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long one, and includes ' Popular Pastimes,' Sher- woods, 1816. Mr. Spencer states it to be the first copy he has ever catalogued. The price of this is 61. 6s. Papworth's 'Views of London,' 1816, is put at 201. A curious collection of valentines, 1821-2, can be had for '35s. Under Charles Dickens are first editions and many rarities. These include ' The Village Coquettes,' 1836, 14. 14s. ; ' Pickwick,' in parts, 18Z. 18s. ; ' Martin Chuzzlewit,' in parts, 71. 7s. ; ' The Christmas Carol,' 81. 8s. ; and under " A ' Find ' and no Mistake ! " four numbers of The Penny Satirist, containing 24 extra illustrations to ' Nicholas Nickleby,' Nov. -Dec., 1838, 11. Is. Under Disraeli we have a handsome set of first editions, 1826-80, 2$. There is much of interest under Drama. Under Pierce Egan the items include ' Boxiana,' 5 vols., Sherwoods & Virtue, 1823-9, 20. There are first editions of George Eliot's works, including 'Adam Bede,' 31. 18*. 6d. A large parcel of Goldsmith's reprints of old tracts, 62 vols., vellum, is priced SI. 8s. Other entries include a set of Judge Haliburton's works, 24 vols., all first editions, 1837-60, 91. 15s. ; Leigh Hunt's "Juvenile Library," 1800-1, 31. 3s. ; Leigh Hunt's Journal, 1850-1 ; George Meredith's * Poems,' first edition, Parker, 181. 18s. ; ' Sette of Odd Volumes,' 44 vols., 14. 14s. (the first contains a sketch of the life of Mr. Quaritch) ; Sheridan's 'Critic,' 31. 3s., and 'A Trip to Scarborough,' 6?. 6*'., both first editions. There is also much of interest under Tennyson, Thackeray, and Wordsworth.

Mr. Albert Sutton, of Manchester, has a good list of miscellaneous literature. Collectors will find plenty to interest them under the headings Africa, Alpine, America, Lancashire, and Shake- speare. Under the last there is a collection of twenty volumes, all relating to Shakespeare, 1783- 1845, 87. Other items include the Spenser Society, 54 vols., 111. ; a set of The Studio, SI. ; Scott, the Library Edition, 25 vols., 1854, 11. Is. ; 'The Axon Tracts,' 62 of these, II. 10s. ; Holbein Society, 1869-92, 18 vols., 11. Is. ; Lancashire Parish Register Society, 16 vols., 51. 15s. ; Historic Society, Liver- pool, 1849-1900, 53 vols., 61. 10s. ; and Macaulay, Library Edition, 1853-76, 12 vols., 51. There are many valuable works under Portraits.

Mr. Thomas Thorp issues from his St. Martin's Lane address a catalogue containing thirteen pretty views of "Bygone Times " picture postcards. They are reproductions from rare old prints, and well deserve the notice of the collector. The books include scarce works on Africa. A fine copy of Matthew Arnold's 'Empedocles on Etna,' first edition, is 31. 10-s., and ' Friendship's Garland,' 1871,
 * 35s. ; Ashmole's 'Berkshire,' large -paper copy,

E.Curll, 1719, very scarce, 101. 10s. ; Coates's ' Read- ing,' 1802, 4to, contemporary calf, 3/. 10. ; an exceptionally fine copy of Boileau, 2 vols., folio, 1718, 4Z. 4s. ; a collection of fifty fine old book- plates, 51. 10.s. ; Sowerby's ' Botany,' 151. lo.s. ; Cole- ridge, Pickering's original editions, 14 vols., 48*. : and the scarce first edition of Hobbes's ' Leviathan,' 1651. 30.s. There is also a copy of Hakluyt, 1599- 1600, 311. 10s.

Mr. Thorp also issues a catalogue from Read- ing. The collection it contains of Berkshire books and pamphlets is very interesting. These are purchases from the library of Mr. Job Lpwsley. Among rarities are ' The History and Antiquities f Berkshire,' Reading, 1736, 9/. 15*. ; Aehmole, a

choice copy, 101. 10s.; Blagrave's 'Bpoke of the Making and Use of a Staffe. newly invented by the Author, called the Familiar Staffe,' 1590, 30-s. ; also ' The Mathematical Jewel,' 51. 10s. The general list includes many items of interest : Reynolds's Graphic Works,' 1833-8, 40?. ; Pope, 14 vols. 4to, 1769, 61. 10s. ; ' Newgate Calendar,' 5 vols., 51. 5s. ; Historical MSS- Commission Reports, 31. 10s. ; Wheatley's 'Primroses' ('London Cries'), 51. 5s. There are also first editions of Dickens and Swin- burne.

Mr. Voynich's new Short Catalogue, No. 11, con- tains very rare books. Many of the items have the note " Not in Lowndes, Stevens, or Sabin." Under American Presses we find Asplund's 'Annual Register of the Baptist Denomination in North America,' 1791, 11. 10s., and Brady and Tate's version of the Psalms, 1791, 11. 16s. A copy of Scott's ' Vox Cteli,' 1624, is priced 31. 3.s. There is a choice New Testament, Robert Stephanus (Geneva), 1551, 101. 10s. There is an edition of Ctesar printed on grey blotting paper, a very curious specimen, Venice, 1737, 4/. 4.s. : also a document of great rarity, a Bull of Pius IV., 1562, 11. Is. ; Burton's ' Anatomy of Melancholy,' a very rare copy of the fifth edition, 1638, 81. 8*. ; and Quintus Curtius, translated by Brende, 1553, 101. 10s. There is much of interest under English Music and English Plays, also under English Presses before 1640, and Scot- land and Scotch Presses. Searchers after Shake- speariana will find many treasures ; indeed, each item in the four hundred affords much of interest.

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