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MESSRS. MAGGS send a continuation of their Catalogue of Autograph Letters and Manuscripts (No. 309). A choice memento of Hans Andersen is a child's scrapbook containing more than 150 pictures, with descriptive verses signed H. C. Andersen. There is also another volume containing English translations from the Danish text, in the autograph of the owner, Viggo Orsted, with two letters describing the scrapbook and its origin, half calf to match the album, quarto, both volumes in morocco case by Riviere, 150Z. Under Arditi is the original MS. score of ' II Bacio,' 251. Among characteristic letters of Lord Beaconsfield is one to his sister Sarah (no date) : " Our party are in high spirits. Chandos gives & grand fish dinner on the 18th to the leaders of both houses, and has asked me : the only man not a member of the houses," price 21. 2s. A long letter of Beattie, the Scottish poet, discussing and challenging Chatterton and the " Rowley Poems," 13 June, 1782, is 10Z. 10s. There are many letters connected with Napoleon, including one from the Duchess of Tuscany, in which she J< assures Napoleon of her loyalty and that of her husband." Paul Jones's letters are rare, but there is a long one in which mention is made of the Alliance and Bpnhomme Richard, and which shows the personal interest he took in his men, and his efforts to safeguard the prize money -due to them. It is priced at 100Z. A letter from Beethoven, 3 pages, 1816, is 181. ; and another dated 1825, 21Z. Under the Brontes are two poems by Charlotte, 11 J pages, bound .by Riviere in crimson levant, 751. ; and several poetical pieces by Emily, bound by Riviere, 521. Ws. A letter of Fanny Burney's to Mrs. Thrale concerning Johnson's illness says : "I love my Master dearly, for every time he is ill I grow more and more sorry," 91. 9s. Burns collectors can secure valuable additions : a four- page quarto letter from " Clarinda " to " Syl- vander " is 651. An unpublished letter of Byron's, dealing with alterations in the proof-sheets of ridge, Wordsworth, Longfellow, the Darwins, Dickens, Tennyson, George Eliot, and Emerson. A long letter of Evelyn's to Dr. Plot contains a personal account of himself. Under Thomas Hardy is an original autograph MS., signed, of a poem entitled ' A Sunday Morning Tragedy,' dated January, 1904, bound in morocco, 151. Under Jefferson, the third President of the United States, is a letter to his friend Edmund Randolph, Feb. 15, 1783, concerning the disturbed state of America at the time of its Independence being recognized, 42Z. The last item is one of Walpole's breezy letters, dated Strawberry Hill, 13th Augt., 1773 : "We have had ten days of weather that Vesuvius would not disown. Les Dames de la Cour and Les Dames de la Salle say that Sir Isaac Newton foretold that, beginning with last summer, we are to have eighteen noble Summers running. I like any vulgar Belief when it is agreeable to my Wishes, and therefore trust S r Isaac upon the faith of such Illiterate com- mentators. Eighteen Summers would be such an Eternity to me, that I will reckon upon them, since I am too old to accept your kind Invitation to Naples. [The letter is to Sir William Hamil- ton.] I have always thought that great soli- citude about health in the latter end of life, is only taking care to be well against one dies." The price is 21Z.
 * Don Juan,' is 60Z. There are letters of Cole-

Messrs. Maggs also send Catalogue 310. This is devoted to military and naval portraits, battle pieces, costumes, and military caricatures. The numerous catalogues we receive on these sub- jects indicate the demand there is for them. Among the illustrations in the present catalogue are portraits of General Monckton, price 18Z. 18s. ; Admiral Cockburn, 10Z. 10s. ; Sir Samuel Hood, 121. 10s. ; and Nelson, 211. ; a picture of the Volun- teers of Ireland, 101. 10s. ; and ' A Storm Coming On,' showing H.M.S. Rarnillies, 211. 10s. There are also books of military costumes.

MESSRS. SOTHERAN'S Price Current 736 contains a thousand items devoted to Natural History. All the well-known authors are to be found in it. A tall copy of the first edition of Parkinson's ' Garden of Pleasant Flowers,' folio, old calf re- backed, rare, 1629, is 31Z. 10s. Among works on Orchids is a fine c opy of the Imperial Edition of ' Reichenbachia ' by F. Sander, St. Albans, both series, 192 coloured plates (one of 100 copies), 4 vols., 1888-94, half morocco, 40Z. Another scarce book, Sweet's ' British Flower Garden,' 7 vols., royal octavo, 1823-38, is 211. ; and a set of the Reports of the Challenger's Voyage, 40 vols. in 50, 48Z. There is also a set of Lovell Reeve's ' Conchologia Iconica,' 20 thick vols., quarto, 2,727 plates exhibiting above 20,000 figures, all hand-coloured, half morocco, 1843-78, 115Z. The first edition of Lilford's ' Birds of the British Islands,' 7 vols., is 60Z. A choice set of Bowdler Sharpe and Dresser's ' Birds of Europe,' with the Supplement, 11 vols., royal quarto, half morocco emblematically tooled, 1871-1910, is priced 851. The catalogue states that " this magnificent and valuable work has for some time been getting very scarce, and is constantly increasing in value." There are sets of the Linnean, Ray, Somersetshire, Geological, and other Societies.

MR. ALBERT SUTTON'S Manchester Catalogue 206 contains among works on Angling a copy of the Edition de Luxe of Ronald's ' Fly-Fisher's Entomology,' 2 vols., 1913, 3Z. 3s. There are works on Birds, and many works on Ireland. Dictionaries include the ' English Dialect Dic- tionary,' 6 vols., 4to, 6Z. 15s. Under Dickens is the Edition de Luxe, 30 vols., half morocco, 19Z. 10s. There are first editions of Lever. Under Scotland is MacGibbon and Ross's ' Ecclesiastical Architecture,' 3 vols., 1896, 2Z. 10s. A copy of Farmer's ' Slang and its Analogues,' 7 vols., is priced 7Z. Under Wales is ' The Pedigree of the Family of Powell ' (one of 25 copies printed), calf gilt, 1891, 11. There are a number of Stot- hard's plates.

[Notices of other Catalogues held over.]

J. J. HAMMOND. Forwarded to MR. ALECK ABRAHAMS.

PRYCE WILLIAMS. Forwarded to Mr. Francis Edwards.

CORRIGENDUM. At p. 489 A. SAINTHILL'S inquiry was intended for the date of birth of General Ingoldsby.