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[2nd s. NO 54., Jan. 10. '57. 



Morning Hymn (2"^ S. ii. 474.) — It is by no 

 means clear what is meant by " a Prayer-book of 

 1801 and 1817, London, Nichols, King's Printer ; " 

 but I imagine the Prayer-book may be dated 

 1801, the Metrical Psalms, 1817 ; the latter being 

 printed by Nichols, not as King's Printer (which 

 he was not), but for the Worshipful Company of 

 Stationers. J- Gr. N. 



NOTES QN BOOKS, ETC, 



There are few Antiquaries, or Note-niakers, who have 

 not at some period or other longed to run down to the 

 Bodleian for a peep into the curious collection of Diaries 

 of Thomas Hearne preserved in that noble library. So 

 strong was this feeling, some forty years ago, that Dr. 

 Bliss, at that time a Fellow of St. John's, commenced 

 transcribing and printing a selection from them. Cir- 

 cumstances then occurred to interrupt the progress of the 

 work, when nearly six hundred pages of it had, however, 

 'been printed. But fortunately for those who longed, 

 like ourselves, to know what " priefs in his note-book " 

 had been made by Honest Tom, Dr. Bliss has lately 

 taken courage, set to work again, and brought his labour 

 of love to a close. The result is two goodly volumes under 

 the title of Reliquia HearniancB ; the Remains of Thomas 

 He(irne, M.A., being Extracts from his JUS. Diaries col- 

 lected, with a few Notes, by Philip Bliss, late Fellow of St. 

 John^s College, now Principal of St. Mary Hall, in the 

 University of Oxford, which will gladden the hearts of 

 many an antiquary. Hearne's Notes treat of every thing, 

 from "predestination down to slea silk," and well de- 

 served publication. Honest Tom, who was a Jacobite 

 and Non -juror, has dotted down very unreservedly his 

 feelings and his opinions ; and with these has mixed up 

 memoranda on every imaginable subject. Now he re- 

 cords a bit of biography — now describes an old MS. — 

 here gives us a taste of his classical khowledge — here 

 gives a bit of local, here a bit of general history ; now a 

 scrap of folk lore, now a touch of politics; here lauds 

 James III. — there sneers at the Duke of Brunswick; now 

 quotes Dr. Plot, " that 'twas a rule among antiquaries to 

 receive and never restore ; " and then gives us a strange 

 picture of social life, as when he tells us that during the 

 debate in the House of Lords on the Bill for securing the 

 Church of England, "Dr. Bull (query. Bishop of St. 

 David's) sate in the lobby all the while, smoking his 

 pipe." Collections of English Ana are somewhat rare. 

 Dr. Bliss has added one to the list : and one which is by 

 no means the least valuable of them. He has taken great 

 pains in editing the Hearniana, and his Notes are far 

 from the least interesting portion of these volumes. No 

 wonder then that an admirer of them should, as it is 

 said, have inscribed on the fly-leaf of his copy the fol- 

 lowing quatrain : — 



" Time once complained of Thomas Hearne, 

 ' Whatever I forget. You learn.' 

 Now Time's complaint is changed to this, 

 ' What Hearne forgot, is learned by Bliss.' " 

 Mr. Timbs, who has a happy knack at catering for the 

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 Lights, a Booh for Old and Young : and old and young 

 may read it for amusement, and, if they do, will get a 

 good deal of useful information into the bargain. 



Mr. Bohn has just added to his Standard Library, The 

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Hazlitt. It is, in a great measure, a re-issue of Bogue's 

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 enlarged and improved by the addition of Chalmers']? 

 Life of Luther, to which are subjoined illustrative anec- 

 dotes from Michelet and Audin ; and also by the addition 

 of Luther's Catechism. 



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