brought to light and opened, a perfect impression or mould of the figure of the deceased appears on the bed of plaster or lime in which it had been enclosed, and, in some instances, the texture, and even the colours of the dress is clearly defined. Some years ago a cist was opened at York, in which the body of a woman clothed in rich purple, with a small child laid upon her lap, was clearly discernible in the plaster.” Whether this was an interment of the Roman-British or Anglo-Saxon period the orientation was very decided in this case, as in the five others I have seen in this spot, they all lying due east and west. Two-thirds in length of this very interesting relic had to be removed to obtain the depth required for the new grave. I collected the bones and placed them in the remaining third portion left undisturbed. JAMES RUTLAND, Hon. Sec. Berks Archæological and Architectural Society, and Maidenhead Field Club and Thames Valley Antiquarian Society. HANG _The Gables, Taplow_, _August, 1884._ _TO CORRESPONDENTS._ THE Editor declines to pledge himself for the safety or return of MSS. voluntarily tendered to him by strangers. THE continuation of Mr. J. H. Round’s paper on “Port and Port-Reeve” is unavoidably postponed to our next. Books Received. 1. History of the Parish of Ruardyn. By Sir John Maclean, F.S.A. 2. History of the Wrays of Glentworth. By Charles Dalton. 3. Northamptonshire Notes and Queries. Part iii. Northampton: Taylor & Son. July, 1884. 4. English Etchings. Part xxxix. D. Bogue, 3, St. Martin’s-place, W.C. 5. Johns Hopkins University Studies. Second Series, vii. Baltimore. July, 1884. 6. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. No. cli. Boston, July, 1884. 7. Western Antiquary. Part ii. Plymouth. July, 1884. 8. Journal of the British Archæological Association. Vol. xl. Part ii. June, 1884. 9. Poems. By Lewis Gidley. (2nd Edition). Parker & Co. 1884. 10. Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Notes. Part iv. _Chronicle_ Office, Leigh. 11. The Hull Quarterly and East Riding Portfolio. No. iii. Hall, Brown & Sons. 12. Ye Historical Sketch of ye Olde London Streete. By T. St. Edmund Hake. Waterlow & Sons. 1884. 13. “Aberdeen Printers.” By J. P. Edmond. Parts i. & ii. Aberdeen: Edmond & Spark. 1884. Books, etc., for Sale. Works of Hogarth (set of original Engravings, elephant folio, without text), bound. Apply by letter to W. D., 56, Paragon-road, Hackney, N.E. Original water-colour portrait of Jeremy Bentham, price 2 guineas. Apply to the Editor of this Magazine. A large collection of Franks, Peers, and Commoners. Apply to E. Walford, 2, Hyde Park Mansions, N.W. Books, etc., Wanted to Purchase. _Antiquarian Magazine and Bibliographer_, several copies of No. 2 (February, 1882) are wanted, in order to complete sets. Copies of the current number will be given in exchange at the office.