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' Fortresse of the Faith,' 1565, 41!. 4s. Bibles include an extremely rare edition of Cranmer's Bible, folio, bound in morocco, 1553, 21Z. (most of the copies were destroyed by order of Queen Mary). There is a first edition of the English Roman Catholic version of the Old and New Testament, 2 vols., 4to, 91. 9s. Among Prayer Books is the first of Edward VI., small folio, blue morocco, 1549, 150Z. This is of excessive rarity, perfect copies very seldom occurring for sale. On the last leaf is the royal order that the book should not be sold unbound above the price of two shillings and twopence, or bound four shillings. A beautifully fresh copy of the second Prayer Book of Edward VI., 1552, is 112Z. This was rigidly suppressed, and is the scarcest of all the issues of the second Prayer Book, being unmen- tioned by Lowndes. Under Brandt is the best edition of ' The Ship of Fooles,' 1570, 281. The Chaucers include the rare edition edited by Thynne, no date, but about 1545, morocco extra by Riviere, 49Z. Drayton items include the first complete edition of ' Polyolbion,' two parts in one volume, folio, old panelled calf gilt, 21L The second edition of Fabyan's ' Cronycle ' is 28Z. 10s. ; and a very large copy of Fenton's " Tragicall Discourses/ 1567, 211. The latter collection is one of the sources from which the old dramatists drew their plots ; Warton speaks of it as " the most important volume of its kind." There is a fine copy of the first edition of Holinshed, 2 vols., small folio, 681. Under Psalms is a beautiful copy of Sternhold and Hopkins, 1637, 161. 16s. It is 24mo, in contemporary needlework binding, with trees and flowers worked in coloured silks and gold and silver thread. There is a Second Folio Shakespeare, a clean and perfect copy, the margins of a few leaves only at the end being very slightly repaired. It is handsomely bound in red morocco super-extra by Riviere, 150Z. Under Statutes is the ' Nova Statuta,' one of the most important productions of Pynson's early press. Dibdin styles it " this magnificent volume." Mr. Ellis supplies a full collation of this copy (circa 1497), which is bound in morocco by Bedford, 1201. Under Sir Thomas More is the first edition of ' Utopia,' 45Z. At the nd of this interesting Catalogue is an index of the printers and booksellers mentioned.

Messrs. Henry March Gilbert & Son send from Winchester their Catalogue 33, containing first editions of ' Nicholas Nickleby ' and ' Little Dorrit ' ; Bohn's ' Classical Library,' 28 vols., half- vellum, 4Z. 12s. 6d. ; ' International Library of Famous Literature,' E. Lloyd, 21. 10s. ; ' Chambers's Encyclopedia,' 10 vols., 1908, 31. 15s. ; Hume and Smollett, 17 vols., calf, 1841, 11. 5s. ; London's ' Arboretum,' 8 vols., 1854, 21. 15s. ; and Maitland's ' London,' folio, calf, 1739, 10s. 6d. There is a set of the ' Badminton Library,' 14 vols., 1887-93, 21. 5s.

Mr. Alexander W. Macphail's Edinburgh Cata- logue 99 contains two autographs of Scott ; also Lockhart's ' Life,' the illustrations under the .supervision of Mr. Caw, printed by Constable on pure rag paper, 10 large 8vo volumes, 21. 10s. ; and the first edition of Scott's ' Border Antiquities, 1814, 21. 12s. 6d. Mr. Macphail says of this copy that, although many copies have passed through his hands, he has never had one equal to this. Under Burns are several editions, including 41 the Self-Interpreting," because it contains

explanations of the Scotch words at the end of each line, 6 vols., Philadelphia, 16s. 6d. There is a painting in oils of Burns's Cottage, in gold frame, 31. 17s. 6d. Under Hogarth is Austin Dobson's edition, 2 vols., imp. 4to, 1902, 4Z. 10s. The Times pronounced this to be " The best extant." Under Pope is the first London edition of ' The Dunciad,' 1729, 11. Is. Lowndes took this to be the first printed copy, but there was one printed in Dublin, 1728, which is very rare. Among items relating to Freemasonry is the picture of the installation of his present Majesty at the Albert Hall, 11. 5s. As usual with our bookselling friends in Edinburgh, the Catalogue contains plenty of interesting Scotch items.

Messrs. Simmons & Waters send from Leamington Spa their Catalogue 232, which contains under Art Mrs. Jameson's ' Legends of the Madonna,' 3 vols., 11. 12s. 6d. Dickens's ' Master Humphrey's Clock,' 3 vols., 184041, ia 11. Is. ; Melville's ' George III. and IV.,' 4 vols,' half-calf, 11. 10s. ; Wilkins's ' Mrs. Fitzherbert,' 2 vols., 16s. ; Fitzmaurice's ' Life of Lord Gran- ville,' 2 vols., 4s. ; the first edition of ' She Stoops to Conquer,' 1773, 25Z. ; Burke's ' Commoners,' 4 vols., half-calf, 1836-8, 21. 2s. ; Green's ' Short History,' original issue, 4 vols., half-calf, 31. ; Grote's ' Greece,' 8 vols., 21. 10s. ; and Boswell's ' Johnson,' edited by Henry Morley, 5 vols., royal 8vo, whole calf, 21. 15s. Under Mary, Queen of Scots, is Gust's ' Authentic Portraits,' 4to, 16s. 6d. ; and under London are Wheatley's ' London,' 3 vols., uncut, 21. Is. 6d. ; Davies's ' Chelsea Old Church,' 11. Is. ; and Chancellor's ' Squares,' 10s. 6d. There is a collection of the Miniature Library, 22 vols., 1835, 11. 10s. Works relating to Napoleon include Bussey's ' History," with Vernet's illustrations, 2 vols., half-calf by Morrell, 1840, 11. Is. 6d. ; and Herriot's ' Madame R6camier,' translated by Hallard, 2 vols., 14s. Under Portraits is Corner's ' Celebrated Painters,' 1825, 1Z. 8s. ; and under Lord Roberts is his ' Forty-One Years in India,' 2 vols., 10s. 6d. A copy of ' The Century Dictionary,' almost as new, is priced 5Z. 5s. ; and under Isaac Walton is the beautifully printed Chiswick Press edition of the ' Lives,' 17s. 6d.

Messrs. Simmons & Waters also send their Catalogue 233, Books for Seaside or Holiday Reading.

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ERRATUM. Ante, p. 428, col. 1, 1. 15, for Anthony Hersey " read Hussey.