27 SABIN'S Reprints of Rare Books. OCTAVO SERIES. I, The Journal of Major George Washington. Sent by the Hon. Robert Dinwiddie, Esq.; His Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander-in-Chief of Virginia, To the Commandant of the French Forces in Ohio. To which are added the Governor's Letter; and a Translation of the French Officer's Answer. With a New Map of the Country, as far as the Mississippi. Williamsburgh Printed, London Reprinted for T. Jeffreys, the Corner of St. Martin's Lane, M.DCC.LIV. Large Paper, $3.00. Small Paper, $1.50. II. A Journal of Two Visits made to some Nations of Indians on the West side of the River Ohio, in the Years 1772 and 1773. By the Rev. David Jones, Minister of the Gospel at Freehold, in New Jersey. Burlington: Printed and sold by Isaac Collins, M.DCC.LXXIV. With a Biographical Memoir by Horatio Gates Jones. Large Paper, $5.00. Small Paper, $2.50. III. Vindication of the Captors of Major Andre. [By Egbert Benson.] New York: Rich & Mercien, 1817. Large Paper, $4.00. Small Paper, $2.00. IV. A Brief State of the Province of Pennsylvania, in which the Conduct of their Assemblies for several years past is impartially examined, and the true Cause of the continual Encroachments of the French displayed, more especially the secret Design of their late unwarrantable invasion and settlement upon the River Ohio. Large Paper, $2.50. Small Paper, $1.25. V. The Present State of Virginia. Giving a particular and short account of the Indian, English and Negroe Inhabitants of that Colony. Shewing their Religion, Manners, Government, Trade, Way of Living, &c., with a Description of the Country. By Hugh Jones, A.M., Chaplain to the Honorable Assembly, and lately Minister of James-Town, &c., in Virginia. Large Paper, $8.00. Small Paper, $4.00. VI. The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia. Being An Essay towards a General History of the Colony. By William Stith, A.M., Rector of Henrico Parish, and one of the Governors of William and Mary College. Large Paper, $15.00. Small Paper, $7.50 The original Edition of this important History is worth from $40 to $50. The valuable Documents from which it is compiled have been recently destroyed by fire. SECOND SERIES. The Narrative of Colonel David Fanning. (A Tory in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain; giving an Account of his Adventures in North Carolina, from 1775 to 1783, as written by himself, with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes. Richmond, Va. Printed for Private Distribution only. 1861. In the First Year of the Independence of the Confederate States of America. Large Paper, $10.00. Small Paper, $5.00. Each of these Books is printed in the very best style, and the Edition is limited to 50 Copies on Large Paper and 200 on Small Paper. A Monthly Literary Register and Repository of Notes and Queries. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. J. Sabin & Sons have brought their AMERICAN BIBLIOPOLIST, which is primarily a "Literary Register and Monthly Catalogue of New and Old Books," to a point of great interest, as a "Repository of Notes and Queries" also; and every lover of curious inquiries into the origin of words, customs, etc.-in short all antiquities of a literary character or bearing -ought to possess this ingenious and useful magazine.Beecher's Christian Union. The third volume of the AMERICAN BIBLIOPOLIST has come to us from the binder's hands, a stout octavo of 550 and odd pages. This publication, though nominally addressed to book-buyers, furnishes a large amount of curious and entertaining information for all lovers of literature. It is not the mouthpiece of any set, and its criticisms of catalogues and books are refreshingly independent and piquant. - Nation. A Monthly Register of the Progress of Literature, which enjoys a wide popularity for the spice and vinegar which season its pages. Evening Telegram. The AMERICAN BIBLIOPOLIST is the only real "Literary Register and Monthly Catalogue of Old and New Books" issued in this country. In addition to its valuable list of rare old books, and its catalogues of new ones, the BIBLIOPOLIST CONtains monthly correspondence on all sorts of literary subjects, and from all quarters. A most interesting and important feature of this work is in its department of "Notes and Queries," in which curious words, old traditions, ancient customs, and other subjects in which antiquaries delight, are discussed by correspondents among themselves. Mr. Sabin, Sr., is one of the oldest book collectors in the United States, and has bought and sold more books, and at higher prices, than any other living collector. It was he who paid $1,130 for Eliot's Indian Bible at an auction sale in 1868, and it was he, we believe, who purchased the greater part of the celebrated library belonging to Mr. Rice, of Chicago. Sabin's establishment, in Nassau street, is one of the most interesting curiosity shops in New York for the book-worm, and at all times may be seen there two or three of our best known bibliolaters poring over the pages of the curious or rare old volumes of which Sabin feels so proud.