Messrs. Douglas & Foulis, of Edinburgh, have a clearance catalogue of surplus books from their library. Mr. Sydney V. Galloway, of Aberystwyth, has a list of new and second-hand educational works. It includes nearly three thousand items, so purchasers will find plenty to select from. Mr. John Jeffery, of City Road, has a clearance catalogue of cheap books, tracts, population tables, and statistics of life assurance. There is a first edition of Tennyson's Princess,' uncut, 25s. Many items are of interest to Wesleyans. Mr. H. H. Peach, of Leicester, has specimens of early presses and Cambridge and Oxford presses. Under Architecture are Wood and Dawkins's Palmyra,' 101 plates, 2 vols. folio, 107. 10s.; and Fritsch's Architecture of the German Renaissance,' 57. 58. Other items include Bauldwin's "Moral Philosophy,' 1606, 27.; Burton's Arabian Nights,' 1894. 67. 6s.; Commonwealth Tracts,' 15s.; a beautiful Psalter, printed for use in the royal chapels, 1581, from the Hopetoun Collection, 31. 12s. 6d.; Rabelais,' 1691, 2 vols. 12mo, 25s.; Lettres de Madame de Sévigné,' 14 vols. 8vo, Paris, 1862, 21. 28.; a collection of 54 pamphlets on Socialism, by Holyoake, Bradlaugh, W. J. Linton, and others, including autograph letters, 15s.; and a first edition of verses on the death of Dr. Swift, 1731, 1. 12s. 6d. Heywood's Nine Bookes of various History concerning Women,' London, printed by Adam Islip, 1624, is 57. 10s. This is a fine copy of a rare book, being in the original calf. Under Queen Elizabeth is a copy of the tract occasioned by the successful negotiations carried on between Elizabeth's ministers and the Porte. The last three pages are occupied by invectives in French and Latin verse against the queen. One commences: O Regina Anglicana Maledicta & prophana Mente capta & infama Quid furis tantopere. The catalogue also contains works relating to Leicestershire, Bibliography, and Early Woodcuts. Mr. G. A. Poynder, of Reading, has a set of The Reliquary, 241.; the rare first edition of Bacon's Henry VII.' in the original calf, 1622, 57. 58. ; a nearly complete set of The Tatler, very rare, 177. 10s.; Lysons's 'Magna Britannia, 6 vols., 1806-22, 51. 12s. 6d.; Marryat's History of Pottery,' 1857, 17. 78. 6d.; Turner's Ceramics of Swansea, 31. 3s. ; Dawkins's Cave-Hunting,' 1874, 27. 18s. 6d. ; Cuvier's Animal Kingdom,' 16 vols., 10. 108.; The Orchid Annual.' II vols. royal 4to, 147. 148.; Wickes's Medieval Churches of England,'27.12s. 6d. There are a number of works under Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and other counties; also under Botany, Geology, and Zoology. Mr. C. Richardson, of Manchester, has a set of the Chetham Society Publications from the commencement in 1844 to 1903, 165 vols., original cloth, 22. 10s.; and a set of The Art Journal, 1849 to 1873, 67. 10s. Other important items are Brumoy's 'Le Théâtre des Grecs,' 16 vols., morocco, 1820-25, 87. 10s. ; a very fine copy of Cavendish's Wolsey,' 1641, 8.; Dodsley's Old English Plays,' with notes by Hazlitt, 1874, 77. Duruy's Rome, 6 vols., 1883, 67.; Early English Text Society, 1864-75, 9. 108.; Randall Holme's 'The Academy of red scarce, : Armory,' Chester, 1688, 157. (marked "exceedingly rare"): 'Naval Achievements of Great Britain," 55 large coloured plates, 1816, 127.; Pelham's Chronicles of Crime,' 2 vols., 1841, 37. 10s.; the "Waverley Edition" of Scott, 1842, 77.; a first edition of Jack Sheppard,' 3 vols., original cloth, Bentley, 1839, 107. 10s.; Lodge's 'Portraits,' 1823-34, 1809, 77.; and a first edition of Tom Brown," 57. 10s.; Hayley's Life of Romney.' Chichester. Cambridge, 1857, 107. 10s. The last is excessively Historique,' with 500 plates, 6 vols. imp. 4to, Paris, scarce. Under Costume is Racinet's 'Le Costume 1888, 177. 10s. Mr. Ludwig Rosenthal, of Munich, who is well' known for the resources his shop offers in the shape of early and valuable books, sends us a catalogue concerned with Hungary, Bulgaria, Servia, Rou-mania, &c., the wars of the Turks, Palestine,. Rhodes, and Malta. items the following may be noted: Jac. BergoAmong many interesting mensis, Libellus de Claris Celestisque Mulieribus,' Paris, 1521, 80 marks; Vitæ et 1ones' of Turkish Sultans in German, Frankfort, 1596, 150m.; Breviarium Romano-Germanicum,' Venice, 1518, 600m. ;: Breviarium for Hungarian Benedictines, Venice. 1519, 1.000m.; Cicero's Tusculan Disputations," Paris, 1509, 100m.; Friedel, a collection of twentyfour portraits of fighters for the independence of Greece, including Byron, 1827-9, 120m.; Innocentius III., Bull of Indulgences for support against the Turks, 200m.; Le Quien, 'Oriens Christianus,' 1740, 550m.; and Chronicarum et Historiarum Epitome,' 1475, the first book printed at Lübeck. There are interesting sections of maps, plans, and engravings. Among the English items for sale are J. Richards's Journal of the Siege and Taking of Buda in 1686,' 18m. The Military Costume of Turkey,' a series of engravings, London, 1818, 100m.; Dodwell's 'Views in Greece,' 1821, twocopies at 600m. each: a Relation of the late Siedge and Taking of the City of Babylon by the Turke," translated from Zarain Aga by W. H. Ajouté, London, 1639, 75m.; and a portrait of Byron, 1820, 50m. Messrs. Smith & Son have a good list, including a number of new remainders at very low prices. Messrs. Sotheran's catalogue for 16 September contains on the inside cover: "In Memoriam :: Henry Sotheran, born July 30th, 1905. Cujus Animæ propitietur Deus." May 29th, 1820: died The list is, as usual, full of interest. It opens with 'The Annual Register,' 1758-1901, 317. 10s.; and among other items are an extra-illustrated copy of Palmer's St. Pancras,' 157. 15s.; Stow's 'Survey,' sixth and best edition. 97. 15s.; a rare early collection of views in London, 1753, very scarce, 127. 12s.; Palmer's 'Index to "The Times," 333 vols., 377. 10s., and a larger set, 427.; and Dallaway's Sussex,' 1815-30, a rare work, 427. Sets of societies' publications include the English Dialect, 157. 15s.; Early English Text, 607.; Entomological, 521. 10s.; Geological, 331.; Folk-lore, 377. 10s. Other items are Froude's works, best editions, 217.; a largepaper set of Granger's Biographical History of England.' 1824, 77. 10s.; Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland,' Rolls Series, 197 vols., 1858-98, 751.; John Heneage Jesse's works, 23 vols.. 317. 10s.; Horsley's Britannia Romana,' 1732, 77.; Humphreys's Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages,' 1849, 81. 8.; Hoare's Wiltshire,' 1812-52, 561.; Dugdale's ' Warwickshire,' 1730, 197. 19s. ; and Dramatists of the Restoration,' 1872-9, 607. (one of four sets printed on vellum). Messrs. Sotheran still have good copies of the Third and Fourth Folios; also a complete set to June, 1892, of Hansard. The latter is very scarce, and is marked at 2107. Mr. Albert Sutton, of Manchester, has a list devoted to Voyages and Travels. Among the two thousand are many works of special interest. Under Africa we note Alexander's narrative of the Kaffir war of 1835, 9s. 6d. ; Anderson's 'Twenty-five Years in a Waggon in the Gold Regions of Africa,' 1887, 9.8.; Boulton's Map, 1787, 5s.; Holland and Hozier's Expedition to Abyssinia,' 1870, 17. 5s.; and Dr. Junker's Travels,' 1875-86, 11. 2s. 6d. The authors include Livingstone, Burton, Dr. Carl Peters, Stanley, &c. Under America is Af-Beeldinghe, &c., Antwerp, 1640, price 21. One of the chapters relates to the history of the Society of Jesus in America. Capt. Dampier's Voyage,' 1717, is priced 17. 15s. Other items are Benjamin Franklin's Memoirs,' Colburn, 1833, 138. 6d.; Gordon's 'Establishment of the Independence of the United States,' 1788, 17 12s. 6d.; Lockman's 'Travels of the Jesuits,' 1772, 17. 1s.; Lewis and Clarke's Travels,' 1814, 31. 3s.; and a collection of sixty-two portraits, 17. 108. Under Australasia, Turkish Empire, and Miscellaneous Voyages and Travels are many works of interest. Mr. Thomas Thorp, of Reading, has a good general list. The items include Rowlandson's Beauties of Sterne,' 1809, very rare, 22s.; sixteen volumes of Lytton's works, all first editions, 30s.; Bruce's novels. 8 vols., 1804, 36s.; Budge's Book of the Dead,' 1895, 41. 48.; Hogarth,' 3 vols., brilliant impressions, Boydell, 1812, 358.: Barbauld's 'Novelists,' 50 vols. 12mo, calf, 1820, 67.; Thorpe's Registrum Roffense,' 1769, 21. 18s.; the eighth edition of Waller's 'Poems,' 1711, 17. 18s.; St. John Hope's 'Stall-Plates of the Knights of the Garter,' 1348-1485, 21. 10s.: five volumes of P. Lacroix's The works, Sl. Ss.; Index to Biographies in Gentleman's Magazine," 1731-80.' 30s.; Hasted's Kent,' 4 vols. folio, 1778-99, 241.; a collection of Canterbury Registers, 1392-1800, 12 vols., 67. 10s.; and Pepys's Diary,' 1875, 7 vols., 41. 10s. There are also a number of interesting Tracts, 1642-75. 6 Mr. James Westell, of New Oxford Street, has a catalogue devoted to foreign theological works, containing many of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, besides monastic and Catholic history. We note a copy of Parsons's Elizabethæ Angliæ Reginæ Edictum, 29 Nov., 1591,' published 1592, price 18s. This work, it is stated, gave great offence to Elizabeth. The justice of rising against a heretic prince is clearly enforced, and Burleigh, Bacon, Leicester, and others are compared to the most infamous tyrants of ancient times. was a page the vignette of an ass chewing a thistle, and Notices to Correspondents. We must call special attention to the following notices: WE cannot undertake to answer queries privately. To secure insertion of communications corre spondents must observe the following rules. 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