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Academy of Arts and Sciences,' 1785-93, price 37. (this is very scarce) ; Audubon's ' Ornithological Bio- graphy,' 1831-9, 11. 1 " ; Bates's * Naturalist on the River Amazon,' 1/.6 . (Mr. Bates, during his absence, 1848-59, collected over 14,000 specimens) ; Denton's Chicago, 1899, 24/. ; George Edwards's ' Uncommon Birds,' 1743-64, 61. 10*. ; ' Orchid Album,' 11 vols. 151. (published at 367.); and Wilson's ' Ornithology, 21/. Under North American Indians and Pre- historic Remains of Man in North America is a set of the Anthropological Institute, 1863-1901, 50 vols., 207.
 * Moths and Butterflies of the United States,'

Mr. A. Fehrenbach, of Sheffield, has a rare folio Milton, 1097, 6*. Ik, and some interesting Bibles, including the scarce 1541 Bible, illustrations mostly from Holbein, price 47. 10*. (the Ashburnham copy sold for 8/.) ; also the Oomwelliau, 1658, price 35*. Other items include an original set of Punch, 1841-86, 107. 7*. 6<7. ; * Sir Thomas Lawrence,' Goupil edition, 41. 14*. 6V/. (pub. 81. net) ; Landseer, with notices by J. H. Barrow, 1832, 14*. 6d. (cost 41. !&?.); set of 4 Annual Register' to 1816, 2J. 12*. 6c/. ; R. H. Froude's ' Remains,' edited by Keble and Mozley, 4 vols., cloth, 1838-9, scarce. 27. 8*. ; the Riverside edition of Emerson, 11 vols., 19*. ; Dickens's 'Child's History of England,' 1852-4, scarce, 25*. ; first editions of ' American Notes ' and * A Tale of Two Cities': and 'Vanity Fair Album,' 1869-75, 35*. (pub. 167. 16*.). There are a number of works on pottery.

Mr. Macphail, of Edinburgh, has in his new catalogue the rare first edition of 'Guy Manner- ing,' Edinburgh, 1815. This is beautifully bound by Riviere, price 20 guineas. There are also a choice copy of Slezer's * Theatrum Scotise,' 1814, 6Y. 6-s. ; a set of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, also of the Scottish Geographical Magazine ; and a copy of 'The Portfolio of the National Gallery of Scotland,' with introduction by the Duke of Argyll, with 40 photogravures, 1903, 51. IS*. Gel. It is noted that this is the first occasion on which a work of the kind has been issued. Among other items are a set of Blackivood, and George Eliot's works, choicely bound, 8 vols., 31. 3*. ; and many of interest under Mary, Queen of Scots, the Highlands, Aberdeen, and Art. There are also a number of coloured plates, portraits, and views.

The catalogue of Messrs. Maggs, of the Strand, is full of valuable items. We can mention only a few : Bailey's 'Festus,' 1839, with autograph letter, 3/. 7-". 6Y7. ; ' Ingoldsby,' Bentley, 1840-7, 181. ; first editions of Browning ; Bullen's ' Lyrics of Old English Poetry,' 151. ; first editions of Byron ; and the excessively rare first edition of 'bartor Re- sartus,' 147. 14*. Under Cruikshank there is a collection of proof etchings, 211. ; Ireland's ' Napo- leon,' 1828, very rare, 30/. 10*. ; and 'The Omnibus,' 1842, H)/. 19*. The catalogue is also rich in Dickens items. These include a complete set of first editions, 67 vols., bound in full morocco, 2857., and a set of the larger works, first editions, 307. ; ' Sunday under Three Heads,' 1836. III. Us. ; and ' Sketches by Boz,' 3 vols., uncut, ls:iii-7, 367. Other items are Doves Press Publications, 21 J. ; Goupil's Series, 111)/. ; first edition of Keats's ' Lamia, 1 1820, 727. 10*. ; set of Lever's works, 150^. ; original drawings by Phi/, 1844, 27/. 10*. : complete set of Scott, first editions, lsu-:',2, '."/. : and the rare privately printed edition of ' The Cup,' by Lord Tennyson, 36V. Most of the works are in choice bindings.

