containing the =early Italian pictures=. Few of these are of much value, and as they are not connected with Flanders or Brabant, I will not enlarge upon them. Right of door, 631. An early Italian Adoration of the Magi, where you may compare the Three Kings, Joseph with the gift, the ox and ass, etc., with Flemish examples. 631 (left) is a characteristic example of St. Francis receiving the stigmata. Study it for comparison with the Rubens at Ghent, and others. 628. Above is a set of panels containing events in the History of Our Lady. I give the subjects, running along the top row first, with necessary brevity: Joachim expelled from the Temple: Warned by the Angel: Anna warned by the Angel: Meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate: Birth of the Virgin: Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple: The Nativity: Adoration of the Magi: Christ found in the Temple: Miracle at Cana: Raising of Lazarus: Death of the Virgin, with Christ receiving her soul as a new-born baby. All these may be studied as early examples of the subjects they represent. Above them, 629 and 630: two Crucifixions of various ages. 140. Good characteristic Carlo Crivelli of *St. Francis with the stigmata. 3. Adam and Eve. Albani. Above it, a tolerable Veronese of *Juno scattering wealth into the lap of Venice, St. Mark’s lion beside her. 140. Beautiful Carlo Crivelli of *Our Lady and Child. This picture and the corresponding one opposite are parts of a large altar-piece, the main portion of which, a Pietà, is in the National Gallery in London. 415. Vannuchi (_not_ Perugino): Leda and the Swan. 412 is a good portrait of Mary of Austria. 634. A tolerable Marriage of the Virgin. 473. Tintoretto: Portrait of a Venetian gentleman. 474. Another by the same. ROOM VIII. opposite, also contains later =Italian= pictures, with a few French. 472 is a Martyrdom of St. Mark, by Tintoretto. 497 is a Holy Family by Paolo Veronese, with St. Theresa and St. Catherine. The other works in the room do not call for notice. PASSAGE leading into ROOM VI. Skied. 477. Perugino: Madonna and Child, with the infant St. John of Florence, in a frame of Delia Robbia work. This is one of the best Italian pictures in this Gallery, but not a good example. Near it, School of Mantegna, Christ and St. Thomas with St. John the Baptist. If you want further information about the pictures in the Brussels Gallery, you will find it in Lafenestre and Richtenberger’s _La Belgique_, in the series of _La Peinture en Europe_. [Illustration: CATHEDRAL OF BRUSSELS] _D_. THE CATHEDRAL