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 MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. 415 charcoal, with indications of very strong action of fire, as seen upon the stones. We might, if space permitted, advert with much gratification to tlie results which have attended the proceedings of various Provincial Societies during the past year. At the third Annual Meeting of the Buckingham- shire Architectural and Arcliaeological Society, a Memoir on sepulchral monuments was read hy the Rev. W. H. Kelke, Eon. Sec, which has since been printed, with illustrations, at the request of the members. It gives a comprehensive outline of the subject, and will be acceptable to many who are unable to obtain Mr. Blo.Yam's useful Manual (of which a new edition has so long been promised), or who may not be possessed of more costly illustrated works. The author offers some useful suggestions regarding modern monuments. We regret that he had not included in his work a concise catalogue of the monumental antiquities, efiigies, brasses, tkc, in the county of Bucks, which would have formed a very desirable Ap- pendix to his Memoir. illiscellancous ^^otttts. A PROPOSITION, which many of our readers will doubtless regard with much interest, has been lately brought before the literary world by Dr. Maitland, entitled " A Plan for a Church-History Society." It comprises many valuable suggestions, in i-egard to the objects and advantages of such an institution, the legitimate character of its publications, and the means by which its efi"ective opei'ation might best be ensured. The plan, it is understood, has been viewed by many with no ordinary degree of sympathy. Many persons may be cordially disposed to give encourage- ment to such an undertaking, into whose hands the detailed announcement explanatory of Dr. Maitland's views may not as yet have come ; and it will be acceptable to them to be informed, that it may, we believe, be obtained from Messrs. Rivington. It is gratifying to perceive, by the Report of the late General Meeting of the Spalding Club, on Dec. 21st ult., how encouraging a promise of increasing- energy and usefulness is held forth by the valuable Associations of this kind in North Britain. The noble work produced by Mr. Patrick Chalmers has aroused the attention of Scottish antiquaries to appreciate the interest of the sculptured monuments in the North : and the Spalding Club have set the laudable example of appropriating a sum of money to the object of obtaining correct drawings of these remarkable monuments, which will bo lithographed. Amongst the valuable works announced as in progress, the following claims especial mention — a new edition of " The Bruce," from the MS. in St. John's College Library, Cambridge. It has found a most able editor in Mr. Cosmo Innes. The remarkable assemblage of examples of medieval architecture and decorations, formed by the late Mr. Cottingham, excited much interest during the earlier part of the year. A catalogue of this highly curious collection has just been completed by Mr. Henry Shaw, F.S.A.. whose skilful pencil has supplied several very pleasing illustrations. The views VOL. VII. ' 3 I