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consecutive through the four volumes may be accounted for on the hypothesis that neither Lowndes nor his publisher Pickering knew, when the work was commenced, into how many volumes it would run. The title- pages and preface were evidently not printed until the work was completed, and the former were then adapted to the wishes of those who might respectively desire to have the work bound in two, three, or four volumes.

I may add that in the ' List of Pickering Publications from 1820 to the Present Time,' which was issued in 1878, the price of the ' Manual ' in four volumes on small paper, originally published at 4=1. 5., is given as 21. 2s., and that of the edition on large paper (original price not stated) as 4Z. 4s. W. F. PRIDEAUX.

The following letter adds an important date to MB. ALBERT MATTHEWS'S interesting note :

London, No. 6, Atfleld Place,

Gray's Walk, Lambeth,

March 23, 1826.

SIR, Enclosed is a letter I have taken the liberty to write to your father, which should you, on perusing, think fit to deliver, will greatly oblige me. When the first work noticed therein is ready for the press (which will be as soon as I can get out, having been for some time confined to the house by illness) I will wait upon you, and perhaps, should you and Mr. Harding agree, it may be printed at your office. It is intended to form 2 vols. 8vo of 700 pp. each, printed in a similar manner, double columns, to the Paris Edition (1820) of Brunet, except that the page is to be somewhat larger, Brunet's page being 6J by 4, this is to be 7 by 4. Hoping that you [are] completely reinstated in your health,

I remain, Sir, Your much obliged and obedient servant,

W. T. LOWNDES.

P.S. I have enclosed a specimen of my intended work on the seventeenth century, as perhaps my description may not be exactly intelligible.

Addressed to " Bowyer Nichols, Esqr.," this letter, now before me, has interesting references. The deference shown to John Nichols is remarkable, and the suggested co-operation of John Harding is a further recognition of that publisher's exceptional enterprise.

So far as ' Shaksperiana ' is concerned, Lowndes was anticipated by a work compiled and published by John Wilson, 22 June, 1827. This is a

" Catalogue of all Books, Pamphlets, &c., relating to Shakespeare. To which are subjoined, an Account of the Early Quarto Editions of the Great Dramatist's Plays and Poems, the Prices at which many copies have sold in Public Sales," &c. ALECK ABRAHAMS.

DEDICATION OF NONCONFORMIST CHAPELS (US. vi. 131). The cases cited by MR. TEW are by no means unique, although somewhat rare. In Aberdare, where I live, we have a St. David's Presbyterian Chapel, and there are also Congregational chapels known as St. Paul's in Cardiff and Swansea. In Wales, to my knowledge, are three chapels belonging to the same denomination known as Capel Mair (Mary's Chapel). They are in the town of Cardigan, and in St. Clears and Henllan in Carmarthenshire. A number of chapels in Wales are also named Trinity : one in this town, one in Swansea, one in St. Clears, and one in Cardiff ; one also in Cardiganshire, Capel y Drindod (Trinity Chapel). There are chapels so named also in Croydon, in Buxton, and in Glasgow. In Buxton in Derbyshire is a St. John's Presbyterian Church. A glance through the current Year-Book of the Congrega- tionalists gives the following in addition to those already mentioned, which are from personal knowledge : St. John, Southernhay, Exeter ; St. Mary's Hall, Gloucester ; St. Andrew, St. Saviour, St. Peter, St. Martin, St. Aubin, and St. John, in Guernsey ; a St. Paul, both in Hindley and in Wigan ; Christ Church, in Oswestry ; St. Mary, in Morley, Yorkshire; and St. George, in Middlesbrough. D. M. R.

The formal and solemn dedication of chapels in the name of particular saints is alien to the spirit of historic Nonconformity. There is little doubt, however, that the Tractarian or Oxford Movement in the Church of England has had an effect in various directions upon the Nonconformist churches. The old-time naming of chapels Zion, Bethel, Salem, &c., is dying out. Modern chapels are usually known from the locality, road, or street in which they are situated. Still, the practice of designat- ing such buildings in the same way as is customary in the Church, but without any ceremony of dedication, is increasing. In London, for instance, chapels belonging to various denominations are named Trinity (never Holy Trinity, as in the Church of England) and Christ Church. Several Bap- tist churches in London, e.g., at Edgware Road and Hackney, are known under the former name, as are Congregational churches in Poplar, Hackney, and Deptford. Perhaps the Presbyterian Church of England has a greater number of churches belonging to it known by saints' names than any other Nonconformist body ; these include St. John, at Kensington, Tottenham, and