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NOTES AND QUERIES, no s. XL APRIL 10,

Revolution period, with two autographs and list in his handwriting, 4Z. 15s. ; Madame D'Arblay's ' Diary,' best edition, 6 vols., royal 8vo, 1904-5, 21. 10s ; Rigg's translation of the ' Decameron,' 2 vols., royal 8vo, with portfolio of plates, 1906, II, Is. Gd. ; first edition of Dickens's ' Child's History of England,' 3 vols., 1852-4, II. 10s. ; Fielding's Works, 11 vols., royal 8vo, 1902, 31. 3s. ; and Foster's ' Feudal Lords,' 3 vols., 4to, 11. 10s. Under George Meredith is the Edition de Luxe, 32 vols.. 1896, 14Z. 10s. (only 1,250 printed). There is a beautiful set of Pres- ott, edited by Kirk, 5 vols., tree calf by Riviere, 1894, II. 17s. '6d.

Messrs. Lupton Brothers of Burnley have in their List 102 many works on Lancashire, in- cluding the large-paper edition of Roby's ' Tradi- tions, 1 4 vols., Longmans, 1829-31, 31. 7s. Qd. Under Ruskin are first editions ; and under Spenser is Wise's edition of ' The Faerie Queene,' .6 vols., half-morocco, 31. 7s. 6d. Cruikshank's ' Omnibus,' first edition, original cloth, Tilt & Bogue, 1842, is 31. Under Dickens is the Edition de Luxe, 111. A collection of Morris's ' British Birds,' ' Butterflies,' and other of his writings, 16 vols., newly bound in three-quarter green levant, 1895-1903, is 191. 19s. Reclus's ' Uni- versal Geography,' 38 vols., Virtue, is 51. A section of the Catalogue is devoted to Sports and Pastimes.

Mr. U. A. Poynder's Reading Catalogue 49 con- tains Ackermann's ' Repository of Arts,' ' London Streets,' and 'Journey in France,' 27 vols. in 23, royal 8vo, 1809-28, 111. 10s. ; and Harvey's ' Marine Algse of the Atlantic,' 50 coloured plates, 1851-8, 31. 5s. There is a fine uncut copy of Caulh'eld's ' Portraits,' both series, 7 vols., half-calf, 1813-20, 6Z. 6s. Deane's ' Worship of the Serpent,' 1830, is 20s. ; and Grote's ' Greece,' 8 vols., uncut, 1862, 2Z. 7s. Qd. A copy of Hartlib's ' Legacie,' 1652, is priced 221. A note states : " Hartlib, an American, emigrated to England and became a friend of John Milton, who addressed to him his tractate ' On Education.' The ' Legacie ' was really written by Robert Child at Hartlib's request, who corrected, revised, and published it." Works on London include 'London and its Environs,' 6 vols., calf, 1761, II. Is. ; and 'The Westminster Election, with speeches of Burdett and others, 5*. This election opened on the 13th of February, and closed on the 3rd of March, 1819. Under Prophecies are Joanna Southcott s, 1803-10, 7s. 6d. Under Scott is the Border Edition, 48 vols., uncut (No. 291 of 365 copies issued), 12/. 12*. : and under Boydell the 'History of the Thames,' 2 vols., large folio. 1794-6, 14Z. 14s. There are lists under Botany, Military, Sport, &c.

Messrs. James Rimell & Son's Catalogue 215 opens with works on Africa, including Barrow's " Travels,' 2 vols., 4to, 1801, 11. Us. Gd. ; Latrobe's 1 Journal,' 1818, 11. 10s. ; and Bruce's ' Source of the Nile,' 1790, 5 vols., royal 4to, 15s. Alpine books comprise Whymper's ' Scrambles,' 1893, 21. 12s. Gd. Under America are Du Simitiere's ' Portraits,' 1783, 251. Hawkins's ' Quebec,' 1834, 21. 5s. ; Heriot's ' Travels through the Canadas,' 1807, 21. ; and Eckstein's ' Picturesque Views,' royal oblong folio, 1805, 81. 15s. There are items under Angling and Arctic. Under Australia is Flinders's ' Voyage,' 2 vols., royal 4to, 1814, 51. Under Drama are the ' Life of Munden,' with an old playbill and 55 portraits inserted,

calf gilt, 1846, 21. 5s. ; and Prynne's ' Players ' Scourge,' old calf, very scarce, 1633, 51. 5s-. Under Dryden is the first edition of ' The Hind and the Panther,' 101. 10s. ; and under G;iy Stockdale's edition of the ' Fables,' 1793, 37. 12s. There are lists under Music and Napoleon. Nichols's ' Literary Anecdotes,' and ' Literary History,' 17 vols. in all, 1812-58, are 81. 5s.'; and the first edition of ' Peregrine Pickle," 4 vols., 12mo, calf, by Riviere, 51. 15s. Messrs. Rimell have a limited number of copies at 5s. each of Roland Paul's ' Vanishing London.'

Messrs. Henry Young & Sons of Liverpool have in their Catalogue CCCXCIX. a set of Perrot and Chipiez's works on the history of ancient art, all first editions, 61. ; the Edition de Luxe of Matthew Arnold, 15 vols., 51. 15s. Gd. ; a fine set of the " British Essayists," 45 vols., half-calf, 1823, 11. Is. ; and ' Robinson Crusoe,' in French, the plates painted by hand in water colours, 1800, 61. 6s. Under Cruikshank is the first edition of Pierce Egan's ' Life in London,' very rare, 1821, 81. 15s. ; and under Elizabeth is Creighton's ' Life and Times,' full morocco, rare, 121. 12s. A handsome set of Freeman's ' Essays,' calf, by Riviere, is 4Z. 10s. ; and a fine copy of Ariosto, with proof impressions of the French plates, Paris, 1775-83, 10L 10s. Under Goldsmith is an extra-illustrated copy of Forster's ' Life,' 31. 3s. ; and under Illuminations, is a fine copy of Froissart's ' Chronicles,' 1874, 81. 8s. A large-paper copy of Wheatley's 'Pepys,' (one of 250), 10 vols., half -vellum, is 161. 16s. Under Samuel Rogers is the first edition of ' Italy,' full bound in white morocco, 51. 5s. There is an extra-illustrated copy of Crab)) Robinson's ' Diary,' first edition, 3 vols., half- morocco by Riviere, 51. 15s. Under Scotland is the very scarce best edition of Douglas's ' Peerage ' and ' Baronage,' 3 vols., folio, half- russia, 81. 8s. There are some fine old portraits, including Scott, Washington, and Erasmus ; and a list of Bargains for Book Collectors.

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MKS. COPE ("Parish Registers "). Mr. A. M. Burke has recently published a ' Key to Ancient Parish Registers.' &ee the account of it in The Athena'iim for 30 January, p. 131.