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ment of a price which he had once named — his generous 

 feeling towards his brother artists — the clear straight- 

 forwardness of his conduct as a negociator — everything 

 that is here told of him — indicates a man of clear in- 

 tellect, of noble ideas, and of a warm and generous heart. 

 Nor is Rubens the only subject of this volume: it gives 

 us a great deal of new and most reliable information upon 

 that curious and little-worked chapter in English history, 

 the patronage of Art under Charles I. To many persons 

 this will be the great point of attraction in the volume, 

 and readers who consult it for such information will not 

 be disappointed. It is not possible for us to go into the 

 details, but we heartily recommend the work. It is one 

 which will take a permanent place amoug the materials 

 for the History of Art. 



An Inquiry into the Evidence relating to the Charges 

 brmight by Lord Macaulay against William Penn. By 

 John Paget, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. (Blackwood & 

 Sons.) 



Mr. Paget examines at some length, and with consider- 

 able acumen, the charges brought by the great historian 

 against William Penn, as to his conduct with regard to 

 the Maids of Taunton — his presence at the execution of 

 Cornish and of Gaunt — his conduct in the affair of Kiffin 

 — his share in the transactions respecting Magdalen Col- 

 lege — his supposed communication with James II. whilst 

 in Ireland — his alleged falsehood in a supposed interview 

 with William III. — his alleged share in Preston's plot — 

 his interview with Sidney — and lastlj', his alleged com- 

 munications with James whilst the latter was at St. Ger- 

 mains. That Mr. Paget does much to clear Penn's 

 character no one can doubt : while by the admirers of 

 William Penn his inquiry will be regarded as a success- 

 ful vindication of him from every charge. 



Popular Tales from the Norse. By George Webbe 

 Dasent, D.C.L. With an introductory Essay on the Origin 

 and Diffusion of Popular Tales. 1 Vol, 8vo. (Edin- 

 burgh ; Edmondston & Douglas.) 



Mr. Dasent has done good service to the history of 

 popular literature by this translation of one of the most 

 interesting series of old wives' stories which the zeal and 

 industrj- of a judicious collector ever got together. Since 

 Edgar Taylor gave us his admirable translation of Grimm's 

 German Popular Stories, we have had no such charming 

 contribution to this interesting branch of literature. Of 

 the six-and-forty tales which the volume contains, there 

 is not one which is not strongly characteristic of the soil on 

 which it sprang. If Mr. Dasent required other testimony 

 in their favour, bej'ond the obvious merits of the stories 

 themselves, he might have found it in the preface by the 

 German poet, Ludwig Tieck, to the German translation 

 of them by Breseman, published in 1847. 



Der Aherglaube des Mittelalters Ein Beit rag zur Cul- 

 turgeschichte. Von Dr. Henrich Bruno Schindler. 8vo. 

 1 vol. Breslau, 1858. (Williams & Norgate.) 



This is a new essav on the Folk Lore of the Middle 

 Ages, in which Dr. Schindler investigates the influence 

 of superstition upon the popular mind, as a contribution 

 to the history of human progress. Not the least valuable 

 part of the book is the list of books upon the subject 

 quoted and used by the author, and which mav be called, 

 as far as it goes, a Bibliography of Superstition. 



Hints for the Table, or the Economy of Good Living. 

 With a few Words on Wines. (London, Kent & Co.) 



As The Times is just now usefully occupied in telling 

 us that the Art of Dining is one of the Things not generally 

 known, this little volume is most opportunely published. 

 If it does not quite supply the want which is now gene- 

 rally felt — " well, if we are wrong, now tell us how we 

 may be right " — it goes far towards it j and the most in- 



veterate diner-out may take a leaf from it with great 

 advantage. 



Journal of the Architectural, Archaological, and His- 

 toric Society for the County, City, and Neighbourhood of 

 Chester. Part V. ^ J 



The Chester Society is doing its work well, and pub- 

 lishing the results in a sensible inexpensive form. Mr. 

 Brushfield's paper, " On the Branks or Scold's Bridle,'' 

 gives a very complete history of that obsolete punish- 

 ment. 



The National Portrait Gallery, 29. Great George Street, 

 Westmmster, was opened for a private view yesterday. 

 On and after to-day the Gallery will be open to the public 

 on Wednesdays and Saturdays, bv tickets only, obtain- 

 able on application to Messrs. Cofnaghi, Pall Mall East, 

 Messrs. Graves, Pall Mall, and Mr. John Smith, New 

 Bond Street. And all who are interested in the subject 

 should go and see how well the Trustees are carrying out 

 the work which they have been commissioned to perform. 



The Photographic Society have opened their Exhibition 

 for the season at the Suffolk Street Gallery. The collection 

 of works exhibited shows the steady and gradual im- 

 provement of this important Art. When in its infancy, 

 we stepped out of our way, and made " N. & Q." a chan- 

 nel of photographic information: we did so under the 

 feeling that the importance of the Art to the cause of 

 pictorial Truth was not sufficiently recognised by any of 

 our contemporaries. We may be permitted to look back 

 with satisfaction, when we see, as in the present Exhi- 

 bition, how our anticipations of its future importance and 

 development have been realised. 



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