MR. CECIL CLARKE writes: "Permit an expres- unpublished-made to scale, and illustrated by sion of complete concurrence with the remarks scientific descriptions in Dutch. Many of the views contained in your obituary notice of the lamented and plans are on an unusually large scale, the largest antiquary and collector Ambrose Heal (see ante, being 25 feet in length. Those of the Orange River p. 479). Some years ago Mr. Heal kindly placed are the first ever made. The whole is contained in at the disposal of the writer much interesting 6 volumes (elephant folio), and is offered for 1,250. material anent family associations with old St. MESSRS. T. H. PARKER BROS., in response to a Pancras parish, which would probably have been otherwise unobtainable. No doubt many another general demand, have reissued and augmented their could testify to like courtesies received at his Catalogue of Military Prints. It contains 3,4 items, and is No. 9 of their catalogues on this subhands. "It is gratifying to know that Mr. Heal's valu-ject. The demand for military prints increases, able collections will in due course find a permanent home at the St. Pancras Library, under the careful supervision of Mr. F. W. Avant." and the frequent queries in our columns as to cos BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.-DECEMBER. MR. P. M. BARNARD of Tunbridge Wells sends us his Catalogue 80 Autographs, Charters, and other Documents (291 items), Part I. containing autographs and papers of personal interest, Part II. early deeds and charters. Among the former we notice the following: Privy Council Letter, 4 April, 1575, with four lines in the MESSRS. HENRY SOTHERAN'S Catalogue 740 is autograph of Lord Burleigh, and signatures of Part I. of the list of their books on Theology, and Burleigh, the Earls of Lincoln, Leicester, Warwick, runs from A to Ha. It includes the libraries of the and Sussex, and Sir Thomas Smith-a notable late Canon Lowe, the Bishop of Lichfield, and Dr. group of signatures, 51. 5.; Drummond of Haw-Guinness Rogers. There are a complete set of the thornden, 91.; Francisco Foscari, Doge of Venice, Alcuin Club Collections up to 1911, 12. 12.; D.S., 8 May, 1438, 201.; a letter of Henrietta thirty-eight volumes of the 'Annales EccleMaria, Queen Consort of Charles I., to her brother, siastici,' in the best edition of 1738-56 (with the 301.; Josephine Bonaparte, L.S., 11 March, 1799, 51.58.; Sir Walter Scott, A.L.S. to George Canning, exception of an Apparatus and the Indexes), 12.; a number of very good Bibles, of which we may with his answer, 101. 10s.; and the receipt for the mention two copies of the "Great Bible," one in the payment of Mary Sidney's dowry, signed H. Pem- second edition (first of Cranmer's), Apryll," 1540, broke, 3 Feb., 1577, 351. There are also letters of 751.; the other in the third (second of Cranmer's), Darwin, Macaulay, Daniel O'Connell, Cecil Rhodes, "July," 1540, 301.; and seven numbers (1898-1906) of Southey, Wellington, and Wordsworth, and a the series of Abyssinian facsimiles brought out by the number of letters and documents connected with munificence of Lady Meux, 20l. We noticed also the Opera Omnia of St. John Chrysostom in the edition published at Paris in the thirties of the last century, 4. 4s., and a copy of Daniel's 'Thesaurus Hymnologicus......Collectio amplissima cum Apparatu Critico,' an important work, scarce now, cheap at 5. 10s. Anastasia Dolby's Church Embroidery' and Church Vestments, practically illustrated, published in 1867-8, are to be had for 6. 63. Messrs. Sotheran have two sets of Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum' in the 1846 edition: one in dark-blue morocco by J. Wright, 281., the other in black morocco, 201. An interesting, if regrettable work is Zacharias Ferrerius's Hymni Novi Ecclesiastici juxta veram Metri et Latinitatis Normam,' 1525, 117. 