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Miscellaneous.

NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC.

Every reader of the _Archaeologia_ knows so well the great value of the papers contained in it (too few in number) by the Rev. John Webb, that he will be sure that any work edited by that gentleman will be edited with diligence, intelligence, and learning. Such is the _Roll of the Household Expenses of Richard de Swinfield, Bishop of Hereford, during part of the Years 1289 and 1290_, which he has just edited for the Camden Society, in a manner every way worthy of his reputation, which is that of one of the best antiquaries of the day. The present volume contains only the Roll, its endorsement, and an appendix of contemporary and explanatory documents, the whole being richly annotated by the editor. Another volume will contain his introduction, glossary, &c. On its completion we shall again call attention to a work which is so creditable both to Mr. Webb and to the Camden Society.

The third volume of the cheap and handsome library edition of _The Works of Oliver Goldsmith_, edited by Peter Cunningham, F.S.A., which forms a portion of _Murray's British Classics_, contains I. _The Bee_; II. _Essays_; III. _Unacknowledged Essays_; and IV. _His Prefaces, Introductions, &c._

Our photographic friends will be glad to hear that a new edition of Professor Hunt's _Manual of Photography_ has just been issued, in which the author, besides including all the most recent improvements, the process of photographic etching, &c., has taken the opportunity of making such alterations in the arrangements of the several divisions of the subject, as have enabled him to place the various phenomena in a clearer view.

While on the subject of scientific publications, we notice the very able volume just issued by Professor Beale, _The Microscope, and its Application to Clinical Medicine_. Though addressed more particularly to medical practitioners, it contains so much valuable instruction with respect to the management of the microscope generally, as to render it a valuable guide to all who are engaged in microscopic investigations.

Dr. Latham will lecture on Thursday next at the Beaumont Institution, Mile End Road, _On the various Families of Mankind in the Russian and Turkish Empires_. The Lecture is for the benefit of the Colet Schools of the very poor district of St. Thomas, Stepney.

BOOKS RECEIVED.--_The Statistical Companion for 1854_, by T. C. Banfield, Esq., is a most valuable compendium of a mass of statistical evidence gathered from Parliamentary Blue Books, and other authentic sources, thus supplying in one small volume the results of many very large ones.--_Addison's Works, by Bishop Hurd_. Vol. III. of this cheap and neatly-printed edition (which forms a part of Bohn's Series of _British Classics_) contains Addison's Papers from _The Spectator_.--_Lives of the Queens of England_, by Agnes Strickland, Vol. V., contains the Biographies of Anne of Denmark, Henrietta Maria, and Catherine of Braganza.--_Poetical Works of John Dryden_, edited by Robert Bell, Vol. III. This is the concluding volume of Dryden in Mr. Bell's _Annotated Edition of the English Poets_.--_Cyclopaedia Bibliographica_, Part XX. The first division of this most useful library companion is fast drawing to a close, the present Part extending from Vance (William Ford) to Wilcocks (Thomas).--_The Retrospective Review_, No. VII., contains some amusing articles on Ancient Paris, Davies the Epigrammatist, the Turks in the Seventeenth Century, Astrology, &c.

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SOUTHEY'S BRAZIL. 4to. Vols. II. and III.

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The following Works of Symon Patrick, late Lord Bishop of Ely, &c.:--

SERMON AT THE FUNERAL OF MR. JOHN SMITH. 1652.

DIVINE ARITHMETIC, Sermon at the Funeral of Mr. Samuel Jacomb, June 17, 1659.

ANGLIAE SPECULUM, Sermon at the Fast, April 24, 1678.

SERMON AT COVENT GARDEN, Advent Sunday, 1678.

SERMON ON ST. PETER'S DAY, with enlargements. 1687.

SERMON ON ST. MARK'S DAY. 1686.

FAST SERMON BEFORE THE KING AND QUEEN, April 6, 1690: Prov. xiv. 34.

EXPOSITION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 1665.

DISCOURSE CONCERNING PRAYER.

THE PILLAR AND GROUND OF TRUTH. 4to. 1687.

EXAMINATION OF BELLARMINE'S SECOND NOTE OF THE CHURCH, viz. Antiquity. 4to. 1687.

EXAMINATION OF THE TEXTS WHICH PAPISTS CITE OUT OF THE BIBLE TO PROVE THE SUPREMACY OF ST. PETER, &c. 1688.

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ARCHAEOLOGIA, Numbers or Volumes, from Vol. XXV. to Vol. XXIX. inclusive.

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THE ARTIFICES AND IMPOSITIONS OF FALSE TEACHERS, discovered in a Visitation Sermon. 8vo. London, 1712.

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PHYSICA ARISTOTELICA MODERNA ACCOMMODATA IN USUM JUVENTUTIS ACADEMICAE. Auctore Guilelmo Taswell. 8vo. Lond., 1718.

ANTICHRIST REVEALED AMONG THE SECT OF QUAKERS. London, 1723.

The above were written by Wm. Taswell, D.D., Rector of Newington. Surrey, &c.

MISCELLANEA SACRA; containing the Story of Deborah and Barak; David's Lamentations over Saul and Jonathan; a Pindaric Poem; and the Prayer of Solomon at the Dedication of the Temple, 4to., by E. Taswell. London, 1760.

THE USEFULNESS OF SACRED MUSIC, 1 Chron. 16. 39. 40. 42., by Wm. Taswell. A.M., Rector of Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. 8vo. London, 1742.

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LITURGIA. 1670.

ETON PRAYERS. 1705.

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Notices to Correspondents.

BALLIOLENSIS. _We think the article in question has recently been reprinted. If not, which we will ascertain, we shall be glad to receive it._

G. B. A. _is thanked. His reply has been anticipated._

ABHBA. _For explanation of the monogram of the Parker Society, see_ Vol. vii., p. 502.