BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.-JANUARY. MR. ANDREW BAXENDINE'S Edinburgh Catalogue 121 contains some new books as well as second-hand ones and remainders. We note the Wellington Despatches, with index, 13 vols., 11. 58.; and Bewick's Birds' and 'Quadrupeds,' 3 vols., half-morocco, Newcastle, 1816-21, 17. 10s. Under Alpine is Wooster's Alpine Plants,' 2 vols., fine copy, 17. 108. The " Ancient Classics for English Readers," 28 vols. in 14, half-calf, are 11. 58., and Aldine Poets," 51 vols., cloth, as new, 21. 28. Billings's Antiquities of Scotland,' 4 vols., 4to, half-morocco, 1845-52, a handsome copy, is 41. 10s. 6d. ; and the reprint, 1901, 27. Under Scotland is a complete set of the historians of Scotland, together 10 vols., cloth, 1871-80, 31. 158. 6d. Under Scott are several entries, including 'The Border Antiquities,' 2 vols., 4to, old red morocco, 1814, 21. 28. Under Burns are the first London edition with list of subscribers, red morocco, 1787, 31. 10s. 6d. ; and Allan Cunningham's edition, 8 vols., blue morocco, 21. 28. The list, which is a varied one, contains fifteen hundred items. Mr. F. C. Carter's Hornsey Catalogue 27 is devoted to Americana. There are in all four hundred items at moderate prices. A collection of trials, 29 pamphlets, 1795-1852, may be had for 21. 128., and 11 Civil War pamphlets, 1849-65, for 12s. 6d. Mr. Carter sends also (Extra Series 4) a Catalogue of Deeds, Charters, and Autograph Letters. There are many documents relating to Gibbon, with some unpublished correspondence. Under St. Pancras is part of a plan showing a tea garden, and there is an item of special interest at the present time, a collection of 56 Peers' Proxies, blank, early nineteenth century, with signatures of Selkirk, Clinton, Shaftesbury, Verulam, Macaulay, and others, 11. 5s. Mr. George Gregory of Bath includes in his Catalogue numbered 199-200 the rare mezzotint The Daughters of Sir Thomas Frankland,' engraved by Ward after Hoppner, published -21 April, 1800, a magnificent impression, 100 guineas. Among the books are Fathers of the Church, miscellaneous Theology, Clark's "Foreign Theological Library," and Greek and Latin classics. Works from the library of the late Canon Griffiths comprise Atkyns's Glouces tershire,' folio, 1768, 31. 158.; Percy Anecdotes,' 40 vols. in 20, 17. 78.; Skelton's Oxonia Antiqua Restaurata,' 2 vols., imperial 4to, 1823, 21. 28.; and Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs,' black-letter, 3 vols., folio, 1641, 4l. 108. There are some recent purchases, among which are The American Atlas, 1775, 61.; and Ackermann's Cambridge,' 2 vols., imperial 4to, half-morocco, 1815, brilliantly coloured copy, 131. Under Bath are Nattes's Views, 28 coloured plates, royal folio, handsomely bound in calf, 1806, 97. a Mr. W. M. Murphy's Liverpool Catalogue 160 .contains the Transactions and Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archeology, 1872-93, 131. 10s.; a handsome set of Punch, original issue, 18411909, 137 vols. in 69 yearly volumes, half-morocco, 271. 108.; the Abbotsford Scott, 17 vols., halfvellum, 1842-6, 107.; and the Dauphin edition of Boileau, 2 vols., large 4to, morocco, a choice copy, Paris, 1789, 51. 5s. Under Byroniana is the first edition of the Genuine Rejected Addresses,' original boards, very scarce, 1812, 41. Under Ceramic is Hobson's 'Worcester Porcelain,' Gl. 68. A copy of The Century Dictionary,' many Dickens items is an extra-illustrated copy 8 vols., full morocco, gilt, is priced 61. Among of the first 8vo edition with autograph letter of Dickens, levant, 1839, 6l. 10s. Other works include The Historians' History of the World,' Medals,' 11. 58.; Times edition, 1907, 117. 108.; Smyth's Roman Montaigne's Essais,' Paris, 1600, 47. 108.; the first edition of Rogers's 'Italy, 1830, 21. 108.; and Spotiswoode's 'Church of Scotland,' fourth edition, 1677, 21. 108. Dodsley's Collection of Old English Plays,' a fine fresh set, tints, fine impressions, 15 guineas; also 'The is 71. 78. Under Constable are a pair of mezzoRainbow,' 4 guineas. Messrs. W. N. Pitcher & Co.'s Manchester Catalogue 189 contains all classes of literature. There is a large-paper copy of Angelo's Reminiscences,' limited to 75 copies; also a largepaper copy of The Picnic,' limited to 50 copies, together 3 vols., royal 8vo, half-morocco, 1904-5, Sales of Pictures,' 2 vols., scarce, 1888, 91. 