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500 N CTES AND QUERIES. {1l s. vu. Jima 21, 1913. Booxsnnunns’ CA'|.‘ALOGU@.-°JUNE. MR. P. M. BARNARD of Tunbridge Wells de- votes his Seventy-Third Catalogue to Classical Authors and Antiquities. There are many .rare and good editions. MR. ALFRED Coorma of Hammersmith gives in Qhis N inety-Sixth List a selection from his stock of 50,000 volumes. The first edition of Gerarde’s ‘ Herbal’ is priced 81. 103; the first edition of ‘ Tom Jones, with the errata, 6 vols., 1749, 51. 5s.; and Titsingh’s illustrations of Japan, quarto, original wrappers, 1822, 41. 10s. Mnssns. S. DRAYTON & SoNs of Exeter send two Catalogues, 251 and 252. The former con- tains Jewel’s ‘ Defense of the Apologie of the Church of England,” with the original chain and staple attached, 1569, 101. 10s. Rogers’s ‘ Poems, 1839, morocco by Haydaly, with fore- edge painting of Iake Como, is 5 . 5s.; Aken- side’s ‘ Pleasiues of the Imagination,’ also with iore-edge of the Convent of Vallombrosa, 51. 5s.; ‘ Mansfield Park,’ 3 vols., 1816, with the scarce ‘half-title pages, 21. 2s. ; Macaulay, Library Edi- tion, 8 vols., tree calf, 1876, 31. 3s.; All1bone’s ‘ Dictionary of English Literature, 3 vols., 1874, 11. 4s.; ‘ The Century Dictionary, 6 vols., royal folio, 31. 3.9. (published at 121. 12s.); and ‘ Scar- borough,’ Ackermann, 1813, 51. 10s. Catalogue 252 contains Sermons and Com- mentaries. A set of ‘ The Speaker’s Commen- 'tary,’ 13 vols., is priced 21. 23. This was pub- Sished at 131. 10s. MR. FRANCIS EDWARDS sends two Catalogues. No. 324 contains Military Literature. There .are more than a thousand items, and each is of

much interest, for the collection, like all Mr.

$Edwards’s lists, has been carefully made. There 'are Histories and Records of most of the chief regiments, besides works on the Peninsular War, Waterloo Campaign, wars of the Indian Empire, the war between Prussia and Austria in ?1866, the Franco-German War, and African ~wars, in addition to many engravings and original drawings. We can name but a few items. An -engraving of the King’s Hussars, 1821, is 91.; .and Wheater’s ‘ Record of the 7th Royal Fusiliers,’ .extra-illustrated, with 24 coloured original draw- iings by Robert Ebsworth and others, printed for -private circulation, Leeds, 1875, 301. There is

that magnificent illustrated work on the Austrian

Army by Kininger and Karl. The costumes of ‘the various regiments are engraved by Mansfield (l5} in. by 11 in., without the borders), folio, ‘half russia, very rare, 1800, 1401. Under German Army is a collection of engravings of the Prussian Guard, 1704-1806, quarto, 1806, 161. Other collections include 118 coloured engravings of the Prussian army by Schmitz, with book- late of Sir George Cock urn, octavo, 261.; and §eath's ‘ Military Costumes of the British ~Cavalry,' half calf, rare, 1820, 601. L’Ev6?:e’s " Portugal Campaigns under Wellington) rge folio, _Colnaghi, 1812, is 201. The official history of the Franco-German War, Berlin, is 51. l0s., and the English edition, 101. 10s. priced We turn from this warlike collection to Mr. Edwards’s Catalogue 325, which is given over to the peaceful sciences of Ornithology and Oology. There are ine copies of the works of Gould' Dresser, Lord Lilford, Meyer, Seebohm, Selby, and others. Mr. Francis Edwards has also a list of Re- mainders at great? reduced prices. We note a few: Godman’s ‘ etrels,’ 71. 10s. (published at 151. l5s.); Poynting’s ‘ Eggs of British Bird.s,’ 21. _ 5s. (51.); Sclater’s ‘ Mammals of South Afrxca,’ 16s. (11, 10s.); Pettigrew’s ‘ Design in Nature,’ 3 vols., 12s. (31. 3s.); ‘ Library of Literary Criticism : English and American Authors,” 8 vols., 51. (81. 8s. net); and Early English Dramatic Society, 81. (201.). ' _ Mnssas. CHARLES HIGHAM lt SoN’s Catalogue 52) is a miscellaneous list of Theological books, supple- mented by the library of an Indian missionary. M. GonEFRoY MAYER’8 Paris Catalogue 31 will piroye of special interest to our friends in the mted States, for it contains old engraved portraits relating to the history of America. There are in all 1,645 items. M. Mayer is rightly fond of indexes, and supplies two-one topo- gralphical, and the other general. The illustrations inc ude La Fayette, Col. Tarleton, Wolfe, Sullivan, Washington, Monckton, Paul J ones (shooting a sailor who had attempted to strike his colours in an engagement, from the original picture by Collet). J ederson. and Franklin. Mnssns. Snmorrs & Wxrsns of Leamington Spa devote their Catalogue 275 to Topogra hical and Antiquarian Books relating to the lgritish Isles, including engravin , and maps arranged in counties. An extra-ilgstrated co y of Mac- ka§’s ‘ Thames,’ 2 vols., morocco, 1848, is 51. 5s.; an Leigh Hunt’s ‘The Town,’ with 200 addi- tional portraits, 2 vols., morocco, 1848, 61. 63. Another extra-illustrated work is Faulkner’s ‘ Ken- sington,’ 1820, 31. Under Architecture is a large collection of old copperplates, 5 vols., quarto, 1790-1830, 11. 15s. MR. J. THOMs0N’s Edinburgh Summer Cata- logue contains a set of Blackwood from its begin- ning in 1817 to 1900 inclusive, 168 vols., half calf, 71. 10s. There are a number of Book-plates, besides books at moderate prices. Jlniizzs in illlnrrespunhrnts. RICHARD PARDON. -We would suggest applica- tion to the Record Office. A. MASSON. - Many thanks for copy of Matt Morgan’s cartoon ‘ A Brown Study from The Tomahawk. G. W. begs to convey his thanks to MR. THoMAs WM. I-IUCK for his reply to query re ‘Coming of Age ’ (ante, pp. 432-3). MR. Wn.mo'r Conrmnn writes: “I find I was misinformed when writing of Sir William Park ns as a baronet. He was a knight.” (See ‘The Antecedents of J ob Charnock,’ ante, p. 389.) CORRIGENDUM. - At p. 428 query on ‘Gray Family ’ l. 4, for “Gray of Whiteboys, oo. Wex- ford. Can any,” &c. read “Gra of ...... 2 oo. Wexford (destroyed by fire in the Whiteboys riots). Can any reader] &o.