Oct. 18. 1851.] 



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will, we have no doubt, be a popular one. The Orbs 

 of Heathen, by Mr. Mitchel, the Director of the Cin- 

 cinnati Observatory, is intended to furnish a iiopular 

 exposition of the great Discoveries and Theories of 

 IModern Astronomy, and to exhibit the structure of the 

 universe so far as revealed by the mind of man. The 

 book is a reprint of a series of lectures delivered in the 

 hall of the Cincinnati College, with such success as to 

 have led to the establishment of the Cmclnnati Obser- 

 vatory need we say more? The sixth volume is a very 



interesting but painful one, The Mormons, or Latter- 

 Dai/ Sai/its, with Memoirs of the Life and Death of 

 Joseph Smith, the American Mihomet. How startling is 

 the contrast in the subject-matter of these two books 

 — the one rich in a display of the infinite wisdom of 

 the Creator, the otiier depicting most vividly the 

 foolishness of man. 



The new volume of Bohn's Standard Library is the 

 second of Dr. Neander's History of the Planting and 

 Training of the Christian Church by the Apostles, with 

 tht Author's Final Additions ; and his Antignostikus, or 

 Spirit of Tertullian, which completes, we believe, the 

 series of translations from the writings of this learned 

 German divine. The Metamorphoses of Ooid, literally 

 translated into English Prose, forms the new volume 

 of Bohn's Classical Library, and the Translator, 

 Mr. Riley, has endeavoured to render the work more 

 inviting to the scholar, and more intelligible to those 

 who are unversed in classical literature, by numerous 

 explanatory notes calculated to throw considerable 

 light upon tlie origin and meaning of some of the tra- 

 ditions of heathen mythology. 



It will be seen by our advertising columns that 

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 of important Sales of Books, Manuscripts, Autographs, 

 &c., which they have in preparation for the ensuing 

 season. 



BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 



WANTED TO PURCHASE. 



Journal of the Geolooical Society of Dublin. Vol. I. 

 Parti. (One or more copies.) 



The .\NTiQUARY. 8vo. Edinburgli, 1S16. Vols. I. and II. 



History ano Antiquities of Twickenham, bpintj the First Part 

 of Parocliial Collections for the Counlv of Middlesex, begun in 

 1780 by R. Ironside, Esq., London, 1797. (Tliis worli forms 

 1 vol.of Miscell. .•\ntiquitins in continHHtion of the Bib. Topogra- 

 phica, and is usnally bound in the 10th Volume.) 



RiTSON's KoBiN Hoon. 12mo. London, 179S. Vol. H. (10s. 

 will be given for a clean copy in hoards, or 7s, Gd. for a clean 

 copv bimnd.) 



Da. Johnson's Pravf-rs and Meditations. 



Annual Obituary ANn BioGitArHV. Vol XXXI. 



THEOiMiiLri AND Philodoxui. Or Several Conferences. &c., by 

 Ciilbert Glle.*, O.I)., Oxon, 1674 ; or the same worli republished 

 11)7!). under the title of a " Dialogue between a Protestant and 

 a Papist." 



Peck's Complete Catalogue of all the Discourses written 

 both for and against Papacy in the Time of King James II. 

 17.35. 4to. 



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

 to lie sent to Mil. Hell, Publisher of "NOrES AND 

 QUERIES," HG. Eleet Street. 



fiaiifti ta CnrrcSpantrciit^. 



We are tlih vu-rk cntnprlted to rr(/nrjif the inftulgence of our 

 corresponf/etits Jur the oniinbion nf our uxuul acUuuwicUi^meut of 

 Rkplieu IteciivEu. 



J. O. D. M. (Worthing). Mr. Aliton the author of The New 



Reformation, is not Mr. Alison the author of The History of 



Europe. 



F. D. will find the " Sermon against Miracle Plays " in the Re- 

 LiQLi.E Antiqu.e, vol. li. p. 42. There are no coUeclive editions 

 of the dramatic compositions of Nash or Lyllie. 



Llaw Gvffks is referred to our Number of the 4th Oct., p. 206., 

 where he will find his Davies Queries dull/ inserted. 



Albion in our next ; also Dr.'Henrt's " Notes on Virgil." We 

 owe an apology to Dr. Henry for having nodded, and so allowed 

 the word impertinent to pass nverased J'rom a comment upon his 

 Note on Servins. It is an epithet irhich certainly ought neither 

 to have been applied to him, nor admitted into our columns. 



C)pies of our Pmspectui, according to the suggestion of T. E. H. > 

 raill be forwarded to any correspondent willing to assist us by cir- 

 culating them. 



