Mr. Arthur Bolton, the Curator of Sir John Soane's Museum,
has issued another admirable little book illustrating some of the best "articles of vertu" contained in that collection. It is to be had at the museum (2s.), and deals chiefly with examples of sculpture which were intended for direct association with architecture, and illustrates the work of such men as Banks, Flaxman, and Westmacott. Especially interesting are the photographs of Flaxman's little-known "Two Groups of Chessmen." The illustrations should prove an inspiratton to those who are interested in War Memorials, and the notes on Banks's work for the Empress Catherine of Russia are extra- ordinarily interesting. His "Love Pursuing a Butterfly". was purchased for the palace at Tsarskoe Selo, but he fled the country on being asked to do an allegorical representation of "Armed Neutrality." We regret to see that no illustration of Banks's beautiful monument to ABM Penelope Boothby is Included.
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