180 History of Ideas compromise;1128 Dunn, who rightly reacts against some recent anachronisms, sees perhaps most clearly but by his language too often prevents his reader from doing so.1127 Cox concen- trates on Locke's ideas about relations between states and concludes that he identified the law of nature with the law of nations; this is improbable.1128 Locke's works are being con- tinuously edited anew. The most important piece here is Laslett's edition of the masterpiece: at last a definitive text and also at last a reliable history of its origin.1129 Von Leyden has brought out a lesser but important piece;1130 Abrams con- tributes the edition of two early works with an important introduction which demonstrates that Locke was a great deal less consistent through life than used to be supposed.1131 Yolton traces Locke's influence on his contemporaries, and Bonno his influence on France.1132 That the new editions and all this work may well have succeeded in moving Locke, too, from the agreed to the controversial sector would appear to be the message of a recent collection of essays on him.1133 This may be the place to mention an unusual book which, though it studies tradition, hardly fits into the tradition of 1126 Martin Seliger, The Liberal Politics of John Locke. L: Allen & Unwin: 1968. Pp. 387. Rev: EHR 85, ij^. 1127 John W. Dunn, The Political Thought of John Locke. CUP: 1969. Pp. xiii, 290. 1128 Richard H. Cox, Locke on War and Peace. O: Clarendon: 1960. Pp. xx, 220. 1129 John Locke, Two Treatises of Government, ed. Peter Laslett. GUP: 1960. Pp. xiii, 521. Rev: EHR 76, 686E; HJ 5, 97ff. 1130 John Locke, Essays on the Law of Nature, ed. W. von Leyden. O: Clarendon: 1954. Pp. xi, 292. 1181 John Locke, Two Tracts on Government, ed. P. Abrams. CUP: 1967. Pp. x, 264. Rev: EHR 83, 6i3f. "«John W. Yolton, John Locke and the Way of Ideas. L: OUP: 1956. Pp. xi, 235. - Gabriel Bonno, Les relations intellectuelles de Locke aoec la France. Berkeley: U of California P (Univ. of California Publications in Modern Philosophy, vol. 38, part 2): 1955. Pp. vi, 228, 1189 John W. Yolton, ed., John Locke: Problems and Perspectives. CUP: 1969. Pp. vii, 278.