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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. VIIL SEPT. 7, 1907.

items include Blades's 'Enemies of Books os.; and Milton's 'Comus,' 40 illustrations by Foster, o s There are cheap copies of early printed books ; and a long list under Fiction includes Dickens and Thackeray.
 * Bnon,' Finden's illustrations, Murray 1837, 2s.;

Mr Bertram Dobell's Catalogue 154 contains rarities from collections recently dispersed includ- taKboofci from the library of the poet Gray, Wlllard the actor, and the late Joseph Hatton. We note also an interesting Bronte relic, Emily Bronte's writing-desk, exactly as it was when left at her death, with used pens, &c., and a packet of "Clark's enigmatic and puzzle wafers .auto- graph letter, from Bruxelles Dec. 1843 to Ma chere Charlotte," and signed " Votreamie Sophie ; also a letter from Newbery the publisher to "Ellis Bell, Esq.," advising as to the production of her

imile reprint of the rare Giunta edition 01 the < Decameron,' containing notes in the poet s hand- writing, giving the names of the authors who have been Sbted to Boccaccio (1527) 1727, 2. In the Sral portion is the first collected edition of Beaumont and Fletcher, folio, original calf, 164/ 407 A complete set of the original numbers of Coleridge's 'Friend' is 121. ; and Drayton's 'Poly- Olbion '1622, 2\l. The rare first edition of The Two Noble Kinsmen.' " presented at the Black- friers by the Kings Maiesties Servants, with great applauseV' 1634, is 5(W. Wordsworth's 'Elegy on the Death of Charles Lamb,' " To the dear memory of a frail good man," 1835, is 1. This copy is the one used for printing from when the 1837 edition of Wordsworth's poems was m preparation. Inserted is the original sheet of instructions. There is also a copy of Moxon's 1842 edition of Wordsworth This contains a number of the proof sheets, with numerous corrections by the poet. We have lingered so long over these interesting items that we\aveno space for description of the other por tion of the catalogue, which is full of general items of interest.

Mr R. S. Frampton sends us Catalogues 3 and 4. These contain works on Natural History and Scientific Books. The prices are moderate, and the lists well classified, rendering them easy ot reter- ence People fond of gardening, fishing, and bee- keeping or of the study of astronomy, entomology, geology, conchology, and botany, can obtain aids to their studies. The works on botany are specially cheap.

Mr William Glaisher sends us a supplementary Catalogue (No. 354) of Remainders. There are works on Natural History and Science ; and among the general list of September purchases we note Boulder's 'Life of Sir Stamford Raffles,' 2*. (pub- lished at 2U) ; 'Sartor Resartus, i ustrated by

Etvmolo<rv,'2vols.,4s. (published at 28s. ) ; IMcfcenss ' Life,' bfPercy Fitzgerald, 2 vols., 6s. (published at 21* ) ; Ditchfield's ' City Companies,' 10*. (published at2t8.V Hendricks's 'The London Charterhouse, 3s- "Qd. (published at 15s.) ; Justin McCarthy's 'Remi- niscences.' 6s. (published at 24s.) ; Torrens's' British Cabinets,' 2 vols., 2s. 6d. (published at 36s). . There are a number of the Lubbock series i; of " The Woman's Library," 10s.

Messrs. Charles Higham & Son's Catalogue 461 is a first selection from recent important purchases, nostly divinity. We note a set of the Bampton Lectures, original library edition, 122 vols., 351.; Plumptre's 'Life of Ken,' 3s. Qd. ; Liddell and Scott s ' Greek-English Lexicon,' 18s.; ' Lux Mundi,' 5s.; Newman's 'Apologia,' 1864, 10s. 6d. ; Nightin- lale's 'Lancashire Nonconformity,' 6 vols., II. 4s.; Ranke's 'Reformation in Germany,' translated by Sarah Austin, 3 vols., 21. 17s. Qd. ; also his 'Popes of Rome,' If. 10s. ; first edition of Rutherford's 'Letters,' 1664, I/. Is.; and Stoughtou's 'History of Religion,' 6 vols., 12s. 6d.

Mr. John Jeffery's Catalogue III. contains many items of interest. We note ' The Tower Mena- ontained in that establishment, numerous wood- cuts, 1829, 2s. 6d. ; Williamson's ' Portrait Minia- tures,' 61. 6s. (this was limited to 520 copies, and cost 101. 10s.); Smith's 'Descriptive Catalogue of Friends' Books ; or, Books written by Members of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, From their First Rise to the Present Time, 2 vols., II. ; and ' Quaker Records from 1813 to 1892,' con- taining over 20,000 obituary notices, 5s. There is an interesting item under Newman, being the printer's proof of ' Hymns for the Use of the Bir- mingham Oratory,' edited by the Cardinal, with his own MS. corrections, 31. 3s. ' The Literature of Printing : a Catalogue of the Library of Richard M. Hoe,' privately printed, 1877, is 11. 10s. There are a number of chapbooks and book-plates ; and under India some MSS. One relating to Indian genealogy includes names of the Rathpre chiefs, with historical particulars by an English officer, on Indian paper (circa 1840), 50 folio pages, 31. 3s. Another MS. is headed 'Beejur, Minister of the Chief of Talpura, killed by the Officers of Raja Bejai Sing.' The historical matter goes back into the distant past, and a note states that the history is translated from Kurah Bahi, the price of the 188 folio pages being 21. 2s. An Indian manuscript genealogical tree of the Shekawatees is 51. 5s.
 * erie,' comprising the natural history of the animals

to C0mspontonts.

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B. H. ("Chincough). This is now called hooping- cough. The 'N.E.D.' says: "For chinkcough, in northern dialect kinkcough, from chink, kink-\-cough." The verb chink or kink is defined as "to gasp con- vulsively for breath, lose one's breath spasmodically, in coughing or laughing."

CORRIGENDUM. Ante, p. 170, col. 2, 1. 14 from foot for " 1741 " read 1841.

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