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[2nd s. No 28., July 12. '56. 



duced, entitled Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of 

 Roman Family Coins belonging to His Grace tlie Duke of 

 Northumberland, K.G., bv Rear- Admiral William Henry 

 Smj'th, K.S.F., D.C.L., F.R.S., &c. There are few socie- 

 ties for the advancement of archaeology which cannot bear 

 witness to the good taste and liberality with which the 

 Duke of Northumberland promotes that important study : 

 and no one who knows the Duke can doubt the readiness 

 with which he accepted the suggestion made by Admiral 

 Smyth, that the several cabinets of coins and medals 

 which had been in the possession of the Northumberland 

 familj' for many years should be carefully examined and 

 arranged by him. But the gallant Admiral has done 

 more than this. He has not only carefully examined, 

 classified, and arranged the Northumberland Collection ; 

 but he has given in the work which has called forth 

 these remarks — and which is a Catalogue of the Roman 

 Consular and Family Coins in the Collection — a volume 

 replete with learning — not only full of elucidation of 

 history, chronology, and geography generally, but par- 

 ticularly illustrative of the constitutional divisions of the 

 Eoman people. Of the 160 families here treated of, 14 

 were pure patricians, 2G patrician with plebeian branches, 

 7 equestrian, 91 plebeian, and 22 whose order and rank 

 are uncertain. Those who know how various are the 

 acquirements of Admiral Smyth, and the fund of humour 

 with which his learning is seasoned and set off, will 

 readily understand that this Catalogue is amusing as well 

 as instructive ; and as readily believe that we are not 

 guilty of any exaggeration when we pronounce this 

 handsome volume to be alike creditable to the scholar- 

 ship of Admiral Smyth and the liberality of the Duke of 

 Northumberland. 



We have good news for the lovers of gossip. A new 

 edition of the Letters of Horace Walpole is announced, in 

 which the various letters of the diflferent collections, 

 which now occupy fourteen volumes, are to be incor- 

 porated into one series — in eight. Now, therefore, is 

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The Gentleman's Magazine, with which the name of 

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Books Received. — The Herd-Boy. A Fairy Tale 

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The English Bible, containing the Old and New Testa- 

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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare. The 

 Text carefully revised, with Notes by Samvel Weller Singer, 



F.S.A., Sj'c, Vol. VIL This new volume of Mr. Singer's 

 valuable edition contains King Henry VHL, Troilus and 

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The Boundaries of Man\ Knowledge. A Lecttire de- 

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 by William White, Principal Door-Keeper of the House of 

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 considerable reading and much reflection. 



History of the Parliamentary Representation of Preston 

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