11s. A good set of Gallandius's Bibliotheca Veterum Patrum,' 25., and a black-letter first English edition of Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs,' 251, are also worth mention. the French Revolution. MR. ROBERT MCCLURE'S Glasgow Catalogue 24 contains works on Glasgow. There is a 'Steamboat Companion to the Western Highlands and the Highlands (1820, 78. 6d.), which has a list of the first 24 steamers on the Clyde, including the Comet. Among Burns items is the first Pickering edition, 2 vols., half calf, 1830, 15s. Under Edinburgh are 63 drawings of buildings, edited by T. G. Stevenson, large folio, cloth as new (4 guineas to subscribers), 12s. 6d. Mr. McClure has a collection of historical MSS., Relationi d'Ambasciatori Venetiani a diversi Potentate,' including Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Prince her son (this Mr. McClure has transcribed and edited, and publishes at 18.). The price of the collection is 50 guineas. There are two MSS. from Sir Thomas Phillipps's collection: The Borgias-Pope Alexander VI. and his Children,' 107. 10s., and an early work on Spain, Cesare Conparelli's Discorse della Monarchia di Spagnia,' 37. 158. As a Supplement to their Catalogue 316 Messrs. Maggs have issued the description of the Gordon collection of water-colour drawings depicting scenes, characters, and the fauna and flora of South Africa from 1777 to 1795. This was made by Col. Robert Jacob Gordon, a Dutchman of Scottish extraction-the same who reached and named the Orange River in 1778. He was no mean artist besides being a fine geographic draughtsman. The collection consists of over 400 drawings-as yet [Notices of other Catalogues held over.] Notices to Correspondents. MR. R. S. PENGELLY.-For The Abbey of Kilkhampton see 3 S. viii. 455; 4 S. i. 353, 467; 9 S. xii. 381, 411, 488; 10 S. i. 12. REV. F. J. ASHMALL,-We have forwarded your communication to the owner of the Manuscript Volume.' MR. R. C. BOSTOCK.-Received. Many thanks. ELEVENTH SERIES-VOL. VIII. SUBJECT INDEX [For classified articles see ANONYMOUS WORKS, BIBLIOGRAPHY, Books RECENTLY PUBLISHED, A Aboyne (the Earl of) and Sterne, 166 Acemannesceaster, origin of the name, 238 Acre, great picture of its siege, 116 Adams (Rev. John), d. 1813, his epitaph, 65 Adder, "deaf adder that stoppeth her ears," Admission registers of schools, 89 Aerial post, earliest mention of, 1783, 347 44 Agonda," vegetable food of West Africa, 147 Alden (John), one of the Pilgrim Fathers, 306, Aleppo Merchant " Inn, Montgomeryshire, 317 117 Allen (C.), bookseller, Bristol, c. 1678, 467 Allway (Plomer), Westminster scholar, 1845, Almsdishes, mottoes engraved in, 510 Almshouses near the Strand, c. 1820, 333, 377 395 'Ambulator,' guide to the London district, 16, Amersham, churchyard inscriptions, 23, 103, 204, Ampthill, painting of St. Christopher at, 467, "Anaphylaxis "=insomnia, medical term, 85, 157 Andrews (R.), Westminster scholar, 1774, 310, 66 Angelina Gushington," author of Thoughts Anonymous Works:- Angelus ad Virginem, carol, 1260, 409 Lady Anne, 50 Mensæ Secundæ, 1879, 510 Plutus, play, 1661, 170, 212 Road to Ruin: Two Royal Visits to Ireland, Sanguis Christi Clavis Coli, 410 Secret History of Arlus and Odolphus, 1710, 69 Arabian Nights Entertainments,' bibliography Archer family, c. 1700, 308 Aristotle, quotation from, 89, 152 Armour, exhibition and sale of, 247 Arnold (Bransby), Westminster scholar, 1839, 310 "Pisanus Ask "tart, dialect word, 126, 194, 295, 335 Assey (C. W. L.), Cambridge student, 1831, 90 66 Atkinson (R.), Westminster scholar, 1786, 310 Auditious," "auditions," meaning of the word, 9 Aukendale," meaning of the word, 1730, 249 Baddesley Clinton Hall, Warwickshire, book on, Baker (Sir S. White), date of his knighthood, Ballantyne-Lockhart controversy, 266 Barham (Rev. R. H.), his ' Ingoldsby Legends,' 145 Barnes (Bishop R.), b. 1532, portrait of, 389 66 " Barring-out," account of a typical, 370, 417, Bartley, clockmaker of Bristol, 1810, 290, 332 Bastinado, stick like golf-stick