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of 10, the wave of depression at 11, and the establishment of 
normal interest at 12 years of age. The boys, on the other 
hand, became more warlike at 11, and though a period of 
slight depression followed upon this, it was much less marked 
than in the case of the girls. From the age of rr onwards 
great anxiety was felt with regard to the price of food. Some 
examples of unconscious humour are given. A little girl, aged 
tr, wrote: ‘ The origin of the war is this, that when the German 
Emperor was at Windsor he insulted Queen Victoria, and so 
King Edward smacked him round the face. The German 
Emperor said, “ I'll be avenged,” and hence the war.’ A boy 
of 12 wrote: ‘ The advantage of the war is that women have 
learned to knit.’ Another wrote: ‘The main disadvantage 
of the war is that girls must remain old maids because there 
will not be any men left.’ These illustrations rather lend 
point to the contention of Mr. Leslie Scott that the war booklets 
of the French Government might be imitated with profit in 
English schools. 
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The Museums Journal for September contains a report of an interesting 
discussion on ‘Museums and the War.’ 
The National Museum of Wales has issued a large ‘ Descriptive Hand- 
book to the Relief Model of Wales ’ by W. E. Whitehouse, and a ‘ Catalogue 
of an Exhibition of Welsh Topographical Prints’ by I. J. Williams. 
The Museums Journal for October contains a report of the discussion 
on ‘ Museums in relation to Education ’ which was opened at the conference 
of the Museums Association by Prof. J. A. Green of Sheffield. 
The Reports of the Librarian, Parks Superintendent and Museum 
Curator of the Borough of Stockport have been issued. The last, Mr. 
Hewitt’s fourteenth annual report, includes particulars of additions made 
during the year. 
We notice that the Catalogue of the Museum of Fisheries and Shipping, 
Pickering Park, Hull, has reached its fourth edition, and the new issue 
contains particulars of many valuable additions. The catalogue contains 
52 pages, is well illustrated, and is sold at 1d. 
The Sixty-Sixth Annual Report of the Ipswich Museum, etc., contains 
illustrations of a Roman Amphora, Deer Antler Picks from Grimes Graves, 
and Rostro-Carinate Implements, these being among many interesting 
additions to the collections made during the year. 
Hull Museum Publication, No. 103, being the Quarterly Record of 
Additions, No. 50, has been issued. It contains a number of repro- 
ductions of local bygone relics and other objects added during the three 
months covered by the record. It is sold at one penny. 
The Museums Journal for August contains the Presidential Address 
of Mr. E. Rimbault Dibdin of the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, which 
deals with the question of the management of Art Galleries under war 
conditions. There is also an excellent portrait of Mr. Dibdin. 
The Report of the Warrington Museum Committee for 1915 contains a 
list of numerous additions during the year, with an illustration of a very 
fine Equestrian Aquamanile of the 14th century, which has been recently 
presented. During the year Mr. Dunlop has prepared and displayed a 
series of specimens to illustrate the characters and forms of the mollusca. 
1915 Nov. I. 
