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is priced 40?. The other series contains monu- mental and armorial remains, Croydon, Lincoln, Beverley, York, Bristol, &c., 80?.

Mr. John Hitchman, of Birmingham, has Hill's 61. Qs. ; Racinet's ' Le Costume Historique,' rare, 11?. 11. ; Stubbs's ' Cambridge, 3 edition de luxe, 3?. 5s. ; D'Urfey's ' Wit and Mirth,' Pearson's reprint, 3?. 15s. ; Hogarth, 2 vols, folio, largest paper, 1821, very rare. 62.10s. ; Linton's 'Masters of Wood Engraving,' 3?. 3s. ; and a fine copy of Plutarch, 1612, 4?. 4s.
 * Organs and Organ Cases of the Middle Ages,'

Mr. G. A. Poynder, of Reading, has Thoresby's

us a Clearance Catalogue.

Mr. Ludwig Rosenthal, of Munich, iscfull of energy. Only a fortnight back we noticed his Catalogue of Catholic Theology ; to-day we have a fresh list from him, No. 110, devoted to Le Dane- mark, la Suede et la Norv&ge ; L'Invasion des Suedois en Allemagne ; Le Slesvig-Holstein jusqu'a 1864; Les Pays-Polaires.

Messrs. W. H. Smith & Son have important remainders included in their last list of surplus books.

Messrs. Henry Sotheran & Co. have published a special illustrated catalogue of books from the library of Sir Henry Irving, also personal relics and drawings. We note the following : Dickens, 13 vols., 14. 14s. ('Barnaby Rudge' contains notes by Irving); 'Clavis Homeric*,' with John P. Kemble's autograph and a letter from Mrs.Siddons, 12?. l'2s. ; the Henry Irving Shakespeare, 9?. 9s. ; the Temple edition, 40 vols., 9 1. 9$. ; 'Much Ado about Nothing.' twelve pen-and-ink drawings of Irving and Ellen Terry, by A. Eleanor Taylor, 25?. ; a letter of David Garrick's, 42?.; and a memorial illustration of the life of Edmund Kean (1717-1833), being 343 portraits of Kean and his contemporaries, with original playbills, 5 vols., a rare collection, 200?. The relics include the sword used in ' Macbeth,' 42?.; the dagger, designed by Burne- Jones, worn in 'King Arthur,' 38?.; Eugene Aram's lamp, 22?. 10s.; purse formerly belonging to Edmund Kean, 22?. 10s. ; sword and dagger worn in the character of Mephis- topheles in ' Faust,' 31?. 10s. There are also por- traits of Ellen Terry and Peg Woffington ; and among pictures and drawings, Cattermole's ' Ham- let's Address to the Players,' 265. 5s., and a design ior the costume of Othello by Tenniel, 21?.

Mr James Thin, of Edinburgh, has a set of Blackwood, 1817-1904, 18?. 10s. ; Bentham's Works, 11 vols., 1843, 9?.; Lodge's 'Portraits,' 6?. 6s.; Palteographical Society's Publications, 1873-94, 6 vols., royal folio, 30?.; Transactions of the Royal Society, Edinburgh, 1788-1900, very scarce, 55'. ; Scottish Text Society's Publications, 22?. 10s. ; and the New Spalding Club's Publications, 1887-1902, 8?. 8s. There is a list of works on India ; also a large collection of Scott's works, including many first editions.

Mr. Thomas Thorp, of Reading, has a number of items under Africa and America, also under Angling. Under Berkshire is a rare and valuable collection of views (over 1,000), 6 vols., elephant folio, 120?. An edition of Chaucer, 1635, is 3?. 3s ; first edition of Law's 'Serious Call,' 7?. 7s.; first edition of Madame D'Arblay's ' Camilla,' 1796, 2?. 2s.; 'Eton

School Lists, 1791 to 1850,' 15s.; FitzGerald's ' Readings in Crabbe,' Quaritch, 1883, rare, 3/. Library Edition of Froude's ' England,' 12 vols., 7?. 17s. QcL; Fox-Davies's 'Armorial Families,' 21. ; and ' The Faerie Queene,' the limited edition of

96, 5?. 5s.

Messrs. Henry Young <fe Sons, of Liverpool, have under Archaica a reprint of scarce old English prose tracts, 1575-1620, 5 vols., 5?. 5s. A first edition of 'Marmion,' with autograph letter of Scott, is 5?. 5s.; Froude's 'Life of Carlyle,' 4 vols., with three autograph letters, 7?. 10s.; Byron's Works, extra-illustrated, with Moore's Life, 9 vols., 21?.; Report of the Voyage of the Challenger, 16 vols., half-morocco, 20?. ; Pugin's ' Ecclesiastical Orna- ment,' first edition, 1846, 4?. 4s. : a complete set of The Dial, 1840-44, Boston, U.S.A., 7?. 7s.; a very fine copy of Manwood's 'Forest Laws,' 1598, 7?. 10s. ; the original edition of Lavater, 15?. 15-s. ; the Library edition of Lever's Works, 37 vols., 37?. ; Pennant, a complete set, 27 vols. in 22, 1776-1801, 25?. ; Prynne's ' Histriomastix, 1 first edition, 1633, 5?. 15*.; Scott's 'Border Antiquities,' first edition, 1814, 7?. 7s.; and Enderbie's ' Cambria Triumphans,' the extremely rare first edition, with a large number of coats of arms, 1661, 5?. 5s. There are also inter- esting specimens of early printing and an illurrinated MS. of the Koran.

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