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The Cathedrals of Southern Prance. By T. Francis Bumpus. (T.

Werner Laurie. 6s. net.)—In this volume Mr. Bumpus describes all the most important cathedrals south of the Loire. These great churches, though less well- known than the wonderful buildings of Normandy, are perhaps more interesting owing to their greater diversity and range of style, embracing the marked Spanish affinity of Languedoc and Gascony, the different varieties of Romanesque which are to be found in Auvergne, Provence, and the Charente, the peculiar pointed Gothic of Burgundy, and the occasional traces of English influence discernible about Bordeaux. Mr. Bumpus's book is careful and copiously illustrated and can be thoroughly commended.