1. Of the countries of Western Europe, it is France that has the greatest number of human fossils. 2. It is no doubt to this quality that the great popularity of this collection is due. 3. It was only through treachery that the Turks had taken Antioch in 1085. 4. It was during the reign of the same Emperor that the Bulgars, who inlater days played so important a part in Byzantine history, first established themselves in the Balkans. 5. Schools flourished in monasteries connected with York, Yarrow and Whitby, and it is to these that the literature about to be described owes its origin. 6. But, after all, it is not by means of any tricks or devices that, the remarkable effect of Milton's verse is produced: that surely is due to the genius of the author whose mind and soul were full of music and harmony.