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woodland, or rather, perhaps, orchards, meadows, 

 and pastures : the sovvinnj down or formation of 

 which, if indeed the hand of man has had anything 

 to do with them at all — being a thing of the past, 

 and, perhaps, not within the range of the oldest 

 inhabitant's memory, their produce may with pro- 

 priety be termed " inj ussa," or spontaneous. 



W. A. C. 

 Ormsary. 



Poniatowski Gem.'! (Vol. v., p. 140.).— A.O.O.D. 

 is informed that, the first sale 8f these gems took 

 place in 1839, by Christie, and they were bought 

 by a Mr. Tyrrell for 12,000Z. M n. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 



The Men of the Time in 1 852, or Sketches of Living 

 Notables, is intended, as we are told in the Preface, " to 

 bring together in one muster-roll the people who take 

 the lead in doing the Work of the World, in literature, 

 in politics, in art, and in science, — who are influential in 

 their generation, either in thought or in action." The 

 idea is a good one, and the book will eventually supply 

 a want which all have felt. We say "eventually," 

 because both Editor and Publisher must be aware that 

 no first attempt of a work of this nature can at all 

 approach perfection. We do not compilain that, within 

 the small compass of the present volume, we find many 

 names we should scarcely have looked for in such a 

 selection ; but we would, for the purpose of improving 

 the next edition, point out the omission of many very 

 important ones. In the field of learning, antiquarian 

 and historical, we miss all mention of Ellis, Hallam, 

 Mahon, Maitland, Madden, Palgrave, Kemble, Thorpe 

 and Wright. In other classes again we meet with 

 similar omissions. We find Robert Owen, but not 

 Professor Owen ; Southwood Smith, but not Sir Harry 

 Smith ; Faraday we have, but not Wheatstone ; the 

 Bishops of Exeter, Oxford, and St. David's, but not 

 the Bishops of London or Ely. We have Pusey, but 

 neither Hook, Bennett, Close, nor Newman. We 

 have George Dawson the lecturer, but not Cowden 

 Clarke the lecturer. Such are some of the instances 

 of omission which have occurred to us, and which will 

 no doubt be supplied in a new edition. May we add 

 our hope that in such new edition as ample justice will 

 be rendered to all " men of learning" as i-i in the pre- 

 sent one rendered to all " men of the press." 



When we find that the new issue of Bohn's Illus- 

 trated Library consists of the first volume of a revised 

 and enlarged edition of The Battles of the British Navy, 

 by Joseph Allen, Esq., R. N., we are almost disposed 

 to imagine that this indefatigable publisher had seen 

 with prophetic eye that in the opening of 1852 Mr. 

 Cobden's theory of universal peace would lose favour, 

 and that John Bull would resume his old love for the 

 " blue jackets." Be that as it may, such a work as the 

 present, popularly written, handsomely illustrated, and 

 published at a moderate price, which would at all 

 times be a boon, is not likely to be less welcome at a 

 moment when there is a general feeling abroad, that 



England's best securities for that peace which all 

 would preserve, "like her best bulwarks," are "her 

 wooden walls." 



Sir Joshua Reynolds was a painter among painters, 

 and a man of letters among men of letters; and as lonw 

 as the literature of this country endures, his name will 

 be held in remembrance and in honour. In giving, 

 therefore, to the world a new edition of The Literary 

 Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, the first President of the 

 Royal Academy ; to which is prefixed a Memoir of the 

 Author, with Remarks on his Professional Character 

 illustrative of his Principles and Practice, by Henry 

 William Beechey, Mr. Bohn has conferred a boon, not 

 only upon the professional student, but upon all who 

 would acquire a knowledge of the presiding principle 

 which regulates every part of art, and who can appre- 

 ciate the eloquent and admirable manner in which the 

 great president conveyed that knowledge. 



When a glimpse of sunshine warns us of the ap- 

 proach of spring, and that our young friends are be- 

 thinking them of the country and its varied pleasures, 

 when they will again — 



*' hear the lark begin its flight. 



And singing, startle the dull night," 



we are reminded of a long-delayed wish to call their 

 attention to Gosse's Popular British Ornithology, con- 

 taining a Familiar and Technical Description of the 

 Birds of the British Isles, as a means of turning their 

 pleasant rambles to a source of profitable instruction. 

 With this scientific, though concise and popularly 

 written volume, profusely illustrated as it is with 

 coloured figures of the most remarkable British birds, 

 as their guide — and a little patient observation — an 

 amount of knowledge of birds and their habits will 

 soon be acquired by them, which will prove a source 

 of never-ending enjoyment, and give new zest to every 

 fresh visit to the woods and fields. 



BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 



wanted to purchase. 



Gregory's (Dr.) Second Memorial to the Managers of the 



Royal Infikmary, Edinburgh. 

 Hbron'.s (Sir Kobert) Notes. First Edition. Privately printed. 

 CoBBETT's St\tk Truls. 8vo. Vol. Vlll. 1810. 

 Arnott's Physics. •! Vols. 

 IsR. Clauderi Disputatto de Sale sub pr.s:sidio Sagittaru. 



Jeuae, 16-50. 

 Crescent A^D the Cross. Vol. I. Third Kdition. 

 MACKINNON'S History of Civilisation. Vol. II. 1846. 

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



complete another.) 

 Turner's a Booke of the Natures of the Bathes in 



Kngland. liiRS. (An imperfect ropy to complete another.) 

 A Most Excellent and Perfects Cornish Apothecary. 1561. 



(An imperlect copv to complete another.) 

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



another.) 

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



Amelia]. 

 Shadwell. Vols. TI. and IV. 1720. 

 Archbishop Leiohton. Vol. IV. 1819. 

 Baronetage. Vol. I. 1720. 



Ditto. Vols. I. and II. 1727. 



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

 Holchoft's Lavater. Vol. 1. 1789. 

 Drechslerus de Larvis. Lipsiae, 1674. 

 Elsley on the Gospel and Acts. London, 1833. Vol. I. 

 »«* Letters, stating particulars and lowest price, carriage free, 



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