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[Dec. 8. 1855. 



MiictUnntaiig. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 



We have received from Mr. Murray an octavo volume, 

 calculated to gladden the hearts of archaeologists. It is 

 entitled Handbook to the Arts of the Jilidrl/e Ages and Re- 

 naissance, as applied to the Decoration nj' Furniture, Arms, 

 Jewels, §'c., translated from the French ofM. Jules Labarte, 

 with Notes, ^c, copiously illustrated. It is truly observed, 

 ia the Introduction, that it is only of late years that 

 archaeologists have understood that ecclesiastical utensils, 

 arms, jewels, furniture, and even articles of common use, 

 bear testimony to the artistic talent of the times in which 

 they were produced. The recognition of that truth, has 

 caused the want of such a woriv as the present to be deeply 

 felt. And the translation, therefore, of M. Labarte's de- 

 scriptive catalogue of the Debruge-Dumeril Collection, 

 has produced a volume which has been very widely called 

 for. Its list of artists, and ample Index, add greatly to 

 its practical value : and when we state that it is illus- 

 trated with upwards of 200 exquisite woodcuts, we have 

 said enough to prove that it contains another element of 

 Titility, as well as beauty. It is long since we have seen 

 a volume so well calculated to please at once the archaeo- 

 logist and man of taste. 



The patient followers of Isaac Walton have just been 

 presented with a little volume which may well cheer 

 them at this rod-disjointed season. It is entitled His- 

 torical Sketches of t/ie Angling Literature of all Nations, 

 by Robert Blakey ; to which is added, a Biography of 

 English Writers on Angling. It is a pleasant, gossiping 

 book, which will doubtless be considered an agreeable 

 addition to their bookshelves by all true lovers of the 

 angle. 



The First General Meeting of the Members and Friends 

 of the London and Jliddlesex Archaeological Society, will 

 be held in Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate Street, on Friday, 

 December I4th, upon which occasion, in addition to other 

 business, the Rules of the Society will be decided upon, 

 and the Office-bearere and Council appointed. The Chair 

 will be taken, at Two o'Clock, by the Right Hon. the 

 Lord Londesborough, K.C.II., F.R.S., F.S.A. 



Books Rkceived. — A Manual of Electricity, including 

 Galvanism, Miignetism, Diamagnetism, Electro- Dynamics, 

 Magneto- Electricity, and the Electric Telegraph. We do 

 not'presume to i)ronounce an opinion on the merits of this 

 book; but we state — what must be a far better recom- 

 mendation of it than any we could give — that it is a 

 fourth edition entirely re-written, and that the author in 

 its production has been assisted by Mr. Faraday, Sir W. 

 Snow Harris, Mr. Crosse, and Professor Tyndall. 



Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, 

 Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries. By Henry Uallam. 

 Vol. I. This fii-st volume of the new edition of the Lite- 

 rature of Europe will be a most acceptable boon to a large 

 class of readers. 



The Seasons of the Church, what they teach ; a series of 

 Sermons on the different Times and Occasions of the 

 Chiistian Year. Edited bj' the Rev. Henry Newland. 

 Part I. The object of this seasonable publication is suffi- 

 ciently indicated by its ample title-page. 



[Vindycote Hall. A new number, and a good one, of 

 Parker's Series of Tales for the Young 3Ien and Women, of 

 England. 



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