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by Spielmann, 11. 10.-*. ; Edition de Luxe of Matthew Arnold's Works, 15 vols., 41. 18s. Qd. ; Buckle, complete, best Library Edition, 51. 5$. ; ' English Dialect Dictionary,' 6 vols., 4to, 10^. ; and a com- plete set of the English Dialect Society, 141. 14s. The catalogue contains a considerable number of numismatic and antiquarian works, and also a very extensive collection of books on Somerset.

Mr. Bertram Dobell's Catalogue 155 is a Rough List of First and Early Editions of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Chapman, Beaumont and Fletcher, c. The Shakespeares include a desirable copy of the Second Folio, 200. ; also a second example, 451. The first collected edition of Beaumont andFletcher, is 4W. ; Chapman's ' The Widdovves Teares,' first edition, 30Z. ; and an exceptionally fine series of the early folios of Ben Jonson, 4 vols., 90/.

Mr. Dobell's Catalogue 156, although containing no high-priced books, has many interesting items. We note the first edition, in 8 parts, of Carlyle's ' Latter- Day Pamphlets,' wrappers, 1850, 7s. Qd. ; a volume 01 pamphlets, including Holyoake's ' Why do the Clergy avoid Discussion ? ' 2s. Qd. ; first col- lected edition of Hood's poems, 2 vols., 12mo, 1846, 12s. Qd. ; ' The Man in the Moon,' edited by Albert Smith and Angus Reach, 5 vols., 11. 10s.; first edition of Leigh Hunt's ' The Months,' 7s. Qd. ; also his 'Men, Womeij, and Books,' 15s. The Literary Magazine, vols. i. to xi., 1788-93, is 2/. 2s. ; Charles Lloyd's ' Poems,' 1819, 7s. Qd. ; first edition of George Meredith's ' Poems,' 1883, 8s. Qd. ; and The Black Dwarf, edited by Wooler, Nos. 1 to 4 and 11 to 49, in the original numbers, uncut, 1817, 5s. Qd. (con- taining an account of Hone's trial, &c.). A collection of old Oxford tracts, 1669-1759, is 11. Is. ; second edition of ' The Dunciad,' 10s. Qd. ; and first edition of Tennyson's 'Ode on the Death ^f Wellington,' 1852, 3*. 6(1. There is a list of Foreign Books and a number of important pamphlets.

Mr. Francis Edwards's Catalogue 293 opens with works on North and South Africa. Many of these are much reduced in price, notably Earth's ' Travels,' from 51. 5s. to 21. 5s. ; Brown's ' Story of Africa,' I/. 10s. to 9s. ; and Brugsch's ' Egypt under the Pharaohs,' also from II. 10s. to 9s. A standard work of its time, Moffat's ' Missionary Labours,' can now be had for 4s. Qd. ; and H. M. Stan- ley's ' Congo ' for 8s. Qd. Under Afghanistan are Atkinson's beautiful folio sketches, 1842. These can be had separately, as may also Capt. Hart's magnificent plates. Those portraying military, official and domestic life are priced Is. Qd. and 2s. Qd. each. Under America is the Library Edition of N. N. Bancroft's Works, 44 vols., I8t. Architecture includes Birch's ' London Churches,' 31. 15s. Under Arctic are Bradford's 'Arctic Regions,' 01. ; Kane's ' Second Grinnell Expedition in search of Franklin,' 6s. Qd. ; McClintock's f Voyage of the Fox,' 3s. Qd.; Parry's 'Voyages,' 5 vols., 11. 5s. ; and Ross's ' Voyage to Baffin's Bay,' I/. 5s. Under Art are D. S. MacColl's 'Nineteenth-Cen- tury Art,' 21.; and 'Great Masters, 1400-1800,' folio, morocco, 61. 6s. The general portion includes Bar- bier's ' Dictionnaire des Ouvrages et Pseudonymes,' 4 vols., 1822, 10s. ; Burton's 'Book-Hunter,' 12s. Qd. ; Morley's 'Cobden,' 2 vols., 1881, 9s. ; Hawkins's ' Silver Coins of England,' best edition, 15s. ; and Hobbes, edited by Molesworth, 10 vols., 1839, 11. 12s. Qd. There are first editions of Dickens, and early editions of Tennyson and Ruskin. A splendid set of Punch, 1841-1903, half-red morocco, is 201. ;

and under Portraits are well-known persons of the Victorian era. Mr. Edwards calls this a Clearance Catalogue, and a very interesting clearance it is.

