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the ruins fragments of very old walls of herring bone work, which have been thought by modern architectural antiquaries to be pre-Norman. Their date is by no means certain, but the balance of evidence is in favour of their Saxon origin. Mr. Bond is, on the whole, inclined to think they are the remains of a church. He gives an engraving of a portion, but it will not be much help to those who have not seen the place, for it has been purposely altered so as not to represent the original. We must describe what Mr. Bond has done or permitted in his own words: "The original window on the left of the engraving is partly ruined, but sufficient of it remains to show that it was identical in form and size with the others, which are perfect. The. artist, therefore, has transferred one of the latter to this place in the engraving." Mr. Bond has acted with praiseworthy honesty in telling us what has been done, but we are surprised that he is not aware that a made-up engraving of this kind is absolutely worthless, and a blot on an otherwise useful book.

Mr. Bond has given a series of extracts from the fabric rolls, which begin in the reign of Henry III. Some of the entries are very interesting. It is much to be desired that they should be printed entire. We have the extracts here in a translated form, but the Latin words are given when they are curious. Some of them are amusing enough. They would fill with horror any of those oldfashioned people who thought all Latin barbarous which did not come up to the classic standard. We have, for instance, such forms as "gistaverunt et planchiaverunt," used in describing the work of two carpenters who had been employed to fix joists and lay a wooden floor upon them. An ancient customal of the manor of Corfe is given. Unfortunately, it has no date. Mr. Bond says that it is in a hand of the sixteenth century. One of the customs runs thus: "No ilander ought to marye-his daughter oute of the iland without the licence of the lord, constable, or other officer." We are not informed what course was taken if the lord or his representative refused his consent. If the court rolls are preserved from an early period, it would be an interesting subject for inquiry.

We believe the ruins of Corfe Castle are well cared for and much prized by their present owner. Mr. Bond, however, tells us that the luxuriant growth of ivy is in many places doing serious injury to the masonry.

Five Great Painters. By Lady Eastlake. 2 vols. (Longmans & Co.)

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The Italy of Leonardo, of Michael Angelo, of Titian, and of Raphael, was a fit cradle for such a group of leaders of art as perhaps no other country or time has produced in modern Europe. They were many-sided men, as befitted leaders of art. Poets were they, in the old creative sense of the word, as some were in the later sense of makers of musical verse. Makers of marvellous creations in the realms of painting and of sculpture, they also left us domes as renowned in Western architecture as the typical dome of St. Sophia is renowned in Eastern architecture. We have gone with Lady Eastlake to visit Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, and to lay our wreath on Titian's tomb. We will leave her with an abiding memory of a dome seen afar on the Roman Campagna,

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