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has learnt all that is to be known. This is strange, 

 considering the points at issue, and theextent, duration, 

 and intensity of the controversies which have been 

 carried on between that Church and the rest of Chris- 

 tendom." It is indeed strange, and it happens fortu- 

 nately, loolcing at the all-important question which 

 now agitates the public mind, that the subject should 

 have engaged for some years the attention of a learned, 

 acute, and laborious scholar like Mr. Shepherd, so that 

 he is enal)led to put forth the result of his inquiries 

 upon tliis interesting topic at this moment. Mr. 

 Shepherd's book is indeed a startling one: and when 

 we tell our readers that he " has proved, or, to say the 

 least, has given such indications a.s will lead to the proof 

 that some documents which have been quoted a-i autho- 

 rities in the History of the Early Christian Church, 

 are neither genuine nor authentic ; " that he has pretty 

 well resolved St. Cyprian into a purely mythic person- 

 age j and shown that all the letters in his works passed 

 between imagined or imaginary correspondents, — ne 

 think we are justified in pronouncing his History of the 

 Church of Rome a work calculated to excite the deepest 

 interest in all who peruse it (and by the omission of 

 all long quotations in the leu-neJ languages, it is 

 adapted for the perusal of all), to exercise great influ- 

 ence on the pul)lic mind, and to awaken a host of 

 endeavours to combat and overthrow arguments which 

 appear to us, however, to be irresistible. 



The Council of the Sliakspeare Society has just is- 

 sued to the members the first volume for the present 

 year. It contains Two Historical Plui/s on the Life and 

 Reign of Queen Elizabeth, by Thomas Heywood, which 

 are very ably edited, with an Introduction and Notes, 

 by Mr. Collier ; and we have no doubt will be very 

 acceptable ; first, from the interest of the plays 

 themselves, the second of which appears to have been 

 extremely popular; and, lastly, as a further instalment 

 towards a complete collection of Heywood's dramatic 

 works. 



Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson will sell on Tuesday 

 and Wednesday next a valuable portion of the Library 

 of a gentleman, including the late Charles Mathews' 

 copy of the Second Shakspeare ; a valuable series of 

 works on Annuities, &c. ; and another ou the History 

 and Antiquities of London. 



UooKs Ueceived. — Supplement on the Doctrine and 

 Discipline of the Greek Church. We characterised 

 Mr. Appleyard's Interesting little volume, entitled. 

 The Greek Church, as historical rather than doctrinal. 

 The title of this Supplement shows that it expressly 

 supplies the very material in which the original work 

 was deficient. — Archaeoloyia Cambrensis, New Series, 

 No. VI. A very good number of this record of the 

 Antiquities of Wales aiid its Marches, ajid in which 

 are commenced two series of papers of great interest 

 to the Principality : one on the Architectural An- 

 tiquities of Monmouthshire, by Mr. Freeman ; the 

 other on the Poems of Tallessin, by Mr. Stephens. 



Catalooues Received. — W. Brown's (46. High 

 Holborn) Catalogue Part 52. of Valuable Second- 

 hand Books, Ancient and Modern; — Cole's (15. 

 Great Turnstile, Holborn) List No. 33. of very Cheap 

 Books; B. Quaritch's (16. Castle Street, Leicester 

 Square) Catalogue No. 27. of Antiquarian, His- 



torical, Heraldic, Numismatic, and Topographical 

 Books; Charles Skeet's (21. King William Street, 

 Strand) List No. "2. of Miscellaneous Books just pur- 

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 Doud's Catholic Church History. Vol. 2. Fol. edition. 

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rrt; are reluctantly cj'npeHcd, by wnnf of room, to postpone until 

 next week Mr. Singer's Paper mi a passable in Shaltspeare^s 

 Antony and Cleopatra ; one by Mr. Dawson Turner on the 

 Authors of ttie Ho Iliad ; and many other interesting communica- 

 tions. 



Cromwell's Dbvlings with the Devil. S. H. H. m tfianlted 

 for the curious MS. he has funnarded upon this subject, which 

 shall appear next week, when the original shall be carefully re- 

 turned. iVe ihould b.- glad to see the other paper referred to by 

 S. H. H. 



A. L. is thanked. The only reas m for the non-appearance of 

 any of his communications is, that thet/ were not sent separately, 

 and we have nut had ti^ne to make a selection. We take this 

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 arrange for a permanent enlargement of our paper, and pfopuse 

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Sing's reminder, that Saturday last, tlie iWi of March, was 

 " the centenary anniversary of the death of Captain Coram, the 

 worthy founder qf the Foundling,^' readied us too late for us to 

 call attention to it. 



Mr. a. J. Dunkin's communication on the subject of his pro- 

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Kerriensi* is thanked for sever.it interesting communications 

 of wliich we propose to make an early use. 



Will L. M. M. R. send his address T The book he wants has been 

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Replies Received. — Malhew's Med. Fassnge — San Grail — 

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 holme Fair — Epitaph on Turncoat — Gig Hill — Damasked 

 Linen — Endeavour — Meaning of Strained — Hack — Daughter 

 of James //. — Snail-eating — Munchausen's Travels — .Mitre, 

 &c. — Cloven Tongues — " Going the whole hog " — Expression in 

 Milton — Haybands in Seals — King John at Lincoln — Handbell 

 — t'ineyards — Mazer Wood. 



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Errata P. 23fl col. 2. 1. 2G, for Hanse town read hamlet; 



p. 238, col. I. 1.'27, for "(;r.itus" read " naliLS " ; p. 247, col 1. 1.29, 

 for "CounC read "Court;" p. 250, col. 1. 1.4, for " Medley " 

 read " 5edlcy," col. 2. 1. 23, for " tanttM " read " tantoi." 



