Mr. Pierpont Morgan, who has rendered great services to this
country in connexion with the buying of supplies and munitions- in America, has generously given. to Great Britain the collection of stained glass formed by his father and lent to the Victoria and Albert Museum, It is intended partly as a memorial of that famous collector, whose treasures were long, to be seen at South Kensington, and partly as a token of American friendship. The glass, as discerning frequenters of the Museum know very well, is of great beauty and interest. It includes admirable examples of Swiss and German work of the later Gothic, and the early Renaissance periods, and four wonderful little panels of French thirteenth-century glass, which is very scarce indeed. The market value of the collection must be considerable, but the spirit which impelled the gift is more valuable still.
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