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of Eminent and Notorious Scotch Characters,' 1837, "102. 101. ; "Library of Old Authors," 53 vols., 11. 10s. ; Meyrick's ' Antient Armour,' 3 vols. folio, crimson morocco, Bohn, 1842, 121. ; Ritson's works, 31 vols., 211. ; Roy's ' Roman Antiquities,' 41. is. ; Buskin's ' Modern Painters,' 1873, 101. 10s. ; and Pickering's edition of Walton and Cotton, 2 vols. imperial 8vo, 16Z. 10s.

Catalogue No. 9 of Mr. H. H. Peach, of Leicester, contains interesting manuscripts. It is also rich in specimens of early presses. Among Bibles is a sound copy of Cromwell's Bible, 102. 10$. Under Bibliography we find one of the 200 copies of ' Three Hundred Notable Books added to the British Museum, 1890-99' (a letter from Dr. Garnett pasted in), price 11. 12s. 6d. There is a letter of Lord dive's, dated Calcutta, 29 Sept., 1765, which states: "Bengali will at last afford you some agreeable news after the many disastrous accounts of massacres, mutinies, &c. Peace and tranquillity is at last restored to these much distressed pro- vinces." The price is 51. 5s. Under Music is a miscellaneous collection of eighteenth-century songs, 3 vols., 41. 4s. In the general list we find Beaumont and Fletcher, 1679, 81. 8s. ; Dibdin's ' Typographical Antiquities,' 1810, 4 vols., 11. 10s. ; Dugdale's 'St. Paul's,' 1716, 11. 5s. ; and Shelley's ' Masque of Anarchy,' first edition, 1832, 31. 10s.

Mr. A- Russell Smith has a number of books tinder Americana, also Old American Maps, very interesting. Under Bibliography is a catalogue of a curious collection of early plays, price 21s. Among general items are Chalkhill's ' Thealma and Clearchus,' first edition, 1683, 11. 7s. ; a copy of the Form of Prayer used after the Fire of London, black- ktter, 1666, '21. 2s. (a copy of this sold at Sotheby's in 1857 for 41. 12s.) ; an heraldic manuscript from the library of John Ives (circa 1610), 242. ; and Caw- dray's ' Proverbs,' T. Creede, 1600, SI. 3s. There are a number of interesting engravings and auto- graphs. Among the former is a collection of satirical prints relating to the South Sea Bubble, 21. 2s.

Messrs. Henry Sotheran & Co.'s list opens with 'Acts of Parliament,' 1803-1903. 85 vols., 81. 8s. This is from the library of the Duke of Cambridge. Under Biblia Sacra are rare items. An extra- illustrated copy of Burnet's 'History of his own Time,' 1724-34, is priced at 382. ; Camden's ' Bri- tannia,' extra-illustrated, 1806, 502. ; Chaucer, 1561, folio, black-letter, in the original oaken boards, scarce, 152. 15s. : Caxton's ' Golden Legend,' 1520, very rare, 252. ; Payne Collier's 'Old Man's Diary,' privately printed, 51. 5s. ; also his ' Illustrations of 'Old English Literature,' 4?. 4s. Under Dictionaries are ' The English Dialect,' Funk & Wagnalls's, Littre's, and Skeat's. Glasse's 'Art of Cookery,' "printed for the Author, and sold at Mrs. Ash- burn's, a China-Shop, the Corner of Fleet-Ditch," 1747, is 172. 17s. There are a large number of books under India and its Neighbour-lands. Among these we note the very scarce Oriental Translation Fund's Publications, 1832-46, 142. 14s. ; a very fine copy of La Fontaine, 1776, 31?. 10s. ; a scarce set of Lecky, 232. ; a copy of the ' Heptameron,' 1792, '81. 15s. ; and Reynolds's works, 521. 10s. There are a number of valuable editions of Shakespeare, niany in choice bindings ; also a copy, in the original cloth, of Smith s ' Catalogue Raisonne of the Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters,' SGI. A set of Hertslet's ' State Papers,' 1841-93, is priced at 451.

Mr. Albert Button, of Manchester, has a good list of general literature. We find among the items

Bibliographica, 3 vols., 1895-7, 21. 17s. 6(2. ; The Anglo-Saxon Review, 11. 16s.: Stillman's 'Venus and Apollo in Painting and Sculpture' (only 555 copies printed), 21. 2*. ; and a first edition of Jane Austens 'Emma,' 11. 16s. There are many items under Cruikshank and Dickens. A copy of John- stone and Croall's 'Nature-printed Seaweeds' is priced at 11. 16s. (this was published at 82. Ss.) ; and Hamerton's ' Landscapes,' first edition, 31. The special selections include Alpine, America, Derby- shire, Staffordshire, Trials, &c.

Messrs. Henry Young & Sons, of Liverpool, in their new list have the rare first edition of Lodge's ' Portraits,' 322. The initial cost of this work was 40,0002. A copy of Boccaccio, rare German translation, 1535, is 81. 8s. ; Walton's ' Lives,' original edition, most rare, 152. 15s. ; Stephens's ' Runic Monuments, 1 52. ; Farmer and Henley's ' Slang Dictionary,' 11. 7s. ; The European Magazine, 23 vols., 1792-1803, 51. 5s. ; and Solon's 'Art of the Old English Potter,' 31. 10s. There are handsomely bound sets of Dickens and Thackeray. Bowles's ' Life of Ken,' with 300 extra plates, is 142. 10s., and Tuer's ' History of the Hornbook,' 31. 10s. Under Heraldry we find ' The Order of the Garter, 1800-20,' 402. Under Garrick is a MS. from the library of the late Duke of Cambridge, ' Lethe ; or, ^-Esop in the Shades,' 1777, 11. 7s. Under Cruikshank is the first edition of 'The Omnibus,' 42s. A handsome set of George Meredith is priced at 11. 7s. Gell's ' Pompeii ' is 11. 7s. Arnold's ' Collection of Cathe- dral Music,' 1847, very scarce, is 51. 5s. ; and Max- well's ' Irish Rebellion,' 1845, 32. 10s.

WE notice with regret the death on Sunday last of Henry Holman Drake, in his eighty-fifth year. Mr. Drake, who was proud of his descent from the celebrated mariner of Elizabethan days, was a con- stant correspondent in our columns.

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ERRATUM. In the Index to 10 th S. ii. p. 563, col. 2, the article on Richard of Scotland should have been attributed to the Rev. Jerome Pollard- Urquhart, not to Col. F. E. R. Pollard-Urquhart.

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