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than justice is done to the poems, but the tribute is discriminating. In length and other respects it is adequate.

COL. J. H. RIVETT-CARNAC, C.I.E., has reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of July last a valuable and interesting paper on Cup- Marks as an Archaic Form of Inscription. It is printed by Stephen Austin & Sons, of Hertford. 'Readers of ' N. & Q.' will remember the Colonel's contribution on the subject, 9 th S. vii. 491. The reprint has many interesting illustrations.

MR. JOSEPH ALFRED BRADNEY, F.S.A., of Tal-y- Coed, announces the first part of a 'History of Monmouthshire,' from the coming of the Normans into Wales to the present. It will be in six parts, each dealing with a separate hundred, in crown folio, with coats of arms, pedigrees, views of castles and churches, and other illustrations.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. LIKE previous issues from the same firm, the latest catalogue of Messrs. Henry Sotheran & Co. overflows with rarities and desiderata. Under America appears Lord Kingsborough's ' Antiquities of Mexico' with Dupaix's 'Monuments of New Spain,' 1251., a work the cost of which led to the writer's imprisonment and death before he came into his title of Earl of Kingston. Many works of less interest appear under the same heading. Brockedon's ' Passes of the Alps,' on large paper, with India proofs of the plates, is 11. 10s. ; Burton's 37. 10-s. ; Matthew Arnold's ' Works,' uniformly ' bound in 22 vols., 20 guineas ; Clowes's ' Royal Navy,' i in 7 vols., a modern work, 15 guineas. There are early English Bibles, including the 1535 translation by Coverdale, with some of the leaves in facsimile, I price 25W. Other editions, 1537, 1539, 1549, 1550, German Bibles of 1473 and 1483 have also great pecuniary value. The first edition of the English Douai Bible is 81. 10s. There is also a Tyndall's ' New Testament, J(ohn) C(awood), 1550. A collec- ! tion of ' Biographies of English Queens and Prin- cesses ' attracts attention. Botta's ' Monuments de Ninive' is 50 guineas, and a first ' Religio Medici' of Sir Thomas Browne, 1642, is 30 guineas. Byron's ' Waltz,' first edition, is 1051. Early editions of Bunyan and Burns attract attention, a first Kil- marnock Burns being only 50 guineas, on account '. of repairs. Tonson's Cervantes's ' Don Quixote ' is HI. 14s. ; a collection of Defoe's * Works,' 847. ; and one of 'Lives of Actors,' 551. First editions of
 * Arabian Nights,' with supplemental volumes,
 * two Latin Bibles of the fifteenth century, and many
 * 1566, follow, the least costly being 30 guineas.
 * Fielding; Foxe's 'Martyrs,' 1563; Goldsmith's

chral Monuments,' a presentation copy; Hall's 'Chronicle,' 1548; Herrick's ' Hesperides,' 1648, frontispiece in facsimile; Holinshed's 'Chronicle,' 1577, follow, and we then come on a presentation first Keats's 'Poems,' with autograph inscription, price 1511. 10s. A Kelmscett Press ' Earthly Para- dise'; a vellum-paper ' Faublas,' price 65^., bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet, 1798; a ' Paradise Lost,' 1668, with fourth title-page; a Florio's 'Montaigne,' 1603, 73f 10s. ; a Quaritch's ' Omar Khayyam ' ;
 * Deserted Village,' first edition ; Gough's ' Sepul-

Common Praier,' 1559, J. Cawood, price 220J., are considerable items. Long collections of Trans
 * Portraits des Grands Hommes ' ; a ' Booke oJ

actions, collections of Tennyson, &c., which would constitute the plums ,of minor catalogues, are scarcely to be selected from this remarkable list.

Mr. Thomas Thorp's latest London catalogue is of

list of Anti- coloured engrav- ngs; a 'Bibliographical Decameron'; Esque- meling's ' Bucaniers,' 1684, three parts ; a choice 3rrammont, Bensley, 1809; a 'Herbal' of Rembert Dodoens, 1586, price Ql. 15s. ; a fifteenth-century Book of Hours; a Houbraken's 'Heads'; an early Coleridge's ' Poems ' ; tracts of Law, including the 'SeriousCall'; Pater's' Works'; WalpoleV Letters,' L4 vols. ; and a Tuer's ' Bartolozzi.' There is, besides, a collection of Early English Text Society's pub- lications.

Readers of Mr. George Winter's catalogue may seek under Beardsley, Chinese Punishments, Costume, Dickens, Napoleon, Shakespeare, Reclus, Gloucestershire, ' Le Tour du Monde,' Prevost, &c. There are, moreover, some scarce French works of the eighteenth century we were fortunate enough ourselves to secure.

Mr. W. J. Smith, of Brighton, catalogues a large collection' of topographical works. It will be very useful to those seeking out-of-the-way volumes or tracts on the various counties. Under Chetham Society, Brighton, Sussex, Arundel, Pitt Rivers, and other headings works of interest may be found.

In the catalogue of Mr. Richard Cameron, of St. David Street, Edinburgh, are many books con- cerning Scottish history and antiquities ; ' The Athole Collection of Highland Dance Music'; Drummonds 'Ancient Scottish Arms'; Hogg's Jacobite Relics ' ; Dickson and Edmond's ' Scot- tish Printing.' There are, naturally, many entries under Burns. Stewart's ' Historical Account of Scottish Tartans,' price 31. 15s., is now a rarity. Somers's ' Tracts,' 13 vols. 1809-15, the best edition, is cheap at 9. 15s. Colardeau's ' Temple de Gnide ' is a beautiful book. The binding must, however, be responsible for its price, since Cohen, the best authority, puts its value at 25 to 30 francs. A full set of the 'Court of Session Garland' is not common. Drummond's 'Views of Edinburgh,' Kay's 'Portraits,' 'Scottish Theatre,' and 'Shet- land ' may be consulted with prospects of advan- tage.

No. 4 of Mr. Wilfrid M. Voynich's short catalogues is no less studded with rarities and attractions than its predecessors. We note scarce Americana ; a Latin translation of Alexander Aphrodiseus, a scarce inclinable ; works on arith- metic, astronomy, and bibliography ; a Latin ' Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent,' with the official guarantee and autograph ; an autograph of Pope Pius V. ; works of Bembo ; early Bibles, &c. There is a rare ' Scriptores Ordinis Prsedica- torum,' 2 vols. folio, 111. 17s. ; some early Italian Boccaccios include a ' Decameron ' of 1526 (very rare, Brunet). We note also Bunyan's ' Holy War,' 1718, sold ; a 1542 Chaucer, price 45., one leaf in fac- simile ; a Cleveland's ' Idol of the Clowns ; or, Insurrection of Wat the Tyler,' 1654; Steele's 'Im- portance of Dunkirk,' in excellent condition, 50. ; ' Le Cathon en Frongoys, ' Lyons, 1502 ; a Lyndewoode ' Provinciale,' Paris, 1501 ; a ' Summa Theologia ' of Aquinas ; a Quintus Curtius, Vindelin de Spira, 111. 10s. ; works on Jews ; Psalters, Breviaries, and