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progress, dealing in detail with the same subject, and especially 

 with matters of interest connected with Sir William Cavendish, 

 the second husband of Elizabeth Hardwick, afterwards Countess 

 of Shrewsbury, which will contain several interesting letters and 

 manuscripts hitherto unpublished, and will be worthy of a place 

 in the history of Derbyshire. 



Other New Rooks. — Dr. Cox is editing, for Messrs. 

 Methuen, a new edition, much revised and enlarged, of Joseph 

 Strutt's Sporls and Pastimes, which was originally issued just 

 a century ago. It will appear in quarto size, and with facsimiles 

 of the original plates, a totally different result to the cheap 

 reprints of William Hone may safely be anticipated. The 

 same publishers have recently issued a remarkably handsome 

 quarto volume on Ancient Coffers and Cupboards, by Mr. F. Roe 

 (;£3 3s.). It is profusely illustrated, and until its appearance 

 there was absolutely no book to be consulted on our old 

 Church chests and coffers. Derbyshire readers will gladly 

 welcome its pages, and particularly the fine illustrations of the 

 thirteenth century chest in Wilne Church and that of the 

 following century in St. Peter's at Derby. But they will miss — 

 although, perhaps, in consideration of the excellence of the 

 book in all other respects, they may forgive the omission of 

 so important a subject — the great heraldic chest in the 

 chapel at Haddon. Messrs. Methuen, in their archaeological 

 enterprise, are also bringing out a literary series at popular 

 prices, under the heading of The Antiquary's Library, with 

 Dr. Cox as the general editor. This will comprise such works 

 as The Roman Occupation, by Mr. John Ward, F.S.A. ; Celtic 

 Art, by Mr. J. Romilly Allen, F.S.A. , whose paper on the 

 Saxon crosses of Norbury is before us ; Prehistoric Man, by 

 Professor Windle, F.R.S. ; Comparative Archceology and 

 V nanthcnticated Antiquities, by Dr. Munro ; Folk-Lore in Early 

 British History, by Mr. G. L. Gomme, F.S.A. ; The Growth 

 of the Parish Church, by the Rev. D. H. S. Cranage, F.S.A.; 

 Old Church Furniture, by Dr. Cox and Dr. A. Harvey; 



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