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' Diary and Letters,' Edition de Luxe, 8/. 8s. Stuart's 'Costume of the Clans,' 21. 2s.; Edward FitzGerald's Works, Edition de Luxe, 7 vols,. 3?. 3s. ; Mrs. Thomson's ' Memoirs of the Jacobites,' Bentley, 1845, II. 14s.; Lamb's Works, large paper, 12 vols., 31. 18.9. 6d.; ' Leeds Pottery Designs,' 1783, 6/. 6s. ; Mahon's ' History of England,' 8 vols., new half calf, 21. 2s.; Owen's ' Old Stone Crosses,' 11. Is.; Gardiner's 'Oliver Cromwell,' 4to, 11. 15s.; Hill's 'Organ Cases and Organs,' 2 vols., folio, 51. 10*.; And Poltoek's 'Peter Wilkins,' Berwick, 1784, 11. 8s. (a note says, "For important references to the work see ' N. & Q.,' 1 S. x."). A copy of Court- hope and Elwin's Pope, 10 vols. , is priced, 11. 15s. Clowes's 'Royal Navy,' 7 vols., 4to, 4^. 15s.; Max Rooses's 'Rubens,' 11. 18s.; the Edition de Luxe of Strickland's 'Queens of England,' 51. 5s.; and

4 Moliere's Plays,' Waller and Saintsbury, 8 vols., 11. 5s.

Messrs. Myers & Co.'s Catalogue 121 contains the very scarce facsimile reprint of ' The Kynge Apollyn of Thyre,' reproduced by E. W. Ashbee for private circulation, 1870, 101. 10s. Under Cruik- ehankis 'Life in Paris,' 1822, 16^.; and under Drama a collection relating to Master W. H. West, the Young Roscius, containing 5 coloured caricatures, 31 original water-colour drawings, original agree- ments, &c., 1800-36, 15^. Malone's 'Shakespeare,' 21 vols., uncut. 1821, is 151. 15s. There is a run of The Times, 1875-95, strongly bound, 281. Other items include Andrew Lang's ' Ballads of Old France,' first edition, 1872, 4^. 4s.; four engravings of Nelson's funeral in Hogarth frames, 4/. 10s.; 'In Memoriam,' first edition, Moxon, 1850, 4. 10s.; and the Times ' History of the War in South Africa,' 31. 17s. 6d. (published at 61. 6s. net). A note states that " Vols. i. to v. are already issued, and the sixth (and final) volume will be delivered free to the purchasers of the above set, as soon as published." There are lists under Angling, Art, Dickens (first editions), Elzevir Press, and Military and Naval Works. The rare first edition of Rossetti's poems, 1870, is &. There are two of Pickering's publications : Shakespeare, with Stot- liard's engravings, 9 vols., 16mo, green morocco, 1825, 4. 12s. 6d.; and "The Diamond Classics,"

5 vols., contemporary morocco, 2/. 7s. 6d. The extra-illustrated works include Doran's ' A Lady of the Last Century,' and Forster's ' Goldsmith,'

Messrs. Myers also send us Catalogue 122, which is devoted to Vanity Fair Cartoon Portraits. There are nearly a thousand to select from.

Mr. W. M. Murphy, of Liverpool, has in his List 128 many interesting works on Egypt, including that published by order of Napoleon. The copy offered by Mr. Murphy was the one presented to Mrs. Goodison by Rusk in. The price is 20/. Another present from Ruskin was Rosellini's splendid work, 12 vols., half-morocco, 22/. 10s. The general list in- cludes the Transactions of the Biblical Archaeological Society. 157. Among the Alkens is the first edition of Surtees's ' Hunting Field,' Ackermaun, 1846, 9L 9s. A good list under America contains Jorge Juan's 'Relacion Historica,' 2 vols., 4to, 1748-73, extremely scarce, 51. 5s. The plans show the towns of 150 years ago. An autograph letter of Robert Bloom- field, July 22nd, 1800, thanks Mr. Vaughan for a copy of Burns's Works: "I wish he [Burns! was alive that I might see him for the small trouble of walking to Scotland for that purpose." There is also an original humorous poem, ' Richard and Kate,'

the price for the collection being 31. 3s. Other items include Memoires Historiques sur Raoul de Coucy ' a splendid copy, Paris, 1781, 21. 2s. ; Simpson's 'War in the Crimea,' 80 beautifully executed plates i^B?} ^j ' ^Sa-e 20s. ; Hogg's 'Jacobite Relics' 819, 17*. 6d. ; Kmglake's 'Crimea,' original cloth, 8 vols., 21. 10s. : a complete set of the Manx Society's Publications, 31 vols., 71. 10s. ; Times reprint of Punch, 101.; and Planches 'Cyclopaedia of Cos- u, me '. 2 vols " 4t . 6Z- 6s. Under Mesmerism is 1 he /foist : a Journal of Cerebral Physiology, 6 vols.,

Mr. W. Reeves has a special list devoted to Musical Literature published by him.

Messrs. Henry Sotheran & Co.'s Price Current 675 is devoted to Natural History. We note a few out of the 647 items. Darwin's Works and Life,

18 vols., are 101, 15s. A fine set of the Linnean Society s Transactions, 1791-1935, is 52^. 10s.; and a o, ne o ld. set of Pei iant, 29 vols., 4to, 1776-1894, 8J. 8s. Another tine set is that of the Zoological Society, 50 vols., new half green morocco, 1830-99 8^. The original edition of J. Guille Millais's 'Breath from the Veldt' is 61. 6s. Of course there is a choice list under Gould. A cheap remainder is Leech's 'Butterflies from China Japan, and Corea,' 71. 7s. (published at 14^. 3s. 6^ ) Ihere is a complete set of Lovell Reeve's 'Con- chologia Iconica,' 20 thick vols., 4to, 178^.; also a complete set of Curtis's Botanical Magazine 159/ A tall copy of the first edition of Parkinson's

Garden of Pleasant Flowers,' 1629, is 311. 10s a set of the original edition of Sowerby's ' Botany ' 111. 17s. ; and a set of The Ibis, 75!, The first few volumes of this are of the utmost rarity.

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