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side of Plato, of which we get a glimpse on p. 8, is not easy to exhibit in a selection, flashing out often in a metaphor or a delicate verbal hit. The passages chosen here include, at any rate, several things which all lovers of Plato would wish to see, such as the vision of Er and the account of the Cave Prison in the ' Republic,' and the wonderfully moving and dignified records of the trial and death of Socrates. Much of Plato's teaching as to Guardians as rulers is repeated in Mr. H. G. Wells's scheme of an ideal State, though he has chosen to give his select people a Japanese appella- tion. This coincidence is the more striking as we do not fancy that Mr. Wells is at all disposed to treat Greek influences and ideas with respect, because they have been admired by the world for centuries. Details concerning these Guardians will be found in this selection, which will, we hope, encourage some readers to look at the entire ' Republic ' of Plato, now available in several cheap and adequate translations.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES for May vie with the May meetings in numbers, and we note at the same time that Exeter Hall will presently be included in " Vanishing London " ; the historic May meetings of religious societies will have to find a fresh home, and Exeter Hall meetings will become a record of the past. No doubt a correspondent of 'N. & Q.' at some future day will be anxiously asking what on earth Macaulay meant in his speech in the House of Commons in April, 1845, on the second reading of the Maynooth College Bill, by "Exeter Hall sets up its bray."

Rightly, then, do we open our Catalogue notices with Theology, for Mr. Thomas Baker sends us his List 509, which is a selection from his enormous stock of theological works. The majority of the books are modern. We mention a few. Creighton's 'History of the Papacy,' 5 vols., is 5/. 10s. ; Rock's 'Church of our Fathers,' 4 vols., II. 16s. ; Bunsen's ' God in History,' 21. 2s. ; Dollinger's ' History of the Church,' 4 vols., 8vo, very scarce, 3/. 10s.; Pusey's 'Advice on hearing Confession,' II. Is.; and Smith and Cheetham's 'Dictionary of Christian Antiquities,' 11. 15s. There are a number of tracts, including Tract XC., besides items under Jesuits.

Another Theological Catalogue is that of Mr. P. M. Barnard, of Tunbridge Wells (No. 12). We note Cheyne and Black's ' Encyclopaedia Biblica,' 3/. 2s. 6d. Works by Tischendorf include ' Novum Testamentum Greece,' 3/. 5s. ; ' Codex Sinaiticus,' 11. 5s.; and 'Codex Vaticanus,' 17s. 6d. Light- foot's 'Apostolic Fathers,' 5 vols., is 21. 15s.; Origen, edited by F. Field, 4Z. 2s. 6d.; Daniel's ' Thesaurus Hymnologicus,' 4:1. 15s. ; and Me- lanchthon, edited by Bretschneider, 10 vols., 21. There is also a miscellaneous list.

Mr. B. H. Blackwell sends from Oxford List CXIX., which is almost entirely devoted to

1904, 12s. (one of 320 copies on hand-made paper) ; Neale and Le Keux's ' Churches in Great Britain,' 1824, 15s. ; Winkles's ' Cathedral Churches of Eng- land and Wales,' 1838, If. 15s.; and Scott's 'Border Antiquities,' 1814, 21. 12s. Qd. A short miscel- laneous list includes Gerard's ' Herball,' 1597,

3t. 15s. ; enlarged by Johnson, 1633, 4/. 10s. ; Glad- stone s ' Studies on Homer,' 1858, I/. 18s. ; Cumber- land's 'British Theatre,' scenes by J. R. Cruick- shank, 47 vols., 12mo, 1826, 31. 15s.; and Yarrell's, ' Birds,' 3/. 3s.

Mr. G. Commin, of Exeter, has in his Cata- logue 230 'The Arabian Nights,' Burton Club,. 16/. 16s.; Baring-Gould's 'Lives of the Saints,' 16 vols., 3/. ; 'Pickwick,' first issue, extra-illus- trated, 21. 10s. ; Seebohm's ' Siberia,' 21. 10s. ; and V\ hincop s ' Scanderbeg,' to which is added a list of Dramatic Authors, 1747, 18s. A note states: "A valuable bibliography of English dramatic litera- ture. Richard Farmer's copy was sold at Sotheby's in 1904 for 42^."

Mr. Francis Edwards devotes his latest list to- Remainders. We give a few of them : Pierce Egan s ' Life of an Actor,' 27 coloured illustrations by Lane, 5s. ; Ross's ' Moghuls of Central Asia,' 5s. bd. ; Birdwood s ' East India Company,' 5s - ' Bismarck : the Man and the Statesman,' 5s. 6d '' 'Corot,' by Hamel, 31. ; D'Arblay's 'Diary and Letters,' Library Edition, 14s.; 'T"he Decameron '

1694,' 18s.

Messrs. George & Sons, of Whitechapel Road,, have a catalogue of new books at greatly reduced'

S:ices. Under Caxton are reprints published by utt ; and among the other items are Heridricks's 'London Charterhouse,' 3s. 6d.; Moncure Con- way's 'Autobiography,' 6s ; Montbard's 'Morocco '

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cost of postage is given in each case. The form of the catalogue is quite out of the ordinary, bein->- folio.

Mr. George Gregory sends from Bath his Cata- logue 176, which is rich in items relating to. America. We note Mante's ' War in North America and the West Indies,' 4to, calf, 1772, 20/. ; Foster Parson's Ennis Chronicle, containing 'manv bits about America, 29 vols., 1784-1827, 50/. ; and The London Chronicle, 1773 - 92, including full account of the War of Independence, 20 vols., 20/ There are early printed books, early copperplate engravings, and under New England is ' The New- England Primer Improved,' Boston, 1777, 101. 10*. There is no copy of this edition in the British Museum. On the front page of the catalogue is an illustration of one of Mr. Gregory's 32 bookrooms it gives an idea of a particularly cosy corner for study.

Mr. John Hitchman, of Birmingham, has in his Catalogue 448 Bryce's 'American Commonwealth ' 31-. 10s. ; Muther's ' Modern Painting,' 2/. 15s. ; the Coleridge and Prothero edition of Byron, lar-e paper, 11. 7s. ; Hakluyt, Edinburgh, 1885-90, 6/. 6*. a tine set of the ' Handley Cross ' Novels, 61. 15s the Edition de Luxe of Mark Twain, 8/. 15s. the "Gadshill" Dickens, 6f. &*. ; and Dolby's 'Church Embroidery,' 21. 2s. Other items are Burton's ' English Porcelain,' 21. 10s. ; FitzGerald's works Edition de Luxe, 7 vols., 3/. 3s. (the entire edition, was sold before publication) ; Prescott, Edition de Luxe, 16 vols., 4/. 15s. ; Houbraken's ' Dutch Painters, 11. 10s.; and Pitt Rivers's privately printed! works, very scarce, 4/. 15s.