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The Antiquary, Vol. XLIL (Elliot Stock. 7s. 6d.)—This volume is

not less interesting than usual. No adequate idea can be given here of the variety and value of its contents. Certainly no antiquarian can afford to be without it. We may mention an illustration of a subject noticed in these columns more than once, the continual recurrence of ecclesiastical bequests in pro- Reformation wills. In the "Notes on Faversham Abbey froni Parishioners' Wills" there is a series of bequests from 1478 to 1529 which must have amounted to hundreds of pounds. And this was going on all over England. We must also mention a weird tale of child murder in Italy in 1842. A. child was decoyed from its parents and sacrificed by seekers after treasure.