used, 424 Beardmore at Khartum, 1849, 188, 252 66 'Bearsdenhall,' account of picture entitled, 9 Becket a shovel with a wing, 87, 153 Bell, stolen from Worcester Cathedral, 1863, 27, Bellamy (John), 1755-1842, translator of Old Beller (Baltazar), printer, his use of Plantin Belshazzar's Feast, Oxford parody on, 429, 447 Bennett family of Wallhills, Hereford, 369, 437 Quaritch MSS., 207, 336 Ralph Roister Doister,' c. 1550, 510 "S," every word beginning with, 1510, 28 Shakespeare plays, Second Folio, 11, 141, 196, Swedenborg (Emanuel), his MSS., 301, 322 Bicknell (J. Laurens), poet, c. 1820, 428, 470 Black Hole of Calcutta, list of victims, 28, 91 Blackwood (John), painted by Reynolds, 1753, 189 Bonaparte (Napoleon I.) and duelling, 50, 215; Bonar (John), his 'The Triumphs of Faith,' 1766, Bonington (R. Parkes), 1802-28, artist, 73, 135 Aberdeen, by John Milne, 59 Africanderisms: a Glossary of South African Andrews's (E.) Ulster Folk-Lore, 379 Aydelotte's (F.) Elizabethan Rogues and Ballard's (A.) British Borough Charters, Beaven's (Rev. A. B.) The Aldermen of the Books recently published:- Black's (W. G.) Glasgow Cross, with a Sug- Book-Auction Records, edited by F. Kars- Bradley's (H.) A New English Dictionary: Calendar of the Fine Rolls preserved in the Calendar of Letter-Books preserved among Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in Calendar of State Papers (Foreign Series) of Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts Cieza de Leon's (Pedro de) The War of Clapham (A. W.) and W. H. Godfrey's Craigie's (Dr.) Icelandic Sagas, 39 Deloney (Thomas), Works of, ed. by F. O. Dickens (Charles), The First Editions of the Dictionary of National Biography, Index and Epitome of the Second Supplement, 419 Hall's (E. V.) The Romance of Wills and Hall's (H.) Westminster Cathedral, 279 Lancashire Place-Names, A Handbook of, Leeper's (A.) A Plea for the Study of the Legros's (C. V.) Fabre, Poet of Science, 258 Main's (F. O.) The Works of Thomas Deloney, Markham's (C. R.) The War of Quito, by Meehan's (J. F.) A Few of the Famous Inns Milne's (J.) Aberdeen, 59 Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, 159 Naville's (E.) Archæology of the Old Testa- Nelson's (P.) Ancient Painted Glass in Eng- New English Dictionary: Several-Shaster, Nicoll's (Sir W. R.) A Bookman's Letters, Norman's (P.) Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogues-Drawings of Old London, 419 Pearce's (E. H.) Sion College and Library, 19 Shakespeare: Burbage and Shakespeare's Sion College and Library, by E. H. Pearce, 19 Spurgeon's (Dr. Caroline) Mysticism in and Steeves's (H. R.) Learned Societies Tearle's (C.) The Pilgrim from Chicago, 499 Books recently published:- Trollope (Anthony): his Work, Associates, Vase's (G.) A Great Mystery Solved, 500 Westminster Cathedral, edited by the Rev. Whatmore's (A. W.) Insulæ Britannica: the Whitaker, The International, 1914, 518 Who's Who Year-Book, 1914-15, 519 Wright's (E. M.) Rustic Speech and Folk- Writers' and Artists' Year-Book, 519 Borrow (G.), his letters from Hungary, 447 Boydell (Miss) and Deputy Ellis, 1786, 507 Braddock family, 50, 135, 328, 370 Bramble Cay, latitude and longitude of island, Bridges," Mr. Bridges," poet, his identity, 147,180 Bright (John) and the Oldham election, 1832, 105 Brooksbank, Garnett, and Neville-Rolfe families, Brown (Dr. John), Jacobus Gray in his Hora Browne (Sir W.), Kt., Governor of Flushing, temp. Bruce of Airth, 1608, changed surname, 7, 73 'Brusanus, Prince of Hungaria, The Adventures "Bucca-boo "hobgoblin, etymology of the Buckeridge and Reynolds families, 307 Burnett (Archibald), his cameo of Nelson, 210 Butler (Thomas), Winchester scholar, c. 1588, 409 C Last Calvert (W.), Westminster scholar, 1824, 208 Campbell (A.), Westminster scholar, 1784, 208 Campbell (H.), Westminster scholar, 1787, 208, 295 Canada, British views on, eighteenth century, 145 ; Candy (Queen of), portrait of, by Daniell, 310, 354 |