The Trustees of the British Museum have published an excellent
Guide to the Antiquities of Roman Britain, by Mr. Reginald A. Smith (2s. 6c1.), for the benefit of visitors to the new Roman- British. room. Mr. Smith gives a compact history of Roman Britain with a map of the Roman roads, and then deals with the different classes of antiquities in a-mostinteresting fashion. The book contains over a hundred and fifty illustrations and is not enlyA -guide- to the collection but-Also a most_luoid_intro- duction to the subject. The Trustees also issue A Guide to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Egyptian Rooms and-the Coptic Room, edited by the Keeper, Sir E. A. Wallis Budge (2s. 6d.). This is a descriptive- catalogue of nearly three thousand objects, pro- fusely illustrated. The notes on the more importantand typical exhibits are commendably - full and will interest students of Egyptian religion and art.
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