Society staff, the chapters pay close attention to the changing nature of the Society over the course of its 300 year history; namely its transi- tion from an antiquarian interest in the past to a professional archaeological approach. Incor- porating attractive photography of the items exhibited and other artefacts from the Society’s collections, as well as making links to their position in wider historical narratives, this catalogue forms a very useful resource for his- torical geographers. With an interest in ama- teur societies and professional practices, the most engaging chapters for this reviewer were Rosemary Sweet’s chapter on ‘Founders and Fellows’, where she discusses the Society’s organisational history and the varying back- grounds of its members – heralds, royals and the professional classes; Christopher Evan’s discussion of the Society’s involvement in ‘The Birth of Modern Archaeology’; and Mike Pitt’s consideration of ‘Stonehenge’ and the Society’s enduring relationship with the site. Founded on 5 December 1707, it was de- creed by the Society’s founders that ‘The Busi- ness of this Society shall be limited to the subject of Antiquities; and more particularly to such things as may Illustrate and Relate to the History of Great Britain’ (p. 12, empha- sis added). The range of ‘things’ discussed in Making History is exceedingly broad: from ancient coins, books and sepulchres, to paint- ings, tapestries and engravings, as well as items familiar to the geographer, such as maps, field diaries and expedition equipment. Some highlights include John Bargrave’s cab- inet of curiosities, containing the finger of a Frenchman; the lamp of knowledge, which was adopted in 1770 as the Society’s emblem; the Society’s ballot box – still used today to elect fellows by secret ballot; the humorous caricatures drawn by Thomas Rowlandson – satirising for example The Reception of a New Member in the Society of Antiquarians (1782) and George Cruikshank’s depiction of The Antiquarian Society (1812); as well as the handaxe (palaeolithic, c. 300 000 years old) from Abbeville, France, which was col- lected by Fellows in 1859 and began to change how the past was perceived. Recently, ‘things’ have become important to the study of historical geography. With sessions at the RGS-IBG annual conference devoted to understanding and advancing these more material historical geographies, things – as highlighted in this volume – pose new ques- tions and add a new richness to accounts. Through its consideration of things, Making History is not simply an exhibition catalogue; it is a volume with relevance to wider intellec- tual debates surrounding material culture and geography’s current appetite for becoming more public. Making History will be of inter- est to anyone engaged in the study of objects, collections, antiquarianism and field cultures, as well as a fascinating read for those histori- cal geographers interested in the subject for its own delight – which is perhaps the proper antiquarian response! Hilary Geoghegan Royal Holloway, University of London, UK doi:10.1016/j.jhg.2008.07.007 Hayden Lorimer and Charles W. J. Withers (Eds), Geographers Biobibliographical Studies, Volume 26, London, Continuum, 2007, xi þ 167 pages, £90 hardback. This is the latest volume in a series that was first proposed at the end of the 1960s as an ini- tiative of the Commission on the History of Geographical Thought of the International Geographical Union. In the words of the Patrick H. Armstrong and Geoffrey Martin (writing in the Geographical Review 90 (2000) 257) who edited the series for many years: 669 Reviews / Journal of Historical Geography 34 (2008) 658–687