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NOTES AND QUERIES. m s. vi. A. 10, 1912.

The Rev. J. S. J. Gardiner died in 1830, and his library was sold in Boston on 13 April, 1831. On the verso of the title- page of the Catalogue the compiler says :

" Notices in the Catalogue of valuable editions, rare works, prices, etc., are wholly from Dibdin's ' Introduction to the Greek and Roman Classics,' Brunet's ' Manuel de Libraire,' Lowndes' ' Biblio- grapher's Manual ' (as far as published), printed catalogues of remarkable sales, and other well known authorities to which reference is usually made."

And the compiler quotes about fifty extracts from Lowndes, among them items under the names of Zachariah Mudge, Thomas Newton, John Par hurst, John Pearson, and Beilby Porteus. Indeed, by 1831 the ' Manual ' had progressed certainly as far as ' Shakespeare.' The items devoted to Shakespeare in all copies of the 1834 edition fill pp. 1644-66 and a part of the first column of p. 1667. This portion, consisting of thirteen leaves the last page blank was issued by Lowndes separately, but without pagination and without signatures lOc and lOo (which in the 1834 edition come on pp. 1659 and 1667), though signature lOs (on p. 1651 of the 1834 edition) is retained. The recto of the first leaf has this title : " Shakespeare | and his Commentators, | from | Lowndes' Bibliographer's Manual. | 1831." Facing the title is Droeshout's portrait of Shakespeare, " London, Published by William Pickering 1825." The Bos- ton Public Library owns two copies of this brochure. On a fly-leaf of one is written, " Sir Simon Clarke Bart. | With the Com- piler's Respects. | Fifty-two copies printed." And on a fly-leaf of the other is written, " M r Rodd | With the Compiler's kind Regards. | Fifty-two qopies printed."

But from another source it is learned that the 'Manual' was originally published in numbers, many of which had appeared in or before 1829 ; for in a " Catalogue of Books, Ancient and Modern, on sale at the prices affixed, by Thomas Rodd," London, 1832, occurs this item (p. 329) :

"8032 Lowndes (W.) Bibliographers Manual, an account of rare, curious, and useful Books, published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland, 5s. per No., 15 Nos. 1829."

There is nothing in ' N. & Q.,' or in the notice of Lowndes in the ' D.N.B.,' or in the British Museum Catalogue, or in other sources I have consulted, to indicate that any portion of the ' Manual ' was published before 1834. Yet the above evidence shows that at least fifteen numbers were published in or before 1829. Hence it would be interesting to know (1) how many pages

each number contained (2) exactly when each number was published, and (3) where such numbers can now be found. It is hoped that these questions can be answered by some English bibliographical expert.

ALBERT MATTHEWS. Boston, Mass.

CALCUTTA STATUES AND

MEMORIALS. (See ante, p. 41.)

Marquis of Dalhousie. James Andrew Brown Ramsay, Earl and Marqiiis of Dal- housie (1812-60), Governor-General of India 1848-56. White marble, in the vestibule of the Throne Room of Government House. By Sir John Steell, R.S.A. Erected by general subscriptions.

Another statue occupies, a niche on the principal facade of the India Office.

Maharaja of Durbhunga. Maharaja Sir Lakshmishwar Singh Bahadur (1858-98). White marble. Seated. By E. Oiislow Ford, R.A. At the south-west corner of Dalhousie Square Park.

Raja K. K. Deb. Raja Kali Krishna Deb Bahadur (1808-74). White marble. Seated. In centre of Beadon Square. Publicist- Grandson of Maharaja Nubkissen, Dewan of Clive.

Marquis of Dufferin. Frederick Temple, Marquis of Dufferin and Ava (1826-1902), Viceroy and Governor- General of India 1884-8. Bronze. By Sir Edgar Boehm, R.A. On island site at junction of the Red Road and the Secretary's Walk, facing north. Unveiled 8 Dec., 1891. He annexed Burmah.

Hyde East. Sir Edward Hyde East, Baronet (1764-1847), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Fort William, 1813-22. Seated. White marble, on masonry pede- stal. At head of main staircase of the High Court, and formerly in the Grand Jury Room of the old Supreme Court, which stood from 1784 to about 1862 on part of the site of the. present building. By Sir F. Chantrey, R.A. Erected by the native inhabitants of Calcutta in 1821.

Sir Ashley Eden. The Hon. Sir Ashley Eden (1831-87), Lieutenant - Governor of Bengal 1877-82. White marble. Seated. Near the north-west corner of Dalhousie Square Park. By Sir Edgar Boehm, R.A. The statue originally stood on the site vacated by the first Holwell Monument, and was removed, to make way for the present