_A History of the Inquisition of Spain_ (New York, 1906-7). _The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies_ (New York, 1908). _Chapters in the Religious History of Spain connected with the Inquisition_ (Philadelphia, 1893). Together, these volumes represent an immense fund of learning and the most painstaking research. For this reason it will be long indeed before they are superseded. They have been adversely criticized, as being marred by strong anti-Catholic prejudice. Colour is undoubtedly lent to the charge by the rather unfortunate fact that the _History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages_ opens with an account of the abuses of the mediæval Church and that the whole argument of the book appears as though largely based upon these initial contentions. Lea is also inclined to be biased in favour of all heretics as against their persecutors. But while in detail he may be open to criticism and his attitude is quite clearly Protestant, the great bulk of his work remains unshaken. The Romanist point of view with regard to it should, however, be studied. It is summarized, for example, in P. M. Baumgarten, _H. C. Lea’s Historical Writings: a critical inquiry_ (New York, 1909), and will be found incidentally in the works of recent Catholic historians of the Inquisition (_q.v. infra_). There are admirable _critiques_ of Lea’s work in: Lord Acton’s _The History of Freedom of Thought and other Essays_ (London, 1909); P. Frédéricq’s Introduction to the French translation of Lea’s _History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages_ (tr. S. Reinach, Paris, 1900, pp. i-xxviii); and in articles by S. Reinach on his _Spanish Inquisition_ in _Revue Critique_, No. 18, May 1906, p. 300; No. 42, Oct. 1907, p. 301; No. 5, Feb. 1908, p. 86. Recent works from the Romanist standpoint have been: C. Douais, _L’Inquisition; ses Origines, sa Procédure_ (Paris, 1906). H. Maillet, _L’Église et la répression sanglante de l’hérésie_ (Liège, 1909). E. Vacandard, _The Inquisition, a Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Powers of the Church_ (tr. B. L. Conway, 1908). C. Moeller, _Les Bûchers et les Autos-da-fé de l’Inquisition depuis le Moyen Age in Revue d’histoire ecclésiastique_ (Louvain, 1913, vol. xiv, pp. 720-51). Mgr. Douais has done much able and learned work on the history of the mediæval Inquisition, and the Abbé Vacandard’s book is most moderate and fair-minded. The most considerable work of scholarship written on the subject of recent years has, however, been T. de Cauzons, _Histoire de l’Inquisition en France_ (2 vols., Paris, 1909, 1913, unfinished). There is a critical survey of some of the most recent work done on the Inquisition by P. Frédéricq, _Les récents historiens Catholiques de l’Inquisition en France in Revue historique_, vol. cix, 1912, pp. 307-34. Mainly critical is C. V. Langlois, _L’Inquisition après des travaux récents_ (Paris, 1902). IV