New Germanic Collection.

The plaster casts of German works of art which Professor Francke, during his trip in Europe, bought for the Germanic Museum, are now arriving at Cambridge in successive shipments. The collection includes copies of the Bernward Column from Hildesheim Cathedral, the Choir Screen of St.Michael's at Hildesheim, various figures from the tomb of Emperor Maximilian at luns-bruck, the Statue of Emperor Henry II in Bamberg Cathedral, and other reproductions from works of German mediaeval and renaissance art. The collection will occupy the entire side aisle of the museum.

The building will be opened without ceremony in about three weeks, the formal dedication being postponed until the expected arrival of Emperor William's gifts in February or March.