The Burns Memorial Catalogue. (William Hodge and Co. and T.
B. Annan and Co., Glasgow. £3 3s.)—This singularly well-got- tip, beautifully printed, and admirably illustrated volume is a memorial of the very successful Burns Exhibition which was held in Glasgow in 1896. The collection was a unique one in its way, giving portraits, relics, manuscripts, and editions of the poet,—the last showing in a very remarkable fashion the profound interest which has been taken in Burns throughout England, America, and even Ireland, as well as in Scotland. In the present volume an eminently successful effort has been made to immortalise the best features of the Exhibition by the reproduction of portraits, title-pages of books, relics, and above all of that handwriting of the poet which was, in his case much more than in that of most men of genius, a key to character. This reproduction has been accomplished in a fashion which reflects the highest credit on the printing and photo- graphing firms which between them publish the book. Each of the four sections of the Catalogue has contributed to it a brief, lucid, and interesting introduction. This work is sure to find its way to the shelf of almost every one of the large and increasing tribe of Burns worshippers.
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