THE DANCE OF DEATH.

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cession or dance, and allows the " Doings " to go forth on thenmerits. These merits are less abundant than the feeblenesses ofthe work, though it is interesting as a distinct accentuation of the■ idence of design In the particular subject.The blocks illustrating this work are a series found in anorthern printing office many yens ago. They Seem to be ofconsiderable age, and are somewhat close copies of Holbein'sdesigns so far as the} go, but in which of the hundred editions(apparently one of the Latin editions) they originally app<has not to the present been ascertained.

Holbein, i f^5— 1 554-Hollar, [607 i^77-I. Bewick,] 7s f >