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We have received the first volume of a projected series

of "Country Churches" (George Allen and Sons. 2s. 6d. net per vol.) This is the Isle of Wight : its Churches and Religious Houses, by J. Charles Cox, LL.D. Thirty-seven in all of the two classes are described. Two of the churches (Bonchurch and St. Lawrence) are disused, and the monastic remains and chapels number eight, not including the chapel of Carisbrooke Castle. This was dismantled for no conceivable reason in 1856 by " a classic architect," and restored some fifty years later in commemo- ration of the 250th commemoration of January 30th. We wish all prosperity to the series.