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than any of the Western rites is dealt with at greatest length, and we are glad to have in extenso the forms for the * Prayer over the Chlamys * and the * Prayer over the Crown,' both of which, and the latter in particular, are strikingly majestic and touching. The Western rites, in so far as concerns the words employed, do not, we believe, contain anything comparable to them.

Mr. Woolley discusses briefly the status of the crowned and anointed person "persona mixta" as he (or she) is said to be, the point being whether or not coronation is to be considered as a sacra- ment conferring character. This, however, can hardly be, since it may be received more than once ; and, in fact, normally the mediaeval Emperors would be crowned three times. No doubt the long struggle between the Empire and the Papacy the mutual jealousy of two rulers, each of whom claimed to be supreme in temporal affairs con- tributed to the shiftiness of the theory underlying the rite, and in many cases, indirectly, to its decay. Austria alone of the States whose popu- lation is in general under the obedience of the Pope retains the rite, the two other Western countries which also retain it being England and Norway. Our own tradition in the matter, though some 01 it is chequered, reaches back to the tenth century, "with two isolated instances yet further back. It would appear, however, that the earliest coronation known of a Western king was Visigothio in Spain of the seventh century and that the French and Anglo-Saxon rites may be considered as derived from it.

We must not omit to notice the four very in- teresting illustrations, nor yet the useful and carefully drawn- up index of forms.

BY some unaccountable clerical mistake on the part of the reviewer, the Antiquarian Book Com- pany of Birmingham was described in our last issue (p. 260) as the American Book Company. In order that the rectification may be quite clear we reprint the paragraph in question with the name amended :

The Antiquarian Book Company of Birmingham, in their Catalogue IX., give details of a good number of attractive French items. The most considerable is the fine 3- vol. edition by Le Duchat, published in 1741 at Amsterdam, of the '(Euvres ' of Rabelais for which SI. 10s. is asked; but we marked fifteen or sixteen other works as worth a collector's notice, and may mention from among them a copy of Walckenaer's * La Fontaine,' 1822 (3Z. 5s.), and one of the * Contes et Nouvelles de La Fontaine,' in 2 vols. brought out in 1883 (3Z. 5s.).

WE have received from the office of the National Committee for Relief in Belgium (Trafalgar Build- ings, Trafalgar Square, W.C.) a copy of a striking poster drawn for them by M. Louis Raemaekers, the Dutch artist whose cartoons have become so famous. Any of our readers can obtain a copy free of cost by writing to the Hon. Secretary.

The drawing in which the colours of the Belgian flag are used with extraordinary skill represents a starving mother and child : the mother piteous and noble, the child startling in its expres- sion of horror. The outline of the heads and the hair are heavily black; the mother's ragged cloak is red. Behind them rises and fades a deep yellow glare, which, perhaps, is meant to remind ,

us of the flames of burning cities, but may also symbolize what the Belgians say the yellow of their flag symbolizes glory.

MR. MALCOLM LETTS would be very glad to hear of a copy of J. Beckmann's * Litteratur der alteren Reisebeschreibungen,' 2 vols., Gottingen, 1807-10, as well as copies of any of the itineraries of early travellers issued in the " Bibliothek des Litte- rarischen Vereins zu Stuttgart." The latter are only issued to members, and the former is o.p.

The AthencBum now appearing monthly, arrange- ments have been made whereby advertisements of posts vacant and wanted, which it is desired to publish weekly, may appear in the intervening weeks in ' N. & Q.'

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RICHARD OLIVER HESLOP.

WE much regret to learn the death, which took place on March 4, at the age of 74, of our old correspondent R. Oliver Heslop of Newcastle. His ostensible vocation was that of an iron and steel merchant, connected with a long-standing firm in that city, but he also served for some years as Consul for the Netherlands, as a, Justice of the Peace, and as an active member of the local Liberal Association.

He was, however, best and most widely known as an antiquary and historian. His researches in the archaeology of Newcastle and Northumberland brought real additions to knowledge, and to him- self no small meed of recognition. He was for some time co-secretary with Mr. Robert Blair of the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries; had been for the past few years President of the local Literary and Philosophical Society, and was elected a Fellow of the London Society of Antiquaries in appreciation of the services he had rendered to archaeology.

JS0Kn>s to

J. T. F. and DR. WILLCOCK. Forwarded.

Miss GWENDOLINE GOODWIN (' Standish Family '). MR. ARCHIBALD SPARKE writes to say that various books and pamphlets relating to this family and its individual members will be found in the Wigan Public Library. A list of these works is given in Part X. of the Catalogue of the Reference Library.

ADMIRAL CHRIST EPITAPH. MR. J. B. WAINE- WRIGHT notes an example of this epitaph often discussed in our columns on a slate tablet bearing the dates 1799 and 1802, erected to members of the Cundy family in the church of Lelant, Cornwall.

A TITHE BARN IN LONDON (see ante, p. 126). MR. J. ODELL informs us that the barn in question was sold while he was living at Peterborough about twenty years ago. It was taken down, and the materials used in the building of Rothsay Terrace, Lincoln Road, Peterborough. He remem- bers the rumour of its going to London.

CORRIGENDA. 'Female Novelists,' ante, p. 215, 1. 5, for ' Nana ' read Anna ' ; 1. 6, for " Howell " read "Howel."'.