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item is the editio princeps of Boccaccio's wonderf u book ' De Claris Mulieribus,' Ulm, J. Zainer, 1473, 1601. This has the curious cut of the accouche- ment of Pope Joan. Dibdin describes the book as containing some of the most curious and divert- ing woodcuts in the earlier annals of the arts oi printing and engraving." There are also copies of the 'Decameron.' Among items under Bpni- facius VIII. is a manuscript on vellum, 'Liber Sextus Decretalium cum Apparatu Domini Johan- nis (Andrese) Monachi.' This has four small minia- tures and nearly 1,200 illuminated initials. The miniature on the front page is important as repre- senting Boniface wearing the Papal crown with only one coronet : the colour is red. The Rev. J. Woodward says ('Eccles. Heraldry,' p. 151): "There is much uncertainty as to the time when the coronets were added to the infula, the simple mitre of the Bishops of Rome. The usual account is that the first was sent to Rome by Clovis, King of the Franks ; the second added by Pope Boni- face VIII and the third either by Bene- dict XIII. or Urban V. I recently remarked that on the tomb of Pope Boniface in the basilica of S. John Lateran the tiara has but one coronet. This is, so far as I cam aware, the first appearance of it in connexion with the Papal arms.' We would gladly linger over this most interesting catalogue, and if space allowed, we should describe many more ; but readers must get the catalogue for them- selves. We will mention further only ' The Pil- grim's Progress,' 12mo, blue morocco, 1685, 27/.; the extremely rare ^Esop, 1485, 1551. ; the first Aldine edition of Horace, 1544-5, 30/. ; Malory's 'King Arthur,' the extremely rare edition of Thomas East, n.d. (c. 1570), 96/. (only two or three perfect copies known) ; and a remarkable MS. of the Arthurian romances in 4 vols., including the ' Lancelot ' proper, the ' Quest of the Holy Grail,' and the ' Mort d' Arthur.' There are 45 fine minia- tures and the coat of arms of the original owner. The size is large folio, bound in eighteenth-century French red morocco, and the price is 6001.

Mr. S. M. Mason, of Carlisle, has in his Cata- logue 6 Alison's 'History of Europe,' 20 vols.,2/. 5s.; Boulton's 'Amusements of Old JLondon,' 16s.; the first edition of ' Pride and Prejudice,' 3 vols., 1813, 21. 12s. Qd.; Bewick's 'Birds' and '^Esop,' 3 vols., 1820-26, 21. Is. 6d.; Froude's ' Carlyle,' 4 vols., 21. 2s.; 'Court Memoirs,' English Grolier Society, 20 vols., SI. 5s.; first edition of Defoe's 'True-Born Englishman,' 1700, 121. 10s.; Surtees's 'Durham,' 4 vols., folio, 1816-40, 191. 5s.; Green's 'Short His- tory,' 4 vols., edited by Mrs. Green and Kate Nor- gate, \l. 17s. Qd.; Grote's Works, 13 vols., full calf, a choice set, 14. 14s.; Horsley's ' Britannia Romana,' folio, 1732, 11. 10s.; Kenny Meadows's 'Heads of the People,' first edition, 21. 5s.; 'The Newgate Calendar,' 4 vols., 1824-6, 31. 5*. ; Macculloch's ' Highlands of Scotland,' 1824, 31. 7s. 6d. ; Waverley Novels, Centenary Edition, 25 vols., 1871, 51. 10s.; Neale's 'Westminster Abbey,' 2 vols., royal 4to, II. 5s. ; Fielding, Constable's Library Edition, 12 vols., 21. 15s.; and Thackeray, plates by Doyle and Du Maurier, 24 vols., 12/. 10s.

Mr. E. Menken's Circular 178 contains James I.'s version of the Book of Common Prayer, 21. 5s. (evidently issued immediately after James's death, before the edition of 1625 was ready, as the two leaves in the Litany containing the prayers for the King and Queen are cancelled, and those for Charles

inserted) ; the first French edition of ' Evelina ' Paris, 1779, 21. 2s.; and Hilton's three volumes on chronograms, 21. 10s. (the number of works noticed amounts to 14,000). A complete set of the Portfolio monographs is 131. 13s.; and Jesse's 'English His- torical Memoirs,' 30 vols., 1900, 121. 12s. There are a number of histories of guilds ; also collections of eighteenth-century poetry, and coloured children's books, 1835-40.

Mr. G. A. Poynder sends from Reading his List 44, which contains a genuine first edition o f Bacon s' Advancement of Learning, '1605, 20/. ; first edition of Burney's ' Wanderer,' 1814, 4/. 12s. 6rf. ; Cuyier's 'Animal Kingdom,' 16 vols., royal 8vo., 1827-35, 11. Is. ; Dawkms's ' Cave-Hunting,' 1874, 21. 10s. ; a fine copy of Humphreys's edition of Froissart, 1844, St. 17s. 6d. ; Lodge's ' Portraits,' M. 15s. ; and Microscopical Society's Quarterly Journal, 1853-78, 181. 18s. There are interesting items under America, Botany, India, &c.

Mr. Thomas Thorp sends also from Reading his Catalogue 174. It contains Boydell's ' Thames,' with its 76 beautiful coloured plates, 2 vols., large folio, 121. 12*. ; also Boydell's ' Shakespeare,' large-type edition, 9 vols., folio, 8/. 8s. Other items include 'The Encyclopaedia Britannica,' Times edition, without revolving case, 161. ; first edition of Mill's 'Subjection of Women,' 1869, 12s ; Chalmers's 'Shakespeare,' 8 vols., in full polished calf, 1856, 21. 6s. Qd. ; and Rabelais, Bonn's suppressed edition, 1849, 15s. There are interesting Civil War tracts. A mezzotint portrait of Charles Dundas, M.P. engraved by William Say, 1823, is 21. 2s. Say was the first to use steel as a substitute for copper in the mezzotint process. Mr. Thorp has made a collection of books relating to the South African War and the Russo-Japanese War, in all 140 vols The price of this is 131.

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F. F. K. ("Glencoe Massacre "). See MR. FYX- MORE'S note at 10 S. vii. 287 and the authorities mentioned therein.

G. M. H. P., Foochow ("Woman suckling her Aged Father"). This story is widely spread. See the interesting communications at 10 S. iv. 353, 432 v. 31, 132, 453; vi. 172.

C. P. (" Ancient Order of Foresters "). Merely a Fanciful description, similar to the Royal Ante- diluvian Order of Buffaloes, Ancient Druids, &c.

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