APPENDIX.

(A.)
ST PIRAN—PERRAN ZABULOE.

“It is rather a curious circumstance,” says Davies Gilbert, “that the word Zabuloe added to Perran, for the distinction of this parish, is not Celtic, but through the French sable, from sabulum, a word frequently used by Pliny, as indicative of sand or gravel.

“The encroachments of the sand have caused no less than three churches to be built, after considerable intervals of time, in this parish. The last was commenced in 1804; and in this year, (1835,) a building has been discovered more ancient than the first of these churches, and not improbably the oratory of St Perran himself. The length of this chapel within the walls is 25 feet, without, 30 feet; the breadth within, 12½ feet; and the height of the walls the same.

“At the eastern end is a neat altar of stone covered with lime, 4 feet long, by 2½ feet wide, and 3 feet high. Eight inches above the centre of the altar is a recess in the wall, where probably stood a crucifix; and on the north side of the altar is a small doorway, through which the priest may have entered. Out of the whole length, the chancel extended exactly 6 feet. In the centre of what may be termed the nave, in the south wall, occurs a round arched doorway, highly ornamented. The building is, however, without any trace of window; and there is only one small opening, apparently for the admission of air.

“The discovery has excited much curiosity throughout the neighbourhood; which has, unfortunately, manifested itself by the demolition of everything curious in this little oratory, to be borne away as relics.”—Gilbert.

“Very little is known concerning the saint who has given his name to the three Perrans. He is, however, held in great veneration, and esteemed the patron of all Cornwall, or, at least, of the mining district.”—Hals.

(B.)
THE DISCOVERER OF TIN.

By an anachronism of fifteen hundred years or more, St Perran was considered as the person who first found tin; and this conviction induced the miners to celebrate his day, the 5th of March, with so much hilarity, that any one unable to guide himself along the road has received the appellation of a Perraner; and that, again, has been most unjustly reflected as a habit on the saint.

“It may here be worthy of remark, that, as the miners impute the discovery of tin to St Perran, so they ascribe its reduction from the ore, in a large way, to an imaginary person, St Chiwidden; but chi-wadden is white house, and must, therefore, mean a smelting or blowing house, where the black ore of tin is converted into a white metal.

“A white cross on a black ground was formerly the banner of St Perran, and the standard of Cornwall; probably with some allusion to the black ore and the white metal of tin.”—Gilbert.

A college, dedicated to St Perran, once stood in the parish of St Kevern, (Dugdale’s “Monasticon,” vol. vi., p. 1449.) This probably had some connexion with Perran Uthnoe. The shrine of St Perran was in that parish, which is said to have contained his head, and other relics.

Lysons quotes a deed in the registry of Exeter, shewing the great resort of pilgrims hither in 1485.

In the will of Sir John Arundell, 1433, occurs this bequest:—“Item, lego ad usum parochie S’c’i’ Pyerani in Zabulo, ad clandendum capud S. Pierani honorificè et meliori modo quo sciunt xls.”—Collectanea Topogr. et Geneal., vol. iii p. 392.

For a full examination of the question, Did the Phœnicians trade with Britain for tin? the following works should be consulted:—“History of Maritime and Inland Discovery,” by W. D. Cooley; “Historical Survey of the Astronomy of the Ancients,” by Sir George Cornewall Lewis; “Commerce and Navigation of the Ancients,” by W. Vincent, D.D.; “Phœnicia,” by John Kenrick, M.A.; “The Cassiterides: an Inquiry into the Commercial Operations of the Phœnicians in Western Europe, with particular Reference to the British Tin Trade,” by George Smith, LL.D., F.A.S.

(C.)
ST NEOT.

The following account of this celebrated saint, as given by Mr Davies Gilbert, will not be without interest:—

“Multitudes flocked to him from all parts. He founded a monastery, and repaired to Rome for a confirmation, and for blessing at the hands of the Pope; these were readily obtained. He returned to his monastery, where frequent visits were made to him by King Alfred, on which occasions he admonished and instructed the great founder of English liberty; and finally quitted this mortal life on the 31st of July, about the year 883, in the odour of sanctity so unequivocal that travellers all over Cornwall were solaced by its fragrance. Nor did the exertions of our saint terminate with his existence on earth; he frequently appeared to King Alfred, and sometimes led his armies in the field. But, if the tales of these times are deserving of any confidence, the nation is really and truly indebted to St Neot for one of the greatest blessings ever bestowed on it. To his advice, and even to his personal assistance as a teacher, we owe the foundation by Alfred of the University at Oxford.

“The relics of St Neot remained at his monastery in Cornwall till about the year 974, when Earl Alric, and his wife Ethelfleda, having founded a religious house at Eynesbury, in Huntingdonshire, and being at a loss for some patron saint, adopted the expedient of stealing the body of St Neot; which was accordingly done, and the town retains his name, thus feloniously obtained, up to this time. The monastery in Cornwall continued feebly to exist, after this disaster, through the Saxon times; but, having lost its palladium, it felt the ruiner’s hand; and, almost immediately after the Norman Conquest, it was finally suppressed. Yet the memory of the local saint is still cherished by the inhabitants of the parish and of the neighbourhood—endeared, perhaps, by the tradition of his diminutive stature, reduced, in their imagination, to fifteen inches of height; and to these feelings we, in all probability, owe the preservation of the painted glass, the great decoration of this church, and one of the principal works of art to be seen in Cornwall.”—Gilbert’s Hist Corn., vol. iii. p. 262.

(D.)
THE SISTERS OF GLEN-NEOT.

BY THE REV. R. S. HAWKER OF MORWENSTOW.

It is from Neot’s sainted steep

The foamy waters flash and leap;

It is where shrinking wild-flowers grow,

They lave the nymph that dwells below!

