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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 120. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 



A Note on the coins of Edward III. by Profkssor 

 Van dek Chys, director of the cabinet of coins and 

 medals in tlie University of Leyden, in a former part 

 of this Number, reminds us to inform our readers that 

 the Teyler's Society in Haarlem have just published 

 the treatise on the coins of the ancient duchies of 

 Brabant and Limberg from the earliest times to the 

 pacification of Ghent, referred to by the professor, who 

 has been several years occupied in making drawings 

 and descriptions of coins in his own collection, in the 

 cabinet under his care, and in other public and private 

 collections in the Netherlands and neighbouring coun- 

 tries. His work, comprising more than 400 quarto 

 pages of description and historical research, with 36 

 well-executed plates containing 470 specimens of 

 coil s 'from original drawings, supplies a want long 

 felt, aa I will be equally welcomed by the lover of coins 

 and thi student of history. It is not less remarkable 

 for its cheapness than for its beauty. 



Since the days when Teofilo Folengo, who has with 

 some propriety been regarded as the forerunner of 

 Rabelais, gave to the world, under the name of Mer- 

 linus Cocaius, the " Libriculum ludicrum et curiosum, 

 partim latino, partim italiano serraone compositum," 

 which may be said to have called into existence that 

 burlesque style of composition which is now understood 

 by the term Macaronic, not only has he found many 

 imitators, but his and their works have always found a 

 numerous class of purchasers at least, if not of readers. 

 In 1829, Genthe gave to the literary world of Ger- 

 many an excellent history of the works of this peculiar 

 class. He was followed in this country in 1831 by 

 Mr. Sandys, who then gave us his interesting Specimeiis 

 of Macaronic Poetry ; and we have now to thank M. 

 Octave Delepierre for his Macaroneana, ou Melanges de 

 Litterature Macaronique des differents Peuples de V Eu- 

 rope — an agreeable and amusing work upon the 

 same subject. M. Delepierre, while busied in its 

 preparation, has had the advantage of consulting the 

 library of M. Van de Weyer, which appears to be as 

 rich in this peculiar branch of bibliography, as it is 

 known to be not only in every department of the litera- 

 ture of the Low Countries, but in everything that 

 relates to the general history of literature. 



When we consider the unwearied zeal and well- 

 directed perseverance manifested by Mrs. Cowden 

 Clarke in her admirable Concordance to Shnkspeare, 

 and the unvarying good taste and great ability with 

 ■which she has shadowed forth the infant life of those 

 female characters which Shakspeare has drawn with 

 such mastery, — we feel that we have scarcely done 

 justice to The Girlhood of Shakspeare's Heroines in 

 allowing this graceful and interesting series of Tales to 

 draw to the close, to which it has now been brought by 

 the publication of Viola the Twin and Imogen the Peer- 

 lessy without having directed the attention of our 

 readers to the various tales, as they were from time to 

 time presented to the world. The press has been 

 unanimous in commending the plan proposed to herself 

 by Mrs. Clarke, as well as her execution of it ; and 

 although at the eleventh hour, we join most heartily 



in a commendation as well deserved as it has been 

 universally bestowed. 



If Authors have their peculiar calamities, they may 

 console themselves by the reflection that Editors have 

 also some which are peculiarly their own. Is it a 

 small matter to receive a book (with a title which alone 

 would occupy nearly a column) containing upwards of 

 a thousand closely-printed pages, and be expected to 

 give, in the short space which we can allot to such 

 notes, an account of its objects, merits, &c. ? And yet, 

 when one reads in the opening of The Grammar of 

 Enqlish Grammars, with an Introduction, Historical and 

 Critical J the whole methodically arranged and amply 

 illustrated, &c., by Goold Brown, — that it is the fulfil- 

 ment of a design formed upwards of a quarter of a 

 century since, — one feels pained at being merely enabled 

 to announce that it is a work obviously the fruit of 

 much reflection on the part of its author, and as ob» 

 viously deserving of the attention of all whose duty it 

 is to discover the most advantageous system of incul- 

 cating the rules of English Grammar. 



We understand that several very important publica- 

 tions will shortly be issued from the Oxford University 

 Press. We may first mention the Fasti Catholici, or 

 Universal Chronology, by the Rev. Edward Greswell, 

 author of the Harmony of the Gospels, the Parables, &c. 

 It is stated that the present work, which contains the 

 result of the indefatigable labour and research of the 

 Editor for several years, is a still more learned and 

 elaborate production than any of his previous pub- 

 lications. Another, which will excite great attention, 

 is a Catalogue of the Manuscripts contained in the 

 Libraries of the Twenty-four Colleges and Halls of the 

 University of Oxford, which has been prepared by the 

 Rev. Henry Octavius Coxe, one of the sub-librarians 

 of the Bodleian Library, editor of Roger of Wendover's 

 Chronicle, and of Lewis's Collection of Forms of bidding 

 Prayer, from the manuscript in the Bodleian Library. 

 And, lastly, we may mention a reprint of Bishop Bur- 

 net's Lives of the Dukes of Hamilton, which is usually 

 considered as a supplement to Spottiswoode's History of 

 the Church of Scotland. 



BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 



WANTXD TO FUaCHASE. 

 ISR. CLAUDERI DlSPCTATlO DE SaLE SUB PRESIDIO SaGITTAKU. 



Jenae, 1650. 

 Tillotson's Sermons. Vol I. First Edition. ,1070—80. 



Edited by Parker, his Ciiaplain. 

 Crescent and the Cro8.s. Vol. I. Third Edition. 



MACKrNNON's HiSTOKY OF CIVILISATION. Vol. II. 1846. 



Lite's Dodoens' Herbal. First Edition. (An imperfect copy to 



complete another.) 

 Turner's A Bookb of the Natures of the Bathes in 



England. 1508. (An imperfect copy to complete another.) 

 A Most Excellent and Perfecte Cornish Apothecary. 1561. 



(An imperfect copy to complete another.) 

 Turner's A New Hekuall. (An imperfect copy to complete 



another.) 

 Fielding's Works. 14 Vols. 1808. Vol. XI. [Being 2nd of 



Amelia]. • 



Shadwell. Vols. II. and IV. 1720. 

 Archbishop Leighton. Vol. IV. 1819. 

 Baronetage. Vol. I. 1720. 



Ditto. Vols. I. and II. 1727. 



Chamberlayne's Pharonnida. (Reprint.) Vols. I, and II. 1820. 

 HoLCBOFi's Lavater. Vol. I. 1789. 

 Drechslerus de Larvis. Lipsiae, 1074. 



