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BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. JULY.

MR. THOMAS BAKER'S June Catalogue (511) con- tains English and foreign theology, also general literature. The former comprises the great London Polyglott, a clean specimen, probably a subscrip- tion copy, 18^. 18s.; Darling's 'Cyclopjedia Biblio- graphica,' 15s. (gives a full list of the contents of the works of the Fathers and ecclesiastical writers of all periods) ; Digby's ' Mores Catholici,' It. 15s., and a large-paper copy, 3/. 18s. ; Drexelius's ' Opera Varia,' 29 vols., 12mo, II. 10s.; the facsimile of the author's MS. (1822) of ' The Christian Year,' 11. 4s. (suppressed immediately upon its publica- tion) ; "Library of the Fathers," Oxford, 1838-81, 48 vols., 8/. 8s.; and Palmer's 'Russian Church,' 6 vols., 21. 2s. Under Teresa is 'The Flaming Heart ; or, the Life of the Glorious St. Teresa,' Antwerp, 1642, old black morocco with one brass clasp, II. 15s. One of the rarest hymnals of the > Christian church is Colenso's 'Psalms and Hymns for the Cathedral Church of St. Peters's, Maritzburg,' 32mo, calf, 11. 5s. This also was sup- pressed. The general portion of the catalogue in- cludes Charles Knight's 'London,' 6 vols., 15s.; Latham's edition of Johnson's ' Dictionary,' 4 vols, 4to, 16s.; Burke's 'Colonial Gentry,' 12s. 6d.; and Skeat's ' Malay Magic,' 12s. 6d.

Mr. Blackwell, of Oxford, has in his June list under Art BoydelPs 'Celebrated Persons,' 1811, 6/. 6s.; Crowe and Cavalcaselle's 'History of Paint- ing in Italy,' 1864-85, 2W. ; Foster's 'Miniature Painters,' 4/. 4s.; Fulleylove's 'Holy Land,' 21. 2s.; ' Turner and Ruskin,' by Wedmore, 12/. ; Rayet's ' Monuments de 1'Art,' 4/. 4s. ; and Visconti's ' Iconographie Ancienne,' 61. ; and Williamson's ' Portrait Miniatures,' 91. 9s. The general portion includes Folk-lore Society's Publications, 1878-91, 8/. 8s.; J. A. Symonds's 'The Renaissance in Italy,' 18^.; Scott's Novels, Abbotsford Edition, 1842, 11.; ' Roxburghe Ballads,' with* notes by York Powell, vol. vi., 17s. Shakespeare, Payne Collier's edition, 11. 12s.i Collier's ' Dramatic Poetry,' 3 vols., 11. Is.; Daniels Works, 5 vols., 31. 3s.; Spenser Society, 31. 3s. ; and Sir Thomas Browne's Works, folio, 1686, 21. 5s. There is an interesting list under Music.

All Cruikshank collectors should procure Mr. Francis Edwards's Catalogue of Cruikshank Books, Drawings, Prints, nearly all from Dr. Truman's famous collection, as it forms a most interesting record. We need only note a complete set of the 13 vols. of Annals of Sporting, 601.; ' Life in Paris,' 21/. ; Bentley's Miscellany, all the plates, 201. ; ' John Gilpin,' 11. Is.; Pierce Egan, 261.; 'Oliver Twist,' 61.; 'Grimm's Stories,' 25/. ; 'Life of Napoleon,' 2(W.; 'Annals of Gallantry,' 28^.; The Scourge, 221.; and 'My Sketch Book,' 14/. The original draw- ings include two for ' Whom to Marry,' viz., ' The Declaration ' and ' The Wedding,' 101. each ; the plate in Bentley's Miscellany, ' Sir Archibald,' 101.; Drawings on Wood, a collection, 42/. ; and the original etched plate of ' The Battle of Waterloo,' specially coloured by Cruikshank as instructions to the aquatinter, 251. Dr. Truman considered this to be the most valuable plate in his collection. These are not a quarter of the treasures in the catalogue. We should like a Carnegie cheque to relieve Mr. Francis Edwards of some of them.

