As in the first volume, the translator has, from personal observa- tion, or with the assistance of others, been able to amplify the descriptions of a number of pictures in British collections, and to add notices of others that had escaped even the learned author's exhaustive search. Several pictures by Cuyp, which were brought to the translator's notice while the sheets were passing through the press, are described at the end of the Cuyp section (on pp. 244-246), but are numbered as if they appeared in their proper places in the body of the catalogue. In response to the suggestion of kindly critics, the translator has compiled an index of the painters and engravers mentioned in this volume ; he trusts that this addition may be found useful. The translator has to express his gratitude to Mr. Humphry Ward, Mr. Arthur Kay, Mr. Herbert Cook, Mr. D. S. Meldrum, and Mr. James Greig, among others, for their courteous advice and help in the preparation of this volume. EDWARD G. HAWKE. Vll
