MiscaLtessous. — Greek Prose Phrase-Book. By H. W. Auden. (W. Blackwood and
Sons. 3e. 6d.)—Mr. Auden published some little time ago a " Latin Phrase-Book," which we had the pleasure of noticing. This was a translation of Meissner. The present book is original, and differing from its predecessor in being "not so elaborate," and not professing "to contain everything." In fact the learner is left to do more for himself, a change, as every teacher will agree, for the better. As far as we have been able to examine it—actual use is the only effective method of criticism— it seems to be a good piece of work and likely to be useful.— The Law Relating to Legal Representatives. By Sidney E. Williams. (Stevens and Sons. 10s.)—" A summary of the lair of legal representatives as modified by the Land Transfer Act." —Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum. (Trustees of the British Museum. 6d.)—This guide is an excellent per- formance, the work of an expert who knows how to use popular language, though here and there may be found a technicality,— " adorant." for instance, is a curious word. It is well and liber- ally illustrated. Regarded by itself, it is well worth possessing at the very moderate price charged. As a guide, it is all that can be desired.—With this may be mentioned A Guide to the Museum of Eton College (R. A. Ingalton Drake).— Calendar of the Laing Charters. Edited by the Rev. John Anderson. (J. Thin, Edinburgh.)—A little more than twenty years ago Dr. David Laing bequeathed his collection of charters to the University of Edinburgh. They are now calendared. The earliest is a charter by King Ethelwulf to the monastery of Winchester in 854, the next is of the twelfth century, 16 belong to the thirteenth century, 67 to the fourteenth, 156 to the fifteenth, and to the sixteenth considerably more than a thousand, the total number being 3,326. Very full indices are added, a monument of the editor'•s industry and patience.— English Altars. With Descriptive Notes by W. H. St. John Hope, M.A. (Longmans and Co.)—This is printed for members of the Alcuin Club, and is the first of the Club's publications. There are fourteen plates, reproduced from various manuscripts, mass-books, lectionaries, &c., ranging in date from the tenth century to the fifteenth. In Plate 1 Fig. 2, we have Cant offering a reliquary of gold at the altar of Winchester Cathedral. Here there is nothing distinctive about the altar. Fig. 1 from the " Psychomachia" of Aurelius Prudentius gives the shape and ornamentation. Plates XIII. and XIV., from the Obit Roll of Abbot Islip of Westminster, are very elaborate and remarkably interesting.
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