Aug. 24. 1850.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



207 



Van-Mildert, and the present occupant of the see, 

 have taken the signature of Dunelm. I think, 

 therefore, J. G. N. is mistaken in saying that the 

 Bishops of Durham have assumed the French and 

 Latin signatures alternately. E. H. A. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC. 



That the good service which the English Historical 

 Society has rendered to that branch of our national 

 literature, for the promotion of which it was instituted, 

 is clearly recognised, is shown by the fact, that of the 

 small paper copies of the Society's publications, many 

 of the earlier volumes are now entirely out of print. 

 Of the six volumes of Mr. Kemble's Invaluable Codex 

 Diplomaticus, a work alike honourable to the patriotic 

 zeal of the Society and to the profound learning of its 

 editor, the first two volumes are, we believe, no longer 

 to be procured. Good texts of our early chronicles, in 

 an acceptable form, have long been wanted. That 

 want, the English Historical Society is gradually sup- 

 plying. Their last publication is now before us. To 

 Mr. Benjamin Williams, the editor of La Chronirjue de 

 la TniXson et Mart de Richard II., Roy d' Ang/eterre, 

 the Society and the public is now indebted for Henrici 

 Quiiiti Anglic Regis Gesla, cum Chronica Neustrice 

 Gallice, ab anno itccccxir. ad mccccyxii., a volume con- 

 taining an account of the battle of Agincourt, one of 

 those mighty struggles, the result of which changed 

 the face of Europe ; as well as a detailed narrative of 

 Henry's second expedition to the Continent, a subject 

 passed over by historians with less attention than it 

 deserves. Mr. Williams' Preface gives a very inter- 

 esting notice of the MSS. which he has employed, and 

 the points which they serve to illustrate, and he has 

 accompanied his text by a number of useful and ju- 

 dicious notes. 



A gentleman of Devonshire is preparing for publi- 

 cation a Catalogue of the numerous published works 

 which relate to the History, Antiquities, Biography, 

 Natural History, and Local Occurrences of that 

 county, and has already sufficient matter to occupy 

 upwards of seventy octavo pages in print, and would 

 be glad to receive notices of any rare books and tracts 

 on those subjects on the shelves of private libraries. A 

 similar work is in contemplation as to exi'-ting manu- 

 scripts, ancient and modern, relating to the same 

 county; any information respecting which will be 

 liighly acceptable, and may be forwarded to Mr. 

 William Roberts, 197. High Street, Exeter. 



BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 



WANTED TO PURCHASE. 

 Rdward'k Botanical Kecistek, by Linolev. Quite complete. 



MaIIHDEN's OKIKNTAL ('(MSS. 



CJhay'i Monii<;ihi'iiv ok the Genus Piiasmi. 

 I'kitcmaiiii's Mk Knauoi'ic Cauinet, lH2'i. 

 WiusTEit, A lliiiEi' liiaroiiY of L^i'iijemio and Pestilential 

 UisEAiiE. Ilurtl'ord, 17'J'J. 



Philosophical Magazine. The entire series to 1818. 

 Hall's Libkary Atlas. 



M'Cog's Synopsis op the Characters op Fossils of Ireland. 

 R. Griffith's Notice respecting the Fossils of the ISIoun- 



TAiN Limestone of Ireland, 4to. 

 Donovan's Instructions for Collecting and Preserving. 



8vo. 1794. 

 Forster's Directions in what Manner Specimens of all Kinds 



MAY BE collected, 8vo. London, 1771. 



Odd Volumes. 



Second Vol. of Biographia Ecclesiastica, or, Tlie Lives of 

 the most Eminent Fatliers of the Christian Church, who 

 flourished in the first Four Centuries and part of the Fifth, 

 adorned with tlieir KflSgies, in 2 vols. London, printed for 

 Tho. Atkinson, at the White Swan, in St. Paul's Church Yard. 

 1705. 



*i,* Letters, stating particulars and lowest price, carriage free, 

 to be sent to Mr. Bell, Publisher of "NOTKSAND 

 QUERIE.S," 186. Fleet Street. 



Volume the First of Notes and Queries, with 

 Title-page and very copious Index, is ?iow ready, price 

 9s. 6d., bound in cloth, and may be had, by order, of all 

 Booksellers and Newsmen. 



Notes and Queries may be procured by the Trade at 

 noon on Friday; so that our country Stibscribers ouglit 

 tu experience no difficulty in receiving it regularly. Many 

 of the country Booksellers are, probably, not yet aicare of 

 this arrangement, which enables them to receive Copies in 

 their Saturday parcels. 



J. B. JFiU the correspondent from whom we received 

 the account of the Treatise of Equivocation, printed in 

 No. 41., favour us with the means of addressing a letter 

 to him? 



rpESTIMONIAL TO DR. CONOLLY.— At 



l_ a meeting held at 12, Old Burlington Street, Saturday, 

 August 3d, 1850, the Right Hon. Lord Ashley in the chair; tlie 

 following resolutions among others were unanimously agreed to : 

 That Dr. John Conolly, of Hanwell, is, in the opinion of this 

 meeting, eminently entitled to some public mark of esteem and 

 gratitude, for his long, zealous, disinterested, and most successful 

 labours in ameliorating the treatment of the insane. 



That a committee be now formed, for the purpose of carrying 

 into effect the foregoing Resolution, hy making the requisite ar- 

 rangements for the presentation to Dr. Conolly of A Public Testi- 

 monial, commemorative of iiis invaluable services in the cause of 

 humanity, and expressive of the just appreciation of those 

 services by his numerous friends and admirers, and by the public 

 generally. 



The Committee subsequently resolved : 



That in the opinion of the committee, the most appropriate 

 Testimonial will be a Portrait of Dr. Conolly (for which he is 

 requested lo sit), to be presented to his family, and an Engravi.ng 

 of the same, to be presented to the subscribers; and that the 

 ultimate arr.uigement of this latter poiut be made at a future 

 meeting of the committee. 



It has been determined that the individual subscriptions shall 

 bt- limited to Five Guineas ; that subscribers ot Two Guineas and 

 upwards shall receive a proof impression of the Engraving ; and 

 subscribers of One Guinea, a print. 



It is also proposed to present Dr. Conolly with a piece of plate, 

 should the funds permit after defraying the expenses of the paint- 

 ing and engraving. 



Subscribers' names and subscriptions will be received by the 

 secretaries, at 12. Old Burlington Street, and 4. Burlington Gar- 

 dens, and by the Treasurers, at the Union Bank, Regent Street 

 Branch, Argyll Place, London. Post-office Orders should be 

 made payable at the Post-oftice, Piccadilly, to one of the Secre. 

 tarius. 



John FoRifts, 1 „ , . 



RicHAKU Fbankum, j Sccrctarus. 



London, August 3d, 1850. 



