
interesting notice of the MSS. which he has employed, and the points
which they serve to illustrate, and he has accompanied his text by a
number of useful and judicious notes.

A gentleman of Devonshire is preparing for publication a Catalogue of
the numerous published works which relate to the History, Antiquities,
Biography, Natural History, and Local Occurrences of that county, and
has already sufficient matter to occupy upwards of seventy octavo pages
in print, and would be glad to receive notices of any rare books and
tracts on those subjects on the shelves of private libraries. A similar
work is in contemplation as to existing manuscripts, ancient and modern,