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Armee/ Progress Report of the Superintendent, Muhammadan and British Monuments,

Northern Circle ; Annual Report of the Archaeological Department, Southern Circle, Madras. (Government of India. 10s, id. and Is. 2d.)—These Reports bear witness to the quiet, unceasing, and altogether com- mendable work which is now being done for the conserva- tion of the ancient monuments of India. There was a time, undoubtedly, when we were much to blame for the vandalistic way in which we treated them. A very good illustration is given in the Northern Circle Report, in the photographs showing the Zenana building in Allahabad Fork as it was with the additions formerly made to it for British military purposes—when it looked like an ugly barrack—and as it is to-day, a magnificent palace in all its pristine glory.