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ii s. i. APB. 9, i9io.] NOTES AND QUERIES. April Cornhill is well varied in interest, and contains several excellent articles. Bishop Welldon in 'The Brontë Family at Manchester' offers some hitherto unpublished matter which throws a pleasant light on Charlotte and her somewhat grim old father. The novelist was loved for her kindly charity. " In deeds of charity men reason much and do little women reason little and do much, and I will act the woman still," was her reply to a paternal comment on the gift of a sovereign to a poor man. 'Becky,' by Col. Charles Callwell, and 'The Thoughts of a Territorial,' by "A Major," are both humorous and informing studies of our army. 'In Search of Homes for Old-Age Pensioners,' by Edith Sellers, is a poignant and obviously veracious study of a question but ill appreciated by the general public. Mr. Marmaduke Pickthall has in 'Karakter: a Symptom of Young Egypt,' an excellent short story, full of artistic touches which reveal the difference between Eastern and Western education, the latter superficially achieved being a real danger to Young Egypt. Mr. John Barnett has a picturesque account of ' Sir Richard Hawkins: "The Complete Seaman." Mr. W. H. Hudson (one of the few writers of real distinction in style now before the public) interests us by his observations on 'The Immortal Nightingale.' Recent legislation has favoured, we are glad to find, the prosperity of these delightful songsters. Mr. Hudson tells us that they are most abundant in the three counties of Hamp- shire, Surrey, and Kent. They "are a little less numerous in Sussex and Berkshire; but these five counties (or six if we add Buckinghamshire) undoubtedly contain more nightingales than all the rest of England together." Mr. Laurence Gomme in 'The Tradition of London' gathers into a single article skilfully the scattered hints of days when the worship of Diana took place on the present site of St. Paul's—hints derived from Welsh sources, and referring, he holds, to the Lundinium Augusta of the Romans.

{[sc|The}} first editorial article in The Burlington is concerned with 'Oriental Art,' to which, it is suggested, the West may well turn for refreshment and inspiration. Indian art in particular has not received the attention that it deserves, and we learn that an India- Society is being formed to study it. Short notices record the deaths of Count Seckendorff, a distinguished amateur in art, and Mr. A. C. Whitman, well known for his mastery of prints and engravings. Mr. F. R. M;irtin has an article on 'New Originals and Oriental Copies of Gentile Bellini found in the The frontispiece shows a copy of a Bellini portrait by a famous Persian miniaturist, Behzad. The differences between the traditions of East and West, further shown by other reproduc- tinns, are of great interest. Mr. Claude Phillips <' 'ntinues his expert criticism of the Italian pictures in the Salting Collection. This article is ad- mirably illustrated, as, indeed, it deserves to be. ' Ancient Peruvian Pottery,' by Dr. C. H. Read, 3 an excursion into a little - known subject, which, to judge from the specimens reproduced, fully deserves further attention. Mr. Roger Fry's article on ' The Sculptures of Maillol ' introduces to us a sculptor from Provence who has different artistic aims from those of the dominating Rodin. He is the artist of repose, as Rodin is of violent

action. ' A Newly Discovered Picture by Jacob Ruisdael ' shows that at the sale of the rather miscellaneous and generally depreciated pictures belonging to the Erle-Drax Collection a landscape catalogued as by T. Rombouts was secured, and discovered, after cleaning, to bear Ruisdael's signature and the date 1660.

There are, as usual, several interesting notes on various points, but the outstanding feature of the number is the wealth of illustrations, which add much to the critical comments.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. APRIL.

MR. P. M. BARNARD'S Tunbridge Wells Cata- logue 35 is devoted to Eighteenth - Century History and Literature. The works are moderately priced, and Addison, Akenside, Burke, Defoe, Garrick, Pope, Sheridan, Swift, and others are represented. There are many first editions.

Mr. Barnard also sends No. 8 of his Manchester Series. It opens with Alpine Books, followed by America and the West Indies. It also contains a good general list. Among specialities we note a collection of 26 Lewis Carroll items, mostly privately printed, including ' An Easter Greeting tor every one who loves Alice,' ' On Catching Cold,' 'The Alphabet Cipher,' &c., half -calf, 51. 5s. Mr. Barnard's catalogues are so scholarly that it is surprising to find the author's name twice misprinted " Dodson." Under Lamb is. the first American edition of ' Elia ' (published five years before the English edition), a fine co] with the leaf of advertisements at end, _ 51. 5s. Under Shelley is the first edition, in original boards, of ' The Masque of Anarchy,' 1832, and with it there is joined a coloured print of the Peterloo Massacre, 4:1. 4s.

Messrs. S. Drayton & Sons, of Exeter, send Catalogues 212, 213, and 214. No 212 is a Brief List of Second-Hand Books ; 213 is a Clearance Theological Catalogue; and 214 a Brief List of Educational Books, all at low prices.

Mr. Francis Edwards's Catalogue 303 has a number of books from the library of Charles Kingsley, many with his book-plate. We note Berkeley's Works and Darwin's ' Descent of Man.' Mill's ' Dissertations ' is the copy referred to in Kingsley "s ' Letters and Memoirs.' The copy of Mill's ' Political Economy ' is copiously anno- tated, and these MS. notes synchronize with Kingsley's active interest in Chartism and the working classes, 2 vols., 8vo, cloth, 1849, 2,1. 10s. Under Froude is ' Carlyle, the First Forty Years,' 2 vols., II. 15s., a presentation copy with letter which shows in a few words the views of Froude as to his history of Carlyle : "I take no pleasure in it. The bequest to me has brought with it little but perplexity and vexation, has cost me many friends, and has probably shadowed over what remains to me of life." There is also a presentation copy to Mrs. Kingsley of ' Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle,' 1883, 21.

The general portion, as in all Mr. Edwards's catalogues, is full of items of interest. Under America is Dudley's (Duke of Northumberland's) ' Arcano del Mare, Libri Sei,' Books I. to IV. (should be six), with 82 maps and plates of ships, navigating instruments, &c., in one thick volume,