Chapter II: Part 2

There is an old story that a Count of Flanders once gave an entertainment to some Flemish merchants, but that the seats on which they sat were without cushions. These "princes of the earth" thereupon folded up their costly velvet cloaks, and used them accordingly. When reminded, on their departure, of having left their cloaks behind, they replied, that when asked to a feast they were not in the habit of carrying away with them the chair cushions. Could this have originated the expression "Flemish account?" In this case the proud merchants gave such an account of a valuable article in their possession, as made it out to be quite worthless to the owner.

MUSAFIR.

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ANSWERS TO MINOR QUERIES.

_Richard Greene, Apothecary._

Mr. Richard Green, the subject of H.T.E.'s Query (No. 3. p. 43.), was an apothecary at Lichfield, and related to Dr. Johnson. He had a considerable collection of antiquities, &c., called "Green's Museum," which was sold, after his death, for a thousand pounds. See Boswell's _Johnson_, Croker's edition, vol. v. p. 194.

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_Form of Petition._

Sir,--In reply to B. in your third number, who requests information as to the meaning of the "&c." at the foot of a petition, I fear I must say, that at the present day, it means nothing at all. In former times it had a meaning. I send you a few instances from the _Chancery Records_ of the year 1611. These petitions to Sir E. Phillips or Phelips, M.R., end thus:--

"And he and his wife and six children shall dailie praie for your
Worship's health and happines!

"And shee shall accordinge to her bounden duetie pray for your good
Worship in health and happinesse longe to continewe!

"And both your said supliants and their children shal be bound
dailie to praie for your Worship's health and happines with increase
of honour!"

These instances are taken at random from amongst many others. The _formula_, slightly varied, is the same in all. The modern form was, however, even at that early date, creeping in, for I see a petition to L.C. Ellesmere, of the same year, has

"And he shall dailie, praie, &c."

This will probably suffice to answer B.'s Query.

CECIL MONRO.

Registrar's Office, Court of Chancery, Nov. 20. 1849.

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_Greene of Greensnorton._

Sir Thomas Greene, of Greensnorton, Co. Northampton, Knt. died 30 Nov. 1506--22 Hen. VII. By Jane, daughter of Sir John Fogge, Knt., he left issue two daughters and coheirs:

_Ann, the eldest_, aet. 17, at her father's death, was wife of Nicholas Vaux, Lord Vaux, of Harrowden, who died in 1556, now represented by George Mostyn, Baron Vaux, and Robert Henry, Earl of Pembroke, and Edward Bourchier Hartopp, Esq.

_Matilda, the youngest_, was aged 14 at her father's death, and married Sir Thomas Parr, by whom she had William Marquess of Northampton (who died s.p. 1571); Anne, wife of William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke (now represented by Robert Henry, Earl of Pembroke); and Catherine, Queen Consort of King Henry VIII. The assumption of arms, by Richard Green, the Apothecary, in 1770, will afford no ground for presuming his descent from the Greensnorton family.

G.

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_Cottle's Life of Coleridge, when reviewed in the Times._

The _Times_ review of Joseph Cottle's _Reminiscences of Coleridge and Southey_, appeared Nov. 3. 1847; and on the following day, Mr. Thomas Holcroft complained by letter of a misrepresentation of his father by Mr. Cottle.

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_Times, Herald, Chronicle, &c., when first established._

We are enabled, by the courtesy of several correspondents, to furnish some reply to the Query of D. (No. 1 p. 7)

_The Times_ first appeared under that title on the 1st January, 1788, but bore the Number 941, it being a continuation, under a new name, of the _Universal Register_, of which 940 numbers had been published.--_The Morning Chronicle_ must have commenced in 1769, as a correspondent, F.B., writes to tell us that he possesses No. 242. dated Monday, 12th March, 1770. See further Nichol's _Literary Anecdotes_, i. 303; and for _Morning Advertiser_, established in 1794, the same volume, p.290. Another correspondent writes:--During 1849 the _Morning Chronicle_ has completed its 81st year; next in seniority stands the _Morning Post_, at 77; and the _Morning Herald_, at 65. _The Times_ in the numbering of its days, is in its 64th year, but has not really reached its grand climacteric, for its three years of infancy passed under the name of _The Universal Register_, it having only received its present appellation in the opening of 1788. _The Morning Advertiser_ is wearing away its 54th year.

_The Public Ledger_, commenced in 1759, or 1760, is however, the oldest Daily Paper.

