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BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. JANUARY.

MR. B. H. BLACKWELL'S Oxford Catalogue CXXXI. contains Baddeley and Gordon's ' Rome and its Story,' large paper, 4to, 21. 12s. 6d. ; Boutell's ' Monumental Brasses,' 11. 8s. ; Fer- gusson's ' Architecture,' SI. 15s. ; ' Galerie de Florence et du Palais Pitti,' 4 vols., folio, 1789, 31. la. 6d. ; and ' Hogarth,' by Austin Dobson, imperial 4to, 61. 6s. Under Classical are various editions ; and under Borrow is the first edition of ' Lavengro,' 11. 15s. A beautiful copy of Horse, fifteenth century, is 121. There are some choice exhibition bindings

Mr. Henry Davey's Catalogue 14 contains works under Africa, America, Ireland, and Kent. London items include an extra-illustrated copy of Bayley's ' Tower of London,' 1830, 21. 10s. ; Mayhew's ' London Labour and the London Poor,' 5 vols., 11. Is. ; and Nelson's ' St. Mary's, Islington,' 1811, 11. 12s. 6d.

Messrs. S. Drayton & Sons' Exeter Catalogue 200 is devoted to Theology. There are works under Liddon, Neale, and Pusey. Among dictionaries are Smith's ' Dictionary of the Bible,' 3 vols., 10s. Od., and Smith and Cheetham's ' Christian Antiquities,' 2 vols., 11. 11s. 6d. Spence's ' Treasury of Religious Thought,' 20,000 extracts from great writers, 6 vols., is to be had for a guinea.

Messrs. Henry March Gilbert & Son send from Winchester Catalogues 31 and 32. The first, a Short List, contains Alpine books, also works on angling. Hampshire books include the Hamp- shire Record Society's publications, 12 vols., 1889-99, 1. 18s. 6d. There are also a number of sporting books. List 32 contains works under London, Ireland, and Early Printing. Under the Stuarts is Foster's ' Personal History,' illus- trated with beautiful photogravures, 11. Is. ; and under Dante the illustrated edition by Dore\

Mr. George Gregory of Bath has an interesting and very varied collection in his Catalogue 1867. A'Beckett's ' Comic History of England,' in the original 20 parts, green wrappers, with all the advertisements, is 81. 8s. ; a set of The Ancestor, 11. 16s. ; the Foulis Press edition of Pope, 3 vols., folio, 1785, 51. 5s. ; and Doyle's ' Political Sketches,' Vols. I.-IX., with keys, 9 vols. folio and 3 vols. 8vo, 1829-48, 61. A note gives the origin of the signature H. B., which we reproduce as it may not be known to all our readers. The letters are simply the junction of two I's and two D's, one above the other, thus converting the double initials into H. B. A choice set of the ' Galerie du Mus6e Napoleon,' 1804-15, is 21Z. ; and La Fontaine, 6 vols., old tree calf, 1786, 81. 8s. There is a special copy of Roberts's being coloured by hand, 6 vols., in a specially made Chippendale rosewood case, 501. There is a long list under Bibliotheca Bathoniensis.
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Mr. C. Hutchins of Hanwell has in his new Catalogue a fine copy of Girodet's edition of Anacreon, 1825, 11. 5s. ; Bridgeus's ' Furniture with Candelabra ' and ' Interior Decorations,' 4to, Pickering, 1838, rare, 21. 10s. ; and Le Pautre's ' Orn^mens de Panneaux pour 1'enrichisse- ment des Lambris de Chambres et Galeries,' Paris, 1659, brilliant impressions, 51. 5s. Among

editions of the classics are a number of Coray's. Mr. Hutchins offers the unique collection of Coray's editions en bloc, 58 vols., for 14?. Thore is an exceptional copy of ' The Greville Memoirs,' original editions. 8 vols. in 7, new half-calf, with the original cloth sides bound in, 61. 10s. Under Bindings are many choice specimens, Dutch, German, French, and English. Among the last is a Book of Common Prayer with the Psalms, Oxford, 1706, with portrait of Queen Anne and plates, bound in smooth black morocco with silver clasps, 6Z. 6s. A book of miscellaneous poems published by Ralph, London, 1729, 12mo, dark red morocco, with an elaborate central ornament by Mcarn, is also 61. 6s.

Messrs. James Rimell & Son send another of their interesting Catalogues of Engraved British Portraits, No. 214. A fine mezzotint of General Abercromby, 1801, is 31. 3s. ; Addison, 37. 10s. ; Arnold of Rugby, 15s. ; Mrs. Barbauld, 10s. 60!. ; William Beckford, 12s. 6d. ; Bartolozzi, 1L 5s. ; Bewick, 10s. 6d. ; Bloomfield, the poet, 30s. ; Boswell, after Reynolds, 81. ; Sir Francis Bur- dett, 21. 10s. ; Scott, by Walker after Raeburn, 121. 12s. ; Shakespeare, from the Chandos por- trait, 31. 3s. ', and Sheridan, after Reynolds, 51. 15s. Qd. Royalty ranges from Queen Elizabeth, 1559, 31. 15s. ; Mary, Queen of Scots, and Charles I. down to George III. Connected with the drama are Mrs. Abington as Roxalana, 61. 6s. ; Barry as Macbeth, 31. 3s. ; Betty, aged 13, The Young Roscius, 31. 3s ; Nell Gwyn, Ben Jonson, Mrs. Jordan, Charles Mathews, and many others.

RICHARD HEMMING. There died at Manchester on Sunday, the 10th inst., one of the oldest con- tributors to 'N. & Q.' Richard Hemming, Archivist to the Manchester Corporation. His interesting communications will be much missed. T. C. H.

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CORRIGENDUM. Ante, p. 46, col. 1, 1. 6 from foot, for xvii. read vii.

TOM JONES ("The Name Piccadilly"). Seethe references given at 10 S. viii. 89.