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r, IO/. 10.--. ; and 'Index to Heralds' Visita- tions and other MSS. in the British Museum,' unpublished. 20/. The Library Edition of Jesse's 4 Historical Memoirs,' 30 vols., is 12f. 12*. ; Beltz's and Pitt - Rivera's privately printed works on ' Excavations and Antiquities? 7 vols., 6t. 10*. There is a long list under Family History.
 * Order of the Garter,' Pickering, 1841, 11. 5*. 6rf. ;

Messrs. Myers & Co.'s List 114 contains first edition of 'Northanger Abbey,' original boards, uncut, 1818, 11. Its. ; Edition de Luxe of Lever's Novels, polished calf by Zaehnsdorf, 31/. 10*.; Goupil's 'Royal Biographies,' Y!l. ; first edition of Rossetti's 'Poems' (one of twelve copies printed on hand-made paper), 1870, 5/. 5*. The original issue in 12 monthly parts of ' Old St. Paul's,' 1844, 121. 12-s. "Murray's Family Library," 1830, &c., 53 vols., 11. 10s.; Beaumont and Fletcher, edited by Dyce, 11 vols., 1843-6, 121.12*.-, ' The Century Dic- tionary,' 11. Dickens's 'Gems from the Spirit Mine,' 12mo, 1850, 15*. (this contains the 'Hymn of the Wiltshire Labourers,' specially written for the " League of Universal Brotherhood ") ; The Times 'Encyclopaedia Britannica,' 35 vols., 14/. 10*. (cost upwards of 60/.); Home's 'New Spirit of the Age,' with 40 portraits, 1844, 3/. 7*. Qfl. ; and a handsome Virgil, 3 vols., folio, Rome, 1763-5, 31. 10*. (the illustrations were specially engraved for the Duchess of Devonshire). Two specially interesting items are a copy of Leigh Hunt's ' The Town,' a presenta- tion copy " to Mary Shelley from her affectionate friend the author ; and from Charles Lamb's library, Mason's 'Believer's Pocket Companion,' 1821, containing verses with Lamb's signature. The Catalogue has a long list under Ireland and Travels.

Messrs. Pitcher & Co., of Manchester, have in their Catalogue 142, Billing's 'Baronial Antiquities,' 1845-52, 51. 10*. ; John Doyle's ' Political Sketches,' McLean, 1829-48, 9 vols., imperial folio, GQt. (this copy has the full number of plates, 917) ; first edition of Campbell's 'Poetical Works,' 1837, 3/. 3*. ; Bohn's extra volumes, 3/. 5*. ; The original Library Edition of Dickens, 1866, 30 vols., 14/. ; 'The Dialect Dictionary,' 6 vols., 4to, 7/. ; ' Ex-

g)sitor's Bible,' 49 vols., 8/. 8*.; first edition of amerton's ' Etching and Etchers,' 1868, 5/. 5*. ; Dodoens's 'A Nieuwe Herbal,' 1578, 6/. (last leaf of index wanting); Percy's 'Household Books,' Pickering, 1827-31, II. 5*.; Laing's 'Sagas of the Norse Kings,' 21. 10*. ; Millais's ' Game Birds ' <>/. 10*.; 'Picturesque Europe,' original edition, -V. T,.s ; large-paper copy of " The Temple Library," 16 vols., (}/. Ik ; Hogarth's Works, edited by Austin Dobson, with portfolio of duplicate plates, 51. 5* Lilford s ' Birds,' very scarce, 52/. 10*. ; Hogg and Bulls 'Herefordshire Pomona,' I/. 15*.; Motley's Works, 11 vols., tree calf, by Riviere, 9/. ; and a complete set of the Cmttini dnlld Hobby Horse, 31. 18*. There are interesting items under Scott and Scotland.

Mr Albert Button, of Manchester, devotes his Catalogue 148 to the English Lakes and the Lake Poets It contains the Transactions of the Cum- ter^S^SS ^ es * mo ^ and Antiquarian Society, ISu-KKK) 20.; Beck's 'Furness Abbey,' 1844, 4/. 4* ; Whitaker's 'Parish of Clitheroe,' 21. 10*.; a series of water-colour drawings, 3/. 7*. M. ; and Scott's Border Antiquities,' 1814, If. 7*. 6V/. There are early guide-books ; and of course long lists under Wordsworth and Southey.

Mr. Sutton has also a general catalogue, No. 149. We note JSradxhaw's Manchester Journal, 1841-8 4 vols., 8*.; Household Words, 19 vols., I/. ].s. ; St. John Hope's 'Knights of the Garter,' 2/. 17*. (W.; a complete set of Punch to end of 1903, half- morocco, 22/. 10*. ; a collection of over a hundred Street Ballads, 11. ; and the Transact ion* of the Manchester Literary Club, 28 vols., 3/. 3*. There are many items under Lancashire. We would suggest to Mr. Sutton that his highly interesting catalogues would be far more enjoyable reading if printed on ordinary paper, instead of the highly glazed paper he now uses.

Mr. Wilfrid M. Voynich's Short Catalogue 21 contains 374 items, all more or less rare. We note first edition of Paracelsus, 1660, 21. 12*. Qd. Under Anthologies will be found a work unknown to bibliographers, Fanutius's ' Aureum prorsus Opuscu- lum de Comparationibus Poetarum ' (Virgil, Lucre- tius, Seneca, Horace, &c.), Bologna, 1533, '21. 2*. ; and Mirandula's ' Illustrium Poetarum Flores,' 1598, 21. 2*. The editor of the latter is unknown. Under Bibles are three not in the Caxton Exhibi- tion. Under English Royal Binding is Charles L's copy of Baker's 'Chronicle of the Kings of Eng- land,' 1643, 71. 7*. Under Cookery is Wake's 'A Hermeticall Banquet' (on p. 35 Shakespeare's name is mentioned), 1652, 151. 15*. Under Dialling is Samuel Foster's ' Miscellanies,' 1659, "21. 10*. Foster was famous for inventing and improving many planetary instruments. Under Incunabula is Eusebius ' De Prseparatione Evangelica,' Jenson 1470, 501. This is the first book printed by Jenson, and exhibits great beauty of typographical execu- tion. Among other items we find Shelton's trans- lation of ' Don Quixote,' 2 vols. in 1, 1672-5, 4J 4* According to Jarvis, this is the first English translation. The twenty-third edition of Defoe's ' True-Born Englishman,' Dublin, 1733, is 7*. M. A note states that this edition is not to be found in Lowndes or Watt. The first edition appeared in 1700, and "Defoe declares in 1705 that nine genuine and twelve pirated editions had been printed and 80,000 copies sold in the streets." The third edition of Stowe, 1618, is 3Z. 3*.; and the rare first edition of Dr. Some's ' Godly Treatise, wherein are ex- amined and confuted many execrable fancies given out and holden partly by Henry Barrow and John Greenewood (see 10 S. vi. 118), 1589, 11. 16*.

THE library of our old friend and contributor the Rev. J. Woodfall Ebsworth, announced to be sold by Messrs. Puttick & Simpson on the 13th inst. and following day, will be found to be rich in collections of old song-books and ballad literature, besides many interesting presentation copies. Mr. Ebs- worth has been a book-collector from early boy- hood. *

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J. G. C. His father was Scotch, and his mother Irish.

CORRIGENDUM. Ante, p. 69, col. 2, 1. 22 from foot for "MS. Digby" read MS. Douce.

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