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 i^isccllancous Kotias. The classification of tlie early antiquities of North Britain has, we rejoice to learn, been undertaken by the talented secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, whose interesting Memorials of Edinburgh in the olden time, we recently commended to the notice of our readers. Mr. ^V^il- fion is preparing for immediate publication the " Elements of Scottisii Archaeology," comprising a systematic elucidation of the antiquities of Scotland, and to attempt to show the legitimate historical and other infer- ences, deducible from them. Any communication of examples of primitive Scottish antiquities, existing in pi'ivate collections, or notices of unpublished discoveries will be highly acceptable to Mr. Wilson, in aid of this under- taking, of such essential value to ArchjBological Science. They may be addressed to him at the Hall of the Antiquaries of Scotland, Great George Street, Edinburgh. Shortly after the Meeting of the Institute at Lincoln, a proposition was made, in which several influential Members of the Society took a warm interest, to replace the motley display of bright green and blue, which had long disfigured the great East window of Lincoln Cathedral, by a com- position in the best style of modern art in painted glass, suitable to that noble fabric. It is proposed to expend the sum of .£1200 on this object, and after a year's exertion, in which the Lincolnshire Architectural Society has taken a zealous and efficient part, the sum of £655 has been sub- scribed. The project will be viewed with interest by many of our readers, who took part in the Meeting of 1848, or who may be solicitous, that so advantageous an occasion for promoting the advance of taste and artistic skill in this branch of decorative design, should not be lost. Subscriptions are received by the Dean of Lincoln, the Rev. Edmund Smyth, Elkington, Louth, or Messrs. Coutts, Bankers of the Institute. The Author of the " History of Architecture," Mr. Edward Free- man, is preparing for publication, " Remarks on the Architecture of the Cathedral Church of Llandafl', with an Essay towards the History of the Fabric." He likewise, as we are informed, has in contemplation the pre])aration of a more extended Work on St. David's, embracing all the Antiquities at that interesting place, so rarely visited by Archaeologists. Mr. Freeman has found an able coadjutor, in this undertaking, in the Rev. W. B. Jones, one of the Secretaries of the Cambrian Archaeo- logical Association. The History of St. David's has long been a deside- ratum ; the Society of Antiquaries, as we believe, once contemplated such a Work as an addition to their series of Cathedrals, and a collection of drawings, made for this purpose by John Carter, in his best days, exists in their Collections. Mr. Freeman will shortly produce the first part of his *• Essay on the Origin and Development of Window Tracery in England ;" with numei'ous Illustrations. It will be completed in four Quarterly Parts. In the Notice of Antiquities in the Collection of Mr. Greville Chester {Journal, vol. vi., p. 404,) a bronze fibula was erroneously given, as found at Lakcidicath. It was discovered in East Anglia, but the precise locality is not known.