Greek Buildings Represented by Fragments in the British Museum :
the Tomb of Mausolus. By W. R. Lethaby. (B. T. Batsford. 2s. net.)—This is the second number of Mr. Lethaby's series, the first having dealt with the Temple of the Ephesian Diana. A third on the Parthenon is to follow. Mr. Lethaby describes the remains in detail, reviews the available evidence (to be found in Pliny, as far as antiquity is concerned, and anything but satisfac- tory), and criticises the conjectural restorations. Of these the most familiar is the steeple of St. George's, Bloomsbury. Mr. Lethaby prefers the scheme of Professor Adler, of Berlin, which is certainly a very attractive elevation. The whole subject is full of puzzles and problems. Among these is the question,—Could the statues of Mausolus and Artemisia, if these are rightly named, have been put into the quadriga, which surmounted the whole edifice ?—(" in summo est quadriga marmorea, quam feeit Pythis," says Pliny). Auy one who will take this little tractate to the Museum and study the remains by its help will certainly learn much.
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