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probably erroneously, two folios of 1728 and 1738. The bibliography of the folios is discussed in ' N. & Q.,' 7 th S. yi. to ix., and for the first five is also fully given in Madan's 'Oxford Press.' In 1799 a writer in the Gentleman's Magazine (vol. Ixix. p. 200) pointed out the need of a new edition of the ' Ana- tomy,'and the next year appeared the first of the octavo editions which Charles Lamb declared such a "heartless sight." Since then reprints have been numerous. In the following tentative list of these editions I have, as far as possible, taken the informa- tion from authoritative sources ; but in a few instances I have had to depend on book- sellers' catalogues, and in these entries there is, of course, great danger of error.

1800, London, 2 vols.

1804, London, 2 vols.

1806, London, 2 vols., Vernor, et al

1813, London, 2 vols.

1821, London, 2 vols., Cuthell, et al.

1826, London, 2 vols., McLean.

1827, London, 2 vols. 1829, London, 2 vols. 1836, London, 1 vol.

1836, Philadelphia, 2 vols., Wardle.

1837, London, 2 vols.

1838, London, 1 vol.

1839, London, 1 voL

1840, London, 1 vol., Tees. 1845, London, 1 vol.

1849, London, 1 vol.

1852, Philadelphia, 1 vol.

1853, Philadelphia, 1 vol., Moore.

1854, Philadelphia, 1 vol., Moore.

1854, London, 1 vol., Tegg.

1855, London, 1 vol., Tegg.

1857, Philadelphia, 1 voL, Moore. 1859, Boston, 3 vols., Veazie. 1859, London, 1 vol. 1861, London, 1 vol., Tegg.

1861, Cambridge, 3 vols. , Kiverside Press.

1862, New York, 3 vols.

1863, London, 1 vol.

1864, Boston, 3 vols. 1868, Philadelphia, 1 vol. 1870, London, 1 vol., Tegg.

187- (?), New York, 3 vols., Widdleton.

187- (?), New York, 3 vols., Appleton.

1875, Philadelphia, 1 vol., Claxton.

1876, London, 1 vol., Tegg. 1879, London, 1 vol., Tegg.

188- (?), New York, 3 vols., Armstrong. 381, London, 1 vol., Chatto.

1886, London, 3 vols., Nimmo. 1891, London, 1 vol. 1894, London, 3 vols., Bell. 1896, London, 3 vols., Bell.

Many of the above are, of course, merely reissues from the same plates with a changed imprint. I should be glad to learn of any other editions, and also the names of the publishers, when not given in the above list. ALFRED CLAGHORN POTTER.

Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Mass.

BREWSTER'S * LIFE OF NEWTON.' Sir David Brewster published a 'Life of Newton' in 1831 ; but his ' Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton,' which appeared in two volumes in 1855, is so greatly enlarged that, though founded upon the former, it is not considered the same work. What is called a second edition of the latter appeared, however, in 1860 ; but it is well to make a note that it is a mere reprint in smaller type of the 'Memoirs.' It is much to be regretted that advantage was not taken of the opportunity to correct the slips in the latter, some of which are very glaring. Thus we are told in the first chapter, speaking of Newton's mother (p. 4), that he was "her only and posthumous child." The expression would have been true if applied to his father (of whom Sir David must nave been think- ing) ; but his mother had three other children by her subsequent marriage with the Kev. B. Smith. Again, in the twenty-sixth chapter, we are told (vol. ii. p. 396) that the memorial window in Trinity College, Cambridge, repre- sents the presentation of Newton to George III., doubtless meaning George I., who died a few months after the death of Newton, eleven years before the bir^bh of George III., and thirty-three before his accession.

W. T. LYNN.

Blackheath.

SWANSEA. In the course of teaching Eng- lish history I have used the term Swansea as a capital illustration of the presence on the Welsh coast of Danish invaders. Every one knows that Abertawe, and not Swansea, is the Welsh name of the great Glamorganshire seaport; and students also know that the name Swansea has been traced back by the late Col. Grant Francis, through various spell- ings, to the latter part of the twelfth cen- tury. Col. Francis's derivation from Sweyn's Ey, though he supposed that he was the first to suggest it, had been proposed long before his time ; and that derivation is, I believe, the one generally accepted.

In the Cambrian newspaper for June, 1896, I find, in some most interesting articles by Mr. E. Roberts, of Swansea, that Col. Morgan had suggested, in a pamphlet which I have not seen, another derivation, Senghenydd.

Readers of ' Brut y Ty wysogion ' may re- member that under the date 1215 it is said (Ab Ithel's translation in the Rolls Series) that

"Young Rhys collected also an army of vast mag nitude and obtained possession of Cydweli and Carnwyllon, and burned the castle. And from thence he drew to Gower, and he first reduced the castle of Llychwr, and afterwards he fought against