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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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James V. of Scotland, to engage him in a war against 

 Heniy VIII." 



R. W. Hackwood. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 



Wc liavc before us a long array of goodly volumes, 

 "yclothed in black and red," waiting for notice. Fore- 

 most among these, we maj' mention a new volume issued 

 by the Sin-tees Soci'eti/, namely. The Acts of the High 

 Commission Court within the Diocese of Durham. Tliey 

 are extracted from two volumes : one of Acts, extend- 

 ing from 1G28 to 1639 ; the other of Depositions, 

 extending from 1626 to 1638; preserved among Dr. 

 Hunter's JNISS. in the library in the Dean and Chapter of 

 Durham. Our readers may readily imagine what an in- 

 sight this volume furnishes into the usages of the Church 

 and of Society during the period to which it relates ; 

 while, as the editor, Mr. Hylton LongstafFe, well observes, 

 " the very proceedings of the High Commission must be 

 read with interest." The volume, which is very earefullj' 

 edited by Mr. Longstaflfe, is one altogether strikingly 

 illustrative of a state of things which has now long 

 passed away, and its publication is alike creditable to the 

 Surlees Society and its editor. 



The North Country Antiquaries have been very active of 

 late. Mr. Ingledew^ whose name has frequently appeared 

 in our columns, h.as published a handsome volume illus- 

 trative of The History and Antiquities of North Allerfon 

 in the Count:/ of York. The work is the result of manj' 

 years' industrious research, and the public and private 

 history of North Allerton, its antiquities, public buildings, 

 registers, folk lore, are duly recorded in a way to gratify 

 its inhabitants, and the curiosity of all who are in- 

 terested in the history of this ancient town. 



Boors Received. — Translations from the German, hy 

 Thomas Carlyle. This, the last issued volume of Mr. 

 Carlyle's collected works, contains his admirable Trans- 

 lations from Muswus, Tiech, and Richter. We know no 

 translations at all comparable to these for conveying to 

 the reader, not the words only, but the very spirit of the 

 Gorman originals. 



Manual of Sepulchral Memorials, by the Eev. E. Trol- 

 lope, F.S.A. An admirable collection, not only of designs 

 for monuments, but of appropriate inscriptions. Mr. 

 Trollops has paid great attention to the subject — one on 

 v.'hich the public taste requires still to be greatly im- 

 proved. 



Roman Sepulchral Inscriptions, their Rclaiioji to Archce- 

 ohrjy, Language, and Religion, by John Kenrick, M.A. 

 Tliis little volume originated in two papers read before 

 the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, and carries out verj' 

 successfiill}' its design of showing how the labours of the 

 antiquary connect themselves with the history of man- 

 ners, institutions, and opinions. 



The very curious Commonplace Book of worthy Mr ster 

 Hilles, with all its quaint illustrations of the social con- 

 dition of the times in which he flourished, to which Mr. 

 Froude has called attention in this month's Fraser, has 

 been for some time before the Camden Society with a 

 view to its publication ; and it would probably have ap- 

 peared before this, under the superintendence of a very 

 competent editor, Dr. Kimbault, but for some diflicnlty 

 in getting a transcript. 



The second and remaining portion of Dr. Bliss's exten- 

 sive library is now being dispersed by Slessrs. Sotheb^' 

 and Wilkinson. The sale commenced on Aug. 9, and 

 closes on Aug. 18. The Catalogue is a literary curiosity, 



as the books are all arranged chronologically. I. Books 

 printed at Oxford, from a.d. 1585 to 1857. II. Works 

 illustrative of Oxford and Oxfordshire. III. Versions of, 

 and Commentaries on, the Psalms of David, chronologi- 

 cally arranged. IV. Books printed in London in the 

 three years preceding' the Great Fire, in which many of 

 the copies are presumed to have been destroyed. V. 

 Characters : a most extraordinary series of Humorous 

 Publications, arranged in chronological order. On Aug. 