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_Dorne the Bookseller--Henno Rusticus, etc._

Sir,--In answer to W. in page 12. of No. 1, I beg to suggest that Dormer, written Dõmr in the MS.--a common abbreviation--may be the name of the Oxford bookseller, and _Henno Rusticus_ may be _Homo rusticus_, "the country gentleman." The hand-writing of this MS. is so small and illegible in some places, that it requires an Oedipus to decipher it; and the public will have much reason to thank those lynx-eyed antiquaries who have taken great pains to render it intelligible. "The _Sige_ of the End," is of course properly explained to be "the Signe of the End."

J.I.

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SANUTO'S DOGES OF VENICE.

Sir,--The high value of your Journal as a repertory of interesting literary information, which without it might be lost to the world, is becoming daily more apparent from the number and character of your correspondents. You have my best wishes for its success.

The communication of Sir FREDERICK MADDEN respecting the singular and obvious error in Marin Sanuto's _Lives of the Doges of Venice_, has renewed in me a desire for information which I have hitherto been unable to obtain; and I will, therefore, with your permission, put it here as a _Query_.

Who was the _foreigner_ who gave to the world the very interesting book respecting _Sanuto_ under the following title?--_Ragguagli sulla Vita e sulle Opere di Marin Sanuto, &c. Intitolati dall' amicizia di_ _uno Straniere al nobile Jacopo Vicenzo Foscarini.--Opera divise in trè perti_, Venezia, 1837-8. in 8vo.

The able writer has noticed that the very mutilated and incorrect manner in which Muratori has printed all that he has given of Sanuto, and especially _Le Vite de' Dogi_, of which the original copy still remains inedited in the Estensian Library at Modena. There can be no doubt that some ignorant or indolent transcriber made the mistake of _iudeo_ for _richo_, so satisfactorily and happily elucidated by SIR FREDERICK MADDEN. How much it is to be regretted that the _Diary_ of Sanuto, so remarkable for it simplicity and ingenuous truthful air, should still remain inedited. It relates to an epoch among the most interesting of Modern History, and the extracts given in the _Ragguagli_ only make us wish for more.

From this Diary it appears that the Valori were among the most distinguished citizens of a state which could boast that its merchants were princes. The palace they inhabited is no known by the name of the Altoviti, its more recent owners, and many of the tombs of the Valori are to be found in the church of St. Proculus. Macchiavelli mentions Bartolomeo Valori among the _Cittadini d' autorita_, and, according to Nardi, he was Gonfaloniere in the first two months of the years 1402, 1408, and 1420. He was also one of the Platonic Academy that Ficino assembled around him. In this Diary of Sanuto will be found many minute and interesting details respecting Savonarola, and the relation of the tragical death of Francisco Valor, who had also been several times Gontaloniere, and whom Savonarola, in his confession, said it was his intention to have made perpetual Dictator.

I would have given a specimen of this very interesting diary, but that I scrupled to occupy space which your correspondents enable you to fill so effectively, for I fully subscribe to the dictum of the _Ragguagliatore_, "Il Sanuto si presenta come la Scott degli Storiei, compincendosi come Sir Walter delle giostre, delle feste, e delle narrazioni piacevole e di dolce pietà.

S.W.S.

Mickleham, Nov. 23, 1849.

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MSS. OF ROGER TWYSDEN.

Sir,--An answer to the following "Query" would be most interesting to myself, and, perhaps, not altogether without its value to the literary world.

Among Sir Roger Twysden's MSS. I have a letter from him to his son at Oxford, requesting his intercession with the University for the loan of the MS. of Walter Mapes "_de nugis curialium_," in order that he might prepare it for publication. He instances the liberality of the Archbishop of Canterbury in having lent him from Lambeth the _Epistles of Amselm and Becket_; and adds, that, by being permitted to retain these MSS. in his hands for some years, he had now prepared them for the press.

I cannot learn that they were ever printed, and among the voluminous MS. remains of Sir Roger now in my hands, I cannot find the smallest trace of them. Can any one your readers inform me what became of this collection, which, by Sir Roger's statement, was finished and completely ready for the press?

To this "Query" I may as well add a "Note," which may be interesting to some of your readers.

In Sir Roger's MS. Journal of his persecutions by the Parliament, he states:

"It is sayd King Charles subscribed the byll for taking away the
votes of Bishops, in y't very house where Christian religion was
first preached,--viz. St. Augustines by Canterbury."

LAMBERT B. LARKING.

Ryarsh Vicarage, Nov. 17.

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MINOR QUERIES.