51. 58. Under Art Sales is Redford's History of is a set of the " There Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes," 30 vols., half blue morocco, 71. 108.; and the Caxton Edition of 'La Comédie Humaine,' 47. The Haworth Edition of the Brontes' works, 7 vols., is 31. 78. 6d. There are also the Coleridge and Prothero edition of Byron, the 17volume edition of Browning, the Vierge edition of Fielding, 11 vols., with Life by Murphy. An Don Quixote,' Ormerod's Cheshire,' and extra-illustrated Lysons's extended to 10 vols., half-morocco, 1806-22, is Magna Britannia,' 161. 10s. Under Manchester are pencil drawings by Melton Prior, depicting scenes 12 original during the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1887, 71. 108. [Notices of other Catalogues held over.] Notices to Correspondents. We must call special attention to the following notices: WE beg leave to state that we decline to return communications which, for any reason, we do not print, and to this rule we can make no exception. WE cannot undertake to answer queries privately, of old books and other objects or as to the means of nor can we advise correspondents as to the value disposing of them. Editorial communications should be addressed to "The Editor of Notes and Queries '"-Advertisements and Business Letters to "The Publishers"-at the Office, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.C. LUCIS ("Terrible Vautrin ").-Vautrin is a desperate criminal in Balzac's Le Père Goriot.' XYLOGRAPHER (Gruneisen ").-He was for some years musical critic of The Athenæum, and died in 1879. See life in D.N.B.' CORRIGENDUM.-11 S. ii. 512, col. 1, 1. 4, for "Balser" read Baker. LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1911. NOTES: -- CONTENTS.-No. 55. Shelley and Leigh Hunt, 21- Statues and win, and that the date of Shelley's visit to Rogers was May, 1814. When, in February, 1813, Leigh Hunt and his brother were sentenced to two years' imprisonment, and a fine of 500l. each, for publishing a libel on the Prince Regent, Shelley, who was then at Tremadoc in Wales, wrote, on or about 19 February, to Hookham, and begged him to raise a subscription to pay Hunt's fine. Towards that object Shelley sent 201. When it was pointed out that neither of the Hunts would accept pecuniary assistance, Shelley wrote direct to Leigh Hunt, at that time in prison, and offered to pay either the whole, or a great part of the fine. This princely offer was at REPLIES:-Poor Souls' Light: "Totenlaterne," 30-Early once declined by both the brothers Hunt, Graduation-Colani and the Reformation, 32-Henry of and there is no reason to believe that the Navarre and the Three-Handled Cup-Gordons at Westminster School, 33-Sir Walter Raleigh and Tobacco-question was ever reopened. As a matter Young Folks-Itinerant Tailors, 34-Westminster of fact, Leigh Hunt was not personally Chimes-"Sackbut"-Knots in Handkerchiefs-Corpse known to Shelley until December, 1816, Bleeding-Artephius, 'De Characteribus Planetarum,' 35 Elephant and Castle in Heraldry-Puns on Payne-The which was long after the period indicated by Brown Sex, 36-Fores's Musical Envelope-Bohemian Musical Folk-lore-Alfieri in England-Lady Conyngham Rogers. -Bishop Luscombe-" Yorker," 37-Viscount Ossington"Tenedish," 38. Families, 30. NOTES ON BOOKS:-The Romance of Bookselling' "The National Review.' Booksellers' Catalogues. Notices to Correspondents. Notes. SHELLEY AND LEIGH HUNT. IN that very interesting compilation, 'Recollections of the Table Talk of Samuel Rogers,' the poet is reported to have said :— "Before meeting Shelley in Italy, I had seen him only once. It was in my own house in St. James' Place, where he called upon meintroducing himself-to request the loan of some money which he wished to present to Leigh Hunt; and he offered me a bond for it. Having numerous claims upon me at that time, was obliged to refuse the loan." Prior to its final acceptance, a part of that statement seems to require revision. I do not think that Shelley before April, 1816, had any necessity to raise money for Leigh Hunt. Prof. Dowden in a note ('Life of Shelley,' vol. ii. p. 181) says: When it was that he [Shelley] called on Rogers to request a loan for Leigh Hunt I cannot