He lived, too, for some time in England, where he figured at court as the secretary of Philippa, queen of Edward III.

Although not always to be relied on as an historian, his work is unique and charming, and is very truthful in its delineation of the men and manners of that age: it was written for courtly characters, and not for the common people.

The title of his work may be translated "Chronicles of France, England, Scotland, Spain, Brittany, Gascony, Flanders, and surrounding places." SIR JOHN MANDEVIL, (1300-1371.)--We also place in this general catalogue a work which has, ever since its appearance, been considered one of the curiosities of English literature.

It is a narrative of the travels of Mandevil in the East.

He was born in 1300; became a doctor of medicine, and journeyed in those regions of the earth for thirty-four years.