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Germany or the United States, in Lieutenant J. D. Beazley, of 

 Christ Church, OxfordJ Before the war, Lieutenant Beazley had 

 produced, principally in the Journal of Hellenic Studies, but also in 

 other periodicals, a series of articles, little short of masterly, on the 

 technique of Attic red-figured vases. He discovered a series of 

 previously unknown vase-painters, and, so great was his knowledge 

 of the museums of the world, that he was able to lay his finger on 

 almost every extant vase by their hands. Since the war, some ar- 

 ticles by him have appeared, but I understand that he is now (1918) 

 engaged in war-work at the Admiralty, and naturally has no time 

 for archaeological study. A book by him on vases in America will 

 shortly appear. 



In France, besides Perrot's book already referred to, Pottier has 

 written a charming monograph, " Douris et les Peintres de Vases 

 Grecs " (English translation by Miss Bettina Kahnweiler) in a pop- 

 ular style in the little series called " Les Grands Artistes." Col- 

 lignon, the author of the Athens catalogues, in collaboration with 

 the late O. Rayet, wrote a " Histoire de la Ceramique Grecque " 

 (Paris, 1888) which for nearly twenty years was the standard text 

 on the subject, being only superseded by Walters. But the best 

 work and the most useful that the French have done is that of M. 

 Salomon Reinach, who has republished, in a form accessible to 

 students, and very cheap, in two volumes, called " Repertoire des 

 Vases Peints Grecs et Etrusques " (Paris, 1898 and 1900) a number 

 of unusual and rare publications. Li the first volume, he repub- 

 lishes the St. Petersburg " Comptes-Rendus " (an unwieldy and rare 

 album), the plates of vases from the Monumcnti, Annali, and Ar- 

 chaeologische Zeitung, also plates of vases from the defunct Italian 

 periodicals Bulletino Archeologko Napolitano, Bullctino Italiano, 

 and Museo Italiano dl Antichita Classica, and the early plates of 

 vases in the 'E<^r;/i.epis 'Ap^^aioAoyuc-^, the organ of the 'Ap-^aioXoyiKi) 

 'EraLpLa. In the second volume he republishes Millingen's Vases de 

 Coghill, Gerhard's A.V., the albums of Laborde (Vases de Lam- 

 berg), the Due de Luynes, and Tischbein (Vases d'Hamilton), and 

 an album by Roulez of selected vases in the Museum in Leyden. ♦ 



" Since writing this I learn that Lieutenant Beazley has been promoted 

 to captain. 



