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Strand ; but it has generally been thought that the first theatre to be entirely electrically lit in this country, both behind and in front of the curtain, was the Savoy, which was opened on Monday, 10 October, 1881, when the late Mr. D'Oyly Carte, as its manager, demonstrated to the audience from the stage the safety of the new illuminant.

ALFRED F. BOBBINS.

NOTES ON BOOKS, &c.

The Cathedral Church of Ripon. By Cecil Hallett,

B.A. (Bell & Sons.)

The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Dublin (Christ Church). By William Butler. (Same publishers.)

THE latest addition to Bell's excellent and rapidly augmenting "Cathedral Series" consists of * The Cathedral Church of Ripon,' an excellent account of which is given by Mr. Cecil Hallett. Agreeably and in a sense commandingly situated, the building, especially when seen from the south-east, presents a pleasant and picturesque spectacle, marred only by the lowness of the central tower and a general sense of want of elevation. Years constituting practically a lifetime have elapsed since we saw this edifice, which has undergone processes of restoration all but destructive of its claims to anti- quity, and memories of its west front, so rich and elaborate in detail, have faded, to be now pleasantly revived. The interior contains many interesting and remarkable objects, from the north transept one of the best examples of the transition from the Norman to the Early English style to the mise- rere stalls, which the visitor must be careful not to miss.

Mr. Butler's account of Christ Church, Dublin, does not belong to the "Cathedral Series," from which it is distinguished by some alterations in the cover, and may be held to constitute a series in itself. It has, however, special claims on attention, since it is, we are told, the only guide-book to the diocesan cathedral of Dublin to be obtained in the building itself or in the bookshops of the city. It is accordingly to be regarded as supplying a want and its compilation has involved much labour Dublin is in the unique position of having two Protestant cathedrals, each possessing an ancient foundation, Holy Trinity (or Christ Church) anc St. Patrick. To the former edifice Mr. Butler has supplied a book attractive and useful alike to the archaeologist and the casual visitor. At Chris' Church again the restorer has been busy, and th< reader would scarcely conjecture from the design of the exterior that the edifice could claim an anti quity so respectable as it possesses, the presen transepts going back to the twelfth century. Th< work is certain of a welcome, and intending visitor to Dublin may be counselled to carry it with them

The English Catalogue of Books for 1900. (Sampsoi

Low & Co.)

To the value of 'The English Catalogue 'we hav borne frequent testimony. We have now made u what is practically a complete set, and find fe^ bibliographical works to which we make so frequen

eference. The latest part is as welcome as were sts of the principal publishers of the United States nd of works on angling, fish, and fisheries, which upplements the ' Bibliotheca Piscatoria ' of Mr. T. atchell, issued in 1883. In the works on angling re fail to trace Sir James Ramsay Gibson Maitland's ccpunt of his great undertaking at Howietoun, of phich, through his premature death, one volume nly appeared in 1887.
 * s predecessors. To it are added for the first time

Remarkable Comets. By William Thynne Lynn, B.A. (Sampson Low & Co.)

IR. LYNN'S admirable description of remarkable omets was first issued in 1893, and has in eight years one through six editions, a sufficient tribute to ts merits. The latest edition is thoroughly revised nd brought up to date.

The Yorkshire Archceological Journal. Parts LXI.

and LXII. (Leeds, Whitehead & Son.) ?HE paper by Mr. William Brown dealing with he manor and parish of Ingleby Arncliffe, in the ^orth Riding of Yorkshire, might in many respects erve for a model of what the account of a rural )arish ought to be. It contains pedigrees of three loteworthy families which have been connected vith the place Ingram, Colville, and Mauleverer. Abundant pains have, it is evident, been devoted result, and, so far as we have been able to test ,hem, they are accurate. The heraldry of the las been carefully worked out, the result being varied from time to time, at the taste of the bearer. This is specially noteworthy in the families of Col- ville and St. Quintin. There are some notices from parish documents relating to the Armada time that ire well worthy of attention. They show that even in the remote villages of the North preparations were made for resisting the invaders. Charges occur for arrows and repairing the beacon. Two swords cost two shillings each, several daggers were bought, and the town artillery and armour put in order. We find that the Holy Communion was celebrated but three times a year here, but after the Gunpowder Plot a fourth day, 5 November, was added. The duty of the village constables was wide : they had not only to look after criminals and suspicious characters, but also to remove the wandering poor to their places of settlement, so that the parish the constables represented might not be unnecessarily burdened. This continued to be the practice until the passing of the "new poor- law" in the reign of William IV. Such a duty must have been very painful to the constable when he chanced to be a humane man. We have heard of more than one instance of a poor creature dying in the cart which conveyed him from one village to another. In 1617 four persons passed through the parish who said they had come from Jerusalem If they were speaking the truth, one would like to know what could have been their object in visiting the Holy Land. Pilgrimages from a religious motive had ceased in this country long before the reign of James I. There are some interesting abstracts of Yorkshire briefs, the ori- ginals of which are in the British Museum. One of these was for relief of sufferers from a hailstorm which occurred at Bradford on 24 July, 1768. It
 * o the genealogical inquiries of which they are the
 * amilies which are from time to time mentioned
 * hat in some instances we find that the arms were

was accompanied by a great flood, and much damage