SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
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The Scottish Historical Review for October has two items of interest for students of the life of Mary Queen of Scots. One is an itinerary of her tour in South-Western Scotland in 1563, edited and annotated with great care by Sir Herbert Maxwell. The other is an account, with a reproduction, of the Dalkeith portrait of the Queen, belonging to the Duke of Buccleuch, which seems to have been overlooked by the experts— including even Mr. Lionel Cust—who have written on this highly contentious subject. The likeness to the superb chalk drawing of the widowed Queen, made about 1561 and known as Le Deuil Blanc, is not so great as Miss Maria Steuart, the author of the article, seems to think ; the face is thinner, and the nose and mouth are very unlike those of the authentic French drawing.
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