2 JULY 1892, Page 33

Society.)—This missal belonged to Nicholas Lythington, Abbot of Westminster from

1362 to 1380. Besides the liturgical part, it contains the attestation of the oath of John Islip (elected Abbot in 1500) to observe the Westminster statutes, and a calendar. A coronation service is among the offices given. The volume before us has been carefully printed from the original, which differs, the editor tells us, considerably from the use of Sarum.