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oportance in view of the outstanding position
-hich land laws have occupied in the more recent
isti >ry of t he country. It is certainly worth noting
|i this connexion that land in Ireland was origin-
'lly, so far as can be gathered, common property.
art II. embraces ' .Religion, Learning, and Art.'
Its subjects claim an interest wider than the
lurely Hibernian, as linking Ireland with
hrtiidic Britain and Gaul, and with the ancient
- mastic seats of learning on the Continent and
[he early schoolmen. Part III. includes the 'riny topics which come under the heading S(.<-i,-il and Domestic Life,' e.g., marriage, family lames, the house and its contents, ornaments, railed and craftsmen, sports, animals, funerals, Monuments. There is a valuable list of authori- ng ;uul an excellent Index. The two volumes jontain nearly four hundred illustrations, includ- ing some beautiful reproductions, both plain IK! in colour, of the matchless work of the ancient I'-isli illuminators and goldsmiths.
\took- Prices Current. Vol. XXVIII. Part 5.
! (Elliot Stock, II. oa. Qd. yearly.)
j'His part contains particulars of sales from
{lay 27th to the 3 1st of July, and includes a
ortion of the library of the Earl of Pembroke
[this realized 38,936?. ) ; the fourth portion of the
lluth Library (18,6117.); and books and auto-
Jraph manuscripts of R. L. Stevenson, the
Iroperty of Mr. Lloyd Osbourne.
I Mr. J. II. Slater in the Introduction calls
ft tout ion to the radically different arrangement
ITU 11 I he previous volumes. In these each sale
as r. -ported as it took place, the auctioneers'
italu'-cue being rearranged so as to present the
iiit-f entries in alphabetical order. This possessed
I slight advantage in keeping each sale distinct ;
Jut it has been felt that a system of alphabetical
jrrangement throughout would offer advantages
liat would more than compensate for the
\yas of this. The Table of Contents has been
jlaborated so as to aid in the furtherance of the
Jew scheme, and the abolition of the Index has
jiade it possible to include some thousands of
Additional entries. Mr. Slater says that, " speak-
ii,' uvnerally, the season 1913-14 has been very
npoi-tnnt on account of the large number of
aluable books that have been sold. These have
Jt times realized extremely high prices, giving
Ise to the impression that hardly any amount is
10 much to pay for books that are urgently
ranted .... On the other hand, books of an ordinary
huracter, such as can be got with comparatively
ttlc trouble when wanted, have fallen in price
-i-atly during the past ten years. Such
ook- as these are the foundation of every
lodi-m library, and that they should be procur-
lli- at such low prices as now prevail will go a
i TV long way to compensate for the virtual loss
E many of the volumes which time and the hour
av<- placed beyond the grasp of the vast majority
i' 1 li< isc \\-ho take an interest in books for what
icy contain, and therefore for what they teach
Among the special prices recorded we note The Hook of St. Albans,' 1480, 1.800Z. (the ylaiK Is rop vis theonlyothercomplete one known); HK- Trial ( ,r Admiral Byng,' 1757, 8ol. (General ">lf. 's copy, with his autograph annotations ; the
luine is described in The Times of 28 May, 1914) ; nd the K'lms( -ott Chaucer, 851. In a list under
Cicero is the edition printed in Italy, without,
place, printer's name, or date (Subiaco, Conrad
Sweynheym & Arnold Pannartz, before 30 Sept.,
1465). This is the first book printed in Italy, and
probably the first printed Latin classic. It
brought 1,000?. First editions of George Eliot's
works realized good prices : ' Adam Bede,' 6?. 5*. ;
Scenes of Clerical Life,' 11. 10*. ; and ' Brother
and Sister,' for private circulation only, 81. 5.
T. K. Hervey's ' Book of Christmas,' first edition,
illustrations by Seymour, 1836, brought 11. 12.
Ilervey was editor of The Athenceum from 184ft
to 1853. Among the Homers was the Florence-
edition of 1488, 3GQI. La Fontaine's ' (Euvres-
completes,' printed on vellum, Paris, 1814,.
fetched 132Z. ; and a copy of the first edition of
lennyson's ' Timbuctoo, 1829, bound in morocca
extra, 4Z. 10s. It is interesting to recall what
The Athenceum said on the 22nd of July, 1829,
with regard to the latter : " We have never before
seen a prize poem which indicated really first-rate
poetical genius, and which would have done
honour to any man that ever wrote. Such, we do
not hesitate to affirm, is the little work before us."
And after a long extract from the poem, the
question was asked : " How many men have lived
for a century who could equal this ? "
Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica : September.
Edited by W. Bruce Bannerman. (MitchelF
Hughes & Clarke, 2*. 6rf.)
THIS part contains ' The Pedigrees of Fuller of Blewbury,' contributed by Mr. J. F. Fuller ; ' The Scotts of Harperrig,' communicated by Mr- John A. Inglis ; and ' Sir John Doddridge, Judge of the King's Bench, and the Rev. Dr. Philip Doddridge of Northampton.' The latter is well remembered for his hymns. He died at Lisbon,. 26 Oct., 1751, and was buried there. At Lisbon as well as at the Doddridge Chapel, Northampton ,. are monumental inscriptions. Mr. Sidney E. Doddridge, who contributes this paper, gives also- the pedigree of the American line.
Mr. David C. Herries continues his notes on the Herries of Auchensheen and of Barclay ; Mr. Milner- Gibson Cullum, his extracts from parish registers relating to the Corsellis family ; and Mr. George J. Lind, ' The Register of the British Cemetery, Oporto,' containing all interments from the beginning of 1876. In ' Notes about the Boothby Family ' it is pointed out with reference to Charles Boothby Skrimsher that both in ' N. & Q.' for 7 March, 1908, and ' Visits to Fields of Battle,' by Richard Brooke, 1856, he is stated to have restored the ancient monument erected on Blore Heath in 1459.
WE are glad to notice that, in spite of the difficulties resulting from the state of war, the conductors of The Burlington Magazine, are able to maintain the high standard of their publication. The illustrations in the November number present many points of present interest. Mr. A. Gardner provides an excellent series of photographs of some of the sculptures of Reims Cathedral, with critical and historical remarks. The tympanum of the- main doorway of the north transept, and that of a smaller door in the same transept ; the Last Judg- ment tympanum ; the group of the Visitation from the west front (which, in spite of its almost classic character, Mr. Gardner judges to be genuine mediaeval work) ; the pleasant-featured statues in the porches ; St. Remi from the north porch all
