26 OCTOBER 1918, Page 22

The Fourteenth Annual Report, 1917, of the National Art Col-

lections Fund (Queen Anne's Chambers, Westminster) has been delayed by the exigencies of war, but is welcome as showing that the good work of the Fund continues. The works of art secured for public museums are described and illustrated in the Report. They include some fine Greek vases, a Greek statue, and an interesting series of early Indian sculptures, besides pictures and drawings. We must confess to some surprise at finding that there are not more than fourteen hundred and forty-two persons ready to sub- scribe a guinea a year to so admirable a Society.