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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. i. APR. 30, mo.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. APRIL. MR. ALEXANDER W. MACPHAIL'S Edinburgh List 102 opens with a set of the Waverley Novels, mostly first editions, 4Z. 17s. Qd. There is also one of the original bills which passed between Scott and Ballantyne, over the failure. This is for 868Z. 10s. stg., drawn 25 March, 1823, due 28th April, 1824, signed by Scott, 11. 5s. The Edition de Luxe of Whyte Melville's Works, 24 vols., is Ql. 6s. There are several items under Folk-lore. Under Legal are portraits ; and under Old Scottish Communion Plate is Burns and Brook's ' History ' (only 600 printed), 11. 5s. Other works include ' The Dunciad,' 1729, 11. Is. ; George Paston's ' Social Caricature in the Eigh- teenth Century,' 16s. Qd. ; ' Paradise Lost,' Pickering's Diamond Edition, 2s. Qd. ; Roy's ' Military Antiquities of the Romans in North and South Britain,' 1793, 11. 12s. ; and Slezer's (published at 51. 5s.). There are also a number of Trials.
 * Theatrum Scotise,' the 1874 reprint, 11. 10s.

Messrs. Sotheran & Co.'s Price Current 703 contains books on Napoleon and the French Revolution, and the remainder of the library of Henry Reeve, editor of The Edinburgh Review and of ' The Greville Memoirs.' The Napoleon portion contains in crushed crimson levant the Duchesse d'Abrantes' ' Memoirs,' 3 vols., O'Mearn's ' Voice from St. Helena,' 2 vols, Warden's ' Letters,' 1 vol, with 12 beautifully painted miniatures of the Imperial family, 1816-83, 151. ; and Combe's edition, tree calf, 14Z. There is a fine uncut copy of the first edition of Ireland's ' Life,' 4 vols., 8vo, bound in purple levant, the sides covered with violets worked in gold, with 72 beautiful minia- tures, 24 coloured plates by Cruikshank, and 2 large folding portraits, 285Z. The memoirs dictated by Napoleon to Counts Gourgaud and Montholon, 7 vols., half -morocco, are Ql. 9s. From the Imperial Library is the Countess de Beau- harnais's ' La Marmote Philosophic,' with auto- graph letter of the author, 1811, 12Z. 12s. ; and from the library at St. Helena comes Llorente's ^ Historic de 1'Inquisition d'Espagne,' 4 vols., 1817, 81. 15s. There is also the first draft and only MS. of ' The Exile of St. Helena,' the whole in Ruskin's handwriting with the exception of lines 1-8 and 11 written by his father. This, Mr. Sotheran reminds us, "was Ruskin's unsuccessful Newdigate Prize poem of 1838, first published in the very rare volume of Poems, 1850," inlaid to small folio, together with the last printed version of the poem, and extra-illustrated with 56 scarce portraits of Napoleon, his companions in exile, views of his residence, death-bed scenes, the grave, &c., bound by Riviere in deep violet morocco, 1251. We have no space to give more items from this rich collection ; lovers of Napoleon literature should get this Price Current for them- selves.
 * Life,' coloured plates by Cruikshank, first

The remaining portion of Henry Reeve's library takes a wide range, including Mrs. Bar- bauld's Works, Barrow's Theological Works, Brougham's ' Albert Lunel,' Hepworth Dixon's ' William Penn,' Guizot's ' (Euvres,' 32 vols., half- morocco, with presentation inscription by the author, 1851-68, 10Z., and the Works of Cornewall Lewis, 7 vols.. calf extra, not quite uniform, 1836-75, 6Z. Under Edinburgh Review for 1755

is an exact reprint of a critical journal published in Edinburgh in that year having this title, green calf, 1818, 10s. Qd. As our readers may know, the present Edinburgh was begun in 1802. Under Faucher is a collection of about 145 autograph letters, comprising 375 very closely written pages addressed by M. Faucher to Reeve from. May, 1835, to 17 Oct., 1854, mounted in a 4to volume, morocco, unpublished, 211. Reeve's own copies of ' The Greville Memoirs ' include one of the first edition. This is priced 257. It contains several MS. corrections, and two letters from Lord Halifax and Miss Henrietta Hampden respecting statements in the book.

Mr. James Thin's\ Edinburgh Catalogue 164 contains a first edition of GUchrist's ' Life of Blake,' 2 vols., 1863, 11. 16s. ; Bohn's Extra Volumes, 7 vols., 21. 15s. ; Brunet's ' Manuel du Libraire,' 9 vols. in 8, Ql. 9s. ; the Centenary Carlyle, Ql. 17s. Qd. ; ' Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland,' 13 vols., 4to, calf, 1807-12, 101. 10s. ; and Egypt Exploration Fund, 44 parts 4to and 6 folio, 1883-1907, 18Z. Among Heraldic and Genealogical Works are Edmondson's ' Body of Heraldry,' 1780, 21. 2s. ; Nisbet's ' System,' 2 vols., folio, 1816, Ql. ; Stodart's ' Scottish Arms,' 2 vols., folio, 1881, 4Z, 4s. ; and Irish Archaeo- logical Society Publications, 1841-51, 14 vols., 4to, 11. Other works include ' The Jewish Encyclopaedia,' 1901-6, 12 vols., 4to, half -morocco, Wl. 10s. ; Sloane's ' Life of Napoleon,' 4 vols., 1906, 21. 10s. ; and Schliemann's arclueological works, 5 vols., 1875-86, 51. Under Scott is the Edinburgh Edition, also Lockhart's ' Life,' uniform, 58 vols., 1901-3, 13Z. Sections of the Catalogue are devoted to Scottish History and Topography, Law Books, and Theology. Some of the books are from the libraries of Marcus Dods and Lord Kincairney.

Mr. J. Thomson's Edinburgh Catalogue of Books, Portraits, Engravings, Ex-Libris, &c., contains a general collection at moderate prices. Works under Arctic include Back's ' Narrative,' Barrow's ' Voyages,' M'Clintock, and others. The portraits include Adam Black, Carlyle, Home, the author of ' Douglas,' Kay, the inventor of the fly shuttle, and Scott. The engravings, etchings, &c., include curling, Edinburgh, and Slezer's ' Old Views.' There are also a number of book-plates.

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