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he shows a fervid imagination. His style is fre- quently too elaborate, but his book deserves, and will receive, a welcome. 'On a Portrait of Sir John Suckling' (p. 277) is an interesting poem. To it is appended a foot-note making a promise which is nowhere fulfilled. The Cathedral Church of St. Patrick. By J. H-

Bernard, D.D. (Bell & Sons.)

To "Bell's Cathedral Series" has been added a volume on the cathedral church of St. Patrick, Dublin, compiled by the Dean. In addition to the miscellaneous documents contained in the 'Dignitas Decani' which were used by Monck Mason in his ' History of St. Patrick's Cathedral, the Patent Rolls and Papal Registers published tinder the direction of the Master of the Rolls have been laid under contribution, so that the volume is complete as regards historical information. In addition to illustrations from Monck Mason's monumental work, from Ware's ' Antiquities,' from Malton's 'Dublin,' and from Whitelaw's 'History of Dublin,' the work is enriched by photographic views, reissues of ancient prints, and reproductions -of brasses, &c. A list of the Deans of St. Patrick's, from William FitzGuido in 1219 to the writer of the present volume, is appended. These, of course, comprise Philip Norris, 1457, excommunicated by Pope Eugenius IV. ; William King, subsequently Archbishop; and Jonathan Swift. The bust of the last named in Carrara marble, presented in 1775 by a nephew of Alderman Faulkner, is also

S'ven. Swifts remains are buried in the nave, f Stella, who is buried near Swift, the Dean says, " Her sad and strange history has never been fully revealed to the world, and her relations with the Dean [Swift] will, probably, always be a mystery."

How to Decipher and Study Old Documents. By E E. Thoyts (Mrs. John Hautenville Cope). (Stock.)

TEN years have elapsed since the appearance of Mrs. Cope's useful and well-arranged volume (see ,8 th S. iv. 160), and a second edition is now forth- coming. For the young student it is probably the most serviceable work in existence. The old intro- duction of Mr. Trice Martin is reproduced. In her preface the author answers the objection we advanced in our previous notice against her second chapter on handwriting, and insists that a careful study of every line and letter is useful, a statement we are prepared to accept. We had, indeed, no notion then, nor have we now, of censure, the book for its purpose being entitled to high praise. We hope Mrs. Cope will long continue her labours, and rsometitnes, as she has done previously, favour us with the results.

THE Record of the Summer Excursions of the Upper Norwood Athenaum for 1903 is full of interest. The places visited include Clandon and Merrow, when Mr. Charles Wheeler, the chairman for the year, conducted. The manor of West 'Clandon dates back to Edward II. The house was imparked in 1521, and in the days of Charles I. enlarged and improved by Sir Richard Onslow. " The present mansion was built by Thomas, the second Earl, in 1731, from designs by Giacomo Leoni, a Venetian." The next ramble was to Warnham Court, Mr. Henry Virgoe being the leader. The manor was held by William de .Saye in 1272. Its present possessor is Mr. Charles T. Lucas. The party afterwards visited the new

Christ's Hospital Schools at Horsham, erected at a cost of 300,000^. The buildings contain " forty miles of hot-water pipes and ninety-eight miles of electric wires." Another place visited was Holmbury Camp, when Mr. T. H. Alexander read a paper. Mr. William Frederick Potter took the ramblers to Bexley Heath and Crayford. Crayford Church is remarkable for its nave, which "has the very singular plan of a row of columns and arches down the centre, abutting against the chancel arch." Mr. W. T. Vincent, the antiquary, of Woolwich, informed Mr. Potter "that he believes the only other example of this kind in England is in the church at Grasmere, Westmoreland." At Bexley the Red House, erected by William Morris in 1859 ? was visited. It was of this house that Rossetti wrote in 1862, " Above all, I wish you could see the house Morris has built for himself in Kent. It is a most noble work in every way, and more a poem than a house, such as anything else could lead you to conceive, but an admirable place to live in, too." In another trip Mr. Frank E. Spiers conducted the last of his series of visits to Oxford. Mr. G. H. Quartermain's excursion was to Roydon and Nether Hall. Selsdon Park, as well as Redbourne and Hemel Hempstead, by the editors, form interesting papers, as also does ' Horton and Wraysbury,' by Mr. Theophilus Pitt, who has been chosen as the future editor of the annual transactions, to succeed Mr. J. Stanley and Mr. W. F. Harradence, who have ably edited the * Record ' during the past eleven years. We cordially wish the new editor like success.

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STEER-HOPE (" Nelson's Signal "). See the autho- rities quoted at 8 th S. xi. 405 ; xii. 9.

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