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Book Reviews
between England and Spain between 1763 and 1770 in which,
because of the Pacte de Famille (1761), France would have been
involved. Two problems were engaging English and Spanish at-
tention at this time. One was the payment of the promised ransom
of Manila which Spain had not paid and the other was the occupa-
tion and control of the Malouines (Falkland Islands). English
diplomats were shrewd enough to tie the two together in their
negotiations. The duke de Choiseul succeeded in preventing a
conflict over these problems and finally with the help of dissen-
sion in the English cabinet solved that of the Malouines. England
retained a settlement at Port Egmont in the Islands while tacitly
allowing Spain's claim to suzerainty.
Choiseul quietly obtained Corsica for France while Lord
Shelburne was busy with other matters. He also prevented an
Anglo-Swedish-Russian accord which would have threatened the
Pacte de Famille. The duke was a very clever and able diplomat.
He rose to eminence as the result of the favor of Madame de Pom-
padour and lost his position through the machinations of the
Countess du Barry.
Professor Ramsey has done an interesting, sympathetic and
careful piece of work. The bibliographical information is valu-
able. A very pertinent essay on the manuscript authorities is
included, and the study is well documented.
CORAL H. TULLS.
The University of Texas.
Europe in the Seventeenth Century, by David Ogg (New York:
The Macmillan Co., 1939. Pp. xi, 575. $3.75) is now in its third
edition. The author notes that "the changes in the third edition
are extensive and are intended to do justice to an interpretation
of the subject which, while fundamentally the same as that of
the first edition, may now be more balanced and mature."
The first chapter pictures seventeenth century society and insti-
tutions, while the next eleven chapters deal with the political and
diplomatic history of the various countries of Europe during the
same period. The last chapter, "The Place of the Seventeenth
Century in History," deals with the philosophy of this period,
pointing out that this century coincides with the decline of Aris-139
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