tell." While not disputing the fact that Shelley did call upon Rogers earlier than April, 1816, to borrow money, I submit that there is no evidence whatever that the money was intended for Leigh Hunt. I think it can be shown that the loan was requested for God That the visit to Rogers must have taken place prior to Byron's departure from England, in April, 1816, is proved by Rogers himself, who states that on the same day that Shelley called, Byron dined with him. Prof. Dowden tells us (Life of Shelley,' vol. ii. p. 61) that in December, 1816, Mary became aware that Shelley had either given or conveyed to Leigh Hunt a considerable sum of money, possibly for his private wants. This is the first intimation of any gift of money by Shelley to Leigh Hunt, and can have had no connexion whatever with Samuel Rogers. On the other hand, it is on record that in March, 1814, Shelley's affairs were in a critical condition. He wrote to his father to say that he could no longer delay raising money by the sale of post-obit bonds. Two months later, in May, 1814, Shelley tried very hard to raise money, but not for Leigh Hunt, who was not in need of money at that time. Shelley wished to assist Godwin (Dowden, vol. i. pp. 417-18), with whose daughter he eloped at the end of July. Re In May, 1815, Shelley gave Godwin 1,000l., and in the following month the poet became entitled to an income of 1,000l. a year. He had then certainly no occasion to borrow money from Rogers, for he was, at that time, decidedly prosperous. lieved from poverty and the oppression of debt," says Prof. Dowden, he longed to get out of London, and to find some haven of peace with Mary Godwin. Again, in January, 1816, Shelley agreed to sell an annuity for Godwin's benefit; but not one late Sir John Steell, and the groups are by other sculptors. The work cost nearly 16,000l., and was inaugurated by Queen Victoria on 17 August, 1876. On the evening of the ceremony the sculptor received the honour of knighthood from his sovereign at Holyrood Palace. Ramsey, Isle of Man.-On 20 September, 1847, the Royal Yacht with the Queen and Prince Albert on board anchored in Ramsey Bay. The Queen remained on board, but the Prince Consort landed and visited several points of interest in the neighbourhood. The party had again embarked before the inhabitants were aware of the visit. A subscription was shortly after STATUES AND MEMORIALS IN THE wards started to erect a suitable memorial BRITISH ISLES. (See 10 S. xi. 441; xii. 51, 114, 181, 401; 11 S. i. 282; ii. 42, 242, 381.) I AGAIN desire to thank all correspondents, anonymous and otherwise, who have supplied information. Having given a first instalment of Queen Victoria Memorials at the last reference, I devote the present contribution mainly to Memorials of Prince Albert, after which I must proceed to other subjects now demanding attention. ROYAL PERSONAGES (continued). Hastings. About the centre of the town, on a site where seven roads converge, stands the Albert Memorial. It is 65 feet high, and was erected by public subscription at a cost of 860l., to the memory of Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria. Above the entrance door of the tower is inscribed "Erected to Albert the Good, in the year of our Lord 1862." Higher up on the same side is a statue of the Prince, represented in the robes of a Knight of the Garter. Above the statue is an illuminated clock. A drinking fountain is incorporated in the lower portion of the tower. The memorial is from designs by Mr. E. A. Heffer of Liverpool. Edinburgh. A bronze equestrian statue of Prince Albert stands in the centre of Charlotte Square Gardens. The Prince is represented in the uniform of a field-marshal. On the granite pedestal are bronze bas-reliefs depicting events in his life: (E.) his marriage, (W.) opening of the Great Exhibition of 1851, (N.) distributing Orders, (S.) the Queen and Prince surrounded by their children. At the angles between are groups representative of (1) Art and Science, (2) Labour, (3) Nobility, (4) Service. The statue is the work of the of the event. It consists of a tower 45 feet high, built of granite and slate, and furnished with a winding stairway in the interior. Over the doorway is inscribed : Erected on the spot where H.R.H. Prince Albert stood to view Ramsey and its neighbourhood during the visit of her most gracious of September, 1847." Majesty Queen Victoria to Ramsey Bay, the 20th Belfast. At the bottom of High Street, near the Quay, is the fine clock-tower erected by public subscription, was begun known as The Albert Memorial." It was in 1865, and completed in 1868. It rises to a height of 138 feet, and was constructed from the designs of Mr. W. J. Barre. On the side facing High Street is a statue of the Prince; and the tower terminates with a clock-chamber, open belfry, and spire. Balmoral.