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NOTES ON BOOKS. 



An Inquiry into the Genuineness of the Manuscript Cor- 

 rections in Mr. J. Payne Collier's Annotated Shakspeare, 

 Folio, 1632; and of certain Shaltsperian Documents like- 

 wise published by Mr. Collier. By N. E. S. A. Hamilton. 

 (Bentley.) 



Embodied in the present volume we have at length the 

 charges with respect to the Old Corrector's Folio and 

 other Shaksperian Documents which Mr. Hamilton an- 

 nounced so long since as the 2nd July last. These charges 

 — and we use the term advisedl}', for in the majority of 

 cases there is little or no attempt to establish them by 

 evidence — are of so grave a character that we are sure 

 every reader of right feeling will suspend his judgment 

 upon them until he has before him Mr. Collier's explana- 

 tions. Whatever may have been the rumours in circula- 

 tion, it is clear that Mr. Collier could not reply to them 

 until they were put before the world in an authentic and 

 tangible shape. That moment has now arrived. Mr. 

 Collier's reply will, we have no doubt, be very soon in the 

 hands of the public, and we shall indeed be greatly sur- 

 prised if it does not satisfy all unprejudiced minds as to the 

 bond fides with which he has acted in all the matters in 

 question. 



The. Gem of Thorney Island ; or Historical Associations 

 connected with JFestminster Abbey. By the Rev. James 

 Ridgway, M.A. (Bell & Daldy.) 



Mr. Ridgway has entered on his self-imposed task of 

 giving a popular sketch of the early history of that 

 venerable abbey, where the greatest of England's sons in 

 arts and arms lie gathered, in an admirable spirit. Dis- 

 regarding the architectural beauties of the building, and 

 carefully abstaining from an)' expression of a theological 

 nature, Mr. Ridgway has attempted only the faithful re- 

 production of the scenes formerly enacted in our great 

 abbey church, together with such feelings, beliefs, and 

 superstitions of our ancestors as is necessary for recalling 

 vividly the memory of past events. The volume ends 

 with the funeral of Henry V. — the last monarch who 

 was buried in the Confessor's Chapel ; and we are sure 

 the readers of it will look forward with pleasure to the 

 promised continuation, which is to contain the history of 

 the sanctuar)-, and bring the narrative down to the death 

 of Edward V. 



Books Received. — 



Parochial Sermons, by H. W. Burrows, B.D. 2nd Series. 

 (J. H. Parker.) 



Full of original thought, and genuine feeling. They 

 have the ring of a good metal, and well deserve the suc- 

 cess which a " second series" implies. 



Plainspoken Words to Dr. Dodge on the Revision of the 

 Liturgy. (J. H. Parker.) 



Plainspoken indeed and humorous. Just the pamphlet 

 to lend among those of our middle classes who give an 

 ear to the different worrying schemes lor the excision of 

 old fashioned orthodox)' from our Pra3"erbook. 



A Review of the Literary History of Germany from the 

 Earliest Period to the beginning of the Nineteenth Century. 

 By Gustav Soiling. (Williams & Norgate.) 



A rapid sketch of the history of German literature, ac- 

 companied by such literary references and bibliographical 

 notes as are calculated to render it alike acceptable and 

 useful to students. 



Memoirs, Journals, and Correspondence of Thomas Moore. 

 Edited and abridged from the Edition by Lord John Rus- 

 sell. Part 11. (Longman.) 



The present Part, which brings down Moore's life to 

 IS 1 8, is illustrated with an admirable portrait of Lord 

 J.ihn Russell. 



Routledge's Illustrated Natural History. By Rev. J. G. 

 Wood. Part XL (Routledge.) 



The present Part, which is chiefly devoted to Seals and 

 Whales, well sustains the character of the work for 

 amusing information and capital woodcuts. 



Shakspeuian Discovery. — We are credibly informed, 

 that the Master of the Rolls has recently found, enclosed 

 in some old Chapter House hassocks, a collection of 

 valuable manuscript documents relating to Shakspeare, 

 from which it would appear that certain papers in the 

 custody of a Puritan descendant of the great poet were 

 not destroyed, as was generally supposed. These inter- 

 esting relics seem to have become the property of Lady 

 Elizabeth Barnard, the dramatist's grandchild and heir. 

 Arrangements have been made for their immediate pub- 

 lication. 



BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 



WANTED TO PrjBCrjASE. 



Particulars of Price, &c.,of the following Books to be sent direct to 

 the gentlemen by whom they are required, and whose names and ad- 

 dresses are given for that purpose. 



Manning and Bray's Surrey. Fol. Only Vol. III. 

 Ironside's Histoky and Antiquities of Twickbnham. 4to. 1797. 

 Strickland's Querns of England. Vol. I. Svo. 1853. 

 Oxoniana. Only Vol. IV. 



Wanted by Mr. J. 1'eowell, 13. Myddelton Place, E.C. 



Any small copies of IL B. Virginis before 1600. 

 Volumes II. or III. of Burney's History of Mnsic. 



Wanted by Rev. J. Jackson, 5. Chatham Place East, Hackney, N.E. 



Part of this Rummer's Traveis, or News from Hell, Hull, and Hali- 

 fax, &a, by John Taylor the Water Poet. Imprinted by J. O. 12mo. 



A Short Sketch of the Life of Mr. Foster Powell, the Great 

 Pedestrian. London. Svo. No date, but printed for H. R. Westley, 

 Strand. With portrait by Harlow. 11 pages only. 



Tnp. Yorkshire Musical Miscellany, comprising an Elegant Selection 

 Set to Music. Halifax. Printed by E. Jacobs. 8vo. 1800. 



Wanted by Edward Hailstone, Esq., Horton Hall, Bradford. 



Picinelli Mundcs Symboltoos. 2 Vols, in 1. Colon. 1695. Folio. 

 Alstedii Theologia Naturalis. Hanov. 162.1. 4to. 

 Sir P. Sidney's Works. Any edition from 1629 to 1725, the last especi- 

 ally. 

 A Kempis. Translated by Payne, and published by Dove. 

 Tracts for the Times, No. 89. 



IIallam's Literature. 2nd Edition. Vols. II. and III. 

 Hole's Remarks on the Arabian Nights. 1797. 

 Willett's Memoir of Hawarden Parish, Flintshire. Chester. 



1822. 



Wanted by Rev. W. West, Hawarden, Flintshire. 



$nt£rc3 to CartrSpoitrjentS. 



FrrzHnr-KlKSM referred to our 2nd S. vol. iii. pp. 428. 496. for an ac- 

 count o/Mary Toft. 



Frank. A few years since Bumstead of HoU'orn published a Cata- 

 logue of Books on Magic; andsorne thirty or forty years since Denlcy of 

 Catherine Street, Strand, issued several which are highly curious. 



Studens is thanked, but has been anticipated. 



Senescens. The tradition of Bayard's Leap has been given jaourlstS. 



vi. 600 The antecedents of the sign in the old North Road, we stispect, 



are not highly respectable, so that we must not hazard an explanation. 



Z. The Rev. Joseph Prendergast, D.D. was of Queen's College, Cam- 

 bridge, and Head Master of Lewisham school. 



Answers to other correspondents in our next. 



Errata.— 2nd S. ix. p. 85. col. ii. 1. 21. for "almaign" read " al- 

 moign ;" p. 95. col. ii. note, fur " Willis" read "Wallis ; " p. 104. col. i. 

 1. Sb.for " ffirivSi " read 'VmySe." 



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