Black Tournai Fonts in England. By Cecil H. Eden. (Elliot
Stock. 5s. net.)—A " black Tournai " font is made of a blue-black marble found in the banks of the Scheldt near Tournai, in Hainault. Seven of them are known to exist in England, and there are others on the Continent. The two best-known specimens are to be seen in Winchester Cathedral and Lincoln Minster. The other churches which possess them are St. Michael's, Southampton, East Moon, and S. Mary Bourne (all in Hampshire), Thornton Curtis in Lincolnshire, and St. Peter's, Ipswich. Mr. Eden has taken much pains to give accurate descriptions of them, and has supplemented his descriptions with photographic illustrations. It is an interesting byway of church architecture that Mr. Eden has trodden, and many thanks are due to him for the diligence with which he has followed it.
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