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effective. Sir Joshua Reynolds's * The Little Fortune- Tellers,' from the collection of Sir Charles Tennant, presents likenesses ofj Lady Charlotte and Lord Henry John Spencer, the infant children of the third Duke of Marlborough. They furnish marvel- lous examples of the painter's skill in assigning an elfinlike charm to his juvenile sitters. The title seems a misnomer, since the girl only is a fortune- teller. The lad, who is a year younger, might pass for Puck. From the Accademia, Venice, comes the ' St. George ' of Andrea Mantegna. The saint, in full armour, stands by a winding road leading up to a fortified city. In his right hand is a spear, which has been splintered in action ; his left reposes easily upon the cross hilt of his sword. On his head, covered with clustering curls, rests a species of nimbus : above is a characteristic decorative gar- land of fruit. At his feet appears to be the dragon, perforated by the remainder of the spear, which has entered his jaws.

COL. HUNTER WESTON, of Hunterston, whose death at an advanced age has taken place during the present month, was an old, faithful, and valued correspondent of * N. & Q.' He entered the Indian Army in 1840, and was attached to the staff of the Bengal Presidency. He was for some years employed diplomatically under Sir William Sleeman and Sir James Outram at the Court of Oudh, and was, from 1849 to the Mutiny, in sole charge of the operations in that kingdom for the extirpation of Dacoitism and Thuggee. In 1854 he was with his regiment on service in Pegu. On the annexation of Oudh in 1856 he was appointed to the organization and command of the Military Police. His services in connexion with this body and with the Mutiny won high recognition.

ANOTHER valued friend, though an infrequent contributor, was F. A. INDERWICK, K.C., F.S.A., biographies of whom have appeared throughout the press. He was, as is known, a great antiquary and the editor of the ' Records of the Inner Temple.' He was the historian of Winchelsea (where he long lived), and wrote ' Sidelights on the Stuarts,' and many other works of historical interest.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.

M I.^RS. BAILEY BROS., of Newington Butts, have a very fine copy of Desaguliers's work on ' The Constitutions of the Freemasons,' containing the history, charges, regulations, &c., 1723. This is exceedingly scarce, and is priced at 9/. 9s. It is the first edition of the 'Constitutions' printed in English. There are interesting items under Bibliography, including Bent's and Low's 'Cata- logues,' also under Dramatic, Occult Science, and Oriental Literature.

The list of Mr. Richard Cameron, of Edinburgh, opens with the Roxburghe edition of Scott, 1865, ('/. it*., published at 12/. 12*. Among many other items we find Skelton's 'House of Stuart,' "21. l. r w. Wilson's 'Memorials of Edinburgh,' 1848, .'J5\. "NVyatt's 'Industrial Arts,' 1851, 35*. (cost 'Jo/.) a copy of Gale and Fell, 1684-91, 21. 17*. &l. Arnot's 'History of Edinburgh, 1 I7SS; Burns's 'Work?,' edited by Douglas, 1>77, -/. 15.s. ; a com- plete set of ' The Acts of the Scottish Parliament from 1124 to 1707,' 13 vols., including index, 12/. )_.<. ; 'The Scotish Minstrel,' 1S20-4, li vols., 22*. CM/, (it was to this work that Lady Nairne contributed

some of her best songs under the initials B. B.) ;: Deuchar's ' Etchings after the Dutch and Flemish Schools,' 1803, 21. 12*. 6V/. ; and Drummond's ' Old Edinburgh,' 1879, 45*. Among paintings is a replica of the portrait of Gibson, the sculptor, in the Scottish National Gallery, 5/. 5.*. ; and an oil painting of a mounted escort of the Scots Greys, 4/. 10*.

Mr. Francis Edwards has a clearance list of books old and new. Special collections are to be found under Africa, Alpine, America, India, Egypt and the Soudan, Cape Colony and the Transvaal, &c. The general portion includes Brayley and Britton extended into 67 vols. by the insertion of 4,600 views, full crimson morocco, 85/. (this copy cost the former owner 200/. in 1840) ; ' The Voyage of the Challenger,' complete set of 50 vols.,, thousands of plates, 54. ; Madden's ' Coins of the Jews,' 18*.; Hartley Coleridge's 'Poems,' Moxon,. 26.?. ; complete set of the 'Century Dictionary, 1 9. 9*. ; ' Encyclopaedia Britannica,' including the new volumes, 20^. (published at 52/.) ; ' The Hermi- tage Gallery at St. Petersburg,' 84 large reproduc- tions, 151. ; Grose's 'Antiquarian and Picturesque Works,' 14 vols., russia gilt, 1784, 5!. 15*. (pub- lished at 21/.); Borlase's 'Dolmens of Ireland,' 21. 10-*.; Kingsborough's 'Antiquities of Mexico/ 9 vols., folio, half-morocco, 1838, 70/. (published at 2251.) ; a set of ' Notes and Queries,' including the indexes, 1850-1902, 34/. ; Farmer and Henley's 'Dictionary of Slang, 'offered temporarily at 11. 7*. ; and BoydelFs ' River Thames,' with over 1,000 addi- tional plates, 6(M.

Messrs. J. & J. Leigh ton have a very interesting list. Part VII., R-Sh, includes Shakespeare's- plays and works relating thereto. The illustrations - in the catalogue are very helpful. There are many illuminated MSS. and fine bindings. It is only possible to mention a few of the items : an extremely rare copy of the Salisbury Missal, 1555, 227. ; the first folio of Spenser, 1609, 1W. ; Spenser, first collected edition, 1611-13, 8/. 8*. ; Thomas's- ' Rules of Italian Grammar,' 1567 (the first Italian grammar and dictionary published in England) ; Richard Verstegan's 'A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities,'' 1605, 21. 10*. (at pp. 293-4 is a reference to the name of Shakespeare) ; Turberville's 'Booke of Falcoririe,' 1611, 9/. 9s. (from this woodcuts were reproduced by Halliwell- Phillipps to illustrate ' Much Ado about Nothing ' in his folio edition of Shakespeare) : and Savona- rola's 'Compendio di Revelazione,' 1495, 30/., extremely rare.

Mr. Alexander W. Macphail, of Edinburgh, has a beautiful copy of ' Le Musee Royal,' Paris, 1816 ;. the two volumes, atlas folio, are bound in morocco ; the published price was 100/., they are offered at 8/. 8s. He has also a copy of ' The Portfolio of the National Gallery of Scotland,' with introduction

tary Trophies,' Ballantyne Press, 1896, 45*. ; a set of Rlackwood to 1883, SI. 10*. ; ' Charles Tennyson's Address to the Electors of Lambeth,' IS.'U : an. I Nisbet's ' Heraldry,' with all the plates, iSHi, 7/. 7*. Many works of interest will be found under Jaco- bite, Highlands of Scotland, Burnsiana, and Fine Arts.

Mr. James Miles. of Leeds, has three recent cata- logues, the first devoted to modern theological