_Honnore Pelle_.

Who was "Honnore Pell, 1684"? My reason for asking this is, I have a marble bust of Charles II. of colossal size, most splendidly sculptured, with the long curling hair and full court dress of the period, and the execution and workmanship of which would do honour to any sculptor of the past or present time. On the stump of the arm are the name and date which I have given above, and I have in vain looked into biographical works.

W.L.

_Bust of Sir Walter Raleigh_.

Is there an authentic bust of Sir Walter Raleigh in existence? and if so, where is it to be found?

J.B.

_Motto of University of Cambridge_.

From what author, "chapter and verse," comes the motto of the University of Cambridge, HINC LUCEM ET POCULA SAGRA? It is used as a quotation in Leighton on St. Peter's Epistle, but in the last edition the learned editor does not give a reference.

J.J.S.

_Family of Giles of Worcestershire_.

Can you tell me any thing of a family named "_Giles_," whose crest was a horse's head? They were connected with Worcestershire.

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_Passage from an Old Play._

Can any of your many readers oblige me by informing me where the following very striking passage can be found? I have seen the lines quoted as from an "Old Play;" but a tolerable extensive knowledge of old plays, and a diligent search, have not hitherto enabled me to find them:--

"Call you the city gay, its revels joyous?
They may be so to you, for you are young,

Belike and happy. She was young in years,
But often in mid-spring will blighting winds
Do autumn's work; and there is grief at heart
Can do the work of years, can pale the cheek,
And cloud the brow, and sober down the spirit.
This gewgaw scene hath fewer charms for her
Than for the crone, that numbering sixty winters,
Pronounceth it all folly.--Marvel not
'Tis left thus willingly."

C.A.H.

Athenæum Club, Nov. 17, 1849.

_Dalton's Doubting's Downfall._

About thirty years ago the following appeared in Lackington and Co.'s book catalogue: "Dalton (Edward) Doubting's Downfall, 1_s._ 6_d._" Application was made, when other books were ordered, three several times; in each case the answer was "_sold_." Since that date inquiries have been instituted from time to time, in the usual quarters, but always unsuccessfully. No clue can be given as to the size or date, but from the quaintness of the title it is presumed to be about the period of the Commonwealth.

Should any of your readers procure this work, the liberal price of 20_s._ if a book, or 10_s._ if a pamphlet, will be paid for it through your medium, by

G.

_Authors of Old Plays._

Query the authors of the following plays?--

1. The Tragedy of Nero newly written. London, printed by Aug. Mathewes for Thomas Jones, and are to be sold at his shoppe in Saint Dunstane's Churchyard in Fleete Street. 1633.

2. Sicily and Naples, or the Fatall Vnion, a Tragædy. By S H. A B è C. Ex. Oxford: printed by William Turner, 1640.

3. Emilia. London: printed for the author, 1672.

4. Sir Gyles Goose-Cappe Knight, a comedy lately acted with great applause at the private House in Salisbury Court. London: printed for Hugh Perry, and are to be sold by Roger Ball, at the Golden Anchor in the Strand, neere Temple Barre, 1636.

I have given the title-pages in full, omitting a Latin motto which adorns the title-page of the M.A. of Exeter College.

Q.D.

_Periwinkle--a Mocking Emblem._

Can any of your readers, learned in the language of flowers, inform me why, when Sir W. Fraser (the last of Wallace's adherents) was led in triumph through the streets of London, with his legs tied under his horse's belly--"a garland of Periwinkle was in mockery placed upon his head?" See Tytler's _History of Scotland_, cap. 3.

MELANION.

_Wives of Ecclesiastics._

Sir,--In looking over some ancient charters a few days ago, I met with one dated 22 Edw. III, by which "Willielmus de Bolton clericus et Goditha uxor ejus," release a claim to certain lands. If William de Bolton was an ecclesiastic, as I suppose, how is it that his wife is openly mentioned?

I shall be must obliged to any of your readers for an explanation.

A SUBSCRIBER.

_Whelps._

Sir,--In Howell's _Letters_, Sect. 5. p. 9. the following words occur:--

"At the return of this fleet two of the _Whelps_ were cast away, and
three ships more."

I should feel obliged to any of your correspondents who may be able to favour me with an explanation of the word _Whelps_ in this passage.

J.J.

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NOTES ON BOOKS, CATALOGUES, SALES, ETC.

J.J.S. informs us, with reference to a Note in No. 2. (p. 21.), "that an account of Anglesey Abbey, in Cambridgeshire, is ready, and will be published ere long."

