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advertised. He adds that Canada "gives railway
travellers the most pretentious but the most
unsatisfactory accommodation in the British
Empire." This is a hard saying, and we doubt if it
can be justified.
BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES MAY.
MR. L. C. BRAUN'S Catalogue 63 has under topography views of London and the subtirbs, including churches. There are also a number of portraits. Under Antiquarian Brochures is a collection of 14 pamphlets formerly the property of Leigh Sotheby, offered for 10s.
Messrs. Andrew Iredale & Son send from Torquay their Catalogue 78, containing Gardiner's ' Cromwell,' double set of the plates (except the coloured one), Japanese vellum, 51. 5s. Works on Devon include Burnard's ' Dartmoor Pictorial .Records,' 4 vols., complete (only 150 sets were completed), 1891-4, 4Z. 4s.
Mr. David Johnstone's Edinburgh Catalogue LX. contains Barrie's Works, Author's Edition, New York, 1896, on Japan paper, 8 vols., half- vellum, new, 51. 10s. ; Burns's Works, with Lift by Robert Chambers, large paper, 4 vols., royal 8vo, 21. 10s. ; Hogarth, 1822, with the suppressed plates, atlas folio, 51. 5s. ; Scott, Dryburgh Edition, large paper, 25 vols., *4Z. 10s. ; ' The Scott Gallery,' in 2 cases, 6Z. 6s. ; the Transactions of the Architectural Institute of Scotland, 1861-70, "2 vols., folio, 2Z. 2s. ; ' Acts of the General Assembly of the Scottish Church,' 20 vols., folio, 22 1. 10s. (a complete set, newly bound in full calf) ; and Hogg's ' Jacobite Relics of Scotland,' the genuine edition of both volumes, 1819-21, 1Z. 10s. under Thackeray is his ' Essay on Cruikshank and Leech,' 1840, extra-illustrated, full morocco. 51. 10s. ; also the 1884 edition, edited by Church and extra-illustrated, 4Z. 12s. Qd. There are items under Edinburgh, Scotland, Trials, &c,
To Messrs. Maggs Brothers we offer our con- gratulations on their year of jubilee. Their Catalogue 256 is a commemorative one, and rightly opens with a portrait of the founder of the firm, Mr. U. Maggs. The business was carried on by him until 1894, when he retired in favour of his sons. This new Catalogue contains a choice selection from, the stock of rarities possessed by the firm, and is beautifully illustrated. We note a few items as indications of the treasures to be found. A perfect copy of Hakluyt, with the rare American maps, 5 vols., folio, 1625-6, is 70Z. ; the first edition of ' Sense and Sensibility,' 3 vols., original boards, 1811, 45Z. ; a fine copy of the first issue of ' Robinson Crusoe,' 2 vols., in the original calf, 1719, 250Z. ; the editio princeps of Homer, Florence, 1488, 2 vols., folio, eighteenth -cen- tury morocco extra, 245Z. ; the first edition of ' Endymion,' with the 5 line errata, 30Z. ; first editions of ' Elia,' both series, 1823-33, 2 vols., uncut, levant by Riviere, 52Z. 10s. ; first collected edition of Milton's poems, 1645, a fine tall copy, levant by Riviere, 185Z. ; and uncut copy in boards of the first edition of ' Guy Mannering,' 1815, 75Z. The First Folio, very tall copy, in fine condition, levant by Riviere, is 900Z. One of the tallest copies of the Second Folio is 210Z. There is also a fine copy of the Fourth Folio, 73Z. 10s. Under Shelley are an uncut copy of the first -edition of St. Irvyne,' Stockdale, 1811, 52Z. 10s.
and the Vegetarian pamphlet, 'A Vindication of
Natural Diet,' 1813, '2851,
The Catalogue is rich in autograph letters and MSS. A beautifully illuminated Psalter executed for Charles VII. is 1,500. Under Hossetti are 17 letters to Mrs. Blake, all on Blake and his works, 49 closely written pages, 501. 10-s. Under Swinburne are the original MS. of ' The Triumph of Time,' 12 folio pages, 210^. ; and his poem, ' To Victor Hugo,' 9 folio pages, 210/. Among many other letters are 7 of Lady Hamilton's from Naples, 1793, 38Z. 10s. ; and one of Carlyle's, Chelsea, 17 May, 1847, to the Rev. R. W. Landis on Cromwell, IQl. 10*.
The Catalogue also contains a selection of portraits and decorative subjects, many printed in colours. The illustrations include Burns after Nasmyth, Miss Farren after Zoffany, and Mrs. Mathew after Reynolds. Altogether it is a worthy Jubilee Catalogue.
Mr. F. Marcham of Tottenham publishes No. 1 of a Rough List of Deeds, Charters, and Court Rolls relating to Derbyshire, Kent, Middlesex, &c. Under London we note St. Clement Danes, Parochial Charities, 1552-1701, 3Z. 3s.
Mr. Marcham also sends Part 2 of The Anti- quaries' List of Buckinghamshire Deeds and Documents, and Part 3 of a similar list for Surrey.
Mr. John Orr's Edinburgh Catalogue 28 contains works under Church of Scotland ranging from 1654 to 1840. Under Edinburgh and Jacobite are interesting lists. Under Episcopal are pam- phlets relating to Calder ; and under Forfar is ' Look before Ye Loup,' by Tarn Thrum. Under Law are some old Scotch cases, including a Bill of Suspension as to Houses in new Extension of Edinburgh, 1817 ; it contains a plan before North Bridge was built. Napoleon items include Whately's ' Historic Doubts.' Under Slavery are pamphlets by Clarkson, Wilberforce, Gran- ville Sharp, and John Gladstone of Liverpool. There are a number of Trials, besides Volunteer songs of the sixties. Under Family History are MSS. collected by Alex. Deuchar, genealogist. There is also a fine clean copy of Nisbet's ' Heraldry,' which belonged to Burnett, Lyon King (a few pages in vol. ii. are supplied in neat MS.), 2 vols., 1816, 7Z. 7s. Under Historians of Scot- land is a collection of 10 vols., including Fordun's ' Chronicles,' Wyntoun's, &c., uncut, royal 8vo, 1871-80, 4Z. 4s. A fine copy of Maitland's ' Edin- burgh,' folio, panelled calf, 1753, is 11. 15s. Maps, Views, and Plans include America, Australia, and Canada. There are also old views in Scotland.
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