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NOTES AND QUERIES. t u s. i. FEB. 12, 1910.

Mr. Carter's other list contains manuscripts autographs, charters, deeds, and documents relating to the Star Chamber ; " The Red Lyon,' Holborn, 1604 ; " The Bell," Shoreditch, 1617 tolls in Covent Garden Market, 1817, &c.

Mr. W. M. Murphy's Liverpool Catalogue 152 opens with a good copy of Ormerod's ' Cheshire,

3 vols., folio, contemporary russia, 1819, 11. Is., followed by Baines's ' Lancaster ' extra-illustrated,

4 vols., royal 4to, 1836, 31. 10s. ; and Drake's

1736, 51. 10s. General books include a set of The Art Journal, 1851-69, 21. ; Bruce's ' Roman Wall,' large paper, thick 4to, 1853, 21. 10s. ; Dyer's
 * Eboracum,' fine copy, large folio, russia gilt,

royal 8vo, 21. 10s. ; Ogilvie's ' Dictionary,' 4 vols, 1882-3, 11. 5s. ; Mrs. Everett Green's series of ' The Princesses of England,' 6 vols., original cloth, uncut, 1850-55, 4Z. 4s. ; Hallam's Works, 10 vols., half-calf, 11. 5s. ; Howitt's
 * University and Colleges of Cambridge,' 2 vols.,

Kinglake's ' Crimea,' 9 vols., 11. 7s. 6d. ; and Motley's ' Dutch Republic,' 3 vols., cloth, 11. Is. An extra-illustrated copy of Pilkington's ' Dic- tionary of Painters,' 2 vols., 4 to, half -morocco, 1798, 'is 31. 10s. ; and a collection of pamphlets relating to Queen Caroline, also Byron's ' Poems on his Domestic Circumstances.' Hone's ' Political Tracts,' &c., 5 vols., half-russia, 1816-24, 81. 8s. (a printed list of the pamphlets will be sent on application). Under Scott is the Abbotsford Edition, 12 vols., half -calf, 4Z. 10s. A complete set of " The Story of the Nations Series," 62 vols., original cloth, 1885-1903, is 11. ; the Edition de Luxe of Staunton's ' Shakespeare,' with Gilbert's illustrations, 15 vols., original cloth, uncut, 1881, 51. 5s. ; and a set of Hakluyt's ' Navigations,' 12 vols., 1903-5, 11.
 * Homes and Haunts of the Poets,' 1849, II. 5s. ;

Charles J. Sawyer, Ltd., have a specially inter- esting item in their Nineteenth Catalogue, being the Log-Book kept by Major Kirkham on board the ship Providence on a voyage to Russia, 1798, as well as remarks made on board other ships, including the Royal George, 1806-9, to which the Major was drafted, with others, after being taken by a press-gang at a public-house in Bristol. Further notes include descriptions of Boston and New York ; the former is described as being 3,630 yards long and 1,076 yards broad, the population 33.370, and the number of houses 6,000; whilst New York is 9,600 feet long, and 9,600 feet broad, population 100,000, and number of houses 17,000. There are 66 full-page maps and 97 smaller maps and plates in pen-and-ink, sepia, and colours, besides two remarkably fine plans of New York and Boston. The former of these is reproduced on a smaller scale, on the second page of the cover of the Catalogue. The price of the whole is 251. There is also the original MS. of the Privy Purse Expenses of the Duchess of Portland from May, 1786, to May, 1794, 201. Her Grace had her diversions : going to " Ranlegh " costs' a five-pound note ; she has a little flutter in a lottery, play debts are also mentioned. The general items include a complete collection, under Bibliotheca Curiosa, of the reprints edited by Goldstnid, large-paper copies (of which only 75 were issued to subscribers), 64 vols., 121. There is the first edition of Byron's ' Hours of Idleness,' handsomely bound in levant by Riviere, 1807, 1L 12s. 6d. Under Milton is Mitford's

edition, from the library of the late Dr. Hornby 8 vols., full russia, 4Z. 4s. The beautiful Riverside Press edition -of Oliver Wendell Holmes 13 vols uncut, is 21. 2s. There are also original editions of Rowlandson ; first editions of Scott ; and Sheridan's edition of Swift, revised by Nichols 19 vols., green calf, 6Z. 15s.

Messrs. Sawyer have also a Bargain List of Choice Shakespearian Engravings, Topographical Views, Dramatic Portraits, and a Fine Collection of Coloured Engravings after the most Famous Artists of the Eighteenth Century.

JAMES PLATT, JUN. We hear with regret of the death on Saturday last of Mr. James Platt, Jun., at the age of forty -nine. He was well known for the extraordinary range of his linguistic knowledge. It extended to languages like Esquimaux, which the ordinary man of learning does not attempt. To our own columns he was a frequent and always sound contributor. A glance at the Index of the Ninth Series shows his interest in African names, Anglo-Hebrew slang, the Chinese in London, Dutch, foreigners in Mexico, Oriental palmistry, Persian, Roumanian, Russian, and Siamese. A man of such wide reading and endowments could not fail to be of use for dic- tionary work, and Sir James Murray recognized in Mr.- Platt one of his most valuable helpers.

Mr. Platt began writing at 8 S. i. 156 (1892) on the witch formula " Emen hetaii," and in every volume since his contributions have added to the varied lore of ' N. & Q.' With all his wealth of learning he had the modesty which is associated with great scholars.

A. J. MUXBY. The Times of the 3rd hist, con- tained the following :

" MUXBY. On Saturday, the 29th Jan., at Pyrford, Surrey, aged 81, Arthur Joseph Munby, M.A.Cantab., F.S.A."

Sometimes under his name, but usually under his initials, he was a very considerable writer in ' N. & Q.' from 3 S. iv. to 8 S. vi. In 1891 he edited a collection of memorials of servants, ' Faithful Servants,' noticed at 7 S. xii. 318 ; and tie wrote a number of excellent poems. He was the son of Joseph Munby, of Clifton, York, of a family connected with the legal affairs of that city ; was of Trinity College, Cambridge, a barrister of Lincoln's Inn, 1855, and had a post in the Ecclesiastical Commission.

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