Our attention has been directed to the Prospectus of a series of "Cottage Prints from Sacred Subjects, intended chiefly for distribution among the poor," which will be so produced as to form a set of illustrations to the Bible; "although it is chiefly contemplated that the Prints, protected by a small frame, should find their way into the homes of the poor, and decorate their walls." The Editors, the Rev. H. J. Rose and Rev. J.W. Burgon, well observe: "We shall in vain preach reverence to the ear on Sundays, if the eyes may be familiarised with what is irreverent for the six days following. On the other hand, we shall surely be supplying ourselves with a powerful aid, if we may direct the eye to forms of purity and beauty; and accustom our village children, (who are now our hope,) from infancy, to look daily on what is holy, and pure, and good."--Subscribers of one guinea in advance are promised, in the course of the year, at least fifty such engravings as the four which accompany the Prospectus.

Messrs. Puttick and Simpson commenced on Thursday a nine days' Sale of the "Curious, rare, and valuable Library of a well-known Collector, deceased;" also another Collection, including--

Theology; Spanish, English, and other Chronicles: Specimens of the Early Typography of English and Foreign Printers; a very complete Series of the Productions of the Family of Aldus; rare editions of the Classics; numerous interesting and important Spanish Books; a very extensive Collection of Works relating to the Discovery, History, Natural History, Language, Literature, and Government of America and it Dependencies, Mexico, the East and West Indies, &c. Voyages, Travels, and Itineraries: Fine Books of Prints; Botanical Works; Natural History and Philosophy; Works containing Specimens of Early Engraving, Wood-cuts, and Emblems; a most interesting Collection of English Poetry, Plays, and Works illustrative of the History and Progress of the English Language and Literature, including a perfectly unique Collection of the Works of Daniel De Foe; several hundred rare Tracts, particularly an extensive Series relating to Charles I. and his Contemporaries, others of a Local and Personal Character, Biographies, rare Histories of remarkable Characters, Facetiae, and an unusually large assemblage of curious and rare Articles in almost every Class of Literature; a few MSS. &c.

Among the Lots deserving attention in the course of the coming week, are Nos. 1323 to 1375, a large collection of publications relative to America; Nos. 1612 to 1620, relating to Canada.

1574 Barros (Joan, de) Decades da Asia. Decada 1, 2. Lisboa,
1552-53; Decada 3, _ib_. 1563; Decada 4, Madrid, 1615; Couto,
Decada 4, 5, 6, Lisboa, 1602-16; Decada 8, 9, 10. _ib_.
1736--together 8 vols. morocco

Nearly all the copies of the 6th Decade were destroyed by fire, and
the few that are to be met with are generally, if not always,
deficient in some leaves. The title-page to this copy (as in Mr.
Grenville's) is supplied by the title to the 4th Decade, and a few
leaves are wanting. For the rarity of this work, see _Bibliotheca
Grenvilliana_, vol. i. p. 60.

And, lastly, Lot 1701; which contains a matchless series, in 154 vols., of the Works of Daniel De Foe, whom Coleridge was inclined to rank higher than Addison for his humour and as a writer of racy vigorous English.

The Lot is thus described:--

"THIS MATCHLESS SERIES of the Works of this distinguished Author was
formed with unwearied diligence by his Biographer, the late Mr.
Walter Wilson, during the greater portion of his life.

"The numbers to 208 refer to the Catalogue of the Works as published
in his _Life of Defoe_, 3 vols. 1830; those following have been
discovered by Mr. Wilson since the period of the publication. This
Collection is rendered still further to complete by the addition of
upwards of forty pieces by a recent possessor. The extreme
difficulty of forming such a collection as the present is very
apparent when we compare its voluminous contents with those very few
collections which, during the last fifty years, have on the
dispersion of celebrated libraries occurred for sale."

We have this week received a most important and valuable

"Catalogue of Bibles and Biblical Literature, containing the best
works, ancient and modern, on the Criticism, Interpretation, and
Illustration of Holy Scripture, and including such of the Fathers
and Ecclesiastical Writers as have treated on these subjects,
_classified_ with Analytical Table of Contents and Alphabetical
Indexes of Subjects and Authors, &c. on Sale, by C.J. Stewart, 11.
King William St., West Strand."

