This is the first edition of Burke's famous Reflections on the Revolution in France to appear for twenty years. No edition of his other writings on the Revolution has appeared for almost a century. In these years, the background against which Burke wrote has been much studied, throwing new light on his motives for commentating on France, and the reasons why his writings were both widely read and widely rejected. Published two hundred years after the outbreak of the French Revolution, this edition shows that the issues raised by the most influential commentaries on that Revolution have yet to be resolved. 'The excellent footnotes to the text reference and translate classical quotations, identify status, historical actors and episodes, indicate points taken up by Burke's polemical opponents and assertions by Burke which were clearly incorrect; they generally continue the high standards established for this edition. This factual information is tremendously helpful in dealing with a thinker such as Burke ... a fine edition.' Iain Hampsher-Monk, University of Exeter, History of Political Thought, Vol. XII, No. 1, Spring 1991