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to Kenilworth, including St. Nicholas' Church, and Stoneleigh Abbey. Mr. Lindsey-Renton quotes the quaint inscription to the memory of Humphrey How, porter to Lord Leigh, 1688 : Here lyes a Faithful Friend unto the Poore Who dealt large Almes out of his Lord'ps Stor Weepe not Poore People tho ye Serua'ts Dead The Lord himselfe will giue you Dayly Breade If Markets Rise Raile not against theire Rates The price is still the same at Stoneleigh Gates. The visit to the Saxon church of Worth gave Mr. W. F. Harradence the opportunity of con- tributing a paper on the settlement of the Saxons.

The volume is edited by Mr. Theophilus Pitt with his usual care, and contains over twenty illustrations.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. MARCH. MESSRS. WILLIAM GEORGE'S SONS send from Bristol their Catalogue 318, containing works under Africa, America, Angling, Architecture, Australasia, &c. There is a fine set of the Latin classics, Valpy's library editions, 1825, 12Z. 12s. Under Caxton is the reprint of ' The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye,' edited by Dr. Sommer, 2 vols., 1694, II. 4:8. (limited to 250 copies). Under Costume is a collection of feminine costumes 1800-50, 5 vols., imp. 4to, 10?. 10s. Other works are Lean's collections of proverbs, 5 vols., royal 8vo, new, II. 15s. ; Jesse's * Memoirs of the Pre- tenders,' 2 vols., polished calf, 1845, 21. 10s. ; ' Romney,' by Humphry Ward and Roberts,

2 vols., 4Z. 12s. ; Pardoe's ' Marie de Medicis,'

3 vols., 21. 10s. ; and Malone's ' Shakespeare,' 21 vols., half-calf, HZ. lls.

Messrs. Henry March Gilbert & Son's Winchester Catalogue 34 opens with a special offer of ' The National Shakespeare,' a facsimile of the First Folio, plates by Sir Noel Paton, 3 vols., folio, full morocco extra, 4Z. 10s. (published at 151. 15s.) ; and * The Dore Gallery,' 2 vols., royal 4to, half- calf, II. 19s. Qd. (published at 51. 5s. in cloth). There is a good list of Biography. Under Dickens are first editions of ' Dombey,' half -calf ; ' Little Dorrit,' plates foxed ; and ' Nickleby.' Under Journalism is Fox Bourne's ' English Newspapers,' 2 vols., 1887, from Sir Walter Besant's Library with his book-plate, 10s. Qd. There is a pretty set of Lytton's novels, 22 vols., half -calf, 21. 12s. Qd. Works under Topography include Bucks, Cam- bridge, Channel Islands, Cornwall, Hants, &c.

Messrs. Gilbert have also a separate list of a portion of the library of the late Canon Valpy.

Messrs. Myers & Co.'s List 155 opens with Matthew Arnold's ' Empedocles on Etna,' first edition, with inscription " From the Author," 1852, 4Z. 15s. ; and his ' Schools and Universities on the Continent,' first edition, with inscription 31. 17s. Qd. Under Chaucer is the fifth edition, Adam Islip, 1602, Ql. 17s. Qd. The large-type Library Edition of Creighton's ' History of the Papacy, 1378-1527,' 5 vols., 1882-94, is 4Z. 15s. Among Dickens items is the first edition of ' Mr. Nightingale's Diary,' a farce in one act, 1877, "31. 17s. Qd. ; and among Cruikshank items is Hone's ' Ancient Mysteries Described,' Hone's personal copy with his MS. corrections, and numerous engravings by Cruikshank, including
 * ' With the author's sincere regards," and a letter,

the plate of Gog and Magog in colours, 1Z. 8s. Qd, Under Knighthood is Shaw's ' Knights of England,' 2 vols., imp. 8vo, half-morocco, 1906, II. 10s. There is a -Thumb Bible with plates, size 1| in. by 1 in., red morocco, E. Newbery, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1780. Under Occult is ' A True and Faithful Relation of what passed for many Years between Dr. John Dee and some spirits ; also letters of sundry Great Men, some who were present at these Conferences, with a Preface confirming the Reality (as to the Points of Spirits) of this Relation, and shewing the several good uses that a Sober Christian may make of all, byMeric Casaubon (see ' D.N.B.,' first edition, ix. 261), folio, calf, 1659, II. 10s. Dr. Dee was astro- loger to Elizabeth, to whom he introduced the "Magic Glass" or Gazing Crystal which is preserved in the British Museum. A copy in the original cloth of ' Madame Recamier and her Friends,' by Noel Williams, portraits, 4 vols., 4to, scarce, 1901-4, is 10Z. 10s. There are lists under America and Quakers. Under Froude is the ' History of England,' Library Edition, uncut, 1870-75, 51. ; under Thackeray the first edition of ' Vanity Fair,' 1848, 31. 3s. ; and under Oxford, Loggan's ' Oxonia Depicta,' 40 fine views, brilliant impressions, folio, old calf gilt, 1675, 10Z. 10s.

Messrs. Myers's Catalogue 156 is devoted to Engravings. This contains views of the colleges at Oxford and Cambridge, and finely engraved portraits. Among framed engravings are ' Napo- leon crossing the Alps, 'after Delaroche by Francois, proof before letters, 8Z. 8s. ; ' Napoleon and General Berthier at the Battle of Marengo,' 51. 5s. ; and ' Wellington at St. Paul's at the Public Thanksgiving,' 11. Is. There are also ] political caricatures and satirical prints.

[Reviews of other Catalogues held over.]

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