Mr. Stewart explains that in addition to what are "strictly regarded as Biblical, there will be found in it the works of those Fathers, Mediæval and more recent Writers, who treat upon subjects connected with Scripture, each accompanied with an enumeration of such portions of his works; and under heads (more especially extensive under commentators) references are given to these writers, so as to afford a condensed view of authorities or sources of information." Mr. Stewart states also that he has other Catalogues in preparation,--we presume in continuation of the present one, and exhibiting the same system of arrangement,--and if so, we feel that the series will be of the greatest value to all theological students.

Collectors of Autographs and Engraved Portraits will thank us for directing their attention to a

"Catalogue of Books, Prints, Manuscripts, and Autograph Letters;
being a part of the Stock of Horatio Rodd, brother and successor to
the late Thomas Rodd, No. 23. Little Newport Street,"

in which they will find many interesting Autographs and curious Portraits.

We have also received

"A List of Secondhand Books on Sale by George Honnor, 304. Strand;" and

"A Catalogue of Books. Ancient and Modern, on Sale, by W. Pedder, 12. Holywell St. Part VI. 1849."

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BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES

WANTED TO PURCHASE.

THE WOMEN'S PETITION AGAINST COFFEE. 8vo. 1674. JOB'S LAMENTATION FOR HIS CHILDREN. 1750. HARROD'S SEVENOAKE, A POEM. 4to. 1753. BURNEY'S TREATISE ON MUSIC (not his HISTORY). GRAY'S ELEGY (PROFESSOR YOUNG OF GLASGOW'S CRITICISM OF). LIFE OF HON. ROBERT PRICE, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, London. 1734. FLORES BERNARDI. RHONORUM PROVINCIATUM CIVITATUMQUE NOMINA LATINA (CORONELLI, POTIUS ALPHONSUS LASOR A VAREA), Fol. 2 Vols. Venet, 1716. Or the 2nd Vol. only. BUDDEN'S DISCOURSE FOR PARENTS' HONOUR AND AUTHORITIE. 8vo. 1616. THE TWO WOLVES IN LAMB'S SKINS, OR OLD ELI'S LAMENTATION OVER HIS TWO SONS. 8vo. 1716. AVERELL'S FOUR NOTABLE HISTORIES, ETC. 4to. 1590. NATURE, A POEM. Folio. 1736. BARNEFIELD'S PLOWMAN'S COMPLAINT. 4to. 1580. GILL'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHILDREN, in Verse. 1709. JERMIN'S FATHER'S INSTITUTION OF HIS CHILD. 1658. SOUTHEY'S COWPER. Vols. X. XII. XIII. XIV. CAIRN'S EDITION OF GOLDSMITH'S MISCELLANEOUS WORKS, Edinburgh. 1801. Vol. III. COOPER'S (C.P.) ACCOUNT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLIC RECORDS. 8vo. 1832.--The First Volume of. LIVY.--Vol. I. of Crevier's Edition, 6 vols. 4to. Paris, 1739. OGILBY'S BRITANNIA. Folio, 1675. Vol. II. SWIFT'S WORKS. ADAMS' MORAL TALES, London. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DR. JOHNSON. Published in 1805.

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Eight Days' Sale of highly interesting British Historical Portraits, forming the second portion of the very important and valuable Stock of Prints, the property of Messrs. W. and G. Smith, the long-established, well-known, and eminent print-sellers of Lisle-street, having retired from business.

MESSRS. S. LEIGH SOTHEBY and Co., auctioneers of literary property and works illustrative of the fine arts will SELL by AUCTION, at their House, 3. Wellington Street, Strand, on Monday, December 3. and seven following days, (Sunday excepted), at 1 precisely each day, the second portion of the important and valuable STOCK of PRINTS, the property of Messrs. W. and G. Smith; comprising one of the most numerous and interesting collections of British historical portaits ever offered for sale, and containing a vast number of extremely rare prints by the most eminent English engravers, generally in the finest condition, and a large number of fine proofs and prints after the works of Sir Joshua Reynolds. May be viewed four days prior to the sale, and catalogues had.

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Recently published in 8 vols. 8 vo., price 4_l_. 16_s_. cloth

A NEW EDITION of SHAKSPEARE'S WORKS, (comprising the Plays and Poems,) the Text formed from an entirely new Collation of the Old Editions; with the Various Readings, Notes, a Life of the Poet, and a History of the Early English Stage. By J. PAYNE COLLIER, Esq., F.S.A. Author of "The History of English Dramatic Poetry and the Stage," &c. &c. The Type of this edition has been expressly cast for it, and is the largest used for Shakespeare's Works for these Twenty Years.

