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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. VIIL AUG. 3, 1907.

On October 1st a double section, concluding N, by Mr. Craigie, is promised. Dr. Murray has got through O and P down to ' Polygenistic,' and Mr. Craigie, who is also doing Q to S, has got as far as ' Reserve.' The remainder of the work is described as " in active preparation." We give these details because some readers, not realizing the division of labour among the three editors, may imagine that the ' Dictionary' has reached in this section of M its latest point in the alphabet.

The Writings of Matthew Prim' : Dialogues of the Dead, and other Works in Prose and Verse. The Text edited by A. R. Waller. "Cambridge Eng- lish Classics." (Cambridge, University Press.) Tins volume contains all Prior's literary works in prose and verse except those in the folio of 1718, which appeared in the volume edited by Mr. Waller two years ago. He mentions from 'ly.&Q.' (2 S. v. 356) that Prior, according to Prof. J. E. B. Mayor, negotiated a purchase of Greek type in 1700 for the press which now publishes his works. Every student of English literature must have this edition, for more than half the pages before us con- tain additions to the known writings. Mr. W 7 aller has been permitted to examine the Prior papers at Longleat, and has shown admirable zeal and in- dustry in laying the results of his search before us. Of the poetical additions there is nothing which seems to us first - rate, but the prose ' Dialogues of the Dead' are capital work. 'Locke and Montaigne,' 'The Vicar of Bray and Sir Thomas Moor ' (sic), and ' Oliver Cromwell and his Porter ' are strong testimonies to Prior's humour and dis- cernment more worthy, indeed, of his powers than many of his brief verses, which are both coarse and crude.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. AUGUST. MR. THOMAS BAKER'S Catalogue 513 is a clearance list, not of New Theology, but Cheap Theology. Plenty of variety is to be found in it, as the books date from 1577 (a folio in vellum of Bucer's ' Scripta Anglicana,' 31. 10s.) to Dale's 'Lectures on the

Atonement,' 1905 (to be had for a shilling). We note Ellicott's 'Commentary,' 8 vols., 4to, 21. 5s.; Dollinger's 'First Age of Christianity,' 16s.; Ed- ward Irving's Collected Writings, 7 vols., 7s. Qd. (published at 4/. 10s.); and 'The Speaker's Com- mentary,' 13 vols., 31. 5s. There are a few works of general literature scattered through the catalogue.

Mr. P. M. Barnard, of Tunbridge Wells, includes in his Catalogue 15 many antiquarian and topo-

fraphical books, also books relating to the British sles. Among Kentish works is Lambard's ' Per- ambulation of Kent,' first edition, 1576, 01. Under Lancashire is Darrell's 'True Narration of the Strange and Grievous Vexation by the Devil of 7 Persons, 1 4to, 1600, 47. 5s. Under London will be found a very cheap copy of Agas's 'Civitas Lon- dinum,' 1874, 5s. Qd. ; and Burton's ' London and Westminster,' 1681, 12s. Qd. The latter contains the arms of the sixty-six companies. The list of Alpine works exemplifies the large amount of space now devoted in catalogues to Alpine literature. Interesting items also occur under Europe, Asia, Africa, &c.

Mr. Andrew Baxendine sends from Edinburgh List 106, which contains under Angling Houghton's


