In the stately progress of the Oxfordshire V.C.H.this is the ninth volume to appear, since volume IV is still in preparation*. Although one of the smallest counties in England, covering barely 480,000 acres, Oxfordshire has thus produced more volumes than any other county except Wiltshire, which has also produced nine but is nearly twice its size. County, city, and university all deserve praise for their financial partnership in this splendid achievement. At present, alas, the University of Oxford stands almost alone amongst educational institutions in its ability to afford enlightened patronage of this kind. The volume is in the customary format and displays the high standards of scholarship that have become a sine qua non of the V.C.H. under the present general editor.