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 60 NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* s. iv. JULY is, iocs. so forth. " Rime " is, however, rightly retained in ,place of " rhyme." In Sonnet xx., 1. 7, " A man in Hew, all Hwa in his controlling," is so given, ryr- whitt's surmise, thence derived, that the Mr. VV. n. of the dedication may be a Mr. William Hughes being mentioned without comment; a like treat- ment being accorded Canon Beechings rather wild and unacceptable suggestion that ' a man in is a misprint for "a maiden." We do not agree with Mr. Bullen is assigning to " years the value ot a dissyllable in cxxxviii. 12; but his conclusions cenerally win our unhesitating acceptance. With many of his predecessors Mr. Bullen is at issue. He does not accept Mr. Wyndham's contention that the 1609 quarto was seen through the press by Shakespeare himself, and he regards as "strange perversity" the supposition of Mr. kidney Lee and others that "my lovely boy" in bonnet cxxvi. is Cupid. With the view of Mr. Lee that the most impassioned utterances in the bonnets are to be taken as mere servile adulation he loses patience ; but he yields handsome tribute to Mr. Lee's services to literature. Ihomas Tyler s assump- tion that the " dark lady " is Mary Fitton, a peccant maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth, is not disposed of bv the discovery that the monument of the fair and frail lady shows her as light. Mr. Beechmgs new edition of the Sonnets is praised. Ihe present volume, which is on hand-made paper and issued in a limited edition, wilt prove a delight to the scholar and the bibliophile. BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.— JULY. THE dog days are affecting the bookselling trade, and we have the receipt only of a few lists to record. Messrs Bailey Bros., of Newington Butts, have a catalogue (No. 82) of 3,178 books, relating to Touosraphy, Antiquities, Family History, and Genealogy. These are mainly of purchases during the last few months. We may mention Prince s -Danmonii Orientates lllustres,' 1810 '.price '21. 2* ; Blomerield's 'Norfolk,' 11 vol.., «. 10*. ; Norfolk and Norwich Archreological bociety, il. 15*. ; Briilses's ' Northamptonshire, 67. lo*. ; Bruce s •Roman Wall,' 1867, 51. 10*. ; Suffolk Institute Pro- .rndiugt, 61. 6*. ; Scrope's ' Barony of Castle Combe, «/ !•>, • Britton's 'Antiquities'; Allports 'Cam- berwe'ir 1841, 42*.; Stonestreet's manuscript col- lections on the history and antiquities of Hastings 10/10* • and 'An Account of the Taylor 1 ami ly,' edited by Peter Taylor, M.P-, 1«. 10.. The arrange- ment of the list is excellent and very helpful. Mr Thomas Carver, of Hereford, has a "Book- lover's Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Litera- tn«. " There is much of interest under Hereford, including 'The Herd Books of Hereford Cattle,' 32 vols.. 1840-1902, «.*.;» choice and complete cony of Duncumb's 'Herefordshire,' exceedingly rare 16? 16* ; and Bannisters handsome volume containing the history of the Castle, Priory and Church of Ewias Harold, price 21*. ' he Catalogue gives a long notice of this work from 1 he ^Me/m-iim of 17 Sept, 1904. A copy of Hogg and Bull's 'Pomona' is priced 17?. 7*. 6VZ. The list also in- cludes a collection of topographical works. Messrs. George's Sons, of Bristol, issue their two hundred and eighty-third list. . VVe mention a few items Second edition of Bewick's •Birds,' New- castle 1805, 4.'. 18*.; a choice copy of 'Les Arts Somptuaires,' three hundred plates in gold and colours, "il. 15*. ; first edition of ' The Seraphim.' 1838, 25*.; first edition of ' Hours of Idleness,' 1807, 31. 18*. ; and first editions of Swinburne. Under Ceramics we find Chaffers, Delange, Palissy, 4c. Pearson's edition of the Dramatists is priced 31. 18*.; and Hone's 'Political Tracts,' uncut as issued, 1820, 21«. Under Viollet-le-Duc is a handsome set in 19 vols., 231. 10*. Mr. Frank Murray, of Derby, has a complete set of the Eragny Press Books, 17 vols., out of print and scarce, 37?.; and Tennyson's ' Idylls,' illus- trated by Dore, 31. 3*. Under Essex House Vellum Books is Milton's ' Comus,' 41. 4*. A copy of ' The Impartial Memorials of the Life and Writings of Thomas Hearne,' very scarce, is 31. 3s. Other items include Booth's ' Battle of Waterloo,' 25s.; Scott's 'Napoleon,' first edition, 1?. 18*. 6d.; Rabelais, Urquhart and Motteux's translation, 31. 3*. ; and Spenser's 'Epithalamion,' Essex House Press, printed on vellum, 3?. 18*. 6c?. Mr. Frank Murray has also a clearance list of books at 1*. each. Mr. Wilfrid Voynich sends one of his Short Catalogues (No. 14). Many of the books are of great rarity, but space permits us to mention only a few. Roger Bacon's ' Mirror of Alchimy," 1597, is 20 guineas. Under Americana is the first edition of Hawkins's 'Voyage,' !'_'•'. 12*. Among Early English Illustrated Books are Broughton's 'Concent of Scripture.' 1590 (?), 14?. 14s.; Cunningham's' Cos- mographical Glasse,' 1559, 81. St. ; and Record's ' The Castle of Knowledge,' 101.10*. Under English Law we find ' Year-Books, Henry Vl.,' 1601, 31. Ss. Under Herbals is Dodoens arid Lyte's 'A Niewe Herball of Historic of Plantes,' 1">78, 15?. 15*. A copy of Estieune's 'A World of Wonders,' 1608, 11. 7*., is the exceedingly rare Edinburgh edition. Mr. T. Wake, of Fritchley, Derby, publishes his monthly list of books, coins, and antiquities. We shall not attempt to read his catalogues until he prints them in the ordinary type. Mr. George Winter has a general list. Among the items are Pickering's' 'Coleridge,' 16 vols., 31. 3*.; 'Bibliotheca Britannica,' 1824. 1?. 15*.; Keene the caricaturist's Works, II. l.v. ; Percy Bate's ' Pre-Raphaelite Art,' U. 4*. 6d. : books on the early railways ; and first editions of Tennyson. The first authorized edition of Junius, H. S. Wood- fall, 1772, is marked " very scarce," 4s. THE death is announced of Mr. Francis M. Jack- son, of Bowdon, an occasional contributor to ' X. & Q.' Mr. Jackson was a member of the Wesley Historical Society, and displayed a deep interest in all that pertained to the great founder of the Methodists. He had recently left England on a visit to his daughter in Vancouver. Intelli- gence has been received of his sudden loss by accidental drowning, but beyond the fact that his body has been recovered, no other particulars are yet to hand. _^____ J. T. P. Rollers to Corrc.'.jioi^futs. DELTA ("Geyser").—"Gezer" is the right pro- nunciation. Query shall appear next week. NOTICE. We beg leave to state that we decline to ret urn communications which, for any reason, we do not print; and to this rale we can make no exception.