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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. vm. DEC. e, i9ia

Half a Dozen Pictures. Recorded in F. York Powell's bibliography. Civil and Military Gazette (Lahore), September 3 and 5, 1892. No par- ticulars.

Kopje-Book Maxims (with suggestive help from the Staff). Topical epigrams published in The Friend (Bloemfontein), March 26 and 31, 1900.

Lamentable Comedy of Willow Wood (The). A dialogue. Fortnightly Review (London), May, 1890. A society satire.

Last Relief (The). An Anglo-Indian sketch. Lud- gate Monthly (London), May, 1891. 5 illustrations by Frederick Waddy.

Le?s of Sister Ursula (The). A short story. Idler (London), June, 1893. 7 illustrations by Hal Hurst. The scene is laid in London.

Marred Drives of Windsor (The). A Shakespearean parody. The Flag (London), 1908. Illustrations by Byam Shaw.

Military Letter Writer : Forms and Models. Printed in The Friend (Bloemfontein), March 28, 1900. Three skits in the conventional style. Mr. Julian Ralph in his book states that Mr. Kipling dictated, and Mr. P. Landon wrote, the first, signed "Augustus Burskin, General," and the introduction to No. 2.

My First Book. An autobiographical fragment. Idler (London), December, 1893. 4 illustrations by A. S. Boyd, and a line portrait of the author by G. Hutctiinson.

My Personal Experiences with a Tiger. Ladiet? Home Journal (American). January, 1902. No particulars.

Our Overseas Men. Recorded in F. York Powell's bibliography. Civil and Military Gazette (Lahore), Aug. 8, 15, 1892. No particulars.

Outsider (The). A short story. Daily Express (London), June 19, 20, 21, 1900. A service tale of the Boer W 7 ar.

Potted Princess (The) A story announced for St. Nicholas, January, 1893, with illustrations by R. B. Birch. No particulars.

Railway Reform in Great Britain. A skit in Oriental phraseology. Fortnightly Revieio (Lon- don), February, 1901.

Sin of Witchcraft. An article written at Cape Town. Times (London), March 15, 1900. The Boer War is the subject-matter. It was reprinted in The Friend (Bloemfontein), April 10, 1900, but is not in ' War's Brighter Side.'

Some Earthquakes. Recorded in F. York Powell's bibliography. Civil and Military Gazette (Lahore), August 22 and 27, 1892. No particulars.

Stalky. A short story not included in the book entitled ' Stalky & Co.' Windsor Magazine, December, 1898. 7 illustrations by L. Raven Hill.

Tabu Tale (The). A ' Just l^o Story.' Windsor Magazine (London), September, 1903. 6 illustra- tions by L. Raven Hill.

To the People of the Free State. By Messrs. Kipling and Ralph. A proclamation in 14 short sentences. The Friend (Bloemfontein), April 6, 1900. Re- printed in Mr. Julian Ralph's ' War's Brighter Side' (Pearson).

Tour of Inspection (A). Short story. Windsor Magazine, December, 1904. 5 illustrations by Victor Prout. An English story.

Unqualified Pilot (An). An Anglo-Indian story. Windsor Magazine, February, 1895. 5 illustra- tions by Cecil Aldin.

Way that He Took (The). A short story. Daily- Express (London), June 12, 13, 14, 1900. A ser- vice tale of the Boer War.

Winning the Victoria Cross. A sketch. Windsor Magazine, 1897. With a portrait sketch in wash of the author by Scott Rankin, and 6 illustra- tions by Georges Montbard.

W. ARTHUR YOUNG. (To be continued.)

THE EARLIEST ENGLISH LENDING LIBRARY.

MR. MUMBY (' The Romance of Bookselling/ p. 244) in briefly discussing the rival claims for the first circulating library in England mentions Hutton's Library at Birmingham, founded 1751, and the supposed earlier libraries at Hull and Edinburgh. London, he adds, " does not appear to have possessed anything of the sort until 1740." It is remarkable that he omits the " Public Library " at Norwich, founded 1608. A copy of the Catalogue published in 1732,. now before me, clearly identifies it as a lending library :

" Ordered. That no Person shall have more than three Books out of the said Library at one time, nor keep them longer than one month, without the consent of the majority of the- Subscribers present at their Monthly Meeting."

There is no indication in this Catalogue- to identify the date when these borrowing facilities were first available, but perhaps this has been ascertained.

In London at the commencement of th& eighteenth century there was a Reading- Room for lending out newspapers. I have seen another reference to it, but this is the only identification available at the moment. It occurs in * A Trip through London,' 4th ed., 1718, p. 6 :

" Having discharg'd the duty of my office, by- remarking every thing worthy of notice here,. I took leave of the Company, and pass'd or* towards the Strand, but was soon stop'd by the Sign of a Publick News-Paper, underneath which was an Inscription denoting that th& Labours of the Learned Authors and carriers of News were retail'd here at very reasonable Rates r Generous men ! who daily vend their Histories and their Parts by Pennyworths, and lodge high and study nightly, for the instruction of such as. have the Christian Charity to lay out a few Farthings for these their works, which like rain, descend from the Clouds, for the Benefit of the lower World. I enter'd this Three-half-Penny Library, amidst various kinds of Politicians, who were exercising their Chaps and Spectacles over the several papers ; in one corner stood a Poet and in another a Half-pay Officer, who, I observ'd, went [forth edif d, without paying tha