Sketches of Magdalen College, Orford. By Edwin Glasgow. (J. M.
Dent and Co. 5s.) —Mr. Glasgow gives a brief architec- tural history of the College, for which he acknowledges his ob'igation to Mr. Wilson's "History." Magdalen has had good fortune on the whole in the matter of restorations and additions. It might certainly have fared worse. Wyatt did some harm to the chapel, but not so much as he intended, and the frightful crime of pulling down the old buildings to make room for a new quadrangle in the style of the "New Buildings" was never com- mitted; and the recent additions are, by common consent, about as creditable as anything that has been done during the era of restoration. Mr. Glasgow's drawings are worthy of their sub- ject; more we cannot say, for indeed, though Trinity, Cambridge, is more stately, Magdalen bears the palm for beauty.
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