-On Craig-lour-achin, one of the most beautiful hills near Balmoral, a statue of Prince Albert stands on the apex of a pyramid or cairn of rough granite blocks. The Prince is represented clad in Highland costume, and bare-headed. His right hand rests upon the head of a large collie-dog standing beside him. The inscription contains the following quotation from the Apocryphal Wisdom of Solomon (chap. iv. verses 13 and 14) :— He, being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time. For his soul pleased the Lord, therefore hasted He to take him away from among the wicked." Lochlee Forest, Braemar.-At a spot in this forest known as Hall o' Craig o' Doon is a well from which Queen Victoria and Prince Albert once drank. The eleventh Earl of Dalhousie, who owned the demesne, placed over the well a memorial stone, bearing the lines: Rest, traveller, on this lonely green, Tenby.-On the Castle Hill stands the Welsh Memorial of Prince Albert. It was designed and executed by Mr. John Evan Thomas at a cost of 2,250l. The Prince is represented in the attire of a field-marshal, and wearing the regalia of the Order of the Garter. The statue was unveiled by Prince Arthur (Duke of Connaught) in 1865. The inscription is in Welsh. Wolverhampton.-In the centre of Queen's Square is a bronze equestrian statue of Prince Albert. It was unveiled by Queen Victoria on 30 November, 1866. Liverpool.-A bronze equestrian statue of Prince Albert is in St. George's Place. On the front of the granite pedestal is inscribed : Albert, Prince Consort Born 1819, Died 1861. And on the back : 66 This statue of a wise and good Prince was erected by the Corporation of Liverpool, October, 1866." It was modelled by Thos. Thornycroft, and cost 6,000l. St. Peter Port, Guernsey.-A replica of the statue of Prince Albert formerly in the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, and now placed near the entrance to the Royal Albert Hall, London, commemorates the visit of the Queen and Prince to the island in August, 1846. It is erected near the spot where they landed, and represents the Prince in the robes of the Order of the Garter. It was cast in copper at a cost of 1,2001. Albert. It was unveiled by Queen Victoria on 13 October, 1863. The following relate to other royal personages : Lichfield.-On 30 September, 1908, the Earl of Dartmouth unveiled a statue of King Edward VII. which had been presented to the city by Mr. Robert Bridgman, the sculptor, in commemoration of his year of office as Sheriff. Medallion portraits of King Edward and Queen Alexandra, affixed to the front of the Lichfield Guildhall, were unveiled on 17 September, 1910. Hickleton, Yorkshire.-In the proximity of Hickleton Hall, the seat of Viscount Halifax, a King Edward memorial cross has recently been erected. The cross, which stands about 20 feet high, is constructed of Portland stone, with local stone forming the base. In the centre of the cross itself is carved on the front a figure of the B. V. Mary bearing our Lord in her arms, and at the back are the three lions of England. The following is inscribed at the base :— "To Edward the Seventh, King of England.. This Cross is erected in memory of the past by Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax, his faithful subject and servant, May 6th, 1910. Grant him, O Lord, eternal rest, and let light perpetual shine' upon him." Alnwick, Northumberland.