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William III. is a collection of contemporary en-
gravings by De Hooghe, 121. 12s.
Mr. H. Seers in his Catalogue 81 offers eleven hundred items at a shilling each. For this small sum we have the choice of a visit to Utopia or to take Charles Lamb in pipefuls, or we may find a
complete English lawyer, or look into Edinburgh one rmndred years ago ; or, should we prefer it, we
can take a dose of proverbial philosophy, and, as a wind up, find an antidote to the miseries of human life.
Messrs. Henry Sotheran & Co.'s Price Current 673 contains over 1,200 items, of which we can note but a few. Amory's ' Life of John Buncle,' best edition, 3 vols., calf gilt, 1825, is 11. Is. Of 'John Buncle' Hazlitt wrote : "John Buncle is the Eng- lish Rabelais." ' The Annual Register,' 1758-1883, is 161. 16s. ; Matthew Arnold's Complete Works, Edition de Luxe (only 775 sets issued), 61.; and a set of first editions (save three), 211. ; complete set of Ballad Society's Publications, 121. 12s.; Balzac's ' Comedie Humaine,' translated by Katharine Wormeley, Edition de Luxe (only 250 sets), 1898, 161. 16s.; first edition of Gilchrist's 'Blake,' 21. 2s.; Bowman and Crowther's ' Churches of the Middle Ages,' 2 vols., imperial folio, 1849, 51.; a fine and complete set of Britton, 14 vols., royal 4to, in 7, large paper, 1814-35, 101. 10s.; Bullen's 'Old Eng- lish Plays,' New Series, 3 vols., 4to, 51. 15s.; and Richard Burton's Chapbooks, 25 vols., 18mo, 1682- 1781, 61. 6s. Under Byron are some choice items. A charming set of ' Le Cabinet des Fe'es,' 41 vols., contemporary tree calf, Geneva, 1785-9, is 11. Is. Searchers for Dickens rarities will find a choice copy in the original parts, of ' Master Humphrey's Clock,' 11. Is.; and another copy with Sibsons illus- trations, 3 vols., newly bound in purple morocco, 14. 14s. The catalogue is also rich in entries under . Shakesperiana (among these are treasures from Mr. Ebsworth's library), Scott, Scotland, Shelley, &c. The Shelley items include the edition of ' Queen Mab ' which contains the dedication to Harriet , to which Shelley referred in a letter com- plaining of the surreptitious issue of the poems by R. Carlile : " I am obliged to this piratical fellow in one respect, that he has omitted, with a delicacy for which I thank him heartily, a foolish dedication to my late wife, the publication of which would have annoyed me, and, indeed, is the only part of the business which could have annoyed me, although it is my duty to protest against the whole." We take this opportunity to remark upon the care and method with which Messrs, botheran's Price
Currents are prepared. We have studied them for very many years, and can speak of the pleasure the perusal of them has always afforded us. We be- lieve we are violating no confidence in stating that for the last twenty-six years they have been the work of the present head of the firm, Mr. Henry
Cecil Sotheran, who inherits from his father and grandfather, both of whom were well known to us, his taste for books.
Mr. Albert Sutton, of Manchester, includes in his
Catalogue 153 Alken's coloured panorama (67 feet long) of the funeral procession of the Duke of Wellington, which depicts with correct detail a soldier from every regiment in the service, Acker- mann, 1853, 4. 4s. Spedding's 'Bacon,' 7 vols., is 21. 10s. ; and a complete set of the Reports of the Challenger Expedition, 50 vols., 1880-95, 37/. 10s.
- Essays and Reviews,' 1861, Is. (published at 16s.),
is the lowest price we have yet seen. Mark Twain's
Works, 6 vols., are 18s.; 'Bibliography of Print-
ing,' by Bigmore and Wyman, 3 vols., 4to, 1880-86,
4/. 7s. 6d. ; ' Bibliotheca Arcana,' 1885, 11. 10s. ; Pub-
lications of the Library Association, 23 vols. , 1QI. 10s. ;
Spenser Society, 49 vols., 121. 12s. Trials include
those of the Earl of Somerset, Fauntleroy, and
William Palmer.
Mr. Thorp's Guildford Catalogue 8 has many items relating to ornithology, entomology, zoology, &c. We note Gray's 'Genera of Birds,' 3 vols., folio, 20^. ; The Ibis, fine uncut set, 21/. ; Roth- schild's 'Extinct Birds,' 251.; Jerdon's 'Indian Ornithology,' Madras, 1847, 11. Is.; and Humphreys and Westwood's ' British Moths,' 31. 3s. There are a large number of works under Angling and other Sports, under Botany, and also General Literature.
Mr. "Wilfrid M. Voynich's Catalogue 23, like all he publishes, is full of scarce books. " No work by this author in Lowndes" must be " kept standing by his printers. We note a few items. A pam- phlet entitled 'The Great Importance of Cape Breton,' contains all that Charlevoix says in his ' History of New France,' and has a folding map which includes part of Newfoundland, &c., 1746, 30t. In ' A Guide for the Freeholders of Great Britain,' 1771, 61. 6s., the author proposes an American repre- sentation : 2 members for Newfoundland, 2 for Canada, 2 for Nova Scotia, 4 for New England and New York, 6 for the Indian nations, 2 for East and and West Jersevs, 2 for Pennsylvania, &c. Another
amphlet is ' The Vindication of Major-General hirley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay,' 1758, 101. 10s. One of the rarest early books relating to the discovery of America is ' Joannis de Sacrobosco Astronomi celeberrimi Sphericum Opusculum, cum lucida & familiari expositione per Matthaeum Shamotuliensem,' 1522, 1001. There is also one of the few books published by the Stationers at the sign of the Trinity in St. Paul's Churchyard, Richard Rolle's ' Speculum Spiritualium,' Wolfgang Hopyl, for Guilhelmus Bretton of London, Paris, 1518, 201. There are many items under French and Italian Early Presses, Philology, Shakespeariana, Spanish and Portuguese Literature, &c.
Mr. D. S. Wrycroft, of St. Neots, has two short lists, 10 and 11. We note Mac Kinnon's ' Cold- stream Guards,' 10s. ; Southey's Poetical Works, 10 vols., 12s. 6d. ; Gore's ' Lux Mundi,' 6s. ; Knight's 'Life of Erasmus,' 1726, 13s. 6d.; and Winkle's ' Cathedrals,' 11. Is. There are some sets of Mac- aulay's ' England,' original edition, at low prices.
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IGNORAMUS ("Possessive Case of Nouns ending in "). An article on this subject by the late FREDERICK ADAMS will be found at 9 S. i. 270.
CLIFTON ROBBINS {" Metwand "). The ' N.E.D.' illustrates both metewand and meteyard. The deri- vation is given as from the verb mete, to measure, or the substantive met, a measure, with the addition of wand or yard.
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