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tically unsatisfactory work, which, old as it is, is said to be the work of a decadent. Very modern in appearance, and no less conventionally pretty, are the Greco-Egyptian portraits of girls from the collection of Theodore Graf, of Vienna, the eyes of which are as large as those of Beatrice described by Thackeray in 'Esmond.' A beautiful child is the infant Nero, from the bust in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. A full-page illustration follows of the smiling-faced bust of a Roman child in the British Museum, a second giving, from the same institution, a tete d'amour, a piece of Greek sculpture. Among other designs of the opening chapter are a very quaint bust from the Musee de Cluny, an ivory Virgin and Child from the same, a second from the Louvre, and a specially beautiful St. Anne and the Virgin as a child from Bordeaux Cathe- dral. The Italian chapter begins with some profoundly interesting frescoes, one of which, ' Une Correction a 1'Ecole,' is both beautiful and quaint. It shows a pretty chubby infant hoisted on the shoulders of a man in order to receive a whipping. Far too young is the baby, according to modern views, to merit such punishment. A bust by Donatello of a laughing child is delightful. First among the ecclesiastical designs comes a repre- sentation by Filippino Lippi, from the Pitti Gal- lery, of an Infant Jesus under a rain of roses. Among those which follow is the famous ' Madonna alia Seggiola ' of Raphael. Coming to Spanish art, we have some wonderful portraits of Velasquez, foremost among which are the Infanta Margarita from the Louvre, and the Infanta Maria Teresa, subsequently the spouse of Louis XIV., from the gallery of the Prado, absolutely inaccessible in the hugest hoop that can ever have been worn. From the same gallery of the Prado comes the picture by Murillo of the Infant Jesus giving drink to St. John. A most happily inspired child portrait of Franz Hals comes early among the German and Flemish pictures, but is eclipsed in interest by the superb laughing child of the same painter from the private collection of M. Jules Porges. Rem- brandt's portrait of his son Titus van Ryn is also conspicuous, as is ' The Young Cavalier, now one of the Windsor Vandycks. Arriving at France, we find the Comtesse Mollien of Greuze serving as frontispiece to the volume. The portraits by Clouet, Nattier, and Watteau are among the best in the work. Specially noteworthy are the young Francis II. when Dauphin of Clouet ; Louis XVII. when Dauphin by Madame Vig6e - Lebrun ; and Le Chevalier de Pange by Drouais. Reaching the English national school, which is held not to have begun before the eighteenth century, the author delectates in the portraits of Reynolds, Gains- borough, Hoppner, Romney, and Raeburn. Gains- borough is assigned the highest position among English artists as a painter of children. It is need- less to say that the best-known masterpieces of the English school are given, Gainsborough's 'Blue Boy,' from the collection of the Duke of Westminster, holding a conspicuous place. In the final chapter

meng's Mile. P., and some admirable portraits by Sargent and other artists. Very great pains must have been spent in obtaining so large and repre- sentative a collection. The processes of reproduc- tion are thoroughly successful, and the book is a treasure house of delight. Ita superb pale-green

morocco binding, sprinkled with leaves and lilies, the dead gold of its edges, and the typographical luxury of the whole render it fit for the boudoir of a queen.

The Northern Genealogist, edited by A. Gibbons, F.S.A,, gives, in an admirable instalment, a con- tinuation of the heriots, &c., in the Wakefield Manor Rolls. The period now comprised extends from 1513 to 1627. All the heriots between 1500 and 1563 that are decipherable are being given. They are of highest interest to Yorkshire genea- logists, including many names still closely associated with the district. ' Marriage Bonds of the Dean and Chapter of York, 5 ' Lincoln Marriage Registers,' and ' Act Books of the Prerogative Court of York ' are also continued. The volume of which the present part constitutes an instalment is the fourth. The entire series will be preserved in all genealogical collections. In the Lincoln marriage registers Ralphe Clayton, of Ruskington, "ludi magister," marries in 1588 Ann Groslinge, of Dockdike. What is the exact significance of "ludi magister" used at this period? Qy. schoolmaster?

Cycle Repair and Maintenance, by A. W. Marshall, which is No. 21 of the " Useful Arts " series, edited by Mr. H. Snowden Ward, and published by Messrs. Dawbarn & Ward, has reached a second edition, a strong proof of its utility. Among recent additions to the series are Glass, by the Rev. F. C. Lambert, M.A. ; Home-made Fitments and Furni- ture, by the same ; Perfumes and Cosmetics, by Mr. Thomas Bolas and Mr. C. G. Leland ; and Gesso Work, by Mr. Matthew Webb.

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