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 NOTES AND QUERIES.

[12 IS. VI. FEB., 1920.

- their prevalence, their motives and the leniencj accorded them. In particular he gives an account of the false " Ingulfs ' History of Crow

- land ' " in the fourteenth century and, by way oi comparison, of the eighteenth-century " Richard of Cirencester's ' De Situ Britanniae," " forged by Bertram. There are plenty of such " docu- ments " being made to-day.

Dr. W. H. B. Rivers's paper on ' Mind and Medicine ' outlines very briefly the history of the subject from primitive religions to psycho- analysis. His views are weighed carefully, but

- the dubious " gregarious instinct " creeps in, and we doubt his advice to statesmen- The influence of primitive institutions on -present- day ideas and institutions have been investigated

' in somewhat the way Dr. Rivers wants, by the economist Mr. Thorstein Veblen. ' I>ragons and Rain Gods,' by Dr. G. Elliot Smith is a fascinating study. He tries to trace their history and discover where they sprang from. Thus, he

- thinks, dragon myths for the most part come from India. We confess his methods do not

- impress us. He insists that his theories are almost diametrically opposed to the psychologists Freud, Jung, Abraham, and the others of the

- same school. We must say that as far as logic goes, these have the advantage, as often Dr. Smith risks falling, into 'the fallacy post hoc, ergo propter hoc. When more evidence is forth- coming, as is expected, to prove that in every- body's mind there lurks the images of dragons and wizards and other monsters, the filiation

- theory of myths must largely collapse.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.

MESSRS. BOWES & BOWES' (Cambridge) Catalogue No. 400, 4to, 20 pp., comprising works in General Literature, contains many scarce works, publica- tions of Private Presses, Illustrated Works, &c. Amongst the items are the rare first edition of

Fielding's ' Joseph Andrews ' in contemporary binding; Prof. Skeat's copy of 'Chaucer's Woorkes,'

1561 : one of the six copies printed on vellum of
 * F. W. Cornish's pretty edition of ' Horace ' ;

Gabriele Rossetti's edition of Dante, with inscrip- tion ; C. S. C.'s Verses and Translations, with the author's corrections and autograph letter ; the Second Edition of Milton's ' Paradise Regained,'

1680 ; Autograph of Queen Victoria, &c.

MR. LESLIE CHAUNDY of 104 High Street, Oxford, has just issued catalogue No. 39 being the privately purchased library of the late Dr. C. H. O. Daniel, the Provost of Worcester College, Oxford, and famous for the choice issues of his Private Press. His taste for the Printer's Art is reflected in the many fine examples in the Library : Incunabula ; a wonderful collection of no less than 96 productions of the Aldine Press, and many fine editions of Greek and Latin classics, some in choice bind- ings. Among the many early editions of English Authors may be noted, First Editions of Beaumont and Fletcher, 1649, Montaigne's ' Kssayes,' 1603, Spenser's ' Prosopopoia,' 1591. The books are cata- logued with great care for detail and interspersed with bibliographical and descriptive notes, and some illustrations of some of the choicest items

MR. D. W. EDWARDS'S Catalogue No. 19 contains a number of Editions de Luxe, among them a copy

of Thomas Taylor's translation of Apuleius's 'Metamorphosis,' and John Payne's 'Villon's

Poems,' privately printed. Collectors of theatrical items will find a number of Nineteenth-Century Playbills, and are advised that on request they will be sent, and a list of Acting Editions of Nineteenth- Century Plays. There are also a number of Art Works in English, French, and German relating to Decoration.

MESSRS. T. and M. KENNARD, of Leamington Spa, send us their Miscellaneous and interesting Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Books, New Series 2. It includes a copy of Billingsley's Euclid, with the "groundplat," and a fine portrait of John Day, the printer. 1570, altogether a desirable copy, bound in old English stamped leather, all in excellent preservation, for 20/. ; Arnold's 'Impar- tial History of North and South America,' with the free and candid Anecdotes of Washington. Franklin, and others ; and a pathetic account of Major Andre, 1782, for 31. Ss. They also offer a set of Sir Walter Scott's Works, in 88 vols., in fine fresh state for this early edition, 1829, for the moderate sum of Wl. 10-*. Nasb's beautifully coloured 'Windsor Castle' is priced "I. Is. Alto- gether there are nearly 900 items, including a small section of Theology and Foreign Works, prices ranging from 2s. Qd. upwards.

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LISTS.

THE Sociecy of Genealogists of London is collect- ing lists of books, articles, deeds. MSS., and documents generally in reference to specific families and places. It has many such lists and references to documents, as well as collections of documents themselves, and wishes to add to them to facilitate research. Readers kindly supplying such lists, long or short, are assured they are tiled at once by the Society in such a manner that they are immediately available for reference. An excellent example of Walter Rye's ' Norfolk Topography.'
 * he form such lists might take is provided in Mr.

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MR. J. HINDERY. Mr. John Murray has kindly Written to say that the original of the copy of wyron's letter sent is a steel engraved facsimile )ublished in Galignani's edition of Byron's works. ven if the paper has been cut down the marks of the graving tool should be discernible in the lourish of the signature. The letter has been published many times. MR. C. J. STOCKKR. Forwarded. CORRIGENDUM. At 12 S. v. 318, eoL 2, 1. 22, for ' Birmington " read Brimiugton.