 19 and 20, will be sold Dr. Bliss's Collection of Autograph 

 Letters, containing the greater portion of the Ormonde 

 Correspondence; numerous historical documents temp. 

 Charles I. and Charles II.; and a collection of original 

 Charters from King John to Queen Elizabeth, with the 

 seals. 



It is rumoured in literary circles that preparations are 

 being made at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, for the 

 reception of a considerable portion of the manuscript trea- 

 sures of Sir Thomas Phillipps, of Middle Hill, Bart., 

 indisputably the tinest collection possessed by any private 

 gentleman in this kingdom. 



Many of our literary friends will miss an old familiar 

 face in the Reading Room of the British Museum. Blr. 

 John Grabbam died on IMonday last, August 9, at his 

 residence in Noel Street, Islington, aged 57. His father 

 was editor and original proprietor of the long-established 

 and still flourishing paper. The Bristol Mercury. Mr. 

 Grabbam was first employed in the British Mnsenm oa 

 March 4, 1833 ; and in 18-47, we find him as Second Super- 

 intendent. He was a good Greek and general scholar; 

 was well acquainted with the contents of the Museum 

 Library ; and ever ready to facilitate the researches of 

 literary students. 



BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 



WANTED TO rUECHASE. 



Particulars of Price, 8.C., of the following Books to be sent direct to 

 the gentleman by whom they are retiuircJ, and whose name and address 

 are yiven below. 



JIoNA ANTiQtrA Restadbata. By Rcv. H. Rowlands. Dublin. 1723. Or, 

 2nd edition, London, printed by H. King, Southampton Street, 

 Strand, I ?66. 



T.!i-'E OF Lord Lovat. By Duncan Forbes. 



VAtry's Shakspeare. Vols. I. and III. London. 1832. 



Wanted by Thos. James, Bookseller, Sontbampton. 



Glance nnntxu the Grii.l3 op Fbance. By the Author of " Flemitih 

 Interiors.** 

 Wanted by Messrs. Hell f,- BaWiu 186. Fleet Street, London, E.G. 



fO^Wtti ia Caneffpoiibeiit!*. 



W.'s Queri/ hn^ hrnufjUt- m the information that the Rescue Society has 

 sevcrai Stat iotis whe-'e young (/iris from twelve to eifjlttecn arc iiistnictnl in 

 domestic matters : and also 'of the ^t. Andrew's llome, Great Yeldham, 

 Essex, 7vhich has, amoittj other excellent objects, that of providing a 

 1 raining School for Girls intended for service. 



F.S.A. has probabhi overlooked the articles pn the commencement and 

 ending ofSundai/ in our 1st S. ix. 193. 281.; x. 38. 



Ache. Cowmr, in his Progress of Error, refers to Anthony van Lev- 

 wenhoek, a celebrated Dutch philosopher, who particularly excelled in 

 microscopical observations: he was bom at JJelft in 1632, and died 

 !723. 



K. Inglis. " The ratrlarchs," a sacred drama, is Ini Iter. TI'm. ffheji- 



herd Passing Thoughts in Verse, &c. 1854, contains a Vrologue. 



Sunqs, aud Epilogue to "' liombastes Furiosi)-- as plaijedat Mrs. '.s 



at the Charterhouse. Also a scene from Metastasio, almost literallii 

 translated. 



ERRATDM._2ndS. vi. p. 78. col. ii.Unes4G, ■17.,/jiIJrEWRIf An 

 read IrEVVRnAN. 



"Notes and QtJBRiRs" is published at noon on Friday, and is a7so 

 issiieil in RIonthly Parts. The subscription for Stamped Copirs for 

 Six MontJis forwarded direct from the I'libUshcrs (including the JIalf' 

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 favour o/'Messr^. Btl:. and Daldt, 186. Fleet Sitbebt, E.G.; to whom 

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