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and Lord Treasurer ; but it does not appear what redress she had. She could have had little success, however, for she continued in business but two years (Johnson's ' Typo- graphia'). Mr. F. G. Hilton Price, in his ' Signs of Fleet Street ' in the Archceol. Journ. Dec., 1895, says that Joel Stephens, law stationer, was here from 1730 to 1741. This would make Stephens's residence in the reign of George II., but Wheatley in his ''London' says that it was in that of George I. Probably it was in both.

Messrs. Butterworth possess (or did possess before leaving) all the leases and documents from the time of the early printer Tottel down to their own.

The Hand and Star also adorned the title-pages of books printed by Felix Kyng- ston (Bagford Title-Pages).

Mr. Wheatley says that Mr. Joseph Butterworth, afterwards M.P. for Coventry and for Dover, came to 43, Fleet Street, in 1780, and established there the first central law-publishing business, and that besides being an eminent publisher, Butterworth was a foremost philanthropist and religious leader. It was in his house, 43, Fleet Street, that the British and ForeignBible Society was founded in 1804 ('London Past and Present'). Messrs. Butterworth were at No. 7 from 1818 until 1898. J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL.

29, Tooting Bee Gardens, Streatham, S.W.

MR. ALECK ABRAHAMS is well within the limit when he states that this old house has been occupied by persons in the book- selling trade for 200 years. It has, in fact, been so occupied for over 350 years ! This house was formerly known by the sign of the Hand and Star, situated between the two Temple gates. The first mention of it is in 1553, when Richard Tottell or Tothill, a printer, was here ; in 1578 he was Master of the Stationers' Company, and resided here from 1553 to 1597. ' In 1594 Charles Yetsweirt, bookseller and printer, and after- wards the widow Jane Yetsweirt, had a press here. 1594-1612, John Jaggard also had a printing press here. 1660, Gabryell Bradle, a stationer, was here ; 1691-4, Thomas Bever, a bookseller and stationer. In 1710 we find the name of Mr. Plaistow ; 1730-1741, Joel Stephens, law stationer. The next mention I have note of is 1818, when the Butterworths, law stationers, came here, and continued until recently, followed by Messrs. Clowes.

F. G. HILTON PRICE.

Probably the shop property No. 7, Fleet Street, has sustained the most constant and

singular adherence to literature it is possible to conceive, and it is therefore a thousand pities its business nature is changing. For about four centuries its active association with printing, publishing, and bookselling has scarcely been broken.

Early in the sixteenth century it was occupied by Henry Smith, stationer and printer of law books, " at the signe of the Trinity " (see Mr. Gordon Duff's ' West- minster and London Printers,' 1906, p. 176). There is more than a suspicion that before this it was the head-quarters of Robert Redman or Rudeman. Smith was his son-in-law and executor.

Succeeding Smith came Richard Tottel, who altered the sign to that of the " Hande and Starre." From here in 1557 was issued the famous first English anthology, ' Tottell's Miscellany.' Tottel developed an extensive business between 1553 and his death in 1594. In that year he was succeeded as owner by his former apprentice, John Jaggard, who retained the same sign. Upon his death from the plague some thirty years later the business was conducted by his widow Elizabeth Jaggard, with the aid of his young son.

Space forbids more than to add that (as your correspondent shows) the shop has remained faithful to its great traditions for the last two hundred years, finishing up with names so familiar as Butterworth and Clowes. Throughout its long history the business there successively conducted has shown a devoted sympathy to law and legal literature.

The County Council would do well to affix an historical tablet to the building.

WM. JAGGARD.

PALGRAVE'S ' GOLDEN TREASURY' (10 S. viii. 147, 236). I should be glad to qualify what I said in my note at the first reference. It cannot be easy for the pub- lishers to consider any additions to the original volume of ' The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics,' seeing that a ' Second Series ' is devoted to the perfecting of the idea of the book. This ' Second Series,' be it said, is, like the first by the same dis- tinguished editor, a shining example of breadth of opinion, delicacy of insight, and (intrinsically) sureness of critical judgment.

While dealing with this subject, I would draw attention to a point of some biblio- graphical interest with regard to the text of Rossetti's ' The Blessed Damozel.' The text given in the ' Second Series ' of Palgrave's work differs considerably from that in the