But wherefore in this far-off dell,

The reliques of a human cell?

Where the sad stream and lonely wind

Bring Man no tidings of their kind!

Long years agone! the old man said,

’Twas told him by his grandsire dead,

One day two ancient sisters came,

None there could tell their race or name.

Their speech was not in Cornish phrase,

Their garb had marks of loftier days;

Slight food they took from hands of men,

They wither’d slowly in that glen.

One died! the other’s shrunken eye

Gush’d till the fount of tears was dry;

A wild and wasting thought had she—

“I shall have none to weep for me!”

They found her silent at the last,

Bent in the shape wherein she pass’d—

Where her lone seat long used to stand,

Her head upon her shrivell’d hand!

Did fancy give this legend birth?

The grandame’s tale for winter-hearth,

Or some dead bard, by Neot’s stream,

People these banks with such a dream?

We know not! but it suits the scene,

To think such wild things here have been;

What spot more meet could grief or sin

Choose at the last to wither in?

Echoes of Old Cornwall.

(E.)
MILLINGTON OF PENGERSWICK.

In the reign of Henry VIII., one Militon, or Millington, appears to have purchased Pengerswick Castle. This Millington is said to have retired into the solitude of this place on account of a murder which he had committed. (Mr Wilkie Collins appears to have founded his novel of “Basil” on this tradition.) In all probability a very much older story is adapted to Mr Millington. So far from his being a recluse, we learn of his purchasing St Michael’s Mount, “whose six daughters and heirs invested their husbands and purchasers therewith.”

That Millington was a man of wealth, and that large possessions were held by his family, is sufficiently evident. St Michael’s Mount appears to have been “granted at first for a term of years to different gentlemen of the neighbourhood. To Millington, supposed of Pengerswick, in Breage; to Harris, of Kenegie, in Gulval; and, perhaps jointly with Millington, to a Billett or Bennett.”—Hals.

(F.)
SARACEN.

The term Saracen is always now supposed to apply to the Moors. This is not exactly correct. Percy, for example, in his “Essay on the Ancient Minstrels,” says, “The old metrical romance of ‘Horn Child,’ which, although from the mention of Saracens, &c., it must have been written, at least, after the First Crusade, in 1096, yet, from its Anglo-Saxon language or idiom, can scarcely be dated later than within a century after the Conquest.” I think this ballad, and several others of an early date, prove the application of this term to some Oriental people previous to the Crusades. Soldàin, soldàn, regarded as a corruption of sultan,—

“Whoever will fight yon grimme soldàn,

Right fair his meede shall be,”—

is clearly a much older term, applied to any grim Eastern tyrant, and especially to the Oriental giants. It would not be a difficult task to shew that the word Saracen, as used in Cornwall,—“Atal Saracen!” “Oh, he’s a Saracen!” &c., was applied to the foreigners who traded with this county for tin—at a very early period.

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Dictionary of the Oldest Words in the English LANGUAGE, from the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300; consisting of an Alphabetical Inventory of Every Word found in the printed English Literature of the 13th Century, by the late HERBERT COLERIDGE, Secretary to the Philological Society. 8vo, neat half-morocco.

An invaluable work to historical students and those interested in linguistic pursuits. “The present publication may be considered as the foundation-stone of the Historical and Literary Portion” of the great English Dictionary now in preparation by the Philological Society. “Explanatory and etymological matter has been added, which, it is hoped, may render the work more generally interesting and useful than could otherwise have been the case.”

HERALDRY OF WALES.

Only 50 copies printed, in marvellous facsimile, 4to, on old Welsh paper, half-morocco, 12s. 6d.,

Display of Herauldry of the particular Coat Armours now in Use in the Six Counties of North Wales, and several others Elsewhere; with the Names of the Families, whereby any Man knowing from what Family he is descended may know his particular Arms. By JOHN REYNOLDS, of Oswestry, Antiquarian; with nearly one hundred Coat Armours blazoned in the old style. Chester, printed 1739.

From a Unique Copy, of priceless value to the lover of Heraldry and Genealogy. The work on Welsh Family History issued privately by this author in the same year is comparatively common, yet copies of this have realised twenty guineas. A few copies have been taken off in marvellous facsimile, on old Welsh paper. They have cost more than the price asked. The owner challenges any facsimile-expert or artist in this country or elsewhere to produce anything more like unto a veritable old book than this. Photozincography is a shallow pretence when compared with it.

WINDOW TRACERY IN ENGLAND.

8vo, 300 pages, published at £1 1s., only 7s. 6d.,

Freeman’s (Ed., M.A., Author of the “History of Architecture”) Origin and Development of Window Tracery in England; with nearly 400 Illustrations.

Originally issued by Mr. Parker of Oxford, to whom the antiquarian world is indebted for so many admirable works on ancient architecture. This work gives an interesting and minute account of the most beautiful or remarkable windows existing in old English churches, castles, family mansions, in every county of England and Wales.

Fun (the Comic Weekly Journal and Rival to Punch). A Complete Set from its Commencement in September, 1861, to September, 1864. 6 vols., 4to, hundreds of humorous woodcuts, fancy boards (sells 27s.), 18s.

Contains many very clever cartoons and comic woodcuts by Mathew Morgan, one of the most notable of our rising caricaturists.

Forster and Foster Family. Some Account of the PEDIGREE of the FORSTERS of Cold Hesledon, in the County Palatine of Durham. Also, the Fosters of other parts of England. By JOSEPH FOSTER. 4to, exquisitely printed on fine tinted paper, with Emblazoned Coat Armour of the Family of Forster, or Foster. 12s. 6d. Sunderland, printed 1862.

Privately Printed for the Family, and only a very few copies. The information supplied