GREEN’S “Short History of the English People” carries close to its highest possible perfection a style of essay in which Clarendon was an apt imitator of the great classical historians. In character sketches and “parallels,” Greek and Roman historians and biographers often show their highest literary skill, and Green is a pupil worthy of such masters. His “Short History of the English People” has hardly been equaled in its own field, and its highest successes are largely due to his success in developing through the methods of the essayist the meaning of great events and the relations of famous historical characters to the age in which they lived. He was born at Oxford, England, in December, 1837. After graduating from the university of his native town, he began life as a curate in London (1860). In 1869 he became librarian at Lambeth, and published his “Short History” five years later. Among his other works are “The Making of England” and “The Conquest of England.” He died at Mentone, March 7th, 1883.