l88 "the victoria history ok the counties of ENGLAND." 



admitted to be singularly painstaking and able. Nevertheless, 

 Mr. F. M. Stenton has done well, as his substitute, both in the 

 introduction and in the English text. 



The last two articles of this volume are by Rev. Dr. Cox. 

 The one on Ancient Earthworks appears to be a fairly exhaustive 

 and carefully done account of a difficult and most comprehensive 

 subject. A plan is given of every earthwork of any importance, 

 and the general map, marked in red with six different kinds of 

 symbols, will be of great help to students and ordinary readers. 

 The traces of early fortifications, embracing the towns of 

 Castleton and Bolsover, are clearly much more considerable 

 than even the educated tourist has hitherto imagined to be the 

 case. The account and plan of the early camp of great natural 

 strength at Markland Grips, will much surprise many who fancy 

 they know Derbyshire well ; it may almost be described as a 

 discovery of Dr. Cox's ; at all events it has never hitherto been 

 described. 



Dr. Cox's second article is on Forestry, wherein he gives a 

 great deal of the history of the High Peak Forest and of 

 Duffield Frith which has hitherto gone unrecorded. It seems 

 a pity that more space could not have been afforded for this 

 article, for there is clearly much more of original matter avail- 

 able. 



The maps and illustrations of this volume are all laudable 

 and helpful, save the frontispiece, which purports to be a view 

 of Matlock Dale, taken from a great height. Mr. Bemrose, in 

 this volume, rightly speaks of Derbyshire as a county that has 

 " a world-wide reputation for beautiful scenery," but this picture 

 is calculated to repel lovers of natural beauty from the shire. 

 A ffippant Derbyshire friend, to whom we showed the frontis- 

 piece, remarked — " It might be almost anywhere or anything ; 

 at fiirst sight it looks like a cabbage garden sketched from a 

 balloon ; it has, however, this advantage, it is equally effective 

 whether looked at the right way up, or upside down, or from 

 either side. At any rate it is quite unparalleled ; no one has 

 ever before seen either a Derbyshire sketch or Derbyshire 

 scenery the least bit like it I " 



