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Contents.




March, 1932.




(Thirty-first Year of Publication. )




Vol. LXXXIX.




No. CCCLXVII.


A LAST VIEW OF THE FRENCH EXHIBITION. By Trenchard Cox. (With seven illustrations and four
full-page plates in colour and double-tone) - -- -- -- -- -- -- - -- - - 147 NOTRE DAME DE GRASSE. By Charles R. Beard. (With one full-page plate) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 157
A KIDNEY DAGGER WITH THE ROYAL ARMS. By James G. Mann, F. S. A. (With seven illustrations) 158 TWO CURIOUS COFFERS. By Fred Roe, R. I. (With four illustrations) - -- -- -- - - - - 161
NEW LIGHT ON BATTERSEA ENAMELS. Second Article. By W. B. Honey. (With eleven illustrations) - - - - - - - - - - - - 164


Continued on page VI.


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