Illustrated Catalogue of Historical Portraits. (The Clarendon Press. 6s. net.)—We
are glad to see this descriptive memorial of an exhibition which excited, and that most deservedly, much interest. The University of Oxford, the Colleges, and some private individuals (Sir G. Dashwood, Viscount Dillon, and Miss Gordon) lent portraits (of persons who died before 1025, Charles I. being an exception). The selection was made by an eminently capable Committee, and Mr. Lionel Cust has con- tributed an informing preface. The portraits number a hundred and thirty-seven, and thirty-three of these have been reproduced. Among the most interesting are Margaret Tewksbury (last Abbess but one of Godstow ; she resigned at the age of a hundred and six) and Archbishop Warham (after Holbein). We observe with pleasure that other exhibitions of the same kind are to follow.
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