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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* s. v. JAN. 6 ,

^History of Byzantine Literature,' 527-1453, second Mr. Thomas Thorp of edition 2

edition of WhympeAscent of

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, of Ley ton, has under Penn the 18*. ; Fox-Davies' f Armorial FamiH > te - r, ho >

book-plate of - William Penn, Esq., ' The Century Dictionary' ?Lc ^ ed tin '-, I 8 ' '*

ennsylvania" dated 1703, mounted ^'Israeli's ' Curiosities yLite^ture^Moxon mV

38*. ; 'Greville Memoirs ' 1874 87 O ri 1 '

ington Spa, g- } 5 ?- > ' Musgrave's Obituary prior to l5f'

el Russell's Har, ela Society 1899,. 4*. : and the first edition

fore edge, ot ^hackeray s 'Our Street,' 1848-9 ''Ov Thirl.

edition, 26m. 50. Mr. H. Seers extremely rare Proprietor of Pennsyl in black-and-gold frame, III. lls

Messrs. Simmons & Waters, of Leamington (have a large-paper copy of Lady Rachel

'Letters,' water-colour painting on the fore edge, I " l --"^vctay a yur street, J848-9 ^flv Thprp J792, 41. ; and a collection of book catalogues, 1785, ma ny interesting items under London Parish 10*'. 6d. (in one of these a copy of the Second Folio I ters > * p Shakespeare is marked 216-.). Those in search of

the horrible will find it in lot 160. It is a

.model of the guillotine, 12 inches high, made in bone

-by a French prisoner. The victim is a woman;. , Mvmmi

there are three attendants and the executioner, Navy Records Society, 14 vols 41 l&iTif" whose hand touches the cord holding the knife, 42 vols. of first edition's of Scott v SL A " which falls and cuts off the head of the victim. 1 ""'''"- rt :I ' It was made about 1795, and may be had for 50s

Messrs. Henry Sotheran & Co.'s Price Current _No. 658 contains nearly fourteen hundred items, .and has in addition a catalogue of newly bound , 'books. The former is full of valuable items. We ' ue ' note a few : Palaeographical Society's Publications, 1873-94, 37?. 10*.; the original edition of Silvestre's ^Pateographie Universelle,' Didot, 1839-41, 36?.;

'JteB^ 8t Martin's Lane has The

at to 1866 Register,'

Cruikshank item, ' The Blue' Devils 'Two copies, one retouched by^~ > -"/'-. catalogue *

Franks -

A/ A 3 /-v -- VValcott's 'Architec-
 * a large collection

Book' ; i844 n fi Ulk8hank ' S ' The Bachelor's 15opK, 1844, a fine copy, scarce, 21. !>, ,/

XT- ui u ,* d ?M* of Dickens include 'Nicholas Nickleby,' original wrappers, 3?. 7*. M There are

ninrk nrtlsMiv.A/4 ;il.,,.i * _ ' ,.,',... A IIWD are

Picture Post Cards.

,, -, .; , , . --. ere a

Bunsen's 'Egypt,' 4/. 10*; Ciulfield's 'Portraits,' ?> Iso, col ;^ed illustrations of "Bye-Gone T 1813-20, 51. 5s.-, a complete set of the Chetham Pir>fnro p '^ f n '" Society's Publications, 22/. 10-.; Oxford Historical ^Society's Publications, complete to 1904, III. 11*.; 'The Annual Register,' with index volume, 1758- 1896,28^. lO.s.; a 'Collection des Memoires relatifs a Ja Revolution Francaise,' a choice set, 57 vols. in 54, 16. 16^ ; and 'Napoleon III. devantla Presse Con- temporaine en 1873,' 11. Is. The historical works .are Classified under the Ancient World, the Dark

and address of !Sti>n,bS

tff Cjamsflflttfrmis,

attention to the /olloteit g

must be written the for

pendents must observe the follow ng " es fet "\ note, query or reply be written mf a separate -, of Paper, with the signature of the writer and such address as he wishes to appear. VVhe^i answer mg queries, or making notes vvith regard to p

which they

who

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T. Spencer has valuable items under jUken and under America. The latter include Murray's ' History of the War,' 9?. 9s. ; and McKenney's ' Indian Tribes,' 5?. 12s-. 6d. A most extensive collection of prose essays, sketches, autographs, cuttings, c., 77 vols., 4to, 1888-97, is
 * 20^. .Under Angling occur Walton, Cotton, and

Venables, 1676, 24?. : another copy Pickering's edition, 1836, 11?. 11*. / of Ariosto, 1634, is 8?. 8*. There is a treasure in

vellum, 'Book of Hours,' Paris, 1470, 14?. 14.S'. i aueries are rpn. - -

Among first editions are Gray's 'Odes,' Strawberry | ninninnHnn l1.J"i;f " second

Hill, 1757. 12?. 12s ; and Heath's ' Humorous Scraps,' 1828, 9?. 9* Those of Swinburne include 'The 'Question,' 8?. 8s. ; those of Tennyson, 'Poems,' 1842, 24?. ; and those of Thackeray, ' The Second Funeral of Napoleon,' Cunningham, 1841, 38?. .'Smollett's 'Roderick Random,' 1748, is 9 9*-.; Pierce Egan's ' Life in London,' 1821, 10?. 10$. ;

' Real Life in London,' 18?. 18s. ; and ' Finish to the i n

Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic,' 28?. Field- LOMM^DANT REBOUL wishes to draw attention ing's 'Joseph Andrews,' 1742, is 11?. The first I ! ie --?. \W. though his com muni cn>.ir editions of Dickens include ' Sketches by Boz,' with an original water-colour by Cruikshank, 1830, 38?. ; and ' Martin Chuzzlewit,' with an original pencil drawing of 'Martin Chuzzlewit suspects the Land- lady.' 1844, 22?. IQs. An interesting Dickens item is the original plan of the contemplated division

headings for 'The Household Narrative,' entirely I tisements and Business Letters' to ~" T in the writing of Dickens, 1850. This is priced at lisher" at the Office, Bream's BniMino-o i ..O.I? in.. TU^..^ 4 D inr U D - ^^A^ n^,!;i^i u r, v o ^>uiiuings, ^

S T G ("Sleep the sleep of the just")

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I' Rememberable "). Has the autho- AYEAHR and E. LEGA-WEEKES.-Forwarded.

on

nntuss A<n\ - as P nnted among Replies

(10 th ] S. iv. 493), he is anxious to obtain information on the points mentioned therein. NOTICE.

to "The

f 1, !, hould be of ' Notes and Queries '"

10*. There is a long list under Cruikshank, Lane, E.G.

Chancery

and also a collection of press opinions and pro- We beg leave to state that we decline to grammes relating to Sir Henry Irving and the communications which, for anv reason Lyceum, 12?. 12,. | print ; and to this rule we can mike no'

. - do not make no exception.