BRITISH MUSEUM CHRISTMAS CARDS.
The Trustees of the British Museum have recently published five sets of cards illustrating the Nativity and the Epiphany. It is suggested that these should be used as Christmas cards, and one side has been left plain for writing or print. In making this use of them, the purchaser would have the satis- faction of knowing that the profit on his money has gone to a great public institution. To use these cards is to give a Christmas present to every man in the name of art. When we consider the usual Christmas card alternative, the British Museum's solution of the problem seems indeed excellent Four sets are composed of fifteen cards each, taken from drawings by the old masters, Italian and Dutch engravings, woodcuts, and German engravings respectively. The fifth set is of five coloured reproductions from illuminated manu- scripts. Each set is sold at a shilling. The reproductions are better than is usual at so low a price, and the selection is judicious. It is probable that the coloured set will be most popular, but it certainly falls farthest short of its originals. Very neat little gilt frames can be obtained from the Museum for one shilling.
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