The Journal of Indian Art. (Bernard Quaritch.)—The October number of
this periodical, together with the January number of the approaching year, have been devoted to representations of the Indian collections of the Prince of Wales, consisting mainly of gifts presented to him during his visit of 1874, and now arranged at Marlborough House and Sandringham Hall. A brief preliminary account has been contributed by Sir George Bird- vrood, itself a very interesting document, and suggesting, espe- cially by what is said therein of the hereditary caste system and its accompaniment, hereditary employments, considerations of no little importance. Pedigrees of the Prince and Princess occupy the first pages ; the Indian Princes are to see that our reigning house is no upstart; then follow their portraits, and views of the exterior and interior of the two residences. Sixteen plates are given to the reproduction of the objects of art. We may mention among them, as specially worthy of notice, the "Brass Figures from Vizagapatam" (15 and 16), the "Enamelled Inkstand from Jeypore " (21), and the "Ahmedabad Kincob " (28). A Kincob is a brocaded cloth of gold.
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