Messrs. William George's Sons send from Bristol their List 302, which includes books from the T r n t 8 of the late ? rof - Rowl ey and the late Rev 5t-5 Medley. r An interesting Scott item is the third .edition of Marmion/ 1808, 11. 15s. On the half-title of Canto First is " Walter Scott, Novem- ber 1st, 1817." There follows in MS. a version of the Hymn for the Czar' which differs from the text printed in Scott's ' Poems.' Bartolozzi items include Dryden's 'Fables,' 1797, 21. 18s. First editions of Browning include ' Christmas Eve ' and

Easter Day,' 1850, 11. 6s. Among general items are Chetham Society, 1844-75, 8/. 10s. ; Dekker's

Dramatic Works,' 4.1. 4s.; Hazlitt's Works, 13 vols 41. 15s.; Lavater, 5 vols., imperial 4to, 1789-98, 71. 7s.' Kinglakes 'Crimea,' 51. 10s.; Pickering's set of English Liturgies, 7 vols., folio, half-morocco, &. 8s Perrot and Chipiez's 'Ancient Art,' 12 vols., 61. 6s.; and Bicknell's ' Riviera Flowers, 11. Is. Under Spain is Lafuente's ' Historia General de Espaiia ' continued by Valera, 25 vols., 8vo., Barcelona, 1889-90, 4l.12s.Qd. "A complete history of Spain from the earliest to the present time, with a good index."

Messrs. George also send us No. CCIC. of their Library Supply Lists. This is devoted to Ame- ricana.

We have received two Remainder Catalogues- one from Mr. Glaisher (No. 355), and one from Mr. John Grant, of Edinburgh. We quote a few examples from each, and give first the published price, and next the reduced one. Mr. Glaisher offers the ' Decameron,' '21. 2s. and 11. 10s. ; ' The Book of Governors,' 21. 2s. and 5s. Qd. ; Bosworth's ' Anglo-Saxon Dictionary,' 12s. and 3s. ; Calderon, edited by Maccoll 14s. and 2s. Qd. ; Bronte Novels, Thornton Edition, 31. 10s. and 11. 10s.; 'Cruik- shank's Water-Colours,'!/, and 7s. Qd. ; 'Contem- porary Art,' 01. Ox. and 11. 15s. ; ' Contemporary Pulpit,' 31. 2s. Qd. and 11. ; McCarthy's ' Gladstone,' 7s. Qd. and 2s. 9ef. ; ' Bygone Pleasure Gardens of London,' If. 10s. and 6s. 9rf. ; ' James Orrock,' by Webber, 1QI. 10s. and 21. 17s. Qd. ; and Recluses ' Universal Geography,' 19/. 19s. and 51. Under Rabelais is the splendidly illustrated edition of Heath Robinson, 2l. 2s. and 11. 5s.

Mr. Grant's Catalogue contains Ackermann's 'Microcosm of London,' 31. 3s. and 11. 16s. 6rf.; Alken's ' National Sports,' 51. 5s. and 21. 2s. ; Jane Austen's Novels, 21. 10s. and 11. 10s.; 'Australasia Illus-

Majesty's Tower,' 11. 4s. and 8s. Qd. ; Stevenson's ' Edinburgh,' 1717 and 1828, sixty-three drawings, 41. 14s. 6d. and 11. 10s.; Wright's 'Life of Edward FitzGerald,' 11. 4s. and 10s. 6d.; ' Haydn's Book of Dignities,' If. 5s. and 5s. Qd. ; Clement Scott's 'Drama of Yesterday and To-day,' 11. 16s. and 6s. 8d.; Shaw's ' Encyclopaedia of Ornament,' 4/. 4*. and 10s. Qd. ; and Wordsworth's Works, with Dorothy Wordsworth's Diary, ed. by Prof. Knight, 12 vols.1 21. Ss. and 11. 3s. Qd.

Mr. William Hitchman, of Bristol, has in his Catalogue 52 Baldry's ' Herkomer : a Study and a Biography,' 11. 12s. Qd. ; Morris's ' Historic Houses,' 6 vols., 4to, 21. 5s. ; The Ancestor, 1902-5, R 19s. Qd. ;