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a residence of considerable length in this country been 

 devoting his attention to those subjects ; and we have 

 just received some of the fruits of his labours in a 

 volume entitled Kdiiig ^Elfred unci seine Stelle in der 

 Geschichte Enr/lands. It is an interesting contribution 

 to a very important period in the history of this 

 country; and it is the more valuable from the use made 

 in it of the labours of our own distinguished Saxonists, 

 Kemhle and Thorpe. 



Books Receiveu. — Letters on the Evidences, Doc- 

 trines, and Duties nf the Christian Religion, by Olinthus 

 Gregory. The words Ninth Edition, on the title-pasje 

 of this new volume, sufficiently attest the value of this 

 addition to Bohn's Standard Library. 



The Stranger in London, or Visitor's Companion to 

 the Metropolis and its Environs, with an historical and 

 descriptive Sketch of the Great Exhibition, by Cyrus 

 Redding. This Guide claims the merit of being "not 

 merely descriptive but pictorial ;" and it does well, for 

 its woodcuts form the most valuable portion of the 

 book. 



Address at the Anniversary Meeting of the Rm/al Geo- 

 graphical Society, by Captam W. II. Smytli, R.N., 

 President, &c. This Address gives a concise yet most 

 clear view of the progress of Geographical Discovery 

 during the preceding year ; and is alike creditable to 

 the learned and gallant Captain and the Society over 

 which he presides. 



AVe desire to direct the attention of our readers, 

 more especially those who are old enough to remember 

 the first appearance of Tlie Literary Gazette, to the 

 Testimonial which the friendsof the Editor, Mr. Jerdan, 

 propose to present to that gentleman. The names of 

 the Committee, and a statement of the Subscriptions in 

 aid of the object, will be found in our advertising 

 columns. 



The Memorial which we mentioned some time since 

 as having been addressed to the Master of the Rolls, 

 requesting " that persons who are merely engaged in 

 historical inquiry, aiiticjuarian research, and other 

 literary pursuits connected therewith, should have per- 

 mission granted them to have access to the Public 

 Records, with the Indices and Calendars, without pay- 

 ment of Fees," has been very favourably responded to 

 by Sir John Romilly ; and a meeting of the gentlemen 

 by whom it was signed has been held at the apartments 

 of the Society of Antiquaries, when certain resolutions 

 were agreed to, acknowledging the obligations of anti- 

 quarian literature to Sir John Romilly for the arrange- 

 ments which he has at present determined u]K)n, and 

 for the further increased ficilities for consulting the 

 documents in question, which he has promised on the 

 completion of the new Record Office. The thanks of 

 the meeting were also voted to Mr. Bruce, with whom 

 the movement originated. 



Mr. C. Roach Smith has issued proposals for pub- 

 lishing by subscription an Illustrated Catalogue of liis 

 Museum of Anticpiities, composed ])rincipally of re- 

 mains of the Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Mediaeval 

 periods, discovered in the bed of the Thames, and 

 during excavations in London. 



Catalogues Recfived. — William Nield's (46. Bur- 

 lington Arcade) Catalogue No. 6. of Very Cheap Books; 

 W. Brown's (130. and 131. Old Street) List of 



Theological Books selected from the Library of the 

 late Rev. E. Bickersteth. 



BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 



[viTANTED TO PUKCHASE. 



Natural History of the British Entomostkacj!, by W. Baird, 



M.D. (Kay Soi-iety's Publications.) 

 Barriiig'on's Edition of The Anglo-Saxon Version of Orosics, 



by Alfred the Great. 8vo. London, 1773. (.4n Imperfect 



Copy, containing only the Anglo-Saxon, from p. 1. to 242., would 



bo sufficient. ) 

 British Essayists, by Chalmers. 45 Vols. Johnson and Co. 



Vols. VI, VII. VIII. IX. andXXIlI. 

 Knight's Pictorial Shakspeahe. Part XXV. 

 BiiDDEN's Life of Archuishop Morton, 1607. 

 Thomas Lyte's .Ancient Ballads AND Songs. l'2mo. IS',7. 