Mr. William Glaisher's List 353 is full of re- mainder bargains. We note 'Picturesque Austra- lasia,' 4 vols., 4to, 10s. 6d. ; Moncure Con way's

'Autobiography,' 2 vols., 6s.; the Astolat Milton, 12s.; 'James Orrock, Painter, 'Connoisseur, and Collector,' 21. 17s. 6d.; Styan's 'Sepulchral Cross- Slabs,' Is. 6d.; Taunton's 'Jesuits in England,' 4s.; Vivian's 'The Servian Tragedy,' 24 plates, 2s.; Willcocks's 'From Kabul to Kumassi,' 5s.; and Newman's 'Butterflies,' 9s.

Mr. George Gregory's Bath Book Catalogue 177 contains Britton's 'Cathedral Antiquities,' 11 - Copper-Plate Magazine, 1792-1800, 31. 3s.; Gay'* 'Fables,' Stockdale's edition, 31. 10s.; Hogarth, 1806, 61.; Holbein, 84 plates printed in colours, 1812, 111. ; Hume's ' England/ Bowyer's edition,. 10 vols., imperial folio, 1806, 101. (published at 120/.) ; ' Leighton's Drawings,' with preface by Cockerell r 11. 4s.; Loudon's 'Arboretum,' 8 vols., 3/. 15s.;; Picart's ' Coutumes Religieuses,' 31. 10s. ; and Roberts's 'Holy Land,' 101. 10s. (cost 120/.). A magnificent set of Strutt's Works, 9 vols., royal 4to, in olive morocco, 1774-1842, is priced 30/.; and a complete set of an original edition of Punch to- December, 1906, 131 vols., 331. Mr. Gregory makes a speciality of Punch, and has a large room devoted entirely to it, so those desirous of completing their sets should apply to him.

Mr. James Gunn's Catalogue 88 comprises all classes of literature. There are also engravings, these including Turner's ' Line-Fishing off Margate,'' 1L ; and ' Eddystone Lighthouse,' 11. Under London are Bowles's 'View of Grosvenor Square,' 1735, 12s. 6d.; and his 'Westminster Abbey,' 1740, 5s.; and Vertue's ' View of the Charity Children in the Strand, 7th July, 1713,' 11. 5s. 'Mrs. Pope,' en- graved by Ridley from an original miniature by Mr. Pope, 1798, is 4/. 10s.

Mr. William Hitchman sends from Bristol his: Catalogue 48, which contains a set of The Con- noisseur, 17 vols., 4. 4s. ; a fine set of Prescott,. 12 vols., half calf, 4Z. 10s.; Burton's 'Arabian Nights,' 51. 5s. ; Chaffers's 'Hall-Marks,' 16s. 6d. ;: Lynam's ' Church Bells,' 11. 5s. ; Joseph Knight's ' Life of Garrick,' 3s. 6d. ; Foster's 'Men at the Bar,' 12s. 6d. ; General Maurice's ' Franco-German War,' 10s. 6d. ; Leigh Hunt's ' Autobiography,' edited by Ingpen, 10s. 6d. ; Jesse's 'BeauBrummell,' 40 portraits in colour, 11. 15s. ; Morris's ' British Birds,' 4/. 10s. ; Pope's Works, Elwin and Cour- thope's edition, 10 vols. , fine unopened copy, 21. 2s. ;. Way's ' Reliques of Old London,' 15s. ; Warwick Castle,' by the Countess of Warwick, 13s. 6d. ; Wordsworth, Prof. Knight's edition, 8 vols., un- opened copy, 18s. ; and Henderson's ' Mary, Queen or Scots,' 96 illustrations on art paper, 10s. 6d.

Messrs. George T. Juckes & Co., of Birmingham, have in their List 180 Alken's 'Life in London,' handsomely bound, full calf, 1822-3, 61. 6s. ; King's ' Antique Gems,' 11. 5s. ; Beaumont and Fletcher,, folio, 1679, 21. 2s.; Camden's 'Britannia,' folio, 1610,. 11.; Dickens's 'Child's History of England,' first edition, 11. 15s.; first edition of ' The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,' 1858, 21. 2s.; Lecky's 'History of England,' 8 vols., 4/. 4s.; a series of caricatures of monks, 34 plates, 11. 15s.; 'The Cries of New York,' 1846, 21. 10s.; Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London,' 1904, 11. 15s. ; and Bentley's Miscellany, 1837-50, 51. 10s.

Messrs. J. & J. Leightoii send us Part XII. of their great catalogue of Early Printed and other Interesting Books, Manuscripts, Fine Bindings, &c. This part contains 175 well executed illustrations, most of them being remarkably quaint. The firsfc