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mission, some assistance from the Education Authority, and a spared hfe, 

 Mr. Mosley during 1908 hopes to place veal nature study cases in all the 

 schools in the borough where the teachers desire them. He modestly 

 thinks ' the way is open for Keighle}^ to give an obj ect lesson to the coun- 

 try.' Without in any way wishing to minimise the excellent work being 

 done by Mr. Mosley, we can assure him that there are dozens of other 

 museums, some not very far from Keighley, which are doing excellent 

 work in the way they assist the schools. We learn that ' One visit, of 

 greater importance than any other, was that of Prof. ^Nliall,' and the opinion 

 which Prof. Miall gave was : ' ^Ir. Mosley is working under difficult con- 

 ditions, having too little time and no trained helper, and I think you should 

 not trouble him with too much advice, but let him alone.' This ' unsolicited 

 testimonial ' is printed in Mr. IMosley's report, and we trust his Committee 

 will take the hint. With the report is sent an appeal ' To friends abroad,' 

 in which he asks for ' objects of any kind from any CGiintry.' If this is 

 responded to with anything like enthusiasm, we shall be sorry for the 

 educational side of the Keighley Museum. On the leaflet we observe 

 that Mr. Mosley has the same opinion of the Keighle}^ Museum that every 

 curator has of the Museum under his own charge, viz., that ' it is acknow- 

 ledged to be one of the best in the provinces.' 



Historical Notes of Skelmanthorpe and District, by F. Lawton. 



Published by Paul Dyson, Skelmanthorpe, 36 pp., price 4d. 



In this small pamphlet, Mr. Lawton has brought together many curious 

 items relative to the part history of Skelmanthorpe, and it will doubtless 

 be read with pleasure by many Yorkshire Naturalists who have made the 

 acquaintance of the author at the county society's meetings. Amongst 

 the subjects dealt with are ' Trial' b}^ Witchcraft,' ' District Militia in 

 1680,' the famous ' Denby Dale Pies,' ' Skelmanthorpe and the Armada,' 

 etc. A prayer used in Skelmanthorpe against the witches was, ' O Lord 

 God, come with Thy long-tailed besom, and sweep all witches, and wizards, 

 and long- tailed buzzards from this house. Amen.' The only complaint 

 we make about the pamphlet is its shape by 6^ inches), and the small- 

 ness of the type used. 



Highways and Byways in Kent, by Waiter Jerrold, with illustra- 

 tions by Hugh Thompson. London : jNIacMillan & Co., 1907. 448 pp., 6/- 



This excellent ' Highways and Byways ' series is now well known, and 

 the Kent volume is quite up to the standard of its predecessors. There 

 are many reasons why Kent should be of more than local interest to 

 students of history and others. The author seems to have carefully 

 gathered together and|classified the many interesting facts relating to Kent, 

 from Roman to modern times. The number of beautiful illustrations, 

 however, and the way in which they are reproduced, call for special com- 

 ment. By some clever jugglery of printer's ink, INIr. Hugh Thompson's 

 admirable pencil sketches are reproduced with all the delicate shades and 

 effects of his original lead-pencil sketches. They are certainly the cleverest 

 representations of pencil drawings that we have seen. 



Pompeii as an Art City, by E. v. Mayer. Siegle Hill & Co., 80 pp., 

 price 1/6 net. 



This attractive little volume is one of the well-known Langham series, 

 and contains a well-written account of the art of Pompeii, the finest 

 antique treasure trove of modern times. The author ably deals witii the 

 phases of art as exhibited at Pompeii, which can be thoroughly studied 

 nowhere else. vSpecial stress is laid upon the Pompeian art of mural 

 decoration, the influence of dionysian and heroic legends and of Greek 

 history, Pompeian art, etc., etc. The chapter dealing with the evolu- 

 tion of the Pompeian house is a scholarly piece of work, and it should be 

 interesting to a large circle of readers. There are several illustrations, 

 the frontispiece being of a ' Statue of Narkissus,' though the spelling 

 referred to in the text, ' Narcissus,' seems much more familiar. 



1908 March i, 



