Green's Short' History. Illustrated. By Mrs. J. A. Green and
Miss N. Norgate. (Macmillan and Co.)—Mrs. Green's second volume of her illustrated edition of her husband's book keeps up the high character of the first. It is a marvel of well-selected and well-executed illustrations in line and colour. One picture alone, that of Richard II. and his patron saints, in gold and colours, is worth the price of the volume, which is only 12s. There is only one illustration which is below par, and that is one of the west front of York Minster,—a difficult subject indeed, but very badly executed. It is curious to note how, as we begin to leave the Middle Ages behind, the pictures of saints give place to the por- traits of statesmen, and domestic scenes replace ecclesiastical functions. We rather wonder, by-the-way, that Richard IL's portrait in Westminster Abbey does not appear.
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