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NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 



Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign 

 of Charles I., 1627 — 1628, preserved in the State Paper 

 Department of Her Majesty' s Public Record Office. Edited 

 by John Bruce, Esq., V.P.S.A. (Longman.) 



The vahie of these Calendars of our State Papers has 

 been so generality recognised, and the ability with which 

 Mr. Bruce has discharged the task entrusted to him so 

 universally admitted, that our dutj' in noticing the pre- 

 sent volume is a very simple one. We shall confine our- 

 selves to a statement that the six thousand documents, 

 or thereabouts, here calendared, and made available for 

 students of our national history, relate to a period of great 

 activity and interest. England, at war with both France 

 and Spain, was engaged, either as principal or alh% in 

 hostile operations whicli extended from the Canary Is- 

 lands to the Baltic. Then, as now, the state of our Navy 

 was a subject to which all eyes were directed, and a 

 searching inquiry by special Commissioners was insti- 

 tuted. The collection of a general loan by other special 

 Commissioners ; the assistance sent to the King of Den- 

 mark, under the command of Sir Charles Morgan ; the 

 unfortunate expedition to the Isle of Rhe ; the contem- 

 plated measures for raising supplies by the exercise of the 

 royal authority ; the abandonment of those measures, 

 and the determination, for the third time, to summon a 

 Parliament, and solicit a suppl)% all are fully illustrated 

 in this important volume; but its chief interest will be in 

 the light which it throws upon Buckingham's expedition. 

 " The whole facts relating to the expedition to the Rhe," 

 observes the editor, " its preparation, departure, landing, 

 and management ; the endeavours made at home to sup- 

 port it with new levies and continual supplies ; the state 

 of anxiety and expectation in which both England and 

 France were kept for several months by the progress of 

 the siege of the citadel of St. Martin ; its tinal abandon- 

 ment, and the return to England of the shattered relics 

 of the expeditionary army, are here detailed and illus- 

 trated with minuteness perhaps greater than has ever 

 been applied to any similar event in English history — a 

 minuteness which brings out and establishes the facts 

 with a certainty from which there can be no appeal." 

 But though this is the great feature of the present volume, 

 there lie scattered through its pages many curious illus- 

 trations of the social condition of the countr}', of art, and 

 literature ; and these are made available hy an admirable 

 Index containing some ten thousand names, and probably 

 twice as many references. Can there remain, then, any 

 doubt of the value of this new contribution to the History 

 of England? 



Mr. Darling has completed, in one volume super-royal 

 8vo., the first portion of that division of the Cyclopadia 

 Bibliographica wliich is devoted to Subjects. This divi- 

 sion, which is appropriated to the Holy Scriptures, in- 

 cludes a catalogue raisnnnee of commentaries, treatises, 

 dissertations, aud other illustrations, from the earliest 

 times to the present, and in the various languages, of the 

 whole Bible, as well as on each book, chapter, and verse; 

 with an ample Index to the texts and subjects of printed 

 sermons, arranged from Genesis to the Apocalypse, point- 

 ing out the authors who have written on each, and the 

 volume and page of the book where each sermon, &c., is 

 to be found. Also, a guide to the best books on Biblical 

 Criticism, Scripture Prophecj', History, Biography, Geo- 

 graphy', Natural History, Biblical Antiquities, &c. The 

 work is uniform with the Cyclopcedia Bibliographica 

 (Authors), recently published, and to which it* forms a 

 necessary sequel ; and its utility is so obvious that we 

 trust Mr. Darling will soon find" himself encouraged to 

 complete it according to his very ingenious plan. 



Bibliographical List of the various Publications by James 

 Maidment, Esq., Advocate, from the Years MDCCCXV II. 

 to MDCCCLIX. By Thomas George Stevenson, Anti- 

 quarian Bookseller and Publisher. {One hundred Copies 

 printed for Private Circulation.^ 



Although the fact that this valuable Bibliographical 

 List is printed for private circulation ought perhaps to 

 exclude it from literary comment, it is at once so use- 

 ful, so creditable to the compiler, and so especially 

 creditable to the distinguished antiquary whose la- 

 bours in the field of literary history and antiquities (as 

 shown by the publication of no less than sixty-three 

 books) it fitly commemorates, that we arc sure we shall 

 be forgiven by the editor, and applauded by our biblio- 

 graphical friends, for having made a note of it. 



The Formation and Progress of the Tiers E'fat. By 

 Augustus Thierry. Translated from the French by the 

 Rev. F. B. Wells. {Two Volumes in One.) (Bohn.) 



Lectures on the History of Literature, Ancient and Mo- 

 dern. From the German of Frederick Schlegel. Now 

 first completely translated, and accompanied by a General 

 Index. (Bohn.) 



These are unquestionably very excellent additions to 

 Bohn's Standard Library. The merits of Thierry's His- 

 tory of the Third Estate in France have long been recog- 

 nised ; while it is a wonder that, with the European 

 reputation which Schlegel's History of Literature has at- 

 tained, it should be left to Mr. Bohn in the year 1859 to 

 give the first complete English translation of it, and to 

 dedicate that translation to Prince Metternich, to whom 

 forty-fonr years ago Schlegel dedicated the original work. 



Town Swamps and Social Bridges, the Sequel of a 

 Glance at the Homes of the Thousands. By George Godwin, 

 F.R.S. Editor of the Builder. With numerous Illustra- 

 tions done from the Life. (Routledge.) 



This is a book deserving the serious attention of all who 

 desire to improve the social condition of their poorer 

 fellow-creatures. It is a series of homilies on that truth, 

 which so many imagine to be one of Holy Scripture, — 

 that Cleanliness is next to Godliness. Mr. Godwin is an 

 earnest and most intelligent promoter of social progress. 



There is no monumental record to the memory of 

 George Herbert. " He lies buried,'" says Izaak Walton, 

 " in his own church, under the altar, and covered with a 

 gravestone without any inscription." This, the very 

 small old church of Bemerton, is falling into utter decay, 

 and is quite insufficient to meet the wants of the present 

 population. Some persons who revere the memory of 

 George Herbert have taken the opportunity thus afforded 

 to endeavour to raise a worthy and most appropriate 

 monument to the memory of so good a man, by erecting 

 a new church (thereby affording increased church accom- 

 modation to the inhabitants of Bemerton) on a site ad- 

 joining the existing small building, which, for. obvious 

 reasons, it is not intended to remove. 



A great portion of the necessary funds have been 

 collected, the Rector of Bemerton, the Earl and Countess 

 of Pembroke, and Mr. Sydney Herbert having been 

 amongst the largest contributors. The first stone will be 

 laid by the latter gentleman on the 9th April. The 

 Bishop of Salisburj' has presented the oak altar-table, 

 Mr. Wyatt, the architect, the stone pulpit, and Mr. Mark- 

 land (of Batli) the iron gates for the porch. A Committee 

 has been formed to cooperate with the local promoters of 

 the design, by the collection of small sums for some of 

 the furniture of the church, and by whom subscriptions are 

 earnestly requested, under either of the following heads : — 

 " From Children, for a Font," " From Clergymen and 

 others, for the Books," " The Communion Plate," " The 

 Altar Cloth and Linen," "The Church Lights." Any 

 surplus to be devoted to the Building Fund. Subscrip- 



