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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. m. AUG., 1917.

As accounts of the royal expenditure in the thirteenth century these documents have some importance for the student of monarchy as an institution, whilst their variety offers a great amount of material for those who are curious about manners or costume or crafts and industries. Besides indexes of persons and places, and of subjects, there is one of rare words and of words with rare meanings, which the student may find interesting.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.

MR. EDWARD BAKER of Birmingham sends us Catalogues 365 and 366, both lists of Remainders. In the former are M. S. Reinach's ' Cults, Myths, and Religions ' (3s. 6d.) ; S. Baring-Gould's ' Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe ' (6s. Qd.) ; and ' Bengali Household Tales,' collected by the Rev. W. McCulloch (2s.). The latter includes ' Memorials of Old Gloucestershire ' and ' Memorials of Old Cheshire ' (7s. 6d. each), and W. J. Lawrence's ' The Elizabethan Playhouse, and Other Studies,' 2 vols. (15s.).

MR. FRANCIS EDWARDS'S Catalogue 375 contains 839 entries, and is devoted to Standard Literature, library editions and fine bindings being numerous. The books are arranged generally under authors, there being 30 entries under Sir Richard Burton, as many under Butler of ' Erewhon ' fame, and a collection of 50 vols. under John Timbs. There are also sections devoted to Economics and Political Sciences, Foreign Authors (principally French), Lancashire, and Suffolk. Under the last-named is the Journal of the notorious William Dowsing, the Parliamentary visitor, 1643-4 (2s. Qd.). Among other books appealing specially - to readers of ' N. & Q.' are Elworthy's ' Evil Eye ' (11. 156.) ; Dr. Wright's ' English Dialect Diction- ary,' 6 vols. (11. 10s.) ; a complete set of the Folk- Lore Society's publications, 71 vols. and 3 parts (321.) ; Frazer's ' Golden Bough,' 2nd edition, 3 vols. (21. 2s.), and 3rd edition, 12 vols. (Ql. 10s.) ; and Hartland's ' Legend of Perseus,' 3 vols. (31. 15s.), and ' Primitive Paternity,' 2 vols. (15s.).

MESSRS. HEFFER & SONS of Cambridge include nearly 1,300 entries in their Catalogue 166, Scientific Books, Periodicals, and Publications ol Scientific Societies. It is divided into nine sections, viz., Agriculture and Husbandry ; Horses and Horsemanship ; Botany (five sub- divisions) ; Chemistry ; Geology and Mineralogy ; Zoology, Biology, and Nature 'Study (seven sub- divisions) ; Physiology ; Mathematics and Physics and Astronomy. Many of the prices are very low, numerous books being only 2s. Qd. or 3s. Qd The history of farming ranges from Worlidge' ' Systema Agriculture : the Mystery of Hus- bandry Discovered,' 1675 (2?. 2s.), through Arthur Young's works, 14 vols. (reprints, 31. 5s.), to Prof. R. P. Wright's ' Standard Cyclopaedia o Modern Agriculture,' 12 vols., plates (21. 18s.) The .section under Botany devoted to Herbal; contains much to interest readers of ' N. & Q.

MESSRS. MAGGS send another important catalogue, No. 359, Interesting and Rare Books. This contains over 1,500 entries, and is easy of reference, opposite the title-page being an alphabetical list of the principal headings, with the numbers referring to each. The section devoted to Napoleon and the French Revolution

is the largest, containing over 100 entries. There- re 60 under Court Memoirs, and 50 under

Shakespeare. That many of the books are within he means of the ordinary book-lover may be seen rom the fact that six of the seven works on the irst page are priced less than a sovereign, the eventh being 11. 5s. The ' Almanach de Gotha

pour I'ann^e 1817 ' (3s.) should provide some

curious contrasts with that for the current year. Jnder Books and Bibliography will be found

The Bookworm, 1866-71, 5 vols. (21. 5s.); J. E. lodgkin's ' Rariora,' 3 vols. (4/. 4s.) ; The Library,

1900-12, 13 vols. (21. 10s.) ; and Bohn's edition ol ,owndes, 6 vols., 1869 (31. 3s.). Under Historical Records of the British Army are 21 vols. oi

Cannon's regimental histories (12s. Qd. each).

MESSRS. RIMELL & SON'S Catalogue 246 consists of Books on the Fine Arts. Such section-headings as Bookbinding, Costume, Decoration and Orna- ment, Engraving, Etching, Furniture, Galleries and Collections, Japan, Miniatures, Portraits Pottery and Porcelain, and Sculpture will give ar dea of the wide field covered by the 762 items recorded.

MESSRS. YOUNG & SONS of Liverpool devote th< first part of their Catalogue CCCCLXVII. tc Elizabethan and Jacobean Literature, the opening item being Ascham's ' Schoolemaster,' black letter, 1589 (101. 10s.). The first edition of Owei Felltham's ' Resolves, Divine, Morall, Politicall, 1620, is also 10Z. 10s. Small photographi. reproductions are supplied of the title-pages o both books, and other important entries in thi catalogue are similarly illustrated.

' ORIGINAL RECORDS OP EARLY NONCONFORMITY Mr. Fisher Unwin has sent us the third volum of Prof. Lyon Turner's work (see ante, p. 373 and we hope to review it later.

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WE cannot undertake to answer queries privatelj but we will forward advance proofs of answer received if a shilling is sent with the query nor can we advise correspondents as to the valu of old books and other objects or as to the means c disposing of them.

CORRESPONDENTS who send letters to be forwards to other contributors should put on the top lef hand corner of their envelopes the number of th page of * N. & Q.' to which their letters refer, s that the contributor may be readily identified.

T. M. W. Forwarded to PREBENDARY DEEDES.

J. P. B. P. (" ' Cockney ' as applied to Loi doners "). The ' New English Dictionary,' s. Cockney, discusses the above meaning and als the " King of Cockneys " at considerable lengt] with many dated quotations. The whole artic deserves attention, being full of information ar very interesting.

F. S. A. (" Emma Jane Worboise : Mrs. J. I Riddell "). Emma Jane Worboise died Aug. 2 1887, and a notice of her appeared in Ti Athenaeum of Sept. 10 following. The ' Die Nat. Biog.' devotes half a column to her. Cha lotte Eliza Lawson Riddell died Sept. 24, 190 and an account of her will be found in vol. iii. the Second Supplement to the ' Diet. Nat. Biog.