"The most perfect text with the fewest possible notes. Whoever wants
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MILLER'S CATALOGUE of BOOKS; ready this day, will be found to contain an

extremely valuable, interesting, and highly curious collection, comprising works on Freemasonry, History, Biography, Poetry, and the Drama, Books of Wit and Humour, with choice Pictorial Publications and Modern Table Books, many in first-rate bindings suitable for the drawing-room; also a few Bibles and a small portion of Divinity and Controversial Works, with Collections of Tracts, Trials, and Illustrated Scraps for fireside amusement, and a few pieces of Irish History, Antiquities, and Biography; with varieties in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. To be had GRATIS, and can be sent POSTAGE FREE to any book-buyer on receipt of an address.

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MR. MURRAY'S LIST OF WORKS

LORD CAMPBELL'S LIVES OF THE CHIEF JUSTICES OF ENGLAND. 2 vols. 8vo. 30s. (On Dec. 7th)

LORD CAMPBELL'S LIVES OF THE LORD CHANCELLORS OF ENGLAND. 3rd Edition. 7 vols. 8vo. 5l. 2s.

HALLAM'S EUROPE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. Ninth Edition. 2 vols. 8vo. 24s. NOTES SUPPLEMENTAL 8vo. 10s. 6d.

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TICKNER'S HISTORY OF SPANISH LITERATURE. With Criticisms and Biographical Notices. 3 vols. 8vo. (Next Week.)

MARRYAT'S HISTORY of POTTERY and PORCELAIN, from the Earliest Period in various Countries. With coloured Plates and 130 Woodcuts, 8vo. (Nearly ready.)

THE ROMANESQUE AND POINTED STYLES OF ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE; with Notices of some of the principal Buildings on which it is founded. 8vo. (In Dec.)

DYER'S LIFE OF JOHN CALVIN; from authentic Sources, and particularly his Correspondence. With a Portrait. 8vo. (On Dec. 7)

IRVING'S LIFE OF COLUMBUS, with HIS VOYAGES and those of HIS COMPANIONS. A new edition, thoroughly revised by the Author. With Maps. 3 vols. 8vo. (Next Week.)

CUNNINGHAM'S HANDBOOK FOR LONDON; Past and Present. A new and revised edition. 1 vol. post 8vo. (In Jan.)

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"In the production of the 'Handbook for London' must be recognised
the fulfilment of a work useful in purpose, and national in
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MILMAN'S LIFE AND WORKS OF HORACE

Now ready, 1 vol. (700 pp.) crown 8vo. 42s.

HORACE: A NEW EDITION OF THE TEXT, Beautifully printed, and illustrated by upwards of 300 vignettes of Coins, Gems, Bas-reliefs, Statues, Views, &c., taken chiefly from the Antique. With a LIFE, by Rev. H.H. MILMAN, Dean of St. Paul's.

"Not a page can be opened where the eye does not light upon some
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the designs throughout add to the pleasure with which Horace is
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the old poets drew their inspirations."--_Classical Museum_.

For the convenience of Purchasers, the Work is arranged so as to be bound in Two Volumes, for which proper Titles are given.

JOHN MURRAY, Albermarle Street.

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A CATALOGUE OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN THEOLOGY including some of the rarest works of our early English Divines, nearly a complete Series of the Fathers of the Church, the various Councils, and most important Ecclesiastical Historians, Liturgical Writers, &c. The whole in very fine condition on sale at the prices affixed, for ready money only. By JOHN LESLIE, 58. Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.

The above will be forwarded to any part of the kingdom, upon receipt of six Postage Stamps.

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BIBLICAL LITERATURE

Just published, and may be had, Postage free, on a Remittance of 24 Postage Stamps.

A CLASSIFIED CATALOGUE of Editions and Versions of Holy Scripture: and of critical, explanatory, and illustrative Works: including such patristic and ecclesiastical Writers as have treated on Scriptural topics, the latter arranged so as to exhibit a chronological Series of Biblical Interpretation down to the Reformation; with references under each head to authorities or sources of information.

On sale by C.J. STEWART, 11. King William Street, West Strand, London.

"There is no branch of literature in which classed catalogues are of
so much importance as in biblical, and we therefore feel bound to
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both for number and selectness, among the very best in the
country."--_Christian Observer_.

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Printed by THOMAS CLARK SHAW, of No. 8. New Street Square, in the Parish of St. Bride, in the City of London; and published by GEORGE BELL, of No. 186. Fleet Street, in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West, in the City of London, Publisher, at No. 186 Fleet Street aforesaid.--Saturday, December 1, 1849.