Messrs. James Rimell & Son, of Shaftesbury Avenue, have Foster's 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500- 1886,' 47. 12*. 6V. ; Bryan's 'Dictionary of Painters and Engravers,' half-morocco, 1886, 607. ; a third edition of Burns, 1787, 47. ; an extra-illustrated copy of 'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers,' 1810, ?\?*' !^ ? hauc ,er, black-letter, very rare, Adam Lslip, 1602, bound in crimson morocco by Riviere,. 131. ; Dickens's novels, all first editions, 1837-70,' 12 vols., calf gilt, 19/. 10*.; first edition of 'Thfr Christmas Carol,' 37. 3*. ; there are also many other first editions of Dickens. 'The Edinburgh Re- viewers,' 14 vols., is II. 15*. (published price 9/. 16s.) - Pierce Egan's ' Sketches,' 5 vols., 1823-9, very scarce 91. 9s. ; extra-illustrated copy of Davies's ' Life of' Garrick,' 1808. 67. 5*.; Boswell's 'Johnson,' Mac- millan, 1900, 150 portraits inserted, 81. ; Kelmscott Press ' Poems of Shakespeare,' 97. 9*., also Herrick, 2^. 12*. bd. ; La Fontaine's ' Les Amours de Psychd- et Cupidon,' Paris, 1791, 10/. ; 'London Cries,' circa 1700, 47. 4*. ; a handsome illustrated copy of Mac- ready's 'Reminiscences,' edited by Sir F. Pollock 1875 51. 5*. ; Thomas More's ' Utopia,' Basle, 1518* 67. ; Prynne s ' Histnomastix, the Players' Scourge ' 1663, Gl. #. ; ' Reynolds,' by Claude Phillips, loS-. additional portraits, 1894, 137. 15s. ; an extra-illus- trated copy of Sandford's ' Genealogical History of the Kings of England,' 1677, 51. 15*. 6U ; besides other very interesting items.

Mr. James Roche, of New Oxford Street, opens his catalogue with a life-size portrait of Thackeray in- crayons by Goodwyn Lewis. This is in a handsome gilt frame. The price is 100 guineas. There is also a set of the publications of the Arundel Society 1849-97, price 240 guineas. There are a number of" books on India and the East, also Arctic expedi- tions ; collections of tracts at moderate prices ; and naval and military works. To mention a few in the general list, we find Layard's 'Nineveh.' 2 vols royal folio, 1849-53, 37. 12*. 6d. (it was published at 20 guineas); and another scarce book, the ' Le Brim Gallery,' 127. 12*. Hogarth, 18 parts, oblong folio, in wrappers, as issued, 1795, is 21. 10*. - Chauncy's 'Hertfordshire,' 1700, rare, 51. 18s. 6d.' Picart's 'Religious Ceremonies,' 1736, 37. 3* (cost 40(.); and Boydell's 'Shakespeare Gallery,' 14 guineas (published at 200 guineas).

Messrs. Sotheran have a number of interesting works under America, Arctic, and Orientalia. There is a copy of ' Hakluytus Posthumus' which in- cludes Smith's very rare map of Virginia, 1625-6 447. ; a complete set of the Oxford Historical Society, 107. 10*. ; * Architectural and Archaeo- logical Reports,' 1850-86, a choice set, 01. 9*. : the very scarce 1820 edition of Bewick, 12/. 12*. ; Gould's ' Mammals of Australia,' 1845-63 verv scar'pV 4iV. ; Byron's ' Works,' illustrated with Finders plates, 10 vols. 4to, 19*. 19*. Under Costume is ' Le- Costume Historique ' par Racinet. Didot, 1888 311. 10*. Under Cruikshank much of interest is tJ be found. 1 here is a copy of Clutterbuck's ' Hert- fordshire,' 27/. 10*. ; Holbein's ' Portraits ' 181 87. 8*. ; a complete set of the Harleian Society's Publications, scarce, 351. : the Genealoaist edited by George W. Marshall, 121. 12.. : La Fontaine? 17/i-J
 * iV., very scarce. In a long list relating to Greater

London we find Pugin and Rowlandson's ' Micro- cosm,' Ackermann, 1811, 287. 10*. There is a list of valuable autograph letters of actors, artists and authors. A letter of Byron's to William Bankes mentions that Newstead is sold for 140000^