The discovery of the Sutton Hoo ship-burial in the summer of 1939 opened a window on the early Anglo-Saxon world through which we have all since been looking. But the view has inevitably been blurred until now, lacking the precise definition which only the publication of the definitive study could provide. The first of the four volumes of this most eagerly awaited and often anticipated account has now appeared: it is an offering worthy of its subject, comprehensive, generous in detail, splendidly produced.

REVIEWSB. Almgren (ed.): The Viking. London: C. A. Watts, 1966. 288 pp., including 61 photographs in colour and over 300 black-andwhite drawings and photographs. E7.

ISCUSSION OS' TIIE CONSTRUCTION OF Lbfinutes of The Author. of progress w:as good. A good deal l1atl been said about t,he suitability of the dock to :accommoclate larger ships. Mr. Scott wt~s right ill supposing that it was quite possible for the " Imperator " to enter the (lock, but his suggestion that she would lose llnlf a day by doing so was mislcading. The '' Impemtor " had l~itherto picked u p her passengers by tender at Cowes, ml~ich was only 3 11our distant frml 8onth:anlpton. The ships which entered the docks gerlerdly needed cod, w:ater, or ci~rgo, as wcll LIS passengers. The Author :%greed with Mr. RIeilc that it would be useful if some sllipowner cor~ld be induced to rend :I paper on the dimensions that were likely to Le given to ships within the next few ywrs. Me:mwhile i t Inigllt fairly be c1:aimed that the White Star dock would meet all reyuircrnents for m:any years. It should be borne in mind tllat t.lle increase in the size of ships did not always cause :L clock to become obsolete. The old outer dock at Soutllanlpton, which was built in 1840, was still as busy as ever. Moreover, the London ; m d South Western Railway Company h:d purc11:tsed 400 acres of h n d on the