1439-1500 of England London, Oct. 28.
Completion of a new volume of the History of Parliament, covering ihe period 1439-1509, marks the second stage of a great task of research and compilation, which will occupy those engaged upon it for several years.
The work was planned after a committee of Members of both Houses had reported that sufficient material was available for a record of the. personnel and politics of Parlament from 1264.
The new volume gives the first list of all sessions of Parliament during the period covered, with the dates of summoning and dissolution and the names of all members, of the House of Commons, together with their place of residence, age, occupation and offices at the time of election, The bulk of the issue of the first volume of the History of Parliament found its way into public libraries and other institutions in Britain but copies were bought in many foreign countries, particularly those under democratic forms of government. Some 25 copies went to Japan—Wireless through Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.