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ford Ballads,' presentation copy from the editor, the Rev. J. W. Ebsworth, to J. Payne Collier, 11. 5s. ; first editions of Bunyan's works ; first edi- tions of Dickens, including 'Master Humphrey's Clock,' complete set of the 88 numbers, with wrap- pers and advertisements, 1840-1, 4:1. 4s. (very scarce in this form) ; an extensive collection of pamphlets by Hone and others, 21 vols., 9^. 9s. ; and the rare 1792 edition of ' Roderick Random,' 31. 17*'. 6d.

Messrs. George's Sons, of Bristol, have a number of new purchases. These include the first edition of 'Jane Eyre,' 1847, 3 vols., morocco, 11. 10s. ; ' Boccaccio and Lydgate,' 1558, ISl. 18s. ; a complete collection of the Carthusian [Statutes, 1510, 51. 10s. ; a copy of Hakluyt, 1589, 11. 10s. ; first editions of Sheridan's 'Critic,' It. 10s. ; 'Trip to Scarborough,' SI. 10s.; 'The Duenna,' 21. 10s.; and 'Pizarro,' 21. 10s.

Mr. Charles Higham has a stock-revision cata- logue of theological and philosophical books, Eng- lish and American. These include Cheyne and Black's 'Encyclopaedia Biblica,' SI. 17s. 6d. ; a set of The Christian World Pulpit, 1871-1904, 111. ; and the facsimile of MS. verses of the Rev. John Keble, il. Is. This was suppressed immediately it was issued.

Messrs. A. Iredale & Son, of Torquay, have Bacon's ' Advancement of Learning,' 1633, 61. 6s. : Fielding, edited by Leslie Stephen, 10 vols., cloth,

A copy of the American Chemical Society's Journal, 1879-1904, is marked cheap at 27^. 10s. ; and An- nalen der Chemie und Pharmacie von Liebig, Leipzig, 1832-87, 251 vols. in 211, original issue throughout, is priced W51. There is a fine set of the Chemical Society, 1849-97, 511. 10s. Digby's ' Of the Sympathetick Powder,' 1669, is 18s. Digby first described his well-known weapon salve, or powder of sympathy, at Montpellier in 1658. The wound was not to be brought in contact with the powder, but a bandage was to be taken from the wound and immersed in the powder, and kept there until the wound healed. Digby stated that "James I. was greatly impressed by its efficacy, and that Bacon registered it in his scientific col-

1690, 31. 15s. Huygens was the constructor" of the pendulum clock, following out the idea first sug- gested by Galileo; and by means of an improved telescope of his own construction, in 1655 he dis- covered Saturn's ring and its fourth satellite. He was also the discoverer of polarization. Moxon's ' Mechanick Exercises,' 1677-83, very rare, is ISl. 18s. He was the first of English letter-cutters who reduced to rule the art which before him had been practised but by guess. There is a fine set of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society,

1665-1895. 4tO. '200 vols. in 189 vr>rv sf>nrno OOXJ

new, 31. ; ' Ham House,' by Mrs. Charles Roun- dell, new, 51. 5s. Under India is 'The Jataka,' together with its commentary, 7 vols., including index, Triibner, 1877 (published at 91. 9s.), 31. 3s. Under London is a large-paper copy of Loftie's book, 30s. A copy of Cochrane-Patrick's ' Medals of .Scotland ' is also priced 30s. Menpes's etchings, 'The Thames,' are 31. 3s. Interesting items under Scotland include ' Scotland Delineated,' in 90 large drawings, 2 vols., magnificently bound by Leighton (cost 211.), 61. ; also Billings's ' Antiquities,' 4 vols.

4to, 1901, 31. 3s. A set of the 'Speaker's Com-. .

mentary,' 14 vols., is priced at 11. 15s. ; and Speed's ! portraits from the collection of the late T. Birchall, 'Historic of Great Britaine,' 1632, 21. 12s. 6d. The 77. 10s. Other items comprise quarto facsimiles by Library of Anglo-Catholic Theo-

1665-1895, 4to, 200 vols. in 189, very scarce, 2 A supplement to the catalogue contains the more important works on the subjects published within the last twenty years.

Mr. Albert Sutton, of Manchester, has a cata- logue devoted to Shakespeare and the drama. In it are included Inchbald's ' British Theatre,' 42 vols., 1808-9, 51. 5s. ; Peter Cunningham's ' Story of Nell Gwyn,' 1852, II. ; Maidment and Logan's ' Dramatists of the Restoration.' 1872, 31. 3s. ; Poole's 'Parnassus,' 1677, II. 17s. 6d. Under Shake- speare are a number of editions ; also 27 fine

SO vols. of the

logy," 1841-51, are priced at 31. 18s. ; and Wood's


 * Athense Oxonienses,' 121. 12s.

Mr. Clement S. Palmer, of Bedford Hill, Balham- ihas the original manuscript of Sir Walter Besant's the ' Encyclopedic des Sciences, des Arts, et des Metiers,' by Diderot, D'Alernbert, and others, 28 vols. royal folio, 1772, 11. 10s. ; a collection of Criminal Trials, among them being that of Eugene Aram, 1740-1844, 41. 18s. ; and a rare assortment of playbills, 1833-9, 41. 18s. Other items are a cata- logue of a portion of the library of the Duke of Norfolk, in manuscript, 1809, 31. 13s. 6d. ; Buck's 'History of the Royal Society,' 1756, 4 vols. 4to, 24s. ; the 'Memoirs' of Castelnau, Bruxelles, 1731, y,. 15s. ; a curious old newspaper, Rehearsals ; or, a Vieio of the Times, 1708, very scarce, 35s. ; and Book of Common Prayer, with the form to be used yearly on 2 September for the Fire of London, Oxford, printed at the Theater, 1682, scarce, 30s.
 * The Rebel Queen, 5 in a case, price 20/. ; a copy of

Messrs. Sotheran have a special catalogue of works on mathematical, physical, and chemical subjects, including the library of the late Prof. Williamson. Among many items of interest we find 'Agricola de Re Metallica,' 1561, 11.15s. The author, whose real name was Bauer, was the first to give a full account of the chemistry of metals.

, by

Griggs and Pnetorius, a complete set, 43 vols., 1881-91, W. 14s. ; a copy of ' The Shakspeare Gallery,' Tilt, 1837, II. 10s. ; and 'The Itinerant,' by Ryley, 1817-27, 31. 10s. There are a number of collections of Manchester playbills.

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