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Roger of Salisbury, Viceroy of England Edward J. Kealey Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, University of California Press, 1972 xvi + 312 pp., 8 plates $13.50 Rudolf II and his World: A Study in Intellectual History’, 1576–1612 R.J. W. Evans Oxford, 1973. xii + 324 pp. Statesmen, Scholars and Merchants: Essays in Eighteenth‐Century History presented to Dame Lucy Sutherland Edited by Anne Whiteman, J. S. Bromley and P. G. M. Dickson Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1973 xix + 375 pp. £6 Anglo‐Saxon Charters I: Charters of Rochester Edited by A. Campbell Published for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press, 1973 xxxix + 69 pp. £3 Confessions et Jugements de Criminels au Parlement de Paris (1319–1350) Edited by M. Langlois and Y. Lanhers Ministère des Affaires Culturelles, Paris, 1971. 206 pp. A Calendar of the Register of Henry Wakefeld, Bishop of Worcester, 1375–95 Edited by W. P. Marett Worcestershire Historical Society, N.S. vii, 1972. xlvii + 280 pp., 2 plates £6 to non‐members from Mr. M. O. Harrison, Longfields, Tenbury, Worcs. The Works of Sir Roger Williams Edited by John X. Evans Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1972 cxlvi + 286 pp., frontis., 5 plates. £7.50 The Journal of Samuel Curwen, loyalist Edited by Andrew Oliver Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1972 Vol. I xxxiv + 516 pp., Vol. II xi + 568 pp., illus., ports., facsims., maps. £15 the set Constitutional Relations between Britain and India. The Transfer of Power 1942–7. Vol. IV, The Bengal Famine and the new Viceroyalty, 15 June 1943–31 August 1944 Edited by N. Mansergh and the late E. W. R. Lumby H.M.S.O., 1973. xcix + 1295 pp. £13 A Guide to the Archive Collections in the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research David M. Smith Borthwick Texts and Calendars, no. 1, 1973. ix + 218 pp. £1.75 (obtainable from the Borthwick Institute, St. Anthony's Hall, York YO1 2PW, delivered charge £1.90) Inventaris van het oud archief van de stad Aalst E. Houtman Archives et Bibliothèques de Belgique, Inventaires IV. Brussels, 1974 Sources for Nonconformist Genealogy and Family History D.J. Steel Published for the Society of Genealogists by Phillimore 295 pp. [running from p. 501 to 795] £4.50 Sir William Foster, 1863–1951, a bibliography Compiled by Anthony Farrington H.M.S.O., 1972. 27 pp. Unpriced The Sir Nicholas Bacon Collection: sources on English society 1250–1700 A catalogue of an exhibition at the Joseph Regenstein Library of the University of Chicago, April‐June, 1972 Chicago, University Library, 1972. 101 pp. $3.50 Guide to the records of the Bahamas D. Gail Saunders and E. A. Carson Government Printing Department, Commonwealth of the Bahamas, 1973 xvi + 138pp. Unpriced. Yorkshire West Riding George Redmonds English Surnames Series, volume 1 Phillimore, 1973. xiv + 314pp. £5.25 Transport in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: A Guide to the Records Hampshire Archivists’ Group, Publication No. 2, 1973. 126 pp. 60p Oxfordshire, a handbook for students of local history D. M. Barratt and D. G. Vaisey Oxfordshire Rural Community Council, 1973 xii + 83 pp., 9 plates. 50p Scottish Handwriting, 1150–1650 Grant G. Simpson Bratton Publishing Ltd., Edinburgh, 1973. £2.60 The Act of Union Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Education Facsimiles, 41–60, new edn., 1973. 45p Irish Elections, 1750–1832 Education Facsimiles, 21–40, new edn., 1973. 45p Available through H.M.S.O. The organisation of intermediate records storage A. W. Mabbs with the collaboration of Guy Duboscq Unesco, Paris, 1974. viii + 67 pp.