A Vision of Saints. By Lewis Morris. (Cassell and Co.)—Mr.
Morris's poem, the merits of which it is not necessary for us again to appreciate, is well set off by the illustrations with which it has
been furnished. These are twenty-one in number, and are unusually varied as well as interesting. They range from a bust, probably contemporary, of the EmperorAntoninus Pius, to a sketch by Mr. Edward Clifford of Father Damien, and from a Venetian mosaic of S. Phocas to a portrait of Bunyan. "It has been sought," writes Mr. Morris, in his preface, "to include illustrations not already familiar to lovers of sacred art." And the representations of S. Alexis, S. Marina, S. Dorothea, and S. Elizabeth are among those that will be novel to English readers. This is a handsome volume, but not going beyond the strictest sobriety in the way of ornament.
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