Book reviewed in this article:Machiavelli and the Renaissance. By Federico Chabod. Translated by David MooreThe Eighteenth Century Confronts the Gods. By Frank E. ManuelPrelude to Democracy: A Study of Proportional Representation and the Heritage of Weimar, Germany, 1871–1920. By Donald J. ZieglerSaints in Arms: Puritansim and Democracy in Cromwell's Army. By Leo F. SoltThe Eighteenth‐Century Commonwealthman: Studies in the Transmission, Development and Circumstance of English Liberal Thought from the Restoration of Charles II Until the War with the Thirteen Colonies. By Caroline RobbinsGeneral Graham: Lord Lynedoch. By Antony Brett‐JamesChurch and Parliament: The Reshaping of the Church of England, 1828‐186o. By Olive J. BroseSeventeenth‐Century America: Essays in Colonical History. Edited James M. Smith.The Savage Years. By Brian ConnellGeorge Croghan: Wilderness Diplomat. By Nicholas B. WainwrightRobert Rogers of the Rangers. By John R. CuneoThe Urban Frontier: The Rise of Western Cities, 1790–1830. By Richard C. WadeRepublicans Face the Southern Question: The New Departure Years, 1877–1897. By Vincent P. De SantisThe Pattern of Land Tenure Reform in East Asia after World War II. By Sidney KleinPortuguese Africa.