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NOTES AND Q UERIES. [ii s. iv. OCT. 28, 1911.

Finn's ' Ornithological Oddities,' with many plates ; Harry Quilter's ' Opinions on Men, Women, and Things,' containing 17 representa- tive papers by this well-known art-critic and writer ; Mr. Hugh de Selincourt's ' Life of Sir Walter Raleigh,' a popular account of the times of the great Elizabethan ; Seyffert's excellently illustrated ' Dictionary of Classical Antiquities ' : and ' Paul Verlaine : his Life and Work,' an English translation of Lepelletier's biography.

Mr. John Grant sends from Edinburgh his Annual Catalogue of Remainders. We mention several of these, the first-named price being that at which the books were originally published : ' Raeburn's Life and Works ' (51. 5s. net, 21. 10s.) ; ' British Birds with their Nests and Eggs,' 6 vols. (51. 5s., 11. lls. 6d.) ; Bronte Novels, 12 vols., with 63 illustrations (31. 10s., 11. 10s.) ; The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist, Vols. I. to XV. (91. net, 4Z. 10s.); Arber, 'An English Garner,' 12 vols. (21. 8s. net, 11. 10s.) ; Miles, ' Pugilistica : the History of British Boxing,' 3 vols., 20s. ; Lapide, ' Commentary on the Gospels and Epistles,' 8 vols. (4Z. 16s., 11. lls. Qd.) ; and ' Montaigne's Essays,' 3 vols. (11. lls. Qd. net, 20s.).

Mr. Alex. W T. Macphail of Edinburgh has in his Catalogue 109 of Rarities in Scottish and other Literature some interesting water-colour drawings and black-and-white sketches by eminent Scot- tish artists, such as McTaggart, Sir David Wilkie, Geikie, and George Hay ; a curious collection of Burnsiana ; and books relating to the Highlands. Under Scottish Art there are many engravings after native artists. There is also an original drawing by Cosway, ' Mary kissing the Dead Christ,' a fine piece of work.

Messrs. Maggs Brothers devote their Catalogue 271 to Engraved Portraits by and after distin- guished artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The frontispiece depicts Mrs. Abing- ton as Roxalana in ' The Sultan,' stipple engraving by J. K. Sherwin, 71. 17s. Qd. There are three mezzotints of Garrick ; and a mezzotint of Mrs. Siddonsas Zara in ' The Mourning Bride,' by J. R. Smith after Lawrence, is 351. Dr. Holland Rose's work has drawn fresh attention to William Pitt, of whom there is an engraving by P. M. Alix after A. Hickel, 351. A section of the Catalogue is devoted to Napoleonica, including portraits of Napoleon, the Empress Marie Louise, and the little King of Rome. A collection of ten portraits of Napoleon's principal generals is 45 guineas. A brilliant lettered proof impression of Turner's engraving of Sir Walter Scott, after Raeburn, is 1201. ; and S. Cousins's mezzotint of Burns, after Walker and Nasmyth, 251. There are also numerous examples of beauties painted by Rey- nolds, Roinney, and Lawrence.

Mr. W. M. Murphy sends from Liverpool his Catalogue 167. Among the principal items are a complete set of Archaeologia from the commence- ment to 1910, 251. ; ' Chronicon Nurembergense,' 1493, 3QI. ; sets of the Archaeological Institute Journal, Civil Engineers ' Minutes and Proceedings, Historical Manuscripts Commission's Reports, Society of Antiquaries, &c. ; and Baxter's Master- piece, ' The Opening of Parliament,' 15Z. 15s.

Catalogue 168 includes a set of Ruskin's Works , Library Edition, 38 vols. (published at 42Z.), new, 21 guineas; sets of the bejt editions of Tennyson,

Jane Austen, Bentham, ani Disksai ; se^enl important sporting books, and many other inter- esting items.

Messrs. Sotheran's Price Current 718 contains, as usual, many notable things. Among these we may mention Dugdale's ' Monasticon,' enlarged by Caley, Ellis, and Bandinel, and with over 200 fine engravings, 8 vols. folio, 1846, newly bound in half black morocco, 20Z. ; Chippendale's ' Gentle- man and Cabinet-Maker's Director,' second edi- tion, with 161 copperplates, folio, 1755, 321. ; Descourtilz' ' Ornithologie Bresilienne,' with 48 large coloured plates, atlas folio, 1852, 25Z. ; ' Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide,' with 140 plates after Eisen, Monnet, Moreau, and others, 4 vols. quarto, 1767, 63Z. ; Repton's ' Landscape Garden- ing,' with 39 plates, mostly coloured, and movable slips to show the effect of alterations, royal quarto, 1803, 1QL 16s. ; a complete set of the Waverley Novels (all first editions except ' Guy Mannering ' and ' Tales of my Landlord '), 74 vols., 1814-32, newly bound in half crushed olive morocco, 60Z. ; Chaloner Smith's ' British Mezzotinto Portraits,' illustrated with 125 portraits from the mezzo- tints in the author's collection, 4 vols., 1884, half red Levant morocco extra, 42Z. ; and Hoare's ' Wiltshire,' Ancient and Modern, 8 vols. in 9, a complete set on large paper, 181252, 56Z. ; and 'Modern Wiltshire,' 6 vols. in 11, 1822-52, 37/. 10.. There is also an important collec- tion of books on Ireland, comprising over 250 entries, and including many from Prof. AUunson's library.

Mr. Albert Sutton of Manchester has just issued Catalogue 191, which is entirely devoted to books relating to Shakespeare and the Drama. It represents a collection of about two thousand volumes, and is illustrated with reproductions from old title-pages and portraits. There are over a hundred and fifty different editions of Shakespeare's separate and collected works. Among the more important items may be men- tioned ' Dramatists of the Restoration,' 14 vols., 4Z. 4s. ; ' The Early English Dramatists,' 12 vols., 6Z. 10s. ; ' The Mermaid Series of Drama- tists,' 21. 5s. ; the Publications of the New Shak- spere Society, bound in 30 vols., 15Z. ; the Percy Society Publications, 94 vols., IQl. ; and Griggs's " Shakespeare Quarto Facsimiles," 43 vols., 14Z. 14s. The Catalogue has been carefully compiled.

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