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of such a high order, and express the hope that the Hbraries of the 

 future may be as well selected, that the public may make as great sacri- 

 fices and support as liberally these aids to culture, and that many such 

 secretaries and treasurers may be found willing to give time and faithful 

 service to secure good literature, not only for the present, but to hand 

 down to those to come. 



A fe»v words may be pardoned in relation to other libraries in the town. 

 A most interesting and valuable collection of books is to be found in the 

 rectory of St. Mark's church, consisting of about a thousand volumes, with 

 many folio editions quite rare. These were formerly the property of Rev. 

 Robert Addison, sent out by S. P. G. Days — nay, months — might be 

 plea.santly spent in loving examination of these rare editions from Le\-- 

 den, Oxford, Geneva. Well was it that they were not in any house in 

 town in December, 1813, but being at Lake Lodge (about three miles 

 out in a log house, part of which may yet be seen) they were saved. 

 They were lately in possession of Dr. Stevenson, but by the zeal of the 

 Venerable Archdeacon McMurray they were procured and placed in the 

 rectory. Every book has placed in it this inscription : " Presented to St. 

 Mark's church by the heirs of the Rev. Robert Addison, to be the 

 property of that church in perpetuity." There are altogether fifty-three 

 folio volumes, many of them being specially interesting. One of these, 

 the complete works of George Buchanan, 17 15, poems, Latin works, 

 History of Scotland, a Satyr on Laird of Lydington, printed 1570, all in 

 one volume. Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity, 1 598. One folio has been 

 well or rather much used ; it is Historical, Geographical and Poetical 

 Dictionary, 1694. No doubt many came, allowed by the kind old man, 

 to consult its pages. On the first leaf, these words show that there were 

 in those days restrictions on the publication of books (these were not 

 removed till the time of William HI.): " Whitehall, 28th January, 169 1/2. 

 I do allow this work to be printed. Sydney." Jeremy Taylor, Polemi- 

 cal and Moral Discourses, 1657; Burneton, 39 articles, 1700; Machia- 

 velli's Works, 1680; Spottiswood's History of Scotland, 1666; Fuller's 

 Holy State, 1642 ; Montague's Essays, 1632 ; Fiddes' Life of Cardinal 

 Wolsey, 1724, with copper plates, one being View of Kitchen of Cardinal's 

 Cottage, Christ Church. Another volume is Historical Collection, Rush- 

 worth, 1659, ^^i'^^'' strange picture of James I., and the awe-inspiring legend 

 " Touch not mine anointed " bringing up thoughts of the length to 

 which this doctrine was carried by that unhappy race. A prayer book, 

 Breeches Bible, 1599, in black letter, and Psalms, version of Sternhold 

 and John Hopkins, all bound together. In the prayer book is the prayer 

 offered "That it may please thee to ble.ss and preserve our Most Gracious 



