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 10< S. III. MARCH 18, 1905.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

sympathizes, a bright light is cast. Portraits are

iven of Mrs. Delany by Opie, of Warren Hastings y Tilly Kettle, and of 'William Windham by Sir Joshua. Other illustrations include plans of the trial of Hastings, and views of St. James's Park, St. James's Palace, and many other places of interest. Mr. Dobson's notes are valuable as before, and the edition remains ideal.

The Poets and the Poetry of the Nineteenth Century. Edited by Alfred H. Miles. Frederick Tennyson to Arthur Hwjh Clonyh. (Routledge & Sons.) To the cheap reprint of Miles's poets of the past century has been added another volume, including the poems of Frederick Tennyson, Charles Tenny- son Turner, Alfred Tennyson, Arthur Hallam, John Sterling, R. C. Trench, T. G. Hake, Lord Houghton (Monckton Milnes), Domett, Browning. W. B. Scott, Aubrey de Vere, P. J. Bailey, Westland Marston, Ruskin, Clough, and some others. Bio- graphical prefaces are by A. H. Japp, H. J. Gibbs, A. H. Miles, Dr. Furnivall, Thomas Bayne, and various writers, and the whole is accompanied by a portrait and an autograph of Browning. The series, the value of which is acknowledged, must be approaching completion.

A History of the Intellectual Development of Europe.

By John William Draper, LL.D. 2 vols. (Bell 6c

Sons.)

THE work of a man better known as a scientist than as a writer, this ' History of the Intellectual Development of Europe' made some stir in its time, and has been translated into almost all the principal languages. It has now been included in "The York Library," and may well in that form look for an aftermath of success. First seen about the middle of last century, it was issued in or about 1875 in a revised form, which is now maintained. It may be com mended in its present shape to general perusal.

Pofoniiis : a Collection of Wise Saics and Modern Instances. By Edward FitzGerald. (De La More Press.)

A THIRD edition of FitzGerald's 'Polonius,' first issued in 1852, forms a pleasing and an acceptable addition to " The King's Classics." A character- istic portrait of FitzGerald is added, and there appears for the first time an attempt to trace the extracts to their original sources. In matters such as this, and sometimes even in accuracy of quota tion, FitzGerald was remiss. Things of the kind were held less important in the middle of last cen- tury than now they are.

Who Saul That ? By Edward Latham. (Routledge & Sons.)

Christian Names, Male and Female. (Same pub- lishers.)

Two useful volumes have been added to the pretty

" Miniature Series" of Messrs. Routledge.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. MR. B. H. BLACKWELL, of Oxford, sends a cata- logue of the second portion of the library of the late Prof. York Powell. Many of the books carry his autograph. The library is rich in philology, opening with Anglo-Saxon, followed by Celtic, Eskimo, French. Italian, Spanish, &c. Then we have Oriental, French, Spanish, and Portuguese

literatures, also Records and Rolls Series. On the- cover is the fine portrait of the Professor we havfc already mentioned.

Messrs. William George's Sons, of Bristol, have, among other interesting items, a choice copy of Dryden's 'Fables,' printed by Bensley, with vig- nettes by Bartolozzi, 1797, 3/. 10-s. ; a collection of books relating to Frederick the Great, 42 vols., '21. IQs. ; a collection of Napoleonic memoirs, formed by the first Duke of Cambridge, 71 vols., 10/. 10s. ? and a complete set of The Pamphleteer, 20 vols., 1813-22, -21. 10*. Under Occult is Scot's ' Discovery of Witchcraft,' 1665, 51. on. A copy of Henry Hunt's- memoirs. 3 vols., 1820, is '21. 10-*. ; a first edition of Cocker, 25s. Under Costume is a copy of Ferrario's- work, a complete set, 31 vols., Firenze, 1823-9, 11. 7* A copy of the Bibelots, edited by J. P. Briscoe-, first 10 vols., is priced at 51. 15-s.oV/. Messrs. George- have a large stock of Arundel Society Publications.

Mr. Charles Higham, of Farringdon Street, has a< number of recent purchases in theological, Roman- Catholic, and patristic literatures. Among the- items are Morland's 'Churches of the Valleys of Piemont,' 1658, 3/. 3s. ; Dolby's ' Church Vest- ments,' 1868, 21. Ids. ; Palestine Exploration Fund, Quarterly Statement, complete set, 1. Gs. ; Ewald's- 'History of Israel,' 2^. ; 'The Roman Breviary in Greek,' Rome, 1568, very rare, 21. 2s. : set of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, 1872 89, 51. \5s. 6dl There are also a number of new books at reduced prices.

Messrs. Jaggard & Co., of Liverpool, send us a beautifully printed catalogue, interleaved, with an- introduction by Mr. William Jaggard, containing; ' A Brief Introspect ' on Liverpool literature. Upon the occasion of Mr. Gladstone's last public^ utterance at Liverpool, his birthplace, he "found, to his surprise and regret, that, although the city had more than tripled in size, and prospered ama- zingly, there were actually fewer bookshops thaw in his boyhood, some eighty years earlier, and he thought this indicated a sad intellectual falling-off." Mr. Jaggard remarks on this that Mr. Gladstone- had overlooked the ceaseless activity of the modern,' newspaper press, and " the spread of free libraries, the great network of railway bookstalls, and the hundreds of thousands of newsagents and news- runners who carry reading matter, every hour and; at all hours, to each point of the compass." Mr~ Jaggard expresses the wonder that "a single- specimen of the genus bookseller exists to-day." "Surely, if slowly, dissolution of book-traders is* taking place. One by one the courteous, well- informed booksellers pass out of ken, and no younger men occupy their vacant places. In many existing bookshops some unworthy branch of goods, supposed to be remotely connected with the book world, usurps the position of legitimate literary wares. True, the professional term Bookseller still appears in bold type on the facia, but windows and counterstellquiteanothertale. Insteadof theformer display of attractive books, we now find the so- called bookshops filled with cheap stationery,, picture postcards, crockery, toys, and trumpery." We do not altogether agree with Mr. Jaggard.. Here in London we have still many booksellers who follow the traditions of the old school, and with whom it is a delight for book-lovers to hold converse. It is two hundred years since Liverpool saw its first printing press. This was set up by- Samuel Terry in Dale Street, and to Jame&