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totle's Organon better than Mr. Mansel, late Fel- 

 low and Tutor of St. John's, Oxford. 



Evan Jones. 

 Lampeter, Cardiganshire. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 



The University of Cambridge having adopted tlie 

 course recommended by the Pitt Press Syndicate, and 

 determined upon the formation of a more elaborate Cata- 

 logue of the Manuscripts belonging to the University 

 than that prepared by Nasmith, instructions for carrying 

 such object into effect were issued in 1851, since which 

 time a party of cataloguers have at intervals been en- 

 gaged upon the work. The Catalogue has been divided 

 into eight divisions, and the following Members of the 

 Senate have contributed to the first volume ; ~ I. Anglo- 

 Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and JSarlt/ English Literature, 

 Mr. C. Hardwick, St. Catherine's Hall, editor. 2. Clas- 

 sical, Mr. Churchill Babington, St. John's College. 3. 

 Heraldic, ^c, Mr. Charles C. Babington, St. John's Col- 

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 College. 5. Legal, Professor Abdy, Trinity Hall. 6. 

 3Iusical, Mr. W. H. Hutt, Gonville and Caius College. 7. 

 Scientific, Medical, Sfc, Dr. Webster, Jesus College, and 

 Mr. J."Glover, Tnnity College. And lastlv, 8. Theological, 

 Mr. H. R. Luard and Mr. C. B. Scott," Trinity College, 

 who have been assisted by Mr. J. E. Cooper of St. 

 John's College, Mr. W. H. Howard of Sidney Sussex Col- 

 lege, and Mr. F. J. A. Hort of Trinity College. At the 

 conclusion of the work, a set of copious Li'dices will be 

 appended for the purpose of facilitating reference to the 

 Catalogue, together with a Table denoting, as far as pos- 

 sible, the last owner from whom each MS. had passed into 

 the hands of the University. We are glad to have the 

 opportunity of bringing under the notice of our readers 

 this first volume of A Catalogue of the Manuscripts preserved 

 in the Library of the University of Cambridge, edited for 

 the Syndics of the University Press, and of bearing our 

 testimony to the great pains which have been bestowed 

 upon it by the gentlemen selected for its preparation. 

 The work is one which, when "completed, will be most 

 useful to scholars, as well as most creditable to the com- 

 pilers and to the University of Cambridge. Would that 

 it might be followed by a Second Series — furnishing 

 Catalogues of the MSS. in the Libraries of the different 

 Colleges and Halls — like the admirable Oxford Cata- 

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Clearly arranged, with a full and well-engraved tra- 

 velling map, and a carefully compiled index, Murray's 

 Handbook for Travellers in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and 

 Somersetshire, will be found a trusty guide and a pleasant, 

 nay, an indispensable travelling companion to all future 

 tourists through those lovely counties. Mr. Murray is, 

 by the publication of these Home Guides, doing good 

 service to those who are inclined to take the advice of 

 The Times, and spend their holidays in our own healthful 

 and beautiful islands. 



By-the-bye, the mention of The Times reminds us of 

 the proper tone in which that and other influential 

 journals are speaking out on the subject of some recent 

 operatic and dramatic representations based upon clever 

 but disgusting French novels. The press may do much 

 to check this growing evil ; but let the women of Eng- 

 land do justice to that purity of mind for which they are 

 world-renowned, and refuse to be present when such 

 dramas are performed, and they will put an effectual 



check to this endeavour to familiarise the English public 

 with the most objectionable productions of the novelists 

 and dramatists of France. 



Books Received. — Dictionary of Greek and Roman 

 Geography by Various Writei-s, edited by William Smith, 

 LL.D., Part XVI., Salassi — Sinuessa. This, the last part 

 but one of this valuable contribution to our knowledge of 

 ancient geography, contains, among other important 

 articles, those on Sardinia, Scythia, Sicilia, &c. 



Chappell's Popidar Music of the Olden Time. Part VII. 

 That this new number of Mr. Chappell's most interesting 

 illustrations of the National Music of England is not one 

 jot inferior to anj' that have preceded it, our readers will 

 feel sure when we mention that in the present number the 

 Editor gives us the history of Bobbing Joan, You Gentle- 

 men of England, The Queen, Old Courtier, Since first 1 saw 

 your Face, Hunting the Hare, Tom a Bedlam, and many 

 other popular airs. 



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