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. iv. AUG. 5,1905.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 119 BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.—AUGUS*. MESSRS. BROWNE & BROWNE, of Newcastle, have recent purchases, principally from private libraries. These include Burns's ' Letters to Clarmda, very rare, Philadelphia, 1809, 10?.; David Cox's 'Art of Landscape Painting,' 1823. 5'.; the first edition of 'The Greville Memoirs,' 4?. 4*. There are interest- ine items under Bewick, including first editions of ' Land and Water Birds,' 1804-5, 13. 12*., and 'British Birds,' Newcastle, 1797-1804, 2I/. Both of these are very rare. Under Cruikshank are ' Life in London ' 6?., and 'The Battle of Waterloo,' a choice copy °W The rare first issue of "The Naturalists' Library," 34 vols., 1834. is 7?. Under Shelley is an uncut copy of the rare first edition of ' Posthumous Poenif,' 1824, 9?. A first issue of 'Vanity Fair is 42». There are also a number of county histories and local books. Mr Bertram Dobell, among books recently pur- chased, has Blake's 'Book of The!,' 1789, 90?. ; a ' Hudibras,' 1678, 9?. 9*. ; and some rare tracts that belonged to Dr. Donne, 16?. 16*. A first edition of 'Gulliver' is priced 181. 18*. Included in the cata- logue are books from the library of Mr. Joseph Knight, comprising rare old plays, memoirs, and works by the best-known English and French writers from the sixteenth century to the nine- teenth. Mr. Knight had many choice specimens of fore-edge painting, and Mr. Dobell was so fortunate as to secure a fine example of Edwards s work. Messrs. George's Sons, of Bristol, in their new list No. 284, have the remaining portion of the library of Frederick W. Newman. Many of the books contain autograph notes. The collection is very characteristic. Mr George Gregory opens Nos. 164 and 165 of his new Bath Book Catalogue with the proverb "He that loveth a book shall never lack a faithful friend " We give a few of the items offered : a magnificent copy of the Cranmer Bible 35? ; •British Gallery of Contemporary Portraits 1822, 61 6* ; Britten's ' Bath Abbey Church, 4?. Works on the Crimea include Todlebens 'Defense de Sebaatopol,'20». Lavater's ' Physiognomy is priced 41 4* Under Speeches is a choice collection, 54 vols., 1810-54, 32?. There is a long list of peri- odicals, and a modern library of American and Canadian history. Mr Charles Higham has a fresh catalogue of theological books, including Mason's 'Spiritual Sonirs ' 1693, very rare, 1? 10*.; a nice fresh copy of •The Pulpit Commentary,'48 vols., 1881-99,10?. 10*.: Diillinger's 'Gentile and the Jew in the Courts of the Temple of Christ,' 2/. 17*. 6V?.: Milman s his- tne i eni|nc ui *_*unoi., ~i. *,". v«. ............, ... lories, 15 vols., 3?. 3s.; and a number of works on missions. Mr John Jeffery, of City Road, has a very varied list of books and pamphlets. Messrs. George T. Juckes & Co., of Birmingham, send us four short lists. No. 161 contains Jaggard's reprint of the First Folio, 1807,31. 3*. : a cheap set of The Cornhill to 1884, 21. 5*. ; Yarrell's ' Birds,' 5B 17» 6d ; Browning's ' Men and Women, nrst edition, 1855. scarce, 30*.; ' The Secret History of the Calves-Head Club,' 1705, 5*. ; ' The Eccentric Mirror,' 1806-7, 4 vols, 2?. 2*. ; andI Lavater's • Essays,' 1837,11. Under John Leech is The Month, 1851, scarce, 30*. The second edition of Milton, 1673, « 4f- 10*. 5 and a firat edition of the poem 'Richmond Hill.' 1807, 10s. 6d. There is a hand- some copy of ' The Faerie Queene,' with Crane's- illustrations and Wise's bibliography, 1897, 4?. (published at 10?. 15*. net). A set of Chalmers's 'British Essayists,' 45 vols., is marked 2?. 10*. List 162 has a copy of Ackermann's' London,' 1808-10; 2W. ; an Edition de luxe of La Fontaine. Paris, 1795,. 18?. ia«. ; Audsley's ' Arts of Japan,' 1882, 51. 5*. ; Britton and Brayley's ' England and Wales,' 25*. for the 26 vols.; Dickens's' Christmas Books,'5 vols.,. all first editions, 3/. 3*. : and a set of The Gentle- man's Magazine, 1731-1843; 11. 7*. There are also many items of interest iu No. 163. Mr. Alexander Macphail, of Edinburgh, has- Criminal Trials in Scotland, 1487 to 1624,' rare, 51. 5s. ; also a ' Collection of Acts of Parliament dealing with the Civil War in Scotland,' 31. 3*. Under Edinburgh wefind Kay's 'Portraits,'4?. 17*. 6W. Under both Highlands and Jacobite are a number of works of interest. A copy of the rare fourth edition of ' Paradise Lost,' 168S, is priced 45*. There- are a number of cheap novels for summer reading. Part II. of Messrs. Maggs Brothers' List contains a fine set of Macaulay, 10?. 10*.; library editions of Motley, 11 vols., l'2l. ; 'Munden's Memoirs,' by his- Son, extra illustrated, 1844, 161. 16-*.; a complete series of " Musical Biography," 38 vols., 18/. 18*.; a collection of tracts in French relating to Napoleon,. Louis XVIII., &c., 23 vols., 10?. 10*.; a collection, of naval memoirs, 29 vols., 181. 10*. A long list under Shakespeare includes the Halliwell edition,. 88?. Messrs. Meehan, of Bath, have first editions of Byron and of Dickens, a separate list of which can be obtained. Bernard Shaw's works include 'An Unsocial Socialist,' price 8*. 6d., and ' Love among the Artists,' at the same price. Under Tennyson is the second edition of 'In Memoriam,'Moxou, 1850, 12*. 6il. There are a large number of works- oi) Russia, and also some interesting Book-plates. Messrs. James Rimell & Son have a good miscel- laneous list. There is an interesting collection of ten rare tracts relating to the American Revolution,. 1780, &<:., 81. 18*. 6rl. Other items include Aubrey's rare ' Natural History and Antiquities of Surrey," E. Curll, 1719, 13?.; 'The Gentleman's Recreation,' by Richard Blome, 1686. 12/. 12*. : Bonn's extra volumes, 3?. 7*. ; the first London-printed edition of Burns, 1787, 4?. : a collection of 77 large coloured caricatures, 1784-1829, from Sir William Fraser's collection. 101. 15*.; Daniell's 'Voyage round Great Britain,' 22?. 10*. ; and the very rare first edition of ' Adonais,' Cambridge, 1829, 3'. 3*. There are interesting items under Cruikshank, and a long list of works on the Drama, including Genest's ' English Stage,' 1&S2, 9?. : Prynne's ' Player's Scourge,' 1633, 6'. ; and a collection of 500 Covent Garden Playbills, 1813-15, 4?. 17*. 6rf. Mr. James Roche has an unpublished manuscript by Charles Westmacott, author of 'The English Spy'—'Beau Brummell: the True History of this Man of Fashion,'20 guineas. Other items include a fine tall copy of Lamb's ' Tales from Shakespeare,' 1807. 30 guineas. The catalogue comprises a set of eight plates by Cruikshank, 'Going to a Fight,' 1819, rare, 12?. 12*.; a choice selection from the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery: also Arundel Society s publications. Recent purchases include the rare first edition of Ainsworth's 'Crichton,' 1837, 6V. 18s. 6d. ; a beautiful copy of the Ter-