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good work which the late Dr. Maitland ably performed in regard to the "early printed books in Lambeth Library," Mr. Kershaw has done carefully and well for "the illuminated MSS., and some of the illustrated books which have never been specially described," in that famous collection. Mr. Kershaw's volume, however, contains more than a description of these rarities. Eighteen pages of it are occupied by "Notes on the Library," and by an "introductory" chapter on "the significance of illuminated MS.S. in their relations to history, symbolism, and practical uses." Then follows a concise explanation of the terms Missal, Breviary, Gradual, Psalter, and Hours, and allusions to certain examples of these classes of Service books now existing at Lambeth. The "Notes" afford some interesting details respecting, e.g. the foundation of the Archiepiscopal Library by Archbishop Bancroft, in 1610; its augmentation by his successor, Abbot; its loss, by plunder, of the books and MSS. of Arch- bishop Laud, in 1644; the removal, after that Primate's impeachment, of its remaining volumes to Cambridge at the suggestion of Selden; their reclamation by Archbishop Juxon, in 1660–63; and their rein- statement at Lambeth by Archbishop Sheldon, in 1678. The Library, we are informed by Mr. Kershaw, has been subsequently increased by the bequests of Archbishops Sheldon, Tenison, Seeker, Manners-Sutton, and Howley, and now comprises 1,300 volumes of MSS. (which are divided into seven sets or series, named after their respective donors) and, altogether, nearly 30,000 books which, in 1828, were deposited by Archbishop Howley in his Palatial Banqueting Hall, which was rebuilt by Archbishop Juxon soon after the Restoration. In addition to the above particulars, the "Notes" contain a graceful tribute to the ser-