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Luxe, 32 vols., equal to new, 1896-8, 15?. ; Richardson's Works, 12 vols., 1883, 51. 5s. ; and ' Bowlandson,' by Grego, 2 vols., 4to, 1880, 21. 2s. A fine copy of Seebohm and Bowdler Sharpe's ' Thrushes, 1902, is HZ. 11s. ; first edition of Surtees's ' Plain or Ringlets ? ' 1863, 3Z. 10s. ; and the Library Edition of ' The Paston Letters,' 6 vols., 21. There are several items under Painters : Painting, including J. A. Sy- monds's copy of Volpato and Ottaviani's repro- ductions of the Raphael frescoes, 86 plates, imperial folio, half-red morocco, Rome, 1772-7, 10Z. 10s.

Messrs. Jaggard of Liverpool have in their Catalogue XXXIII. the first edition of Sorrow's Music,' 4 vols., 4to, purple calf, 21. 10s. ; Cobbett's Political Register, 74 vols. in 58, half-calf, il. 4s. ; Inman's ' Ancient Faiths,' 2 vols., 21. 15s. ; Rogers's ' Italy,' half-morocco, 1830, 21. 2s. ; the second series of Elia, Moxon, 1836, 11. 5s. ; Roberta's ' Memorials of Christie's,' 2 vols., II. 5s. ; Baring-Gould's ' Lives of the Saints,' 15 vols., 21. 2s. ; and Wraxall's ' Posthumous Memoirs,' 5 vols., 21. 2s. Of interest to Non- conformists is Wilson's ' History of Dissenting Churches,' 4 vols., 1808, 15s. Under Washington is Sparks's ' Life,' 21. 2s. ; and under Water- Colours is a collection of original drawings in 3 vols., folio, 1803, 51. 5s.
 * Bible in Spain,' 3Z. 3s. ; Burney's ' History of

Mr. Robert McCaskie has a Short List of recent purchases, No. 31. We note The Anti-Jacobin Review, 1798-9, with Gillray caricatures, 7s. ; -Camden's ' Britannia,' 2 vols., folio, second edition, 1722, II. 5s. ; the first edition of Gray's 'Poems,' 1768, 21. 10s. ; the first collected edition of Thomson's ' Seasons,' 1730, 17s. 6d. ; and Yarrell's ' Birds,' 3 vols., original edition, 1843, 21. Autographs include those of Bishop Juxon, Sir Robert Peel (as to regulations for the drivers of stage coaches), Palmerston, and others. Among engravings is one of St. Pancras Old Church, with the fortifications at the Brill during the Civil War, 1642 ; and there are some etchings by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. A portrait of Washington by Sadd, after Stuart, in frame, is 21. 15s. Mr. McCaskie has a large collection of caricatures, and mentions a few in this list.

Messrs. Maggs Brothers' Catalogue 246 is devoted to Old-Time Literature, and contains many illustrations. Under Aldine Press we find one of its most beautiful productions, Herodotus, handsomely bound in crimson morocco, 1502, 15Z. 15s. ; also the first edition of the Bible in Greek, 1518, 48Z. Under Elzevir Press is a fine tall copy of Cicero, 10 vols. in 9, 16mo, full olive morocco, 1642, 61. 10s. Under Bacon is the first complete edition of the ' Essays,' a fine copy, small 4to, 1625, 22Z. 10s. ; under Bunyan, a fine copy of the tenth edition of ' The Pilgrim's Pro- gress,' in original calf, 261. 10s. ; and under Butler a complete set of first editions of 'Hudi- bras,' 1663-4-78, 40Z. Under Chap Books are two collections one of the eighteenth century, printed in London and various provincial towns, 11. Is. ; the other Italian of the seventeenth century, 25Z. There are items under Charles I., Cromwell, and the Civil \Var, among them being collections of tracts and pamphlets. Under Payne Collier are some of his reprints, including the ' Book of Roxburghe Ballads,' 1846, 121 12s. The first edition of Mrs. Glasse's ' Art of Cookery,'

small folio, crimson morocco, 1747, is 191. 19s. Under Drayton is a tall copy of the first edition of The Battaile of Agincourt,' 1627, 21Z. Edi- tions of Foxe's ' Book of Martyrs ' include the first, 1559-63, 181. 18s. Under Goldsmith is the rare first edition of ' The Traveller,' 1765, 25Z. - and under Gray the first edition of his ' Odes ' 1757, 11. 15s. (the first book printed at Strawberry Hill). Under Thomas Hearne is an extensive collection of the works of this antiquary, 67 vols. handsomely bound in crimson levant, 65L Under London is a collection of six tracts on Cheapside Cross and its demolition by the Roundheads ; one of these is the Pope's declaration concerning the rights which he claimed in England, with six articles exhibited against Cheapside Cross 1641-2, Ql. 9s. Under Metastasio is Walpole's copy with his book-plate, 12 vols., 1755-83, QL 18s. ; and under Milton is the first edition of ' Paradise Regained,' 251. Under Old English Plays is a rarity, an unusually large and clean copy of. Fullonius's ' Acolastus,' interpreted by John Palsgrave, and " translated into oure Englysshe Tongue, after suche maner as chylderne are taught in the grammer schole," 1540, 70L Works on Quakers include Fox's ' Battle Door,' 1660, 181. 18s. In this book is the earliest protest against the improper use of the plural number in addressing individuals, and Fox shows how " Adam thou'd God " and "God thou'd Adam." There is a good copy of the Fourth Folio Shakespeare, 85Z. ; and the rare first edition of Spenser's ' Complaints,' 1591, 45Z. This interesting Catalogue contains in all over fifteen hundred items.

Mr. F. Marcham (successor to the late James Coleman) includes in his Antiquaries' List, Vol. I., Part 4, deeds and other documents relating to Holborn, Isleworth, Islington, &c.

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H. ARMITAGE. Forwarded.

A. T. (" I sit on a rock "). MR. J. P. OWEN gave at 9 S. v. 332 his versified solution of this riddle. See also 1 S. ii. 10, 77 ; xii. 365, 520.