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tunity of compiling for him, for .1 am returning to Australia, the ' Sunny South,' after a long period of years spent in London." Mr. Petherick explains that " the arrangement of the titles is chronological, save in the biographical sections, which are in alphabetical order." Mr. Petherick, we are sure, carries with him good wishes from the readers of 'N. & Q.,' to many of whom he is well known.

Mr. Edwards also sends a short Remainder Catalogue. We note 'The Horn Expedition to Central Australia.' 4 vols., 4to, for 11. 15.s. ; 'Hafiz,' by Bicknell, Triibner, 1875, 18.*. (only 40 copies pub- lished at 21. 2s.); Alldridge's 'Sherbro and its Hinterland,' 6>'. (the most curious chapters are those dealing with the secret societies of the natives) ; and the best edition of thePaston Letters, '6 vols., 21. (in the sixth volume is a full index). Mr. Edwards gives special prominence to the Edition de Luxe of Meredith's Works, and offers the 32 vols. for 151. (each set numbered and signed by the author's son).

Messrs. W. Heffer & Sons, of Cambridge, in their List 45 have The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine for 1856, extremely rare, containing contributions by Rossetti, Morris, Burne-Jones, Madox Brown, and others, blue levant by Riviere, 111. A collection of 120 pamphlets on Political Economy, 6 vols., 1792-1817, is 3. 3s. There are lists under Folk-lore, Occult, Orientalia, and Indian Languages. The 1602 edition of Chaucer is priced 61. 10*. General works include many handsomely bound, suitable for presents, such as ' Charles II.,' by Osmund Airy, 4to, 4Z. ; Jane Austen, 5 vols., 1903, 11. 12s. ; Kings- ley, 6 vols., 21. 5s. ; Lytton, 25 vols., Philadelphia, 1877, 47. Is. 6d. ; and Green's ' Short History,' 4 vols., 4J.

Messrs. Lupton Brothers of Burnley have in their

Catalogue 101 the Thornton Edition of the Bronte novels, 12 vols., half-morocco, 41. 4*. ; 'The Cam- bridge Modern History,' 12 vols., 11. 10*. ; Cross's 'Autobiography of a Stage Coachman,' 2 vols., 51. 5s. ; the National Dickens, 40 vols., 211. : the Core Bible, 4. 4*. ; ' Hogarth,' by Austin Dobson, 4. 10s. ; and Kinglake's 'Crimea,' 8 vols., 4. 10.*. There is a fine copy of Millais's ' Mammals of Great Britain,' 3 vols. , 121. 12s. Under Queen Elizabeth is the scarce Edition de Luxe of the work by Creighton, 151. 15*. ; and under Ruskin is the Library Edition, 38 vols., 331. The Catalogue contains a number of the

Camden Society publications

The ' Catalogue d'une Collection importante de Portraits anciens,' published byM. Godefroy Mayer of 41, Rue Blanche, Paris, is worth the attention of the many who have an interest in French prints. There is an excellent alphabetical index of all the names cited, and the various items are arranged under the names of the engravers, beginning with P. M. Alix (1762-1817), and ending with Jean Ziarnko, a Polish engraver of the seventeenth cen- tury. ' Ecole Anglaise ' and other headings offer several items concerning the eminent in England and the United States. There is, for instance, a fine engraving of Col. Tarleton, Commander-in- Chief of the British forces in Virginia, with his foot on a cannon. This is one of the many excellent illustrations which add to the value of the Cata- logue.

Messrs. Henry Sotheran & Co.'s Price Current

688 is, as usual, full of interest, thanks to the

valuable notes to many of the items appended by

its editor, Mr. Henry Cecil Sotheran. There is a complete set of Bentley, 271. ; also a fine set of the ' Dictionary of National Biography,' 66 vols., -with revolving case, 35^. A beautiful copy of Browning, 17 vols., half blue levant, is 9/. 9s. ; and a fine set of Burton's Voyages and Travels, chiefly first editions, new half-calf, 29 vols., 22/. 10s. There is what is well described as a sumptuous set of Byron, Murray's Library Edition, including Moore's ' Life,' extra-illustrated with 40 portraits and 495 views, 10 thick vols., 4to, in 12. large paper, three-quarter levant, 1830-39, 60/. Carlyle items include the Library Edition, 131. 130. ; The Centenary Edition, 131. ; and ' Shooting Niagara,' original wrapper, 10s. Qd. Works on costume include Racinet, 121. 12*., and Planche, 11. 7s. There are many valuable Dickens items, among them a set of 38 vols., all first editions, calf gilt, 1837-79, 48/. Andrew Lang's Gadshill Edition, 221. 10s. ; ' Pickwick,' original parts, 121. 12* ; and twenty-four etchings to 'Oliver Twist,' royal 4to, 6/. 10s. There are beautiful sets of Galleries National, Historique, Louvre, Munich, and Musee Francais. A charming set of Gardening Lore, 37 vols., 1856-1907, is2R Swinburne items include the collected edition, 13 vols., large paper, half- levant, 1904-8, 201. The Edition de Luxe of George Meredith, half- levant by Riviere, 32 vols., is 501. Messrs. Sotheran issue with this Catalogue a list of Desiderata.

' THE HOODENIXG HORSE,' an investigation of an East Kent Christmas Custom, is being printed privately by Mr. Percy Maylam, of 32, Watling Street, Canterbury. The custom of a group of men going round at Christmas with a horse's head crudely carved in wood, known as the "hoodening horse," is still practised in Thanet and a few other places in East Kent. The writer has been engaged for several years in getting together information on the subject, and the result of his research will be embodied in the forthcoming work.

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