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by a large circle of readers personally unknown to him, who had 

 learned to value his opinion, and regard him with an esteem 

 which he well deserved. 



NOTES AND QUERIES, 



The Manuscript of White's 'Selborne.'— Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson 

 and Hodge announce for sale by auction, on Friday, April 20th : — 



"Lot 1069. White (Rev. Gilbert) of Selborne. — The Natural 

 History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton. 



*** The Author's Autograph Manuscript of this famous and popular 

 work in the form of letters to Thomas Penuant and Daines Barrington, 

 first printed in 1789, and coutinually reprinted since. It comprises all the 

 letters to Thos. Pennant (44) ; the first 62 (out of 66) of those written to 

 the Hon. Daines Birrington ; 12 pages of the 'Antiquities;' 1 leaf of 

 Iudex ; 1 leaf of ■ More rare Plants observed in the parish of Selborne ' 

 (published in Bell's edition); a Poem entitled ' Selborne Hanger,' a winter- 

 piece to the Miss Batties (1 leaf); aud another, 'The Invitation: To 

 Samuel Barker, By the Rev. G. White' (2 leaves in a different hand); 

 'On the sense of Hearing in Fishes,' 2 leaves headed 'Hints but not 

 finished' (published only in Bell's edition); and a leaf iutitled 'More 

 Particulars of the old family Tortoise,' omitted in the Natural History. 

 The manuscript contains many passages not printed in the several editions, 

 and has never been out of the possession of the lineal descendants of the 

 author. At the death of Gilbert White it passed into the possession of his 

 brother Benjamin, who printed the first edition; from him to his son 

 Benjamin ; from the latter to his son the Rev. Glyd White, who bequeathed 

 it to the father of the present owner. A few sheets of the MS. are written 

 by an amanuensis, one of the author's family." 



Messrs. Sotheby & Co. will also sell in separate lots, on the same day 

 aud immediately following the "Lot" just described, eighteen autograph 

 Sermons by the Rev. Gilbert White (Lots 1070—1087), written between 

 the years 1747 and 1793 (the year of his death), and preached at Selborne 

 and other places. 



John Legg, of Market Lavington, Wilts, 1755-1802. — We are 

 indebted to the Rev. A. C. Smith, of Old Park, Devizes, for a separate 

 copy of a memoir, lately published by him in the ' Wiltshire Archaeol. and 

 Nat. Hist. Magazine,' of John Legg, whom he styles an advanced ornitholo- 

 gist of the 18th century, and whose memory until now has lain in oblivion. 

 For this neglect, it must be said, he himself was chiefly to blame; for had 

 he placed his name upon the title-page of his book instead of writing under 



