Papers of the British School at Rome, Vol. IV. (Macmillan
and Co. 31s. 6d. net.)—This fourth instalment of the work of the school may be said to indicate by its contents the range of its subjects. Mr. T. E. Peet's paper on "The Early Iron Age in South Italy," to follow the chronological order, takes us beyond the ken of history. Then we have Dr. Ashby's paper on the Via Latina, a continuation of his researches into the topography of the Campagna. Parts I. and II. dealt with the Collatina, Praenestina, Labicana ; III. with Salaria, Norneniana, and Tiburtina. Here we have to do with a period beginning somewhere in the fourth century B.C. The objects treated of in Mr. A. J. B. Wace's "-Studies in Roman Historical Reliefs" belong to the Empire. The "Ivory Statuette" of which Mr. A. H. S. Ycames writes may be assigned to some date within this period, the author con- jecturing the first half of the third century. Finally, " The Goldsmiths of Rome under Papal Authority," by Mr. S. J. A. Churchill, belongs to the late Middle Ages. This variety of interest is a powerful plea for a liberal support of the school. Its present financial position is described as "not unsatisfactory," but this seems to be due rather to an accidental decrease in the expenditure of the year than to a substantial increase in
its income. The Report is accompanied by an appeal for a memorial to the late H. F. Pelham, Camden Profbsior of Ancient History at Oxford. It is proposed that it should take the form of a studentship in the school, and we gladly give publicity to the appeal.
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