SHAKESPEARE'S Opinions of the Press on Vol. I. PUCK. "He (Dr. B.) has caught his tone and treatment from the ingenious and industrious scholars of that part of the Continent. There is no speculation too refined, no analogy too subtle and remote, for the employment of their time and talents; and in much that Dr. Bell advances on the same system to establish the intimate connection between the Northern mythology and some of the popular superstitions of these islands, we concur. At times, when we were most disposed to ridicule his positions, his learning stepped forward to his aid; and if it did not secure for him all our patience, at all events it commanded much of our respect."-Athenæum, Oct. 2, 1852. "Dr. Bell, whose long residence in Germany and intimate acquaintance with the popular literature of that country entitles him to speak with great authority upon all questions relating to the mythology of the Teutonic race, has just published a little volume, which will be read with interest by all who, to use the words of Mr. Keightley, 'have a taste for the light kind of philosophy' to be found in this subject. Dr. Bell has displayed in the work before us an amount of original investigation so much beyond what is generally found among recent writers upon folkslore, that he can well afford to have this slight omission pointed out."-Notes and Queries, Oct. 2, 1852. Copy of a Note from C. Roach Smith, Esq., 5 Liverpool-street, City. "MY DEAR DR. BELL,-I have read with much interest the varied and curious matters contained in the first volume of your Puck.' The Philological and archæological disquisitions are learned and original in most cases. "C. ROACH SMITH," Copy of a Note, dated Royal Crescent, Cheltenham, Aug. 23, 1852. "Accept my best thanks for the first volume of your Puck.' It is a most interesting work, and I am astonished at the vast quantity of matter you have brought together on the subject: I say this on just hastily running it over. I must read it carefully. Heartily wishing you success in this volume, and the early appearance of the second, I am, &c., "J. BOSWORTH, LL.D., F.S.A." From Lewes, dated Sept. 26, 1852. "Through the kindness of our friend, C. R. Smith, I am favoured with a loan of your very curious and interesting book: From Brixton, dated Sept. 3, 1853. "M. A. LoWER." "I have read your very learned and interesting work with much pleasure. "J. O. HALLIWELL, F.S.A." THE FOLLOWING WORKS ARE ALSO PUBLISHED BY DR. WILLIAM BELL AT 31 BURTON-STREET, BURTON-CRESCENT, LONDON. THOMAS SPROTT'S CHRONICLE, In an Anastatic Fac-simile of the Original, in Twelve Sheets, fifty-two feet long, interspersed with spirited Portraits and occasional Illustrations, with an English Translation and Introduction. Only four Proofs and two Copies can now be had. Price Five Guineas, with Introduction and Translation. Imperial 4to., neatly bound and hot-pressed. ** For the probability that this Fac-simile is from an autograph of the author, a monk of Canterbury about 1282, see the Literary Gazette for July, 1856, Fifteenth Edition, much enlarged and improved, containing more than 10,000 Names and Dates, THE STREAM OF TIME; OR, FIGURATIVE AND GRAPHIC SYNCHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY TO THE YEAR 1856. BY WILLIAM BELL, PHIL. DR. Ex-Honorary Secretary of the Chronological Institute, Member of the Scientific Council of the Germanic Museum at Nuernberg, and Associate of many Foreign and English Historical Societies. 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With some Remarks on the XXVI. and other Dynastics of the New Kingdom, made with the full concurrence of the learned Author, who has kindly furnished the Translator with his latest Notes and Emendations on the subject, and a set of the beautiful Hieroglyphical Metal Types from the Royal Berlin Foundry. The Lithographic Hieroglyphical Plates have been executed at Berlin, under Professor Lepsius's immediate superintendence, with his latest corrections. Royal 4to., price 10s. 6d. Extract of a letter from Dr. R. Lepsius, dated Berlin, 25th Aug., 1858:"J'ai reçu, il-y-a quelques jours, l'exemplaire que vous m'avez destiné de la traduction que vous avez faite de ma dissertation sur la XXII. Dynastie. Je crois m'apercevoir que vous avez attrappé parfaitement, sauf quelques minutiés le sens de l'original. Aussi l'exécution extérieure de l'imprimeur ainsi que tout le reste fait une très bonne impression. 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