SOURCE: A review of Histoire de Peuple Anglais au XIXe Siecle, Vol. IV, in History, Vol. Nos. 117 & 118, February & June, 1948, pp. 155-57.

In the following review of Histoire, volume four, Burn acknowledges the considerable importance of Halévy's work to the study of English history, and notes the subjects left unexamined after Halévy's death.

We cannot read this book [Histoire du peuple anglais au xix^e siècle: Pt. iv. Le milieu du siècle, 1841-52.] without feeling more acutely than ever before, the damaging effect upon the study of English history of Élie Halévy's death in August 1937. It is as though one saw the workshop of a craftsman suddenly struck down in the full exercise of his powers and skill; the masterpieces finished and unfinished, the tools still there which only yesterday he had handled; the whole room still dominated by his intelligence and purpose. M...