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Blackfriars, then the residence of the French Ambassador) ; Withals's ' Dictionarie,' 1616, 3/. 3*. {contains phrases and proverbs, and was exten- sively used by the old dramatists) ; the first col- lected edition of Pope's Works, 1717, folio, 51. 15s. Sterling's ' The Monarchicke Tragedies,' 1616, '211. (third edition, with the excessively rare portrait). Under Shakespeariana are many valuable items. A copy of ' Batman upon Bartholome his Booke de Proprietatibus Rerum,' folio, black-letter, 1582, is -2:21. 10s. Douce says " Shakespeare was extremely well acquainted with this work." Another item is ' The Booke of Honor and Armes,' first edition of this rare treatise, 1590, SI. 8s. ; and we also note Brunes's ' Emblemata of Zenne- Werck Voorghestelt,' .51 engraved emblems> Amsterdam, 1624, 3^. 15s. Halliwell - Phillipps employed this book to illus- trate the ' Taming of the Shrew.'
 * Fairfax Memorials,' 1699, 31. 3s. ; and Sir William

Messrs. Henry Youn & Sons, of Liverpool, send us their Catalogue CCCLXXXI., which contains under Aldus, ' Pliny,' 1508, 3/. 3*. ; ' Ovid,' 1515, .31. 3*. ; and ' Plautus,' 1522, 31. 3*. Under Archi- tecture we find Gotch's 'Architecture of the Renaissance,' 91. 15s. This is, as is well known, considered the finest work on the Tudor Architec- ture of England. Under Art Gallery is the first edition of the pictures in the Florence Gallery and Pitti Palace, Paris, 1789-1807, 30/. Under Binding is an example of English work, the book being the large-paper copy of the original edition of Shaw's ' Ancient Furniture,' Pickering, 1836, "251. The first edition which Hogarth illustrated of ' Hudibras,' 1726, is 21. los. Charles I. items include Warbur- ton's 'Prince Rupert,' 31. 10s., and Skelton's 'Life,' Al. 10s. A fine copy of the genuine original Elzevir edition of Csesar, 1635, is 4. 4s.; Hubbard's

the Trains : being some Chapters of Railroad Romance,' rare, 1845, 51. 5s. This was published pseudonymously, and many collectors have never heard of it. A fine set of the first collected edition of the Waverley Novels, 41 vols., 1819-33, is priced 3$. This was published before Scott avowed him- self as author, and before the general title of " The Waverley Novels" was adopted. At that time they were grouped into classes, as follows : Novels and Tales, 12 vols. ; Historical Romances, 6 vols. ; Novels and Romances, 7 vols.; Tales and Romances, 14 vols. ; Notes and Illustrations, 2 vols. ; total, 41 vols. There is a brilliant set of the Poetical Works, 11 vols., large paper, 1810-30, 11. Is. ; also first editions of the ' Border Antiquities,' and 'Provincial Antiquities.' Todd's 'Spenser,' 8 vols., large paper, 1805, is III. 11s. Dibdin in his ' Library Companion' says: "I will not allow my 'Young Man* to take any rest till a well-coated copy of Todd's ' Spenser' glitter upon his shelves." Messrs. Young's catalogue is full of treasures, but we have space for only one more. We must, however, mention that among Napoleon items is a beautiful collection of 142 OTonze medals, in four green morocco cases made in the form of books. They come from the Norman Court collection of Francis Baring. The price of the lot is 101. 10s.

PROF. ALFRED NEWTON, whose death we regret to notice on the 7th inst. at the age of seventy- eight, was a distinguished zoologist, and one of the

first authorities on birds in this country. He was for many years an occasional contributor to our columns, e.f/., in the Sixth Series on humming-birds and other birds ; and in the Seventh on " Shepster," a name of the starling; and in the Ninth on the toucan and wild bulls.

COLLECTORS of old documents will be pleased to learn that important communications from James II. after his deposition, dated from " Our Castle in Dublin," also from his descendant, dated a few days before the battle of Culloden, have lately been rescued from destruction. Among the first followers of James was Stewart of Appin, to whom were sent letters bearing at the head of each the signature of "James R." and at the foot that of "Melfort," also others signed "James R." with the signature of "Mar" attached, reading, "To our Trusty and Welbeloved Laird of Apine, &c. There is also the parchment, or royal warrant, written just before the battle of Culloden, proclaiming the descendant of the former Laird "Colonell." In that capacity Col. Stewart was very prominent in that engage- ment. Afterwards he seems to have fled with the Pretender to France, where the above documents remained some thirty years before reaching Edin- burgh, where they were secured after considerable difficulty. There is also a letter from the descendant of the famous Earl of Mar to a friend, thanking him for congratulations on the restoration of his title. A great number of autographs and letters from prominent persons, extending over a hundred years, form part of a collection saved by Messrs. Darling & Pead, of South Kensington.

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To secure insertion of communications corre- spondents must observe the following rules. Let each note, query, or reply be written on a separate slip of paper, with the signature of the writer and such address as he wishes to appear. When answer- ing queries, or making notes with regard to previous entries in the paper, contributors are requested to put in parentheses, immediately after the exact heading, the series, volume, and page or pages to which they refer. Correspondents who repeat queries are requested to head the second com- munication " Duplicate."

WE cannot undertake to answer queries privately, nor can we advise correspondents as to the value of old books and other objects or as to the means of disposing of them.

A. MATTHEWS (Boston, U.S.A.). Bacon anti- cipated, ante, p. 345.

ERRATA. In the Index to the last volume the entry under 'Bosworth (Newton)' should read "d. 1848, his biography, 343." Ante, p. 445, col. 2, 1. 4, for " shou" read shon.

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