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NOTES AND QUERIES.

[9 th S. I. JAN. 22, '98.

bound to make a constant pilgrimage. More ela- borate works exist. We know none, however, that will serve so well the purpose of the traveller, since, while giving all needful particulars of history and a full and trustworthy description of beauties, it can be slipped into the pocket without adding per- ceptibly to the impedimenta. We are glad that attention is called to the superb misereres of Bishop Bruere, which comparatively few visitors to Exeter are in the habit of seeing.

Bad Lady Betty. By W. D. Scull. (Mathews.) THIS clever and powerful play scarcely comes within our range. It gives, however, an animated picture of Lady Elizabeth Luttrell, the sister of the Duchess of Cumberland, and of other Luttrells of Four Oaks. It may be read with pleasure and interest, and, though not actable in its present shape, might perhaps be rendered so. Some of its stage directions are, however, more than a trifle naive.

Carlyle on Burns. By John Muir. (Glasgow,

Hodge & Co.)

MR. MUIR has collected the utterances of Carlyle concerning Burns, including a review of Heintze's translation of Burns into German, a short and an interesting article that has hitherto escaped the notice not only of the biographers of Carlyle, but also of his bibliographers, which, as Mr. Muir says, is more remarkable. These things he has linked together in a sketch of Carlyle's life which will have abundant interest for students of the sage of Ecclefechan. The book is prettily got up, and must form a part of all collections of Burnsiana and Carlyliana.

The Spectator. Vols. III. and IV. Edited by

George A. Aitken. (Nimmo.) THE third and fourth volumes of Mr. Nimmo's handsome and authoritative reissue of the Spectator are enriched by corrections and variations from the Dykes Campbell MS. of some portions of essays con- tributed to the Spectator by Mr. Joseph Addison, first printed in 1864. Mr. Aitken doubts whether the text, in "a beautiful print-like hand," which Sir F. Madan thought might be Addison's, is indeed his. but has discovered a passage, unnoted by Mr. Dykes Campbell, which he takes to be in the handwriting of Steele. The notes, though any- thing rather than obtrusive, constitute still an attractive feature in the volumes, which for the rest are illustrated by portraits of Eustace Budgell and John Hughes, and vignettes on the title-pages of the statue of King Charles I. at Charing Cross and the King's Library, St. James's Park.

Greek Vases, Historical and Descriptive. By Susan

Horner. (Sonnenschein & Co. ) THOUGH intended to serve an educational and to some extent a popular purpose, this volume of Miss Horner's on Greek vases, which is ushered in by a preface by Dr. A. S. Murray, the head of the Archceological Department in the British Museum, will commend itself to many more advanced students. Its primary purpose is to explain to those who by its aid may study the exquisite works in the British Museum and the Louvre the illustra- tion of Greek life afforded in the subjects drawn from history, mythology, and daily occupations. The artistic value and nature of the work are not neglected by the writer, who, indeed, dwells upon the methods of the potters and painters of the best

period of art, such as Euphronios, Brygos, and others. She describes, moreover, with some detail, processes of manufacture and the subjects of various specimens. Her descriptions of the funeral lekyths, their purposes and employment when filled with

Grfumes they were placed on or beside the body fore interment and afterwards deposited in the tombs are, however, the most characteristic por- tions of her work. At the outset she gives illus- trations of Greek vases and comments on their typical forms and uses. In appendices she supplies a list, with explanations, of the deities and mortals who form the subjects for decoration, and a second of the heroes and heroines of the Trojan war. The work is excellent in all respects.

Hora Novissima. By Charles Lawrence Ford, B. A.

(Houlston & Sons.)

UNDER the above title the author of ' Lyra Christi ' has given a metrical version of portions of the first book of the ' De Contemptu Mundi ' of Bernard de Morlaix. This is well and spiritedly done, and, as the Latin text is printed on the opposite page, the reader can judge of the clearness and value of the rendering. Though regarded with small favour by classical scholars, rhymed Latin verses, hymnal and other, have a great attraction for some. It is im- possible to review at any length an effort such as this. A specimen of the translation of two lines from ' The New Jerusalem ' will convey more to the reader than pages of comment.

Sunt ibi lilia pur'a cubilia virginitatis ;

Est rosa sanguine, purpura lumine sobrietatis is rendered There lie all lowly thy lilies most holy, in virginal

white ; Armies of roses, blood red, in thy closes shine puro

as the light.

The lily and rose point, of course, to chastity and martyrdom. A difficult poetical task is, we think, excellently accomplished.

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