NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. x. JULY 4, im
of a Stage Coachman,' by Cross, 21. 7s. 6d.; Sir
Thomas Browne's Works, 3 vols., 15s. ; Hender-
son's ' Mary,Queen of Scots,' 10s. Qd. ; and Osmund
Airy's 'Charles II.,' II. 1*.
Mr. W. M. Murphy of Liverpool opens his Cata- logue 137 with 24 vols. of The New England Genea- logical Register, 1877-1900, 121. 12s. (there are some numbers wanting in 1897 and 1898) There is a beautiful set of 'The Antiquarian Cabinet,' 1807-12, 31. 10s. Under Architecture is Sharpe's * Parallels,'
2 vols., royal folio, 1848, 61. 6s. Dickens items in- clude the original parts of 'Bleak House' (two parts want the covers), II. 10s.; also 'Copperfield (some wrappers wanting), 21. 15s. There is in addi- tion a set of the Christmas Books, 5 vols., 1843-8, II 10s. Under Thackeray is the Biographical Edition, 13 vols., new half -calf, 4J. 4s. There are lists under Ireland, Lancashire, Manchester, &c.
Messrs. W. N. Pitcher & Co.'s Manchester Cata- logue 159 contains the Library Edition of Freeman's ' Norman Conquest,' Oxford, 6 vols., very scarce, 61. 10s.; Gilfillan's 'British Poets,' 48 vols., 31. 3s.; 'The Century Dictionary,' 6 vols., folio, half- morocco, 01. 10s. ; Gillray, from the original plates,
3 vols., 61. ; La Fontaine, Amsterdam, 1767, 2 vols.,
include
impressions, 6 vols., folio, half- vellum, 1841-8, 61. 6s.; Lawrence, by Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower, fine- paper edition, 4to, 31. 10s.; David Cox, memoir by Solly, 1873, M. 10s. ; Cruikshank's 49 drawings pre- pared to illustrate an intended Autobiography, II. 5s. ; Du Maurier's ' Society Pictures,' from Punch, 1,000 plates, 2 vols., royal 4to, 12s. ; and Waring's ' Masterpieces of Industrial Art,' 3 vols. , folio, whole morocco, 1863 (cost 401.), 31. 3s. Under Facetiae we find a reminiscence of 1854, * The Legend of Vilikins and his Dinah,' illustrated by Thomson, 2s. 6d.
The list of Tracts, Pamphlets, and Broadsides issued by Mr. A. Russell Smith in his Sixty-Second Catalogue is such as Macau'lay would have de- lighted in ; they range from 1510 to 1808. We can purchase for 5s. ' The Mournfull Cryes of many Thousand Poore Tradesmen,' who in 1650 were " ready to Famish through Decay of Trade." A unique Waltonian document is the printed will of John Donne the Yonger, 1662, in which he leaves his father's MSS. to Izaak Walton ; the price for this is 51. 5s. There is the rejoinder of Luther to the ' Assertion of the Seven Sacraments,' Wittem- berg, 1522, 61. 6s. We find a ' Search after Claret,' 1691, II. Is. This mentions all the important taverns throughout London visited. Under Lady Hamilton is a collection of tracts by Dr. James Graham, of the Temple of Health, Adelphi and Pall Mall. The Catalogue contains 1,400 items, and they are all well arranged chronologically.
Messrs. Sotheran send their last two Prices Current, Nos. 683 and 684. The former contains a number of Ackermann's publications, first and early editions, important works under Americana, Architecture, and Fine Bindings. In a long list under Cruikshank occurs in its original boards ' The Humourist,' Robins, 351. There are first editions of Dickens, and French illustrated books of the eighteenth century. Under " A Wonderful Alice " is a large-paper copy of Rackham's edition of
- Alice in Wonderland,' extended to 4 vols. by the
addition of 324 extra illustrations, bound in blue
levant, 1908, 841. There is one of the rarest produc-
tions of Franklin's press, Cicero's ' Cato Major,'
Philadelphia, 1744, a tall copy, in the original half-
sheep, 581. Under Shelley is the original first issue
of ' St. Irvyne,' a perfect copy, wholly uncut,
Stockdale, 1811, 65(., Space does not permit us to
quote further ; this is only an indication of the
many choice items. At the end of the Catalogue
are a number of letters addressed to Mrs. Lynn
Linton, and it is believed that they are all un-
published, including a series of 47 from Landor,
1857-60. These are full of affection ; he likens his
own case to that of King Lear, and seems to have
considered Mrs. Linton as his Cordelia. "Nothing
on earth is so precious to me as your affection." In
many he bewails his enforced exile, and pathetically
refers to the loss of his home, his pictures, and
specially his books ; he mentions the Brownings,
his 'Dry Sticks,' &c., and says: "lam in rags, I
have not laid out 40 shillings on clothing in 4 years."
There are eighteen long letters of Swinburne's.
Herbert Spencer writes : " I do not think you are
altogether a good Grundyometer, for you are not in
sufficient sympathy witn Mrs. Grundy." Besides
the Lynn Linton letters there are autographs of
Byron, Burns, and others. Under Burns is the
original MS. of 'The Twa Herds,' 3 pages, folio,
2501.
Price Current 684 contains the most complete set yet offered for sale of Gould's natural history works, including the ' Birds of Paradise,' by Dr. Bowdler Sharpe. The price of the 50 vols. is 630(. This item naturally eclipses the remaining entries, but there are many other noteworthy lots.
The Catalogue of Mr. Albert Sutton of Man- chester contains a set of the Chetham Society's Pub- lications, 1840-1906, 24*. ; ' The English Emersons,' 18 sheet pedigrees, 1898, 12s. Qd. ; St. John Hope's ' Stall - Plates of the Knights of the Garter,' 21. 17s. 6d. ; Shaw's 'Manchester, Old and New,' 3 vols., II. Is.; Hartshorne's 'Old English Glasses,' folio, 21. ; a complete set of Punch, 1841-1905, 221. 10s. ; Baines's ' Lancaster,' 2 vols., 4to., 1868, II. Is. ; and Bamford's ' Life of a Radical,' 2 vols., 5s. There are works relating to Lancashire. We would suggest to Mr. Sutton the desirability of numbering his catalogues.
WE congratulate Dr. J. A. H. Murray on the well-deserved knighthood which is one of the features of the King's Birthday honours. Such awards can, in the view of the scholar, add little to the unique distinction comprised in the three letters 'N.E.D.,' but it is pleasant to see that the fount of honour does not now entirely in political and commercial grooves.
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