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which naturally include among their members many contributors to and readers of ' N. & Q.' The population of Croydon, if not of the whole county, are alive to the great danger which threatens to sweep away a building hallowed by associations, a building eminently a place of repose for the aged and infirm. A building of the kind is a distinct representative of centuries. The unfold- ing of art and style in such buildings should be the study of the country, and therefore they claim the nation's care and reverence. But what is remarkable in the agitation for removing this bequest of Whitgift is the conduct of those who have the care thereof entrusted to them. One can well understand the necessity which has occa- sioned the removal of some of London's historic buildings, where space was limited and the value of ground immense. But the governors of the hospital in question had in their keeping (as trustees of the poor, to whom this inestimable gift was left) land on the north and east of the present building providing ample space for its removal out of any line upon which cause to destroy it could possibly be founded; and, instead of 'nursing' such a powerful weapon to meet attack, wilfully, and with their eyes open to all the probabilities, leased the ground, and so closed up the hospital in a manner to bring it into greater prominence as an assumed obstruction. The Croydon C.C. happens to number among its members some governors of Whitgift Hospital, and these in part, at least, seem to sink their charge in favour of the C.C.'s desire for demolition. The records of the hospital, which I have fairly transcribed, contain from beginning to end of the donor's life and after minute evidences of his fatherly care and con- sideration for his 'poor brothers and sisters.' When one sees so often the misappropriation of such bequests, the gradual encroachments, year after year, upon the rights and liberties of those for whom Whitgift so amply provided, his clearly stated instructions and wishes ignored, it will not be surprising if the charitably disposed of the present and future fight shy of leaving any bequest of the kind."

DR. J. HOLLAND ROSE has in preparation a col- lected edition of his essays and articles on the period 1795-1820, which will be published in the autumn by Messrs. Bell under the title ' Napoleonic Studies.' The volume will also contain three new essays : ' The Idealist Revolt against Napoleon,' ' Pitt's Plans for the Settlement of Europe,' and ' Egypt during the First British Occupation.' Several hitherto unpublished documents, including a new letter of Nelson's, will be given in an appendix.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.

"LEAFY JUNE" is as prolific of catalogues as previous months, and readers of 'N. & Q.' can in their quiet gardens enjoy to the full their search for the treasures to be found in these interesting lists.

First we have Mr. Cameron's, Edinburgh, with its history, topography, ballads, Scottish poetry, drama, and fine arts. Under the last we find illustrations of the works of Sir Walter Scott. The engraved plates of these have been destroyed. The

Erice of the 13 vols., folio, cloth, is only 37. 3-s., pub- shed at 131. 13?.

Mr. Bertram Dobell has a fresh catalogue in alB "classes of literature, including many first editions. Among these are Bailey's 'Festus,' with an auto- graph letter, 21. 10*. ; 'Ingoldsby,' 151. ; Beaumont and Fletcher, 211. ; 'Lavengro,' 11. 12.s\ ; Browning's ' Paracelsus,' 12mo, boards, uncut, 11. Is. ; the first French edition of 'The Pilgrim's Progress,' 12mo, old calf, 1685, 121. 12s. ; Byron's ' Hours of Idleness,' 257. ; several of Coleridge, Swinburne, Shelley, Wordsworth, and George Meredith: and Shake- speare rarities. There is a fine copy of " rare " Ben Jonson, 557., for which is predicted a much higher price ere long.

Mr. Francis Edwards has a midsummer catalogue. Among the items are a first edition of White's ' Selborne,' 1789, 40?. ; Ackermann's ' Microcosm of London,' 22/. ; Austen's ' Emma,' 1816, 14/. ; works of Brayley and Britton ; Boydell : a Chained Bible, 1530, 151., in its original binding of pigskin, covering wooden boards (there is a chain attached measuring, fifteen inches); 'Early English Prose Romances,' edited by W. J. Thorns ; ' Gazette Nationale ; ou, le Moniteur Universel,' 1 Jan., 1790, to 30 June, 1814, 151. ; ' Greville Memoirs,' the scarce first edition,. 67. 10s. ; the Kelmscott Press publications ; Lacroix's works on the Middle Ages ; and Shaw's ' Stafford- shire,' 1798-1801, SOL The catalogue contains a note that this work was never completed, and is always rising in price.

Mr. Charles Higham has a good list of modern- divinity.

Mr. Frank Hollings has a collection of first editions of Keats, Shelley, Lamb, and Rossetti ;. also an interesting collection of early and scarce editions of American authors.

Messrs. Maggs Brothers have a large collection of autograph letters and signed documents. We notice, among other names, Barham, Dickens, Sir John Franklin, Bewick, Admiral Blake, Robert Brown- ing, Hartley Coleridge, Napoleon, Nelson, &c.

Messrs. Owen & Co. have a short list of English- and foreign books. Under Alpine is ' An Account of the Glaciers or Ice Alps of Savoy,' in two letters- by W. Windham and P. Martel, London, 1745,. privately printed and extremely rare, price 71. 7*. There is also a set of the Alpine Journal, price 301.

Messrs. James Rimell & Sons' Catalogue of Books on Art contains many valuable works, and its 76 pages deserve careful perusal. Among specially noteworthy entries are ' The Choicest Works of Sir Thomas Lawrence,' 1836-45, 801. ; ' Sir Joshua Rey- nolds's Works,' proof impressions, 1827-36, 280/. ; RobertsV Holy Land,' 1841-8, 157. (published at about 100?.) : Propert's 'History of Miniature Art,' 211 Morland's ' Studies,' 1800, 67. 16s. 6cl. ; Blake's- designs to a series of ballads written by William Hayley, Chichester, 1802, 8/. : Leslie's 'Memoirs of

21/. : Inigo Jones's 'Alhambra,' 1842, 111. Us. The catalogue contains a long and interesting list under Caricatures as well as under Catalogues, a complete set of the Royal Academy Catalogues being marked' 21/.

Mr. A. Russell Smith has a catalogue of tracts, pamphlets, and broadsides, including history, and political, religious, and other controversies. The lists are well arranged according to periods, the first being from 1520 to 1602. In this are some rare-