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“ Archbishop Tillotson’s Sale of Books 
succeeded that of Sir Charles Scarburgh, 
in about two months (1695.) The Arch- 
bishop's books were sold, together with 
the Library of Mr. Seth Mountley 
Buicle, late Master of Mercers’ School, 
London ; consisting of Hebrew, Chaldaick, 
Synack, Persick, and other Oriental 
books, with French, Italian, and Spanish, 
by C. Bateman. 
“This collection was not so numerous 
as the preceding one, but was probably 
equally valuable. In the oriental Jan- 
guages there appear to have been up- 
wards of two hundred volumes, including 
the works of Robertson and Ravis. 
- The Archkt:shop was rich in old di- 
vinity; though the ‘Critici Sacri,’ would 
not now bring the sum of eleven pounds, 
nor *L’Abbe’s Sacro-Sancta Concilia,’ 
twenty-eight pounds. 
“The most curious article in English 
History was ‘ Prynne’s Records;’ a work 
published in the years 1666-68-70, in 
three folio volumes, and of which the fire 
of London consumed the greater part of 
the copies of the first volume. This 
volume alone has of late become so scarce, 
as to produce the sum of fifty pounds and 
upwards. At Mr. Daly’s sale, in the 
year 1792, a copy of the three volumes, 
with the frontispiece complete, was sold 
for eighty pounds five shillings. The 
Archbishop’s copy produced only eight 
pounds. See Oidy’s “ British Libra- 
rian,” p. 11. : 
_ Among the Miscellanies also, must we 
elass Mr. Horne Tooxe’s “ Letter to the 
Editor of the. Times,” written in a plain 
perspicuous style: and relating to the 
events which preccded the duel between 
Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. Paull, rather 
than to the transaction itself. Mr. Paull 
is represented as having forced himself 
into the friendship of Sir Francis, with 
interested views: and is treated with a 
degree of severity which may be easily 
imagined by those who know Mr, Tooke’s 
ability in wielding the pen. We hardly 
think it calculated, bitter as it is, to do 
lajury to Mr. Paull. 
_ Our respect for the verdict of an Eng- 
lish Jury will hardly suffer us to confess 
that Mr. Harmen’s “ Documents and 
Observuiions, tending to shew a Frobuabi- 
lity of the Innocence of John Holloway, 
and Cwen Haggerty, who were executed 
as the Murderers of Mr Steele,” possess 
gn interest in their comments on the 
evidence, which we did net expect to 
sacet with, As a composition, this 
pampblet certainly does its author credit; 
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fetrospect of Domestic Literature—Miscellanies. 
though we are still inclined to believe 
that the two men were guilty. 
“« The Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sid- 
ney, with Remarks by Miss Porter,’ 
form a very interesting publication. The 
Aphorisms themselves are classed under 
different heads, and are either expanded 
or illustrated in the Remarks. . 
“ The Miseries of Human Life,” have 
been succeeded by such a swarm of simi- 
lar nonsense, that although they are not 
endless, we do not think it necessary to say 
more than that their titles will be found 
in our monthly Catalogues. We are now 
presented with “ Lhe Pleasures of Hu- 
mun Life.” 
‘There is another work which we shall 
menuon fer the benefit of the historian, 
rather than the ordinary reader. in the 
“ Catalogue of the entire Collection of 
‘Manuscripts. on Paper and Vellum, of 
the late Marquis of Lansdowne.” kt con- 
sists of two volumes, octavo. The first 
containing a detailed account of every 
individual article among the Burleigh 
papers. The second: reiating to ‘the 
Shelburne papers only. Prefixed to the 
first volume is the following Preface, 
which we transcribe as affording a curious 
History of a Collection, which, instead 
of being dispersed by an auction, will 
now be deposited entire in the British 
Museum. 
“The late Marquis of Lansdowne’s 
Manuscripts unquestionably form one 
of the noblest and most valuable private 
collections in the kingdom. They -were 
principally accumulated by the industry 
of the two celebrated collectors, “Mr. 
James West, and Mr. Phillip Carteret 
Webb, whose favourite study and amuse- 
ment it was, to procure and preserve all 
the original papers and records, which 
they could meet with, relative to the 
laws, customs, government, topography, 
and history, both civil and eeclesiastical, 
of England and Ireland. , 
“ Mr. James West's Collection in- 
cludes one hundred and fifteen volumes, 
in folio, of origmal Cecil papers, with 
materials sufhcient to make up the num- 
ber one hundred and twenty. These 
papers were bought in 1682, by Mr. . 
Richard Chiswell, a stationer of London, 
of Sir William Flickes, the great grand- 
son of Sir Michael Hickes, who. was 
Secretary both to Lord Burleigh, and to 
his son the Earl of Salisbury. They 
were afterwards sold to Mr. John Strype 
of Low Leighton, of whose Executor they 
were purchased by Mr. West. These 
Manuscripts were scarcely, if at all 
: knows 
