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Notes and Comjneiits. 



to, and the moat remains as shown in the adjoining illustration, 

 instead of being transformed into a playground for children. 

 Evidently to more than one of the city fathers at York in this 

 enlightened twentieth century 



An earthwork on the rampart's rim, 



A ditch of dirt it is to him, 

 And it is nothini^ more. 



The story of York, with its walls, castles, earthworks, and 

 old-time associations, is always an interesting one, but rarely 

 has it been better told than in Mr. T. P. Cooper's new book.- 

 In this the author has gathered together a mass of new material 

 from many sources. Beginning with the ' Celtic Settlement and 



The City Walls, with Remnant of Rampart and Ditch, Lord Mayor's Walk. 



Roman Eburacum,' the author next describes the Anglo-Saxon 

 and Danish defences, then through Norman and successive 

 periods ui":til quite recent times. The printing and general 

 ' get-up ' of the book is all that can be desired, and it is increased 

 in interest by a number of illustrations, one of which we are 

 permitted to reproduce. 



FOOTPRINTS IN THE SANDS OF TLME. 



The committee appointed by the British Association for the 

 investigation of the fauna and flora of the Triassic rocks of 



*'York: the Story of its Walls, Bars, and Castles.' Elliot Stock, 

 London. los. 6d. net. 



Naturalist, 



