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stanza of " Phillida flouts me " are so printed as to destroy the rime and produce cacophony. The name Phillida is, moreover, throughout spelt " Phillada," a sad oversight. There are many exclusions and one or two inclusions we regret, but the general result is pleasing ; it could scarcely, indeed, be otherwise.

Book-Auction Records. Edited by Frank Karslake.

Vol. 111. Part 1. October to December, 1905.

(Karslake & Co.)

MR. KARSLAKE opens this new part with an inter- esting account of Messrs. Hodgson's firm, an illus- tration being given of their handsome auction-room. Very different was the old room where Mr. Edmund Hodgson, the grandfather of the present members of the firm, used to sell. This was under the stationer's shop at the corner of Chancery Lane, very dark and gloomy ; but Mr. Hodgson, with his genial, pleasant manners, made buyers forget this. The firm moved to its present premises in June, 1863.

There are many prices in this valuable record we should like to quote, did space permit. We cor- dially agree with Mr. Karslake when he writes that " with all its drawbacks, the trade of second- hand bookselling remains an attractive, interesting, and cultured calling. If all the members do not fulfil the requirements and duties completely, that does not detract from the merits of a most intel- lectual and commendable pursuit."

The Englishwoman's Year - Bool- and Director//,

Edited by Emily Janes. (A. C. Black.) THIS useful work has reached its twenty-sixth year of publication, and is better than ever. The section on ' Sports and Pastimes and Social Life ' has been rewritten, and under most headings increase or improvement is to be traced.

Horace. By Rev. W. Tuck well, M.A. (Bell &

Sons.)

To the " Miniature Series of Great Writers " has been added a life of Horace by the Rev. W. Tuck- well, which, short as it is, is a model of tasteful criticism. It has eight illustrations, preserves a charming atmosphere, and is a delightful companion for the scholar.

Peq Wotfinf/toi): By Charles Reade. With an Introduction by Richard Garnett. (De La More Press.)

To "The King's Novels" has been added this prose rendering by Charles Reade of his and Tom Taylor's well-known 'Masks and Faces,' which, so far as we recall, is not always, if often, included in its author's collected works. It has a portrait of Peg l,y Houston in mezzotint, after Pickering, and is, like other fine booklets of the same series, well printed and prettily got up.

Northamptonshire Legends put into Rhyme. By

Charles Wise. (Kettering, W. E. & J. Goss.) MR. WISE, the author of 'Rockingham Castle and the Watsons,' and other works of a similar class, has turned into verse some of the legends with which he is familiar, and has issued them with all reservation of right, with illustrations, and with a request (with which we comply) that the stories may not be narrated. As the work of a contributor whom we know to be advanced in years they have much spirit.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.

WE have received an unusually large number of catalogues for mid-February. Now that we are in the busy season we shall feel obliged by our friends sending their catalogues early.

Mr. Thomas Baker's catalogue is chiefly theo- logical, and includes Neale's 'Eastern Church*' 4 vols., 1850, 51. 5-S-.

Mr. B. H. Blackwell, of Oxford, has items under Antiquarian, Bibliography, Folk-lore, &c. We note- Smith's 'Collectanea Antiqua,' 1848-80, printed for subscribers only, 41. 7s. Qd. ; Foster's ' Miniature Painters,' 2 vols., folio, 51. 5s., and 'The Stuarts," 10(. 10*.; Ralston's ' Russian Folk-Tales,' 15s ; first edition of Kingsley's ' Hypatia,' 1853, 11. los. ; and Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1880-1905, 111. Us.

Mr. Richard Cameron, of Edinburgh, has a Cata- logue of Scottish History, Ballads," Drama, Fine Arts, &c. We may mention Jamieson's ' Dic- tionary,' 5 vols., 41. 10s.; and a Manuscript Diary of an Edinburgh Lawyer, 1827-34. The latter contains a detailed account of the Theatrical Fund dinner held at Edinburgh, 23 February, ]827, where Scott first declared himself to be the author of the- Waverley Novels.

Mr. Bertram Dobell has a rare collection relating, to the drama, including a first edition of Beau- mont and Fletcher, 1647,21?.; and Sharpe's 'The Noble Stranger,' 1640, 6/. 6s. at sig. G 4 of the latter is a reference to Shakespeare's ' Venus and Adonis.' Under Shakespeare is an exceptionally fine copy of the Second Folio, 1632, 1251. Under Charles Lamb is Moxon's memoir of him, privately printed, and very rare, 1835, 41. 4s. This is a pre- sentation copy to Robert Southey, " With the' Writer's best wishes, and first attempt in prose/'

Mr. William Downing, of Birmingham, has a fine- specimen of illuminated work, a fifteenth-century Latin version of the Psalms of David, 101. 10*. Burton's ' Scotland,' 9 vols., 1867, is 81. 8-s. Under John Bright are seven autograph letters, price 21s. One to Charles Sturge contains this passage : " I suppose my acceptance of office will seem at best a very doubtful step to thee, as it seems to me." A copy of Pierce Egan's 'Life in London,' 1823, is priced 3?. 3s. ; and a set of the ' Musees Francais et Royal,' 101. 10*.

Mr. William Dunlop, of Edinburgh, has works relating to Africa, America, English topography, and general literature.

Messrs. William George's Sons, of Bristol, have a set of Spedding's 'Bacon,' 1864-91, 14 vols., 41. 4L; Dryden's ' Fables,' with drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk, engraved by Bartolozzi, 1797,. 37. 3s. : Cotman's 'Antiquities of Norfolk,' Bohn, 1838, 31 10-s.; Sauvigny's ' Essais Historiques sur les Mceurs des Francais,' 1785-92, 21. 10s. ; Kerr's 'Voyages and Travels,' 1811-24, 31. 3s. ; Giraldus de Barri's 'Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales in 1188/1806, 41. 10*. ; 'The Speaker's Com- mentary,' Jl vols, 31. 10s. ; and a remarkably large copy of the ' Nuremberg Chronicle,' 1493, 16?. 16s. There are also first editions of Borrow.

Mr. William Glaisher's fresh list of Publishers' Remainders is full of tempting bargains.

Mr. Haslam has some interesting sketches made by Katharine Fry, a daughter of Elizabeth Fry, well known in her day as an indefatigable archaeo- logist. One series, made on the Continent, 1S29-60>