—In the neighbourhood of Alnwick Castle is a pillar inscribed as follows: William the Lion King of Scotland besieging Alnwick Castle taken Prisoner MCLXXIV. Two or three hundred yards north of the chapel dedicated to St. Leonard is a cross bearing the following inscriptions : Nicholas Rowe's monument, for which MR. PAGE inquired at 11 S. ii. 243, is situated in the village of Little Barford, Beds, and consists of a four-sided pillar about 3 feet high. The inscription on the sides runs as follows:: (1) The Poet Rowe was born in this house 1673 (2) Author of Jane Shore sevral Tragedies and Translator of Lucan (3) Master of Polite Learning and the Classical Authors (4) A secretary of State To Queen Ann, and Poet Laureate to King George. The above information has been kindly supplied me by Mr. J. H. Alington of Little Barford, whose grandfather erected the memorial. He adds: "The story is that the mother of the poet was travelling, and that the house (which is now the end one of a row of joined cottages in which labourers live) was a wayside inn, where she lodged at the time of his birth." Reform Club. W. R. B. PRIDEAUX, THE EARLIEST TELEGRAPHY. ACCORDING to an article by Mr. T. Sturdee in The Strand Magazine for October last, "it was not until 1795, when Lord George Murray introduced his semaphore system, that anything like an efficient means of telegraphic communication was established." This implies the earlier existence of such communication; and that idea is borne out in an article in the same magazine for September by Mr. Bernard Darwin on Some Curious Wagers.' That tells of a bet by the Duke of Queensberry with a Mr. Edgworth, which could have been won by the latter if it had not been that, "having in his mind a system of semaphores, he blurted out that he didn't mean to rely upon horses." There is a tantalizing absence of dates from this anecdote, but conjecturally it is of about 1750; and I should be interested to know whether there is a contemporary description of any earlier system of telegraphic communication than that which I give below. In The London Chronicle for 3-6 January, 1767, appeared the following:CORSICAN GAZETTE. Isolarossa, August 28. On the 17th of this month, arrived here from Corte, two English Gentlemen, to embark on their return to Tuscany. They had been informed at Corte, of an invention by the Abbés Giulani and Liccia of our province, of a new con trivance which they call, Il Corrière Volunte, The Flying Courier; by means of which, notice may be communicated in a few instants from one place to another, at the distance of many miles. The two young Abbés were here at the arrival of these Gentlemen, who being desirous to see an experiment made of the new contrivance, it was accordingly made on the terrace of this tower, Gentlemen were highly satisfied and pleased at the square of Saint Reperata, and the English with it. Some months ago, when his Excellency the General was here, a like experiment was made, at the distance of ten miles, which succeeded encouraged the two Abbés to inform the Publick perfectly well. As these English Gentlemen of their invention, the following account of it is given, that the Publick may judge of the advantages to be derived from it. The FLYING COURIER is a portable machine, which serves for the purpose of communicating at the distance of many miles a notice or advice, as clearly and distinctly, as if a voice was heard, or it was seen written on a leaf. To perform this operation, three things are necessary. 1. That the place from whence the notice is to be sent, which we shall call A, command a view of the place to which the notice is directed, which we shall call B. 2. That at the place A, there be a machine with a person informed of the notice intended to be communicated to the place B. 3. That at the place B, there be another person with a similar machine, in order to return an answer to the place A, as shall be necessary. to communicate intelligence from A to B, but the This operation is not restricted so as only instant it is received at B, it may be conveyed to C, and from C may be conveyed to D, and so on, although C and D be not seen by A, provided that at every one of the places there be these machines, and the persons who perform, know at what precise time the operation is to be, so that they may stand in fixed attention. In this manner, the same notice may fly in a few hours from the one extremity to the other of a kingdom. the distance of 25 miles from one machine to This operation may be performed just now at another; and when the machine shall be furnished with certain springs, which are yet wanting, it may be done at the distance of 50 miles. It may |