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140 "little information being available in either case." Among fresh subjects treated are British and Enemy Trade, the National Dye Scheme, Labour and the War, War Medals, and a Table of Navy Losses. Among notable names in the Obituary are Father Benson, founder of the Cowley Brotherhood; Miss Braddon (Mrs. John Maxwell); Dr. Cummings, Principal of the Guildhall School of Music, long a contributor to N. & Q.'; Bertram Dobell; Maarten Maartens (pen-name of Joost M. Van der P. Schwartz); Admiral Mahan, the naval historian; and Sir James Murray, chief editor of the 'Oxford Dictionary.'

'Whitaker's Peerage' is increased by over twenty pages, and chronicles all the changes consequent upon the war to the date of going to press. Among the large numbers of new honours that have been conferred in recognition of gallant services, we note that our brave ally, the King of the Belgians, has been made a Knight of the Garter, as well as Kitchener of Khartoum and the Earl of Derby. Those who have been agitating for the removal from the Peerage of foreign princes who are now fighting against this country may find, under Forfeiture of Nobility, the difficulty of such removal. Forfeiture can now only take place through attainder or death, though in the reign of Edward IV. a Duke of Bedford was deprived of his rank by an Act of Parliament.

have in this number the third list of contributions to the new library for Louvain. Already upwards of five thousand volumes have been either received or promised. This is an excellent beginning, but much more must be done if the work of replacement, which the Rylands Library has inaugurated, is to be accomplished, for the collection destroyed numbered a quarter of a million of volumes.

It is good news to hear that three of the publications of the Library, which have taken several years to prepare, are now published: Dr. Hunt has completed the catalogue of Greek Papyri; Mr. Bedale has transcribed and translated the Sumerian tablets from Umma; and Mr. Campbell Dodgson has written a description of eight woodcuts of the fifteenth century in the Library, which have been reproduced in facsimile, two of them 'St. Christopher' and 'The Annunciation,' in the colours of the originals.

Other contents include Prof. Tout's lecture on 'A Mediæval Burglary,' in which he gives details of the burglary of the King's Wardrobe within the precincts of Westminster Abbey on April 24, 1303. For the purpose of the investigation, he was afforded an opportunity of inspecting the crypt under the chapter-house, which he found to be quite complete. The walls are some thirteen feet thick, so that, although there are numerous windows, the light is not very abundant. There is only one means of access to it, and that is from the church itself.

The classified list of recent additions to the Library occupies fifty pages of the Bulletin. Amongst them are the first two fasciculi of M. Paul Vitry's magnificent work, 'La Cathédrale de Reims: Architecture et Sculpture.' It will contain 225 plates, reproduced in heliogravure, accompanied by an historical introduction and a bibliography. Fortunately the collection of materials had been completed before the Germans began to bombard the city.

of 'April Love,' by the late Arthur Hughes, forms the frontispiece of the February number of The Burlington. The aged Pre-Raphaelite died in December of last year, and Mr. R. Ross contributes a short appreciation, which may be added to the. critical accounts of the painter mentioned ante, pp. 70, 98. Some 'Notes on the Museo Nazionale of Florence,' by Signor Giacomo de Nicola, discuss the works of Gianfrancesco Rustici. The glazed terra-cotta 'Noli Me Tangere' of the Convent of Santa Lucia is here first ascribed to this artist, being considered the missing work of that title mentioned by Vasari, and sought for many years by experts. The tondo of the Arte della Seta which has for subject 'Our Lady and Child with St. John the Baptist,' and which has hitherto been ascribed to Andrea Ferucci, is also now from internal evidence given to Rustici. Reproductions of both these beautiful works accompany the article. Mr. Andreas Lindblom describes the cope recently discovered in the parochial church of Ska, in the diocese of Upsala, an important specimen of opus annlicanum of the second half of the thirteenth century. A number of illustrations accompanying the article show the dramatic power of the artist. The author considers that the figure scenes on this cope can be traced to designs by the same hand that drew those of the famous cope of St. John Lateran; and he suggests London as the home of the school of embroidery that gave it birth. Mr. Lionel Cust continues his 'Notes on Pictures in the Royal Collections,' chiefly referring to Franz Hals and his portrait sketch of a young man, now in Buckingham Palace.

regret to hear of the death, on Feb. 4, of Mr. William Percy Addleshaw, who had been in bad health for many years. He was educated at Shrewsbury and Christ Church, Oxford, was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, and went on the Northern Circuit. Of recent years he had been a J.P. for Sussex. He published a volume of verse entitled 'The Happy Wanderer,' and a book of short stories, called 'Out of Egypt,' under the nom de guerre of Percy Hemingway. He also wrote a life of Sir Philip Sidney and did some other literary work in his own name.

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