Vols. I.. II., ani III., wilh very copious Indices, may still be 

 had, price Os. 6rf. each, neatly bound in cloth. 



Notes anu Queries is published at nonn on Fridati, so that our 

 coHntrii Su/^scribers mav receive it on Satitrd(n/. The subscrip- 

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 be paid by Pod-office Order drawn in favour of our Publisher , 

 Mr. George Bell, ISi. Fleet Street ; to whose care all commu- 

 nications for the Editor should be addressed. 



MESSRS. PUTTICK AND SIMPSON beg to 

 announce that their season for SALES of LITERARY PRO- 

 PERTY will COMMEXCE on NOVEMBER 1st, and would call 

 attention to the euiuinz List of Sales in preparation by them. In 

 addressing Executors and others entrusted with the disposal of Libraries, 

 and collections (however limited or extensive) of Manuscripts, Auto- 

 graphs, Prints, Pictures, Music, ftlusical Instruments. Objects of Art 

 and Virtu, and Works connected with Literature, and the Arts <rene- 

 rally, would suggest a Sale by Auction as the readiest and surest method 

 of obtaining their full value : and conceive that the central situation of 

 their premises (near St. James's Church), their extensive connexion of 

 more than half a century's standing', and their prompt settleiiient of 

 the sale account.s in cash, are advantULTCs that will not be unappreciated. 

 Messrs. P. St S. will also receive small Parcels of Books or other Literary 

 Property, and insert them in occasional Sales with property of a kindred 

 description, thus giving the same advantages to the possessor of a few 

 Lots as to the owner of a laru'e Collection. 



*** Libraries Catalogued, Arranged, and Valued for the Probate or 

 Legacy Da'y, or for Public or Private Sale. 



On Saturday. Nov. 1. a large Collection of VALUABLE BOOKS, 

 removed from the Country, including many curious and rare Works, 

 and a good selection of Modern Literature. Six days' sale. 



On Wednesday, Nov. 12, EFFECTS of the late STANESBY 

 ALCHORXE, Es(i., of the Tower, including his Numismatic Library, 

 very important MSS. relalinu' to Mint Affairs, Royal and other Auto- 

 graphs (30 of Sir Isaac Newton), the celebrated Hydrostatic Balance 

 made for the adjustment of the Standard in 17.'jh. a most important 

 series of weichts, including the orijinal and unique Troj' Pound, the 

 Collection of Coins and Medals in gold and silver, in the finest condition, 

 many patterns and proofs, and a well-kno\v'n a.id very important 

 picture by Murillo. 



On Saturday. Nov. 15, a very extensive and important Collection of 

 MANUSCRIPTS, CHARTERS, DEEDS, and other DOCUMENTS, 

 chiefly relating to English County and Family Historj". 



On Monday, Nov. 17, the LIBRARY of the late RICHARD JONES, 

 Esq., removed from his residence. Chapel Street, Belgrave Stiuare, 

 including an txcellent Collection of Dramatic and General Literature. 

 Four days' sale. 



A Selection of CURIOUS BOOKS and MANUSCRIPTS of an emi- 

 nent Collector, deceased. Two days' sale. 



A Collection of AUTOGRAPn LETTERS and Documents of consi- 

 derable interest, the property of a well-knowu Collector relinquishing 

 that part of his Collection. 



Tlie concluding portion of the Collection of AUTOGRAPH LET- 

 TERSof Mons. A. DONNADIEU.ccimprismg,maiuly,the period of the 

 first French Revolution. Three days' sale. 



The MUSICAL COLLECTIONS of a Gentleman recently deceased, 

 including some engraved plates of Copyright Works, Musical Instru- 

 ments, &c. 



The very important and extensive LIBRARY of the COUNT 

 MtlNDIDIEK, recently iiniiorted, especially rich in Foreisn Literature, 

 and comprising an extraordinary Collection of Books relating to 

 America. Voyages, Travels, and Itineraries, including some of the 

 rarest Works in these ehusses. and many which have been hitherto 

 unknown to Bibliographers. Ten days' sale. 



*«« Catalogues of any of the before -named Collections will be sent 

 on application to the Auctioneers, 191. Piccadilly. 



Just published, in One Vol. post 8vo., price 79. Gd. 



llflSCELLANEOUS ESSAYS. By the Rev. E. 



M 



MANGIN, M.A. 



London : HOPE and CO., Pnhlishers, 10. Great Marlborough Street ; 

 by whom Books, Pamphlets, Sermons, Ac. arc printed greatly under 

 the usual char^-cs ; while in the Publishing Department every cudeavuur 

 is made to promote au extensive sale . 



