Mr. Meynell declares that, "in all the quarter-million signs that I have examined, the lettering and the ugliness is of the same kind." Other articles are 'Decoration and its Uses,' by Mr. Edward Johnston; 'Printers' Devices,' Part VI., by the Rev. T. F. Dibdin; 'Printing and Patents,' by Mr. George H. Rayner; and 'The Hodgman Press,' by Mr. Daniel T. Powell. The many beautiful illustrations include portraits of Fox Talbot, Russell Gurney, and Karl Klic.
MB. J. T. PAGE Avrites : " As an addition to the '.interesting note at 11 S. vii. 484 it may be men- tioned that a movement has recently been initiated
for the erection of a memorial to Hesba Stretton iat Church Stretton. Among the promoters are
the Countess of Iddisleigh, Viscountess Enfield, .and Sir J. M. Barrie."
BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. JULY.
MESSRS. BOWES & BOWES' s Cambridge Cata- logue 379 contains Journals and Monographs on Zoology and other branches of Natural Science, many of them from the library of the late Robert .Shelford.
MESSRS. DOUGLAS & FOULIS'S Edinburgh Cata- logue 224 is a clearance list from their library .at considerably reduced prices.
MR. IKED ALE of Torquay has in Catalogue 81 the, first edition of Byron's ' Hours of Idleness,' original boards, 51. 5s. ; and Chappell's ' Popu- lar Music of the Olden Time,' 2 yols., half morocco, 11. 16s. Under Devonshire is Polwhele's ' His- tory,' 3 vols., 91. 9s. Works relating to the English Liturgy include Maskell's own copies of his books with MS. additions. Two copies of
- The Ancient Liturgy of the Church of England,'
enriched with the author's notes, are offered together for 61. ; and two copies of ' A Disser- tation upon the Ancient Service Books of the Church of England,' privately printed at the <Dhiswick Press, and another edition, Clarendon Press, for 31. Under Cromwell is Gardiner's ' Life,' with a double set of the plates (except the coloured one) in proof (loose), 1899, quarto, .51. 5s. A collection of Arthur Sketchley's " Mrs. Brown " books, 21 vols., may be had for 18s. 6d.
MR. J. MILES of Leeds includes in his List 181 Meyer's ' British Birds,' 2 vols., folio, morocco, 1835-45, 61. 6s. ; Morris's ' British Birds,' >6 vols., 1895, 31. 10s. ; Byron's Poetry and Letters, edited by Coleridge and Prothero, Edition de Luxe (one of 250 copies printed), 1898-1904, 13 vols., quarto, SI. 8s. ; the original edition of Richardson's ' Old English Mansions,' 2 vols., imperial folio, 51. 5s. ; and " Roscoe's Novelists' Library," 19 vols., first edition, 1831-3, 61. 10s. There is a complete set of the Shake- speare Society Publications, 1841 to its termina- tion in 1853, 47 vols., original cloth, a fresh clean set, 11. Is. There are also works relating to Yorkshire. Mr. Miles has a special catalogue of these which will be sent on application.
MR. FRANK REDWAY of Wimbledon has in his Catalogue 14 Boswell's copy of Shakespeare, John- son's edition, 8 vols., 1765, in which Boswell has written " James Boswell, London, 1766." The following are among presentation copies from the authors : ' Tom Brown's School Days,'
first illustrated edition, 10Z. 10s. ; Scott's ' Field
of Waterloo,' 51. 5s. ; ' Small Tableaux,' by the
Rev. Charles Turner (Tennyson), 51. 5s. ; ' Elsie
Venner,' by O. W. Holmes, 61. ; Barrie's ' Auld
Licht Idylls,' 31. 10s. ; and Coventry Patmore's
' Faithful for Ever,' 31. 10s. Henley's school
prize for French Tennyson's ' Poems ' has on
the front end-paper a pen portrait of Tennyson
signed "A. W. Henley " (his brother), 31. 3s.
Under A'Beckett is the rare first edition of the
' Comic History of England,' and the 'Comic
History of Rome,' 3 vols., 121. 15s. ; and under
Americana is John Howard Payne's ' Lispings
of the Muse,' 1815, 31. 15s. There are several
items referring to Paul Jones, including
Barnard's ' England,' 1782, which contains en-
gravings of the engagement with the Serapis,
the death of Major Andrd, American Colonies
celebrating Independence, &c., 4L 10s. The
first edition of Bacon's ' Wisdom of the Ancients,'
a fine tall copy, is 10Z. 10s. ; and ' Cases of
Treason,' 51. 5s. There is a copy, in the original
boards, of Dibdin's ' Bibliotheca,' 4 vols. ; ' Cata-
logue of Editions of the Scriptures,' 2 vols. ; and
Cassano Catalogue with index, together 7 vols.,
11. 15s. The Rowlandsons include ' Academy for
Grown Horsemen,' fine clean copy, 51. 10s. Among
other rarities are the first edition of ' Waverley,'
321. ; Suckling's ' Fragmenta Aurea,' levant by
Riviere, large and fine copy, 1646, 35Z. ; and
Swinburne's ' Atalanta,' ' Poems and Ballads,'
and ' Chastelard,' first editions, price 21Z.
MR. C. RICHARDSON'S Manchester Catalogue 72 contains the Library Edition of Beaumont and Fletcher, 11 vols., original cloth, 1843-6, 9J. 10s. ; and ' Memoirs of Casanova, for the first time trans- lated into English' (one of 1,000 copies privately printed, of which 500 were for America), 12 vols., vellum gilt, scarce, IQl. 10*. Under ' Don Quixote ' is a series of 101 specimen illustrations from every edition, English and foreign, 4to, vellum gilt (text in Spanish), only 100 copies done, Barcelona, 1879, 31. 10-9. A set of The Graphic, 1869-1903, is 8?. 10*. ; and the Variorum Edition of Malone's 'Shake- speare,' 21 vols., 1821, III. 15s. A copy of Swinburne's 'Under the Microscope,' in the original paper cover, 1872, is priced 61. 10s. Among Trials is that of Admiral Byng, folio, 1757, 4s. Under Yorkshire are the history of the family of Stanstield, 4to, full blue morocco, 1885, 4Z. 10s. ; and Whitaker's ' Craven,' royal quarto, half morocco, 1878, 11. 10s.
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