 * Freshwater Fishes,' 2 vols., folio, 1879, 11. 5s.; and

' Songs of the Edinburgh Angling Club,' privately printed, 1858, 11. 5s. Scottish works include the Marquess of Bute's 'Arms of the Burghs,' 4to^ 11. Is.; Billings's 'Antiquities,' 4 vols., 4tq, 4/. 4s.;; Drummond's ' Old Edinburgh,' atlas folio, 1879 r 11. 10s.; Edwards's 'Scottish Poets,' 16 vols.,. 21. 10s. Qd.; Napier's 'Homes and Haunts of Scott,' 21. 10s. Qd.; Jamieson's 'Dictionary,' 2 vols., 4to, 15s. Qd.; Seattle's 'Scotland Illustrated,' 200 fine steel engravings, 2 vols., 4to, 1838, 12s. Qd. ; Crombie's 'Modern Athenians,' portraits of Edinburgh citi- zens of a century ago, including Walter Scott and 96 other coloured portraits, 4to, 15s. Qd. ; and Scottish Geographical Magazine, complete set,. 1885-1902, 18 vols., 47. 15s. The general portion contains a fine set of Kinglake's 'Invasion of the Crimea,' 9 vols., half -calf, new, 47. 4s.; Lof tie's 'London,' los. Qd.; 'The Creevey Papers,' 18s. Qd.; Ogilvie's 'Dictionary,' 4 vols., 11. 5s.; and the "Biographical Edition" of Thackeray, 13 vols.,. new, halt-calf, 31. 10s. Qd.

Mr. H. Cleaver sends from Bath his Catalogue 38. We note under Alpine Whymper's ' Ascent of the Matterhorn,' first edition, 12s. Qd.; also his 'Scram- bles among the Alps,' 13s. QrL; and the first edition of Albert Smith's ' Story of Mont Blanc,' 12s. Qd. A handsome set of Ainsworth's Novels, 16 vols., is; 51. 15s.; the " Winchester Edition " of Jane Austen's Novels, 10 vols., 31. 12s. Qd. ; and Beaumont and Fletcher, with introduction by George Darley,, 2 vols., Moxon, 1840, 12s. Qd. Darley was an early contributor to The Athenceum, and a new collected edition of his poems is to be added to Routledge's " Muses' Library." The first edition of Hartley- Coleridge's ' Poems,' 1851, is 10s. ; and first edition- of Cruikshank's ' Omnibus,' 1842, 21. 2s. The Dickens items include first octavo edition of ' Boz,' 1839, 31. 3s.; and a complete set of the "Authentic Edition," 21 vols., half -levant, 101. 10s. Other items include Hay ward's 'Edward VI.,' 1630, 21. 10s.; "Dryburgh Edition" of Scott, IO/. 10s.;: Prescott, edited by Kirk, 12 vols., 41. 4s.; and Thackeray, "Library Edition," 24 vols., 131. 13s, Among autographs are those of Bonaparte and; Nelson.

Mr. James G. Commin, of Exeter, has in his- Catalogue 234 among American items Long's ' Rocky Mountains,' 1823, 31. 10s.; Bollan's 'Great Import- ance of Cape Breton,' 1746, 31.; and Ellis's 'Hud- son's Bay,' 1748, 11. 5s. Cartwright's 'Comedies,.' 1651, is 11. 12s. This edition contains 100 pages of commendatory verses, including some by Izaak Walton and Henry Vaughan. The Cruikshank works comprise Glascock's ' Land Sharks and Sea Gulls,' 3 vols., uncut, 1838, 21. 10s.; the Mayhew brothers' ' Whom to Marry,' in the original six parts, with advertisements, 31. 3s.; and Brough's ' Life of Falstaff,' 1858, 37. 10s. Other items include ' Ingoldsby,' 3 vols., 1843-7, 31. 15s.; a set of Lysons's ' Magna Britannia,' 121. ; Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore, 5 vols., Newcastle, 11. 10s.;, Pinkerton's 'Voyages,' 18 vols., 4to, 3/. 10s.; Gell's 'Pompeiana,'!/. 15s.; Wright's Western Antiquary,' 11 vols., and three parts of vol. xii., all published, 21. 17s. Qd.; and Ruskin's 'Poems, now first Col- lected,' with notes by Collingwood, 2 vols., 4to, 11. 8s.

Mr. Alfred Cooper's Catalogue 87 contains under America ' Picturesque America,' 2 vols. , 4to, 21. ; 'American Figure Painters,' 11.; and 'A Diary of American Events,' with documents, poetry, &c. r