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wish to draw the attention of our readers to this truly magnificent work has induced us to notice it thus early. It will be completed in fifteen livraisons. The eleven already published contain fifty-two folio plates, most of which are richly coloured by the cromolithographic process.

The first plate of the series (of which we give a diagram) represents a window of Bourges cathedral, in which are the following subjects:—

Nos. 1 and 3. In each is represented an arm issuing from a cloud, and holding a censer.

2. Jacob blessing Ephraim and Manasseh. His arms are crossed, which, according to the authors, is typical of the cross of Christ.

8. The Resurrection.

4. Elijah raising to life the son of the widow of Zarephath.

5. Jonah issuing from the fish's mouth.

6. David seated, a tree bearing a nest, and the pelican shedding its blood on its young.

7. Three lions: one is stretched out on the ground, apparently dead; a second standing by closely regards it; the third is seated at some distance.

9. Moses causing water to issue from the rock.

10. The Crucifixion.

11. The brazen serpent.

16. Christ bearing the cross.

12. The woman of Zarephath gathering wood, her child, and Elijah. The wood is in the form of a cross.

13. The sacrifice of the paschal lamb. A figure is marking the door-posts. The words "Scribe Thau" are on the glass.