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BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. MARCH. MESSRS. MAGGS BROTHERS devote Catalogue 253 to Autograph Letters, Signed Documents, and Manuscripts. These include twelve letters of Capt. Cook relating to his voyages. Sir John Moore, Nelson, and Robert Browning are also re- presented. Byron, writing from Venice on 18 Nov., 1816, describes his life there, and concludes by commenting on the Venetian women : " When tired of studying Italian type I learn it ... .through the medium of the lips and eyes of the Venetian Women, who as in the tune of Paul Veronese are still the handsomest and finest shaped of the petticoated tribe in Italy. By the way ! they are sublime I am speaking of the Middle Class those of the higher orders are generally as ugly as virtue herself. Living under patronage of HI . Mark, I go out frequently and am in very good contentment. I do as the Venetians do nay I do more for I take daily exercise on horseback. Besides Nero's horses, now hoisted up for the front of St. Mark's, my own are the only quadrupeds in this place." Letters of Dickens include one to Dallas respecting the mental condition of John Elliotson ; and another to Arthur Hill, 24 Feb., 1846 : " I am not a party to the manage- ment of The Daily News (otherwise than as one who has an interest in the paper), and must there- fore refer your letter and its enclosure to the Powers that be." There is a collection of auto- graph letters of Barton, the Quaker poet, 1843-9, and an original MS. of George Borrow, circa 1839. Messrs. Maggs's List 254 is a collection of books in general literature. We have only space to mention Edwards's works on libraries, 5 vols., half-levant by Zaehnsdorf, 51. 18s. ; and ' Life of Caxton,' by Blades, 2 vols., 4to, 1861, 51. 10s. There are lists under Court Memoirs, Dante, Drama, Napoleon, Political Economy, &c. The English Dialect Society Publications, 34 vols., are 141. 14s. ; Gardiner's ' England,' 17 vols., cloth, uncut, scarce, 34Z. ; and first editions of ' The Greville Memoirs,' 8 vols., half -morocco, SI. 10s.

Mr. F. Marcham of Tottenham sends Part 2 of the Antiquaries' List of Berkshire Deeds and other Documents. Under Englefield, 1713, is a certificate that Nathan Wright has received the Sacrament, signed by Matthew Tate, minister, and sworn to in court.

Messrs. Simmons & Waters of Leamington send us their Catalogue 241, containing a good general selection. There are lists under Art, Astronomy, and Biography. The last includes an extra- illustrated copy of the ' Grammont Memoirs,' '2 vols., half -calf, 1903, 11. 10s. ; * Life of Lady Sarah Lennox,' 2 vols., half-calf, 12s. ; and a cheap copy of vols i. to vi. of Nichols's ' Literary Anecdotes,' 1812, 18s. Under Books, Biblio- graphy, &c., are D' Israeli's ' Amenities of Lite- rature,' 3 vols., half-calf, Moxon, 1842, 20s., and ' Curiosities of Literature,' 3 vols., original doth, Moxon, 1849, 17s. Qd. Bibliographies include Tennyson by Shepherd and by Thomson, and Swinburne by Thomson, the last containing auction prices. Works under Ceramics, Plate, &c., include Bemrose's ' Longton Hall, Porcelain,' 11. 7s. Qd. ; Furnival's ' Leadless Tiles,' 8s. ; Markham's ' Pewter Plate,' 15s. ; and Caldi- cctt's 'Sheffield Plate,' 11. 6s. Works under London include Brereton's ' Adelphi,' Chancellor's

Squares,' Davies's ' Chelsea Old Church,' and MacMichael's ' Charing Cross.' There is a com- plete set of Household Words, 19 vols., 1850-59, 16s., besides-long runs of various other magazines,

ncluding a cheap set of London Society, founded ay James Hogg, whose death has been recently announced, 32 vols., half-calf, 1862-77, 17s. Qd. Under Theology is D'Oyley and Mant's Bible, 3 vols., 4to, blue calf gilt, Oxford, 1818, 7s. Qd. Under Dickens is the Crown Edition, with Forster's Life and ' The Dickens Dictionary,' together 19 vols., half-morocco, 1900, equal to lew, 41. 7s. Qd.

SCOTTISH BOOKSELLERS.

MR. WILLIAM BRYCE'S Edinburgh Catalogue 181 opens with some handsome sets of standard authors, including Matthew Arnold, 15 vols.,. Edition de Luxe, 51. 10s. ; Fielding, 10 vols., SI. 10s. ; Charles Lamb, 12 vols., 41. 10s. ; Scott,, original Border Edition, 46 vols., 1QL 10s. ; and

Jarlyle, Centenary Edition, 31 vols., SI. Other works are Angelo's ' Reminiscences,' 2 vols., half- morocco, and portfolio, Edition de Luxe, 41. 4s. ; Brandon's ' Gothic Architecture,' 2 vols., royal 4to, 11. 5s. ; ' Books about Books,' 6 vols., 11. Is. ; Funk's ' Dictionary,' 2 vols., 31. 3s. ; Gibbon's-

Decline and Fall,' 8 vols., 1828, 11. ; the Centenary Morland, royal 4to, 41. ; and Jennings's ' Rosicrucians,' 2 vols., 11. 6s. Qd. Under Ireland is Borlase's ' Dolmens,' 3 vols., 21. 15s. There is a copy of Ruskin, with all the original illustrations and drawings, 37 vols., buckram, 1903-8, 25Z.

All who love Scotland must enjoy turning over the pages of Mr. Richard Cameron's Edinburgh Catalogue 229, for it contains nearly four hundred works of Scottish interest. We find ' Acts of the Scotch Parliament, 1224-1707,' a fine set in 12 folio volumes, Ql. 10s. ; and ' Bibliography of Edinburgh Periodical Literature,' by Couper, 1908, 10s. Under Burns is the illustrated edition, 4 vols., 1877, a fresh copy as new, 15s. Under Covenanters is a manuscript volume containing sermons, with the dying declarations of some of the martyrs, 1690, 11. 15s. ; and under High- lands is Keltic's ' History,' 5 vols., 11. 5s. A copy of Jamieson's ' Dictionary ' on thick hand made paper (only 86 copies printed privately for subscribers), 5 vols., 4to, boards, 1879-88, is 41. 5s. ; and a copy of Kay's ' Portraits,' 2 vols., 11. 10s. Under Scottish Market Crosses is a series of 118 plates by F. W. Smith, 1900, 16s. Qd. There are also Swan's views of the lakes of Scot- land, and the Fine-Art Association books. A Burns statuette, finely modelled in plaster by Webster, a competitive design prepared about thirty years ago, full length, 22 inches high, not issued for sale, is to be had for 21. 5s.

Mr. William Dunlop's Edinburgh March Cata- logue contains Gibb's ' House of Stuart,' 42 plates in colours, folio, 11. 5s. (this sumptuous work was published at 11. 7s.) ; Chaff ers's ' Keramic Gallery,' 2 vols., full morocco, 21. 15s. ; and his ' Marks on Porcelain,' 11. 7s. Qd. The first edition of Matthew Arnold's ' Friendship's Garland ' is 15s. There are works relating to Charles I. and II. Books relating to Scotland include Henderson and Henley's edition of Scott's * Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border,' 18s. Qd. Among Shakespeare items is Cowden