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KOTES AND QUERIES. 



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cinct but popular account of all the principal buildings in 

 the world ; and to show at the same time the relation 

 which they bear to each other, and to Art generally. 

 And as the volume is illustrated with nearly nine hun- 

 dred woodcuts — while the plans which form a large por- 

 tion of these are drawn upon one uniform scale — it will 

 be seen at a glance that Ferguson's Illustrated Handbook 

 of Architecture is as valuable to the architectural student, 

 as it is indispensable to the nonpx'ofessional reader who 

 desires to know something of the masterpieces of that Art 

 which gladdens our homes by its comfort, and enriches 

 our cities by its beauty. 



Rich in their panoply of green and gold, we have now 

 some of the Christmas Books inviting our notice. First 

 and foremost among these, whether we regard the Poems 

 selected for illustration, or the beauty and artistic excel- 

 lence of the illustrations themselves, is Favourite English 

 Poems of the Two last Centuries unabridged. Illustrated 

 with upwards of Two Hundred Engravi7igs on Wood, from 

 Drawings by the most Eminent Artists. Our readers may 

 ■well imagine what a dainty book has been formed from 

 the shorter masterpieces of Milton, Dryden, Pope, Collins, 

 Keats, Byron, Shelley, Coleridge, &c., illustrated bj' the 

 skilful pencillings of Cope, Creswick, Horsley, Redgrave, 

 Birket Foster, and, in short, all our best artists. It is 

 indeed a book, not for Christmas only, but for all time. 



Of the same class and character, and produced with 

 the same elegance and good taste, is a small volume — 

 The Poetical tVorks of Thomas Gray. It is most beauti- 

 fully printed, illustrated by Birket Foster, whose dainty 

 devices have been cunningly engraved by Palmer and 

 Wimperis ; and with ornamental head and tail pieces by 

 W. Harry Rogers, engraved by Evans. It is a volume 

 to delight all admirers of Gray, — and who does not ad- 

 mire the most finished Poet that ever wrote in English ? 



But these " things of beauty " are intended for grown- 

 up men and women. Our younger friends have not been 

 forgotten, and Child's Play, by E. V. B., with its nursery 

 jingles, most beautifully and fancifully illustrated by E. 

 V. B., and her charming drawings reproduced in colours, 

 will improve the taste as well as gladden the heart of 

 every child who is so fortunate as to obtain a copy. For 

 still younger children there is the Favourite Pleasure 

 Books for Voting People, with One Hundred Pictures by 

 Absolon, Wehnert, and Wier, printed in Colours. 



The books we have just noticed attract by their 

 beauty. We have now to mention one which claims at- 

 tention on the score of its literary noveltv and merit, — 

 Mrs. Gatty's Aunt Judy's Tales. Mrs. Gatty writes like 

 a wise and loving mother, with a keen perception of 



what children like, what children feel, what children can 

 understand ; and if we mistake not, the " Little Ones in 

 many Homes," to whom the book is so gracefully dedi- 

 cated, will be delighted with her Christmas Bos. The 

 book is charmingly illustrated by Miss Clara S. Lane, — 

 another member, we presume, of a family already highly 

 distinguished in the world of Art. 



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Although tve have this lueck enlarged our Kumher to twentii-einht 

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T. D. C. ire hope next week to make use qf the Manuscripts for- 

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S. M. S. TAe Memoirs of Madame de CrequyAoi'e heen proved ficti- 

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Meletes. TI'c have a letter for our coi-respondent. Where shall we 

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Menvanthes. The work is bt/ Walter Chnrleton, M.D-, entitled A 

 Brief Discourse concerning the Different Wits of Men: written at the 

 Request of a Gentleman eminent in Virtue. Learning, Fortune, in the 

 Year 1664. Our correspondent' s copy is the Second Edition. 1675. 



J. G. Morten. &. thanks this correspondent for his kind offer : but he 

 luis since been ij\formed that the original edition of Carletonrs Memoirs 

 was pitblished anonymously. 



Fmbryo Anttqctarios. For works containing lists of the Fnglish 

 bishoi)s, see *' N. & Q." 2nd S. iv. 70. 



Inquirer. The article on Joan of Arc is in the Quarterly Review, 

 Ixix. 231-329, MarcJi, 1812. /( was written by Farl Stanhope, add has 

 been republished in a separate form by Mr. Murray. 



Erratdm. — 2iid S. vi. p. 485. col. ii. 1. 10. for " Tell " read " Fill." 



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