-School Journal. Mr. Sabin has made the issues of his AMERICAN BIBLIOPOLIST, during the past year, of great interest to all lovers of "Notes and Queries," and literary antiquities in general. We have before us the bound volume for 1871, a goodly octavo, which should be welcome to many a library. We notice that it is dedicated to Thomas F. Donnelly" (our "book-worm"), "a young but earnest coadjutor in the world of letters."--Evening Mail. This a more than ordinarily interesting number, containing, as it does, a large amount of valuable and entertaining literary matter, besides the announcements of recent and prospective publications. To a man or woman engaged in literary pursuits, such a work as this is simply invaluable, combining, as it does, the features of the London Notes and Queries," with a complete catalogue of the works issued from the British and American press during the month. It is printed on fine toned paper, and is just the work to gladden the heart of the booklover.-Brooklyn Times. The AMERICAN BIBLIOPOLIST is invaluable to those who wish to be kept acquainted with events of permanent interest in the literary world, and particularly to th se who are interested in the curiosities of literature. The November number contains an account of the libraries of Chicago-those which were destroyed and those which were saved-and is rich in selected articles, notes, and items.-N. Y. Methodist. The BIBLIOPOLIST is admirably edited. I suppose by "our senior," learned in bibliography. Thank you for all that you sent me.--S. Austin Allibone. The January number of this Literary Register is on our table. This number has fifty-six pages of varied contents of peculiar interest to the student of literature and the lover of books. The department of "Notes and Queries" is well filled in the number before us, embracing a wide range of topics, such as bibliographical, historical, antiquarian, etc. critical notices of old and new books, scattered through the extensive catalogues of publications, is interesting to every person of literary inclination.-Austin (Texas) Democrat. The The BIBLIOPOLIST presents an unusual array of matter, learned, critical, and antiquarian, but principally in the form of Notes and Queries. An article headed "How Novels are Made," gives the origin of the incident in "Foul Play," claimed in common by Charles Reade and Mrs. Southworth, in an incident developed in a criminal trial at the Old Bailey, in February, 1867, in which the mate of a ship plying between Newport and Shanghai was convicted of having feloniously scuttled the vessel. There is also an able paper on the supposed discovery of the original manuscript of Don Quixote," another of the illustration of books, and the usual literary gossip.-Home Journal. No Bibliopole should neglect to subscribe to this publication; its interest and value to him is almost inestimable. The December issue is especially good. It gives notice of some of the most noticeable new books, catalogue of books for sale, literary gossip, a review of the London season, some curious "notes and queries," interesting correspondence on a ing to literature.-Philadelphia Inquirer. variety of topics, and some valuable articles on subjects relat The BIBLIOPOLIST is undoubtedly the most interesting and worth preserving literary record within our knowledge. Boston Pilot. Sabin's BIBLIOPOLIST contains its usual literary feast of notes and queries, some interesting correspondence, and catalogues of rare and valuable works. We extract the following, throwing light on the topography of New York City two hundred and ten years ago.-Jewish Messenger. New Books, is very interesting, and to those desirous of This Literary Register and Monthly Catalogue of Old and keeping posted in the book world, almost indispensable. Its chapter on Notes and Queries is a very interesting department, and embraces literary, historical, and antiquarian subjects, etc.