21 MAY 1904, Page 20

The Administration of the Chantrey Bequest. By D. S. Mae-

Coll. (Grant Richards. ls.)—The bulk of this little book is re- printed from articles and letters in the Saturday Review. There can be little doubt that Mr. MacColl makes out his case. There never has been an answer given to those who disapprove of the administration of this important national trust. If there had been a defence, we should have heard of it long ago. The terms of Chantrey's will are given. The words, "works of the highest merit that can be obtained," several times repeated in the will, are indeed the condemnation of the Trustees.