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 >8 NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* s. iv. SEPT. 23, eh included all that was best and most repre- ib are, of course, depicted, but it is in the like- ies of Lamb himself, Coleridge, Wordsworth, litt, Leigh Hunt, and others of that dis- uished coterie that the chief attraction is found. Lucas's ' Life' is excellent in all respects, and, i his edition of the works, constitutes one of most delightful of literary possessions. Poetical Work* of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Edited, ith Introduction and Notes, by Thomas utchiuson, M.A. (Frowde.) the handsome and authoritative series of " Ox- Poets " has been added Mr. Hutchinson's fine complete edition of Shelley, to the merits of ch we drew attention on its first appearance in 5re costly form less than a year ago (see 10th S. 39). In the arrangement and nature of the ipt the substitution in the later of a portrait by 3 Curran, made in Rome in 1819, for the e familiar likeness in the Bodleian, and the
 * ative in English letters. Spots consecrated to
 * ents of the two volumes no change is traceable
 * nce therefrom of the facsimiles of' Prometheus

lound.' Mrs. Shelley's prefaces reappear ; the osition of the contents is in all respects the e, and the various readings and conjectures of ors and commentators are once more found. A er and more trustworthy edition is not to be cipated or hoped, and the volume, so far as the ,ry of Shelley is concerned, is authoritative and I. It takes its place with the Tennyson and the . Browning of the same publisher in a series extension of which we contemplate with un- ed delight. 'E have received a further series of views, uresque and industrial, on the Missouri Pacific ,way and Mountain Resorts. They are 1 striking and beautiful, and show what un- ted possibilities are to be found between the sissippi and the Rocky Mountains. 'E hear with deep regret of the death of George Ham Marshall, LL.D., D.L., J.P., F.S.A.. of lestield Court, Weobley, Rouge Croix Pur- ant of Arms from 1887, and subsequently York aid. The son of George Marshall, of Ward I House, Warwick, Dr. Marshall was born 19 il, 1839, and educated at Peterhouse College, ibridge. He was a barrister of the Middle iple, and a recognized authority on genealogy kindred subjects, and was naturally a con- utor to our columns. [ESSRS. JAMES M ACLEHOSK k SONS, publishers to University of Glasgow (to whom are owing the indid reprints of Hakluyt, Coryat, and Purchas), mise a work which, though later in date, must •egarded as supplementary. This consists of the story of Japan,' by Engelbert Kaempfer, trans- d by J. G. Scheuchzer, F.R.S., Physician to the ual embassy sent by the Dutch East India Com- y to the Emperor of Japan. Kaempfer, a oted naturalist, made precious collections which, li his MSS., passed after his death into the ds of Sir Hans Sloane, under whose care in 1727 English translation of a work subsequently ren- wo volumes folio. This English edition is now liority on things Japanese, and will appear in se volumes, uniform with the Purchas, in a ctly limited edition, and with proofs of the full- page engravings. Nothing can be more opportune than the reappearance of this work, which will furnish further proof of the spirit and enterprise of the great Glasgow publishing house. Other MSS. of Kaempfer are in existence in England. One of the results of the promised publication may possibly be a reconsideration of the value of these. Scheuch- zer, the translator, was the librarian to Sir Hans Sloane, an M.D. of Cambridge, and an F.R.S. AMONG promised publications of the Clarendon Press are the facsimile reproduction of Shake- speare's works not included in the First Folio, with an Introduction by Mr. Sidney Lee; Dr. Skeat's 'Primer of Classical and English Philology'; Mr. Spingarn's ' Critical Essays of the Seventeenth Century, 3 vols.; Dr. Birkbeck Hill's edition of Johnson's ' Lives of the Poets,' 3 vols.; the con- cluding volumes (xiii.-xvi.) of Mrs. Paget Toynbee's edition of ' Horace Walpole's Letters ; ' The Plays and Poems of Robert Greene,' edited by Mr. Churton Collins, '2 vols.; Blake's 'Lyrical Poems,' edited by Mr. John Sampson; and the second volume of the ' Minor Carolinian Poets,' edited by Mr. Saintsbury. To the " Oxford Poets " series are to be added Shakespeare, large type, with illustrations from the Boydell Gallery, and the works of Cowper and Browning. BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.—SBPTBMB&. Mr. James Coleman, of Tottenham, has a fresh catalogue of early court and rent rolls, deeds, and charters. Some of the deeds relate to the Angell, Nevill, Jennings, Poulet, Dorset, War- wycke, and other families. Under London are many curious documents, ranging from 1605 to 1843. Under America are some original grants of land. There are also deeds of appointments with the signatures of George III., George IV., and Queeo Victoria. Mr. John Davies. of Lampeter, has bestowed ten years' labour in collecting books relating to Wales, and the entire collection now exceeds a thousand. We have received the first list, numbering over three hundred, most of the books being in the Welsh language. Mr. Bertram Dobell has much of interest in his new catalogue. Under Shakespeare, the Clarendon Press reproduction in facsimile of the First Folio, with introduction by Sidney Lee, is priced "/. 12*. Dramatic items include a collection of early Play- Bills, 67. ft*. ; Rainoldes's ' Overthrow of Stage- Playes,' 1629, 21. 2*. ; ' Galerie Theatrale,' 3 vols. folio. Paris, 21. 15».; ' Mrs. Oldfield's Memoirs.' by W. tigerton, illustrated by the insertion of fifty-two scarce old portraits, 1731, 21.12*. 6W. ; and Doran's ' Their Majesties' Servants,' extended to 3 vol». by the addition of 376 scarce portraits, play-bills, auto- graph letters. .V c., 1897. 41. 4*. Other items include Maitland's 'London,' 1739, extra-illustrated, 21. 2*.: a very scarce collection of Tracts on Witchcraft, 1712-36, M. 15*.: Pamphlets on the Woollen Trade. 1719-53, 21. Us. 6d. ; and first editions of Mortimer Collins's works, including 'Miranda,' containing letters from Blackmore, Austin Dobson, and other*. II. 15». Under Dancing is a rare book, 'The Lilliputian Dancing School; or, an improvement on- the Mimes, Pantomimes, Scaramouches, and Jack - Puddings of all Nations,' with very curious plates, II. It. Some of the books in the catalogue are from- the library of Thomas Hutchinsou.
 * d into French and German first saw the light
 * reat rarity and value. It is, or was, the chief