-Austin (Texas) Statesman. Sabin's AMERICAN BIBLIOPOLIST, for January contains, in addition to its usual catalogue of books, twenty one pages of very entertaining literary gossip and correspondence. The cheap edition of this periodical is furnished at an almost nominal price, and the work itself is indispensable to all book-collec tors and antiquarians.-N. Y. Evening Post. The department entitled "Notes and Queries" of the AMERICAN BIBLIOPOLIST is a repository for all sorts of out of the way and at the same time interesting literary information. Thus, among other items in the May number, there is a brief discussion in reference to the origin of the expression "By Hook or by Crook," and also an inquiry as to the origin of the term "Hotch Pot." The BIBLIOPOLIST has also, interesting literary gossip; an article on "Was Shakespeare a * Soldier?" by W. P. Thoms; a lengthy correspondence from different persons in reference to The Original of Oliver Twist, and its usual lists of books, rare, curious, and useful.College Courant. The Bibliopolist circulates largely among the book buyers, and is an admirable advertising medium for Booksellers and Publishers. Subscription $1.00 per year. 4 BY THE REV. W. J. LOFTIE, B.A, F.S.A. This volume comprises a complete bibliographical ist of upwards of five hundred editions of the Bible and Testament of the Authorized Version printed efore 1700, preceded by a detailed account of the ersion itself, and a history of its most important evisions. An Appendix contains a list of the Bibles of is translation in the British Museum, those named Lea Wilson, and those in a few smaller collections. No list of the editions of King James's Version s before been published. A few are named in Lea ilson and Cotton, but not a tithe of the whole mber. LONDON: B. M. PICKERING. J. SABIN & SONS, 84 Nassau St., N. Y. GEORGE TRENT, 527 CLASSON AVENUE, BROOKLYN. Cleaner, Inlayer, and Restorer of BOOKS, PRINTS, DOCUMENTS, AUTOGRAPHS, &C. ALL WORK GUARANTEED ALIKE. Having ascertained that other parties have been passing off work of an inferior character and representing the same as having been done by me, in order to prevent the repetition of such fraud Messrs. SABIN have, at my request, consented to become my Sole Agents, and all orders left with them will be promptly and carefully attended to. GEORGE TRENT. TERMS:-CASH ON DELIVERY. OLD PRINTS. J. 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These three volumes contain the complete collection of Chapman's Dramatic Works, reprinted verbatim et literatim from the rare original quartos, a set which could not be obtained for £50, or obtained at all without long and tedious search. The high place which Chapman already occupies in literature as the first and best of our Homeric translators, and the enthusiastic admiration which the most illustrious writers, including Hazlitt, Shelley, Charles Lamb, and Hallam, have expressed for his Dramatic Writings, make it surprising that his Plays should not before now have been placed within the reach of poetical and dramatic students. "Of all the English Play Writers, Chapman perhaps approaches nearest to Shakespeare.—Charles Lamb. "Chapman, where he lays aside the gravity of the philosopher and poet, discovers an unexpected comic vein, distinguished by equal truth of nature and lively good humor."-William Hazlitt. "He has more thinking than many of the old dramatists; and the praise of one of his critics, though strongly worded, is not without foundation, that we seldom find richer contemplations on the nature of man and the world.'"-Henry Hallam. "That fuil and heightened style of Master Chap-Webster. man. THE AMERICAN BIBLIOPOLIST Vol. 5. A Monthly Literary Register and Repository of NEW YORK, APRIL, 1873, Subscription, One Dollar per year; Single Numbers, Ten Cents each. No. 52. NOW READY.-THE AMERICAN BIBLIOPOLIST, VOL. 4, THICK 8vo, 656 pp., CLOTH, UNCUT EDGES, $3.00; HALF MOROCCO, ROXBURGHE STYLE, $5.00. REMIT FOR 1873.—Subscribers who desire a continuance of the BIBLIOPOLIST will kindly favor us by remitting one dollar, the amount of the subscription for the current year. Many of the back numbers of the BIBLIOPOLIST are out of print. The publishers can, bowever, supply one or two sets bound in cloth, uncut edges, as follows: Vol. 1, $4.25 ; Vol. 2, $1.75; Vol. 3, $3.00. J. 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