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"writers who are dazzled by velvet and lace," the author has steered clear of the legends and myths of former years and has endeavored to present a true picture of the development of the great company. Ev- idently he has consciously avoided the mechanical technique of the orthodox historian and while the result is inconvenient, it is not dis- pleasing in a work of this type. There is an introduction by Stewart Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/jah/article/18/4/563/679982 by guest on 29 September 2021 Edward White, fifteen illustrations, thirty-eight chapters, but no table of contents, no chapter headings, no index, and only five footnotes in the entire volume. The last chapter is a bibliographical survey and suggests additional fields of research and study. W. Ross I I GS O