Prehistoric Europe. A Geological Sketch. By James Geikie. 8vo. (London: Stanford, 1881.) Les Premiers Hommes et les Temps Préhistoriques. Par le Marquis de Nadaillac. Two vols. 8vo.

A sketch by Michelangelo for the dome of St Peter's Basilica has been discovered in the Vatican archives, the Vatican newspaper says. The red chalk sketch, thought to be the artist's last before his ...