Retrospect of Domestic Literature—Miscellanies. 
* The Letters of Mrs. EvizaBpeTH 
Montacue,” have undoubtedly strong 
claims to notice. 
lunes only have been published, com- 
prising the earlier portion of her corres- 
pondence. They exhibit evident traits 
of a verycultivated mind: with sallies of 
wit rarely found in persons of so young 
an age as Mrs. Montague was when 
the greater part of her letters were 
written. 
At the close of our Pe oenech on 
account of its late appearance, we place 
the first volume of the Typographical 
Antiquities, or the History of Printing 
tn England, Scotland, and Ireland ; con- 
taining Memoirs of our ancient Printers, 
and a "Register of the Books printed by 
them. Begun by the late Joseph Ames, 
FR. and 7A S.S. considerably augment- 
ed by William Herbert ot Cheshunt, 
Herts; and now. greatly enlarged with 
copious Notes, and tilustrated with appro- 
priate Engravings; comprehending the 
Fiustory of English Tiierature, and a 
View of the Progress of the Art ‘of En- 
graving in Great Britain: by the Rev. 
"Tuomas Frocnatt Dispin. A’ work 
of great utility to the general cause of 
learning. 
“ The great quantity of introductory 
matter, (says Mr. Dibdin in his adver- 
tisement,) and the appearance of only 
one printer, in the ensuing pages, may 
excite an apprehension that the work 
will be extended considerably beyond 
the limits originally assigned to it, 
and that, in consequence, the subscri- 
bers, Gr they choosé to continue their 
support) will be burthened with an ex- 
pence which they had no intention of 
incurring. But, copious as may be 
the manner in which the works printed 
‘by Caxton have been described, and nu- 
merous as may be the engraved illustra- 
tions to this and the followme volumes, 
the Editor has no fear of subjecting his 
subscribers to the inconvenicnce Just 
anticipated.” 
The following are the general contents 
of the volume: I. Ames’s Preface. IL. 
Memoirs of Ames. IILf. Herbert’s Pre- 
face. IV.-Some “Account of - Herbert. 
V. Preliminary Disquisition. VI. Some 
Account of the life of Caston. VIE. 
Books printed by Caxton. VIII. Sup- 
plement. IX. Index. In‘a Note ‘to 
the Memoirsof Ames we have. a short 
Life of Mr. Gough. 
In Mr. Dibdin’s Preliminary aha: 
tion we have a faithful outline of the ear- 
ly Progress-of the Arts of Engraving and 
** Montuty Mac. No, 194. 
At present, two vo- 
669 
Printing i in England: accompanied by 
some of the most cerrect and beautiful 
specimens of modern wood-cutting, i 
initation of the ancient, which we ee 
almost ever seen. The initial Letter 
with the Portrait of Queen Elizabeth de- 
serves the highest commendation. 
The Account of the Life of Carton, 
partly founded upon Lewis's, but correct= 
ed, and sing sue enriched, formas the 
portion of the volume which "immediate- 
ly follows. In this Memoir Mr. Dibdir 
has drawn into one Pee of view, what- 
ever could be gathered trom our Pricer S 
own works. We extract. the tityes of 
the different books printed by Caxton, 
from the alphabetical list at the end; 
accompanied in the volume by their sup- 
posed degrees of rarity. 
Accidence - - - No Date 
/Esop SNS ee eg pam 1484 
Arthur, Historiesof  -  - 1485 
Ballad, Fragment of - No Date 
Blanchardine and Pie be ' Ditto 
Boetius - - - Ditto 
Book of divers. Ghostly matters Ditto 
of Good Manners - 1487 
for Travellers  - = 1487 
Cato Magnus - - - 1483 
Cato Parvus - - - No Date 
Charles the Great ——- : 1485 
Chastising of God’s Children No Date 
Chaucer's Book of Fame - Ditto 
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales -~ Ditto 
- Ditto - - Ditto 
Troilus and Cresseide Ditto 
—— Minor Wor.xs with 
Lydgates = - - Ditto 
Chess, Game of ~ - 1474 
—— ~ ~ No Date 
Chivalry, Fait OF Armsand - 1489 
- Order of - ~ 1484 
Chronicle of Balen, &c, “1480 
Cordial - - 1480 
Craft to know dell to Tie - 1490 
Curial of Alain Chartier - No Date 
Dictes of the Philosophers - 1477 
De Fide & Cantu, &c. - ~ No Date 
Directorium Sacerdotum - Ditto 
Doctrinal of Sapience - 1489 
Edward the Confessour - qu? 
Godfrey of Boulogne. -~ 1481 
Golden Legend - - - 1483 
Gower’s Contessio Amantis’ ~ - 1483 
Hore - at gine igi ae (aN aEe 
Faso, wigs) eb ie Pcie a ein V2 (Fn) 
Infancia Salvatoris. = No Date 
‘Katherine of Sienne - - Ditto 
‘Knight of the Tower ~ - 1484. 
Liber Festialis ~ BE She 1483 
‘Life of our Lady | - - No Date 
Saint Wenefrid . ~ ~ Ditto 
4k " Lom- 
