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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. i. JAN. 15, 1910.

Authentic Examples. Readers who have grasped the principles enunciated by Mr. Stapleton should he equal to taking up a work of importance which needs doing everywhere, and specially in England. We have merely to add that in the case of Latin inscriptions punctuation is of im- portance, as often indicating abbreviations, and that instead of line-for-line copying the method used by classical scholars for many years should suffice. The insertion of an upright stroke indi- cates the end of a line. For instance, w can write a famous passage in ' King Lear ' thus : " Men must endure | their going hence, even as their coming hither : I ripeness is all." This, without the use of capital letters or help of metre, shows where the line-divisions come.

The Burlington Magazine for January opens with ' A Retrospect of 1909,' referring to various hopeful aspects of the year, including Govern- mental recognition of art. There are brief notices of two great collectors, Mr. Salting and Dr. Ludwig Mond. Mr. Sidney Colvin begins a study of ' Tintoretto at the British Museum,' which promises to be very interesting, and is well illustrated. The frontispiece is a ' Portrait of a Child ' in the collection of M. Gustave Dreyfus, which Mr. Claude Phillips claims as a work of Jacopo Bellini. ' Cezanne,' by Maurice Denis, with introductory note by Mr. Roger Fry, treats of an artist who is credited with being the forerunner of the Impressionist movement, and so of first-rate importance. Mr. Lionel Cust writes on John Hoppner, and M. L. Dimier on ' French Portrait Drawings in Mr. Salting's Col- lection.' Sir Charles Holroyd has an all too brief note on ' Florence Revisited.' One of the chief changes he records is the safe housing of Michel- angelo's four unfinished heroic figures in the Florentine Academy. They were formerly in the Boboli Gardens, and imitations of them are now placed there plaster casts that " are skilfully tinted to imitate the stains, rust, and dust of the originals, so as to be absolutely deceptive." The ' Old English Embroidery of Justice and Peace,' which is illustrated in colour and described by Mr. W. G. Thomson, is a well-designed piece of work.

While we admire the excellent and thorough way in which The Burlington deals with the scholarship of old masters of all sorts, we still regret that living English art does not, as a matter of course, occupy some substantial space in each number. Fashion and the dealer combine to laud the dead and put a high price on their work. What of our living masters ? and if we have none, could not The Burlington explain what is the matter with our art ?

IN The National Review politics, as might be .expected, occupy a predominating place, and .are dealt with in a trenchant style which is a great contrast to many half-hearted pronounce- ments on the Tariff Reform s 5 \e. Miss Jane A. Findlater in ' Three Sides > the Question ' examines the views on social questions of Mr.' H. G. Wells in ' Tono-Bungay,' Mr. Galsworthy in ' Fraternity,' and Mr. S. Reynolds in ' A Poor Man's House.' She points out that they chiefly tell us what to avoid doing, and offer but partial solutions of the problems they suggest. But their business is to tell stories, not to proffer a panacea for mankind, and they naturally exag-

gerate the views they happen to hold, which may not be permanent. Miss Findlater easily inserts several pinpricks in their social theories, and has produced a highly interesting, if incon- clusive article. Mr. Cecil Raleigh in ' The Player's Poverty ' says that the profession is ruined by those who act for nothing, or even pay to appear ; so the actor in the provinces is often on the verge of starvation. He says there should be a Trade Union of Actors to insist on a minimum wage of 21. a week. The Union of music-hall performers was strong enough recently to organize " a strike which demanded and received Board of Trade Settlement." M. Rene" Feibelmann has a roseate account of ' Belgium's New Ruler, Albert I.,' who has an excellent record in the way of know- ledge, sympathy, and resolute study of the questions concerning him as a ruler.

The most attractive article in the number is, however, ' Holding Her Down,' by Jack London. It is one of the most vivid accounts of adventure and quickly devised expedient we have read for some time. The title, which is as difficult for the ordinary man to understand as much of the author's lingo, refers to getting on a train by stealth, and managing to ride free of charge by jumping back on to the same train when turned off. The tramp who does this, and the officials, called '' shacks," are at deadly war, and the former runs the risk of serious injuries. The number concludes with some valuable notes on Colonial ideas, which are always well treated here.

WE have just received No. I. of Vragen en Mededeelingen op het Gebied der Geschiedenis, Taal- en Letterkunde, edited by J. F. Bense, 49, Pels Rijckenstraat, Arnhem. This is a Dutch Notes and Queries, which follows generally our own arrangement and rules. Contributions may be sent in English, French, German, or Dutch. The number includes some notes in French on libraries in the Netherlands in the first part of the seventeenth century ; notes in English on the ' Etymology of " Toucan " ' and ' The English Pronoun " she " ' by Mr. Jas. Platt, Jun., and a query on the derivation of " God," answered by an extract from the ' N.E.D.'

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