nothing for the factional strife of either camp, except so far as it affected them from a social point of view. Hence the _motif_ of _Respublica_ and its curiously moderate tone. It would really seem that Queen Mary was possessed of a softness not usually credited to her, and that she succumbed to political faction as her brother before her and her sister after her succumbed. It is, therefore, this aspect--the social aspect--of the great upheaval with which the author of _Respublica_ is concerned, and no more pithy or pungent contemporary narrative or satire exists. Apart from the regrettable shortcomings of Mr. Magnus' volume in other respects, he has done useful yeoman service to English scholarships by tracing and emphasising, point by point, the action of the play in its relation to political events, practically identifying the play as a stage version of the events of the reign of Edward VI. I can only refer my readers to his altogether admirable analysis--a statement of fact and resumé which happily is not and cannot be marred by the evil influence of inaccuracy of reference and quotation. Further, if Mr. Magnus' essay be read in conjunction with that portion of Hallam's _Constitutional History of_ _England_, which concerns this period--Macaulay's famous review of the same will serve admirably--and with Book II. of Burnett's _History of the Reformation_, the key will be found to emphasise the points made by Mr. Magnus, and to illustrate and explain the political and social allusions with which _Respublica_ abounds. On the question of authorship, Mr. Magnus also attempts an attribution, suggesting Udall, the author of _Ralph Roister Doister_. His facts and inferences are, to my mind, inconclusive; as he himself admits. Identity of phraseology, tricks of style, similarity of orthography, and the like, are at best uncertain grounds to form the basis of Tudor attributions. Very shortly the _corpus_ of pre-Shakespearean drama now in progress will enable the student to tackle his subject to more purpose than heretofore. RESTED, "would have _rested_ me" (IP316,_c_), a contracted form of _arrest_. RESTORITY, "it is _restority_" (R222,_c_), restorative; note the exigency of the rhyme. RICEPUDDING-CAKE (R. _passim_), Respublica (_q.v._). RINGWORM, "a _running ringworm_" (M28,_a_), _i.e._ the mark of the halter round New Guise's neck. RODS, "_rods in piss_" (R219,_b_), a reckoning in store. ROND, "_rond_ in your ear" (M14,_c_), whisper. ROOM, "to have with him a _room_" (N49,_d_; 50,_a_), post, office, station, position. "To have and enjoy that office and _room_."--Holinshed, _Scotland_ (an. 1543).