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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 131. 



the former of the latter they are specially desig- 

 nated by Eliz. as " Merchant Adventurers." 



[There are other particulars in connexion with 

 them which I do not send vou, reference being 

 easy of access.] J. Enrr. 



Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 



Anderson's History of the Origin of Commerce^ 

 2 vols., London, 1764, contains some information 

 on the subject of this Company, whose title was 

 that of " Merchant Adventurers," and whose trade 

 was chiefly with the Netherlands. 



In 1604, James I., after concluding a treaty of 

 peace and commerce with Spain, incorporated 

 a company of merchants for an exclusive trade to 

 Spain and Portugal ; but this monopoly being 

 found prejudicial to commerce, in the following 

 year the patent was revoked by act of parliament. 



If C. I. P. has not access to Anderson, and will 

 communicate his address, I shall be happy to give 

 him any information in my power on this subject. 



Bboctuna. 



Bury, Lancashire. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 



The steady progress which sound Archseology is 

 inakin<^ in this country is shown, and the benefits which 

 will accrue from such progress to those who are desir- 

 ous of investigating the early history of this island and 

 its mhabitants is rendered evident, by the fact, that 

 discoverers of primasval remains no longer endeavour 

 to build upon those remains some strange theories 

 which have no foundation beyond the fancy of those 

 who pen them. On the contrary, Archasologists are 

 now content to give us plain and distinct particulars of 

 the discoveries they make, and to leave to future la- 

 bourers the task of comparing the different objects, and 

 of evolving from such comparison those trustworthy 

 illustrations of our early history which are so highly to 

 be prized. The truth of these remarks will be seen by 

 a "-lance at the interesting volume entitled Fairford 

 Graves ; a Record of Researches in an Anglo- Saxon 

 Burial-place in Gloucestershire, in which Mr. Wylie 

 narrates, with much clearness and simplicity, the re- 

 sult of a very interesting series of excavations made at 

 Fairford, on the site of a Saxon necropolis, more parti- 

 cularly of those made at the commencement of the past 

 year. These discoveries furnish some very valuable ma- 

 terials towards a more complete history of the Anglo- 

 Saxon civilisation than we yet possess ; and Mr. Wylie 

 deserves the thanks of his brother antiquaries for his 

 well-directed zeal on the occasion, and for the judicious 

 manner in which he has told his story. The work is 

 very profusely illustrated ; and is one of the best con- 

 tributions which have recently been made to the history 

 of our prirafcval antiquities. 



We have received, and read with great pleasure. Two 

 Introductory Lectures upon ArchcBology, delivered in the 

 University of Cambridge, by the Rev. J. II. Marsden. 

 We are not sure that these lectures are not privately 



printed ; and in that doubt should have passed them 

 without notice, had not their merits, as the production 

 of a scholar and a man of taste, seemed to us such as to 

 make it desirable that they should be placed within the 

 reach of all whom they are calculated to interest. They 

 are the first-fruits of Mr. Disney's munificent donatiou 

 to the University of Cambridge. 



We have received the second volume of Bohn's re- 

 print of The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reytiolds, 

 edited by H. W. H. Beechey, which completes the 

 work. No President ever filled the Chair of the Iloyal 

 Academy with greater benefit to the students than did 

 Sir Joshua; and this cheap and useful edition of the 

 invaluable legacy which he bequeathed to them is well 

 calculated not only for their use, but for more general 

 circulation, now that the arts of design are receiving 

 such deserved attention in this country. 



The people of Manchester will shortly commence 

 their great experiment of a Free Library, which, it is 

 hoped, will be opened in the course of the present 

 month, probably by Prince Albert. It contains about 

 twenty thousand volumes, consisting of about twelve 

 thousand books of reference and eight thousand to form 

 the library of circulation, which will be lent freely to 

 all persons bringing recommendations or certificates of 

 good character. The books are all well bound and in 

 excellent condition, and the managers have no fears but 

 that they will be returned from circulation in the same 

 state. We shall look with great interest to the result ; 

 for it is clear that what is good for Manchester must be 

 good for London, and for all other places where meq. 

 do congregate. 



BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 



WANTED TO rURCKASE. 



Fabricu Bibliothkca Latina. Ed. Ernesti. Leipslg, 1773, 



Vol. III. 

 Tub Anacalypsis. By Godfrey Higgins. 2 Vols. 4to. 

 Codex Diplomaticus M\i Saxonici, opera J. M. Kemble. Vols. 



I. and II. 8vo. 



ECKHEL, DOCTRINA NDMOBUM. Vol. VIII. 



Brougham's Men of Letters. 2ud Series, royal 8vo., boards. 



Original edition. 

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XLIII. XLIV. L. and LI. 

 CoNDERS Analytical View OF ALL Religions. 8vo. 

 Newman's (J. H.) Present Position of the Catholics im 



England. 

 Halliwell on the Dialects of Somersetshire, 

 sclopetaria, of remarks on rifles, &c. 

 Sowerby's English FrNGi. Vol. 111. 

 Supplement to Sowerby's English Fungi. 

 European Magazine. Vols. XXIII. XXIV. and XXV. 

 Poetic Wreath. Small 8vo. Newman. 

 Gems FROM British Poets. 4 Vols. Tyas- , ,^,„ ,„ 

 The Works of Lord Byron. Vols. VI. VIL and VIII. 12mo. 



Murray, 1823. 

 Mallet's Poems. Bell's edition. 

 Mallet's Play of Elvira. 1763. 

 JoANNis Lelandi Collectanea. Vol. V. 1774. 

 Bishop Patrick's Commentary on the Bible. The Volumes 



containing Joshua and Judges. Small 4to. 

 Kent's Anthems. Vol. I. folio. Edited by Joseph Corfe. 

 The Mathematician. Vol. I. No. I. 1844. 

 Maculloch's Highlands and Islands of Scotland. 

 Back's Voyage of the Terror, 8vo. 

 L'HisToiRE DE LA Saincte Bible, par Royacmonde: 3 Paris, 



1701. 

 Johnson's (Dr. S.) Works, by Murphv. Trade Edition of 181G, 



in 8vo. Vol. XII. only. 

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