Cylchgronau Cymru

record offices, the full range of local educational records, and the poor law union records, at least, ought to figure prominently in any introduction to local historical sources? The post-1834 'Workhouse', for example, does not appear anywhere in this book-a strange omission, and yet one which reflects a certain imbalance in the author's approach. Saxon charters and parish boundaries are discussed in some detail, but docu- mentary sources for a study of the condition of the people in the last century are generally ignored. At the same time, it must be admitted that when Dr. Dunning ventures into Pembrokeshire in a short section on Harbours he provides useful introductory suggestions for an industrial archaeology study, combining field work with research in the local record office. Dr. Dunning writes with infectious enthusiasm and from a thorough acquaintance with the source material he is describing. He may write a little too discursively for the space available, but he more than compen- sates for this by his sensible study suggestions. These appear to be perfectly practicable-and this is something which cannot always be taken for granted. BRYN R. PARRY Gwynedd County Archives, Caernarvon. EDITORIAL NOTE The editors regret that, despite several years of vain entreaty, they have been unable to extract reviews of the following: Enoch Powell and K. Wallis, The House of Lords in the Middle Ages (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968). £ 8 8s. Od. Richard Cobb, A Second Identity (Oxford University Press, 1969). £ 2 15s. Od. They apologise to the authors and publishers for the unreliability of their putative reviewers.