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OUR COLUMNS. 



June 20, 1891. 



The Little Masters — Albrecht Altdorfer, Hans 

 Sebald Beham, Barthel Beham, Heinrich Alde- 

 grever, Georg Pencz, Jacob Binck, Hans 

 Brosamer, by W. Bell Scott. 



Michelangelo, b}^ Charles Clement. 



Eaphael, by N. D'Anvers. 



Rembrandt, by John W. Mollett. 



Sir Joshua Reynolds, by T. S. Pulling. 



Rubens, by Charles W. Kett, 



Tintoretto, by W. Roscoe Osier. 



Titian, by Richard Ford Heath. 



J. W. Turner, bv W. Cosmo Monkhousc. 



Van Dyck, by Percy R. Heath. 



Velasquez, by Edwin Stowc. 



Horace Vernet, by J. Runtz Rees. 



Sir David Wilkie, by John W. Mollett. 



The Painters of Barbizon — Millet, Rousseau, Diaz, 

 Corot, Daubigny, Dupre, by John W. Mollett. 



Curtius' Greek Etymology, Vol. 2. 

 The Voyages and Adventures of Ferdinand Mendez 

 Pinto 



Oxford University Calendar, 1891. 

 London University Calendar, 1891, Part 1. 

 Fanny Burney and her Friends. 

 "Wood's The House of Halliwell, 3 vols. 

 Russell's The Secret of the River, 2 vols. 

 Anstey's Voces Populi. 

 Stockton's Ardis Clavcrdcn. 

 Marshall's Eastward Ho. 

 Poynter's The Failure of Elizabeth, 3 vols. 



Council Meeting, held June 4, 1891. — Present: Mr. J. S. Phillpotts (in the chair), 

 Mr. Bates, Mr. Dymock, Mr. Elger, Dr. Goldsmith, Capt. Glubb, Rev. Canon Haddock, 

 Mr. T. Henderson, Mr. J. W. Hill, Mr. KoAvland Hill, Mr. Hurst, Mr. W. H. Jackson, 

 Mr E. Ransom, Mr. Steward, Rev. P. W. Wyatt. 



It was decided that the portrait, said to be that of Nicholas Rowe, be photographed 

 (with the permission of the OAvner), in order to obtain the opinion of the British Museum 

 or other competent authorities as to its authenticity. 



Books ordered : — 



Victor Hugo, (Euvres Inedites "Voyages." 

 Disraeli and his Day. 

 Hibbert Lectures, 1888. 

 Journal of Sir Walter Scott. 



Dcnning's Telescopic Work for Starlight Evenings. 

 Badmington Librarj^ — Riding and Polo. 

 A Girl in the Karpathians. 



The Eocene and Oligocene Beds of the Paris Basin. 



Adventures of Count George Albert of Erbach. 



Loftie's Westminster Abbey. 



The Queen's Commission — Col. Younghusband. 



War, by Col. Maurice. 



Forty Years in a Moorland Parish. 



Life of Laurence Oliphant. 



Lord Houghton — Stray Verses. 



Pericles in the Golden Age of Athens. 



Gustavus Adolphus, 



Theodoric the Goth. 



Ruskin's Poems. 



Verdicts of History Reviewed. 



Duncan's History of the Royal Artillery. 



David Cox and Peter de Wint. 



Three Years in Roumania. 



Thirty Years of my Life on Three Continents, by 



Edwin de Leon (from Smith's). 

 Scenes through the Battle Smoke, by the Rev. R. 



Wale (from Smith's). 

 Jenny Lind's Life (from Smith's). 



Mr. Henry Seebohm gave a graphic Lecture in the Library, on March 19th, on his 

 Adventures in Siberia. Mr. Phillpotts presided, and a large audience shewed deep interest 

 in the subject. Mr. Seebohm spoke without notes, and his vivid sketches of the people, 

 climate, birds, shipping, on his journey towards and upon the Yenesay were greatly appre- 

 ciated and duly acknowledged. Readers will be glad to be reminded that the lecturer has 

 published a full description of his visits to Siberia in a handsome illustrated volume, 

 " Siberia in Asia," which is in the Library. 



The next niimher q/* " Our Columns" tcill he published on Septemher 1\st. 



Communications for the Editors (Mr. Elgee, and Mr. Dymock) may he addressed to 

 the care of the Librarian, Bedford Rooms. 



Applications for space for Advertisements may he made to R. Hill & Co., Mercury 

 Press, Bedford. 