 DoinvELL (Henry, Al.A.), Discourse proving from Scriptures 



TiMT the Soul is a Pkinciple naturally Mortal, &c. 

 Reflections on Mr. Burchet's Memoirs; or, Kemarks on his 



Account of Caotain Wilniot's Expedition to the West Indies, 



bi- Colonel Luke Lillingstou, 1704. 

 Gentleman's Magazine. Vol, I. 1731. 

 New England .U'DGi-n, not by Man's but bv the Spirit of the 



Lord, &c. By George Bishope. 1601. 4to. Wanted from 



p. l,in. to the c"nd. 

 Reason and Judgment, or Spi^cial Remarques of the Life op 



the renowned Dr.Svnderson. late Lord Bishop of Lincoln. 



Ui63. Srn, 4to. Wanted from p 00. to the end. 

 Tristram Sh\ndy. I2mo. Tenth Editi(m. W.-inted Vol. VII. 

 Mallay, Kssai sur les Eglises Romaines et Byzantines uu 



Puv de Dome. 1 Vol. folio. 51 Plates. 

 An Account of the IJemains of the Worship of Priapus, to 



which is added a Discourse thereon, as connected with the 



Rlyst'C Theology of the Ancients. London, 1786. 4to. By 



R. Payne Knight. 

 Ch. Tiii'llon's (Professor of Halle) Nouvelle Collection des 



Apocrvphes, AUGMENT 6, S:c. Leipsic. 1832. 

 Social .Statics, by Herbert Spencer. 8vo. 



The Journal of PsYrnoLoGiCAL Midicine. The back numbers. 

 Encyclopaedia Britannica. Tiie part of the 7tli edition edited 



by Prof. Napier, containing the Art. Mortality. 

 Observations on the Influence of Climate on Health and 



Mortality, by Arthur S, Thomson, M.D. (A Prize Thesis.) 

 Report on the Bengal Military Fund, by F. G. P. Neison. 



Published in 1849, 

 Three Ueports, by Mr. Grilfitli Davies, Actuary to the GaorrfiVra, 



viz. : 



Report on the Bombay Civil Fund, published ISSfi. 



— '■ Bengal Mfdical Hetirini! Fuuil. published 1839. 



Bengal Military Fund, published 1H44. 



Observations on the Mortality and Physical Management 



OF Children, by Mr. lioberton. Surgeon, London, 1827. 



•»* Letters, stating particulars and lowest price, carriage free, 

 to l>e sent to Mil. Bell, Publisher of "NOTES AND 

 QUERIES," 186. Fleet Street. 



To accD7jnt Jur ttie non-appearance vf sei'eral letters which have 

 been m tii'cd, and to prev- itt others of a t./w itature front being 

 sent, the Eititur tjcgs to state that as it is obv^'oustt/ impossible that 

 vett-knoirn con/rovet te<t points in rtti*;iOTi, poltttcs, science, t^c, 

 can be ndequatrly fiiscnsse'1 in a irorklike " Notes and Queries,** 

 w'c cannot insert tetters vhicli f^n directly to proiwhe the discussion 

 of sifch paints. Correspotidents from vhom they are received, we 

 can only 1 rfcr to th • i/otori wa sources of ittforniaiion ; inquirers 

 to u'twin these are unkn.ivn. are probably not in a state to pnfit 

 by any dispute irhieh ihey might engender. 



J. B. or J. O. (Birminsham). 'J he Editor believes thai the 

 portraits respecting which our correspondent inquires are mere 

 impostures ttnirorthy of notice. 



S, P. II. T. is thanhed fir his kir.d reminder. The subject has 



not been tost siglit if ; but postptmcd partly from the pressure of 

 correspondence, and the consequent irant of room — portly from 

 wmit of time. We hnpe however to take some steps in it bejore the 

 present volume is coinpleied. 



T. Lawrence. The piixzting epitaph forwarded by ovr cor- 

 respovdent has alreadi/ been recorded and explaimd in '* Notes 

 and Queries." See Vol. II., pp 311. 346. 



E. H. V. The Query was inserted Vol. iii., p, 351. ; nnd the 

 only satisfactory reply received is one not calculated for publication , 



