THE CANADIAN JOURNAL. 



NEW SERIES. 



No. LXXXIX.— DECEMBER, 1875. 



LAPIDARIUM SEPTENTRIONALE.* 



At lengtli the Lapid<Xfium Septentrioncde, or " Description of the 

 Monuments of Koman Riile in the North of England, published by 

 the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyiie," which has been 

 passing through the press for the last five years, is completed by the 

 appearance of Part V, embracing an "Appendix containing Additions, 

 Notes, and Emendations," " Indices," " Preface " by Eev. Dr. J. C. 

 Bruce, the Editor, "Introduction," and three "Maps." The five 

 parts form a remarkably handsome folio volume, profusely illustrated 

 by excellent woodcuts from faithful di'a wings of the objects that are 

 described or explained; and the text is printed in a style and on 

 paper that leave the most fastidious nothing to desii^e in these 

 respects. The first four parts comprise the Roman inscriptions and 

 most important objects of sculpture, numbering together over 900, 

 which have been found in the counties of Northumberland, Diu'ham, 

 Cumberland, and "Westmorland. Of "the Additions" in Pai-t Y. we 

 do not presume to ofier any opinion as to their completeness, for none 

 but those antiquaries who reside on the spot, or who have visited the 

 region with a view to researches of this kind, or who have access to 

 well-furnished libraries of local Archaeology, can form a competent 

 judgment on such a subject. 



"We shall consequently limit our observations to the interpretations, 

 and with some of these we are not satisfied. In n. 942 a grave- 



* " Lapidarium Septentrionale ; or, a description of the Monuments of Roman 



Rule in the North of England. Published by the Society of Antiquaries of 



Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Part V, Printed by Andrew Reid, and published by 

 William Dodd, 1875." 



