26 NOVEMBER 1904, Page 22

The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist. Edited by T. Romilly Allen.

(Bemrose and Sons. 12s. net.)—This volume- (New Series, X.) contains, as usual, many interesting things.. The first article is a comprehensive essay on Almanacs. Later on we find a paper on the " Development of the Bishop's Mitre." The mitre has (like all other ecclesiastical vestments. and ornaments) gained ornament and colour. Its first origin. was pagan, as was probably the origin of incense. A " Hebridean, Pilgrimage" will introduce the reader to many interesting relics, of prehistoric times. The excellence of the illustrations through- out the volume calls for special notice.