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Westminster has ever seen." In ' A Niece of Halifax ' Lord Hylton introduces some interesting correspondence of the early eighteenth century. An important, sober, and well-reasoned article is that by Mr. Reginald A. Bray on ' The Burden of the Family.' Sir Oliver Lodge makes an appeal for fresh resources to carry on the work of the University of Birmingham. Mr. W. T. R. Preston in ' Fair Play for Japan ' goes over a good deal of familiar ground, but rightly emphasizes the strik- ing qualities which promise continued success to the latest " arrival " as a Great Power. The most interesting article to us is a protest concerning ' The Well of English Defiled,' by Academicus, dealing with the deterioration of English style and the praise of the bizarre. While we cordially en- dorse the writer's main views, we are amazed at some of his examples. He says that " one of the marks of a good style is the ease with which it lends itself to translation into another tongue," and proceeds to give an English version of Tacitus of all writers in the world ! In our opinion there never has been, and never will be, a thoroughly adequate English translation of that brilliant author, for the very reason that he strained Latin, already a brief language, to a point at which brevity and obscurity meet. The translation by Jowett of the Funeral Oration of Pericles is -elegant, but not satisfactory as a rendering of the Creek. Newman and Addison, with whom the article concludes as exemplars, are beautifully lucid, and devoid of the eccentricities which tease us in much modern prose.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. AUGUST.

MESSRS. S. DRAYTON & Sons' Exeter Cata- logue 195, contains a good assortment of books at moderate prices under Africa, America, Art, and London. The last includes ' London Labour and the London Poor,' 4 vols., 15s. ; and ' Old and New London,' 6 vols., 4to, 15s. General items comprise McCarthy's ' History of Our Own Times,' 5 vols., II. 7s. 6cl. ; Thackeray's Works, 26 vols., II. 15*. ; Major's edition of ' The Complete Angler ' and the 4 Lives,' 2 vols., russia, 3. 3*. ; and the Clarendon Press facsimile of the First Folio Shakespeare, 6/. 6-9. ' The Faerie Queene,' edited by Wise, Kelmscott Press, 6 vols., 4to, new as published, is priced 31. 10s. Only 1,000 copies were printed, and the work is now out of print.

Catalogue 168 of Leo Liepmannssohn of Berlin deals with almanacs, calendars, &c., Daniel Chodo- wiecki, selected German authors, musical settings of German poetry, and portraits. In all these sections there is much of interest. The Germans seem in the early nineteenth century to have had, like ourselves, "Forget-me-not " albums and table books for ladies. We notice in the section of German Literature two translations of Butler's 4 Hudibras,' 20m. and 8m. 50 ; Tieck's version of 8m. ; several rare editions of Goethe ; a first edition of Heine's 'Buch der Lieder,' 80m. ; also of his ' De I'Allemagne,' 2 vols., Paris, 20m. ; and 117 numbers of the Augsburg Attgemeine Ztitung (1831-49), containing Heine's contributions from Paris, 400m. There are items under Shakespeare concerning translations by A. W. Schlegel and J. H. Voss. A set of Wagner's ' Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen,' 10 vols., can be had for 45m.
 * Don Quixote' with Dore's illustrations, 2 vols.,

Messrs. E. Parsons & Sons have in their Cata- logue 262, under Americana, a MS. of 22 pages, folio, from the collection of Admiral Ommanney, including eleven original sepia drawings, being views of towns and harbours, 1754 and 1756, 60 guineas. Under Ackermann is the ' Repository of Arts,' vols. i. xx. in 10 vols., roy. 8vo, HI. 14s. ; under Alken, ' The National Sports of Great- Britain,' original issue, 60 guineas ; under Boydell, ' The History of the Thames, 13J. 13s. ; arid under Blake, * The Book of Job,' 181. 18s., and illustrations to Young's ' Night Thoughts,' 91. 9s. Other items include the sixth edition of 'The Anatomy of Melancholy,' 1651, 6/. 6s. ; Darly's ' Comic Prints,' 1776, HI. 14s. ; Martin's ' History of Oriental Carpets before 1800,' 281. ; Chatelain and Roberts's ' Views of London,' 1750, 71. 10s. ; Constable's ' Landscape Scenery,' 30 guineas ; * Stafford Gal- lery,' largest paper, 36. ; and' ' The Wallace Collec- tion,' Goupil, 35^. The Catalogue is indeed rich in fine-art works. Etchings include Edwards's ' Inns,' 7 guineas. Under French engravings is an impor- tant collection, ' Illustrations de 1'Art du XVIII.

Siecle,

vols., 4to, half red morocco extra,

50 guineas. There are interesting items under Boucher, Greuze, Lawrence, and Ward, besides a series of water-colours of the Isle of Wight, &c., by Sand by. The valuable works on Military Costume include Ackermann's and Fores's ' Yeomanry,' 1844-7, 1501.

Mr. Robert Wild's Burnley Catalogue 75 is a general list of books at very low ]jrices.

A REVISED EDITION of ' House Mottoes and Inscriptions Old and New,' by Miss S. F. A. Caul- feild, is to be published immediately by Mr. Elliot Stock. It contains a collection of mottoes taken from houses in many lands and ages, with informa- tion on the use of such inscriptions among different peoples. The volume is illustrated from photo- graphs.

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F. K. P. ("Peerless Pool"). This was opened as a swimming bath by Kemp in 1743. For its history see 9 S. iv. 128, 197,' 271.

CORRIGENDA. P. 107, col. 2, 1. 12, for "TROPHIMO" read TROPHIMVS. P. 116, col. 1, 1. 13, for "Here" read There.