4 MAY 1901, Page 26

We gladly give what help may be derived from a

notice in these columns to the "Pastas" Treasury, selected by Albert Broadbent (A. Broadbent, Manchester). Mr. Broadbent has selected some characteristic passages from Pastas, in hopes that readers may be attracted to the original. We wish him all success. Festus deserves a far wider and more intelligent appre. ciation than it has hitherto received.