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London bookstalls he reminded us of our founder, and of his friend Charles Wentworth Dilke. There are humorous stories told of how Thorns would strive to outrun Dilke in securing a treasure, and there would be a mutual laugh when the victor showed his prize.

It will be remembered that Joseph Knight had two large sales of his books during his lifetime, but he retained the works he required for special use, and Mr. Edwards's Catalogue includes many private issues of plays. Of course there is a complete set of 'N. & Q.' On the first page of the Catalogue is a facsimile of the title-page of Knight's earliest production : " The Sea by Moon- light : a Poem. By J. Knight, Alumnus at the Rev. B. B. Haigh's, Bramham College, near Tadcaster, Sheffield : printed by J. H. Greaves, Snig Hill, 1846." A fine copy of Fleay's 'Chronicles,' very scarce, 4 vols., is 11. 10*. ; Fitzgerald's 'Theatrical History,' 10 vols., 4. 10s. ; a collection of French plays, 1846-90, 119 vols., with complete MS. index, 10^. A List of English Plays derived from the French, in MS., 21. 10s. Other MSS. include ' Fifty Years of the Drama,' being a complete file of Knight's reviews, theatrical notes, &c. 1866-1905, 101. Among general literature are a set of Leslie Stephen's works, 10 vols., SI. ; and Peter Cunning- ham's edition of Walpole's Letters, 9 vols., Bentley, 1891, 71. 10s. The latter is a presentation copy with the following inscriptions : " A Knight ther was, and that a worthy man, That fro the time that he firste began To riden out he loved chevalrie, Trouthe and honour, fredom and curtesie." " Full Jolly Knight he seemed, and faire did sit." " Are these your letters, Knight?"

HENRY ARTHUR JONES.

Mr. Edwards's new Remainder Catalogue in- cludes the best complete library edition of 'The Paston Letters,' edited by Gairdner, 6 vols., 21. (reduced from 31. 15s.); Morris's 'Dictionary of Australian Words,' 4s. 6d. (16s.) ; Pedrick's 'Borough Seals,' 7s. Qd. (it 5s.); Grammont's 'Memoirs,' 5s. 6d. (12s.) ; Gordon's ' Old-Time Aldwych,' 2s. 6d. (Is. 6d.) ; and Way and Norman's 'Halls of the City Guilds of London,' 4to, 11. Is. (11. Us. Qd.).

Mr. R. S. Frampton's Catalogue 5 is a short mis- cellaneous list. An interesting item for Americans is one of the two hundred copies printed of the 'Constitutions of the Independent States, the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation,' Philadelphia, 1781, calf, 51. A cata- logue of 400 books at Stonyhurst College, printed either in Gothic letter or before 1551, is 5s.

Mr. Gadney, of Oxford, has in his Catalogue XV a selection from the National Gallery of Scotland- folio, 1903, 21. There are items under Art, Bio- graphy, Classics, and English Literature. The last includes the seventh edition of ' The Anatomy of Melancholy,' 1660, 21. 12s. 6d. ; and Spenser's Works, folio, 1679, 31. 3s. Under Topography will be found Pinks's ' Clerkenwell,' Miss Bradley's 'Westminster Abbey,' Ditchfield's 'City Com- panies,' and Norman's ' London Signs.'

Mr. E. Joseph's Catalogue 3 contains, in addition to a general list, a collection of the Arundel Society's chromos. Works on Africa include Harris's ' Wild Sports,' 21. 12s. Among American books is Roose- velt's ' Big Game Hunting in the Rockies,' (only 1,000 copies issued), 21. 8s. Qd. First editions in-

clude Boswell's 'Johnson,' 2 vols, 4to, boards,, uncut, 1791, SI. 10s.; Ainsworth's 'Tower of Lon- don,' 1840, 21. 12s. ; Lady Jackson's ' Court of the- Tuileries,' 31. 17s. 6d. ; Lever's works ; Moxon's illustrated Tennyson, 1857, 21. 10s. ; and the rare: first issue of 'Vanity Fair.' with the suppressed portrait, 1848, 4/. 12s.

Messrs. Mayer & Miiller send us from Berlin two catalogues, Nos. 230 and 231. The first is devoted 1 to Deutsche Philologie und Litteratur, bis etwa 1750,. and the second to Classische Philologie, this* section dealing with Greek authors.

Mr. E. Menken's Book Circular 181 contains one- of twenty-five copies of the Edition de Luxe of Alfred de Musset's 'CEuvres,' 10 vols., 4to, 6/. 6s. A magnificent volume is ' The Art Treasures of" Austria,' privately printed by the command of the^ Emperor, 1870-73, 42. 4s. The Crown jewels are fully described. It is said that the crown alone cost,, when originally made (c. 1600), a million sterling. Bibliography includes ' The Libri Collection,' privately printed, 1862, 4Z. 4s. ; ' Catalogue of the Shakespeare Memorial Library at Birmingham," 10s. 6d. ; and that of the Roxburghe Sale, 1812, 18s. 6rf. There are copies of 'Bradshaw's Com- panion.' Under Crown Woods and Forests are- seventeen Reports, 1787-93, 21. 5s. There are first editions of Dickens; also a set of the "Authentic Edition," choicely bound, 12/. 12s. Holbein's ' Portraits,' with Memoirs by Lodge, 1812, is 31. 15s. Under Newgate is a scrapbook with 150 illustrations, 1727-1903, 21. 2s. There is a subscriber's copy of ' Vetusta Monumenta,' with the three additional parts, 1747-1885, 101. 15s. (published at upwards of 501.) A fine set of the Zoological Society's Proceed- ings, 1830-1903, is priced 801. Under Art-Needle- work is a superb old example, 81. 8s.

Mr. James Miles, of Leeds, has in his List 142 a fine set of Alison's 'Europe,' 20 vols., 3/. 3s. ; the two series of Macgillivray's ' Birds,' 51. 5s. ; ' Book- Prices Current,' 1887-98, 9/. 9s. ; Burton's ' Arabian, Nights,' Benares, 291. ; ' The Century Dictionary,' 8 vols., 61. 10s. ; and a complete set of all the volumes yet issued by The Chetham Society, 221. The scarce first edition of Crabb Robinson's 'Diary,' 1869, is 21. 10s. Under Dickens is the "Household: Edition," now out of print, including* Life,' 21. 2s. A set of Hallam, 9 vols., calf, Library Edition is4Z. 4s. Harleian Society, 1869-1902, 50 vote., cloth, 25/. ; a rare and early edition of La Fontaine, Amsterdam, 1764, 31. 3s. ; and an original copy of Lodge's. 'Portraits,' 1835, 31. 3s. There is a handsome set of Macaulay's 'Essays,' 4 vols., bound in tree calf, 11. Is. Foster's 'Miniature Painters,' 2 vols., folio, Edition de Luxe, only 175 copies, 1903, is 71. 15s. ; : and his British Miniature Painters, large paper, 41. 4s. 'Don Quixote,' translated by Phillips, first edition of this translation, 1687, is 31. 17s. 6d. ; Stephens's 'Old Northern Runic Monuments/ 4 vols., 41. 4s. ; Howard and Crisp's 'Visitations of England and Wales,' 22 vols., Ul. ; and Zola's Novels,. Vizetelly's editions, 12 vols., 3^. 10s. Under York- shire are Clarkson's ' Richmond,' 4L 10s. ; and the- Rev. Patrick Bronte's 'Cottage Poems,' original boards, uncut, "Halifax, printed and sold by P. K. Holden for the Author," first edition, 1811, 11. 10s. There is a list of special Yorkshire bargains.

Mr. W. M. Murphy sends from Liverpool his List 130, which includes purchases from Mr. W. Mullin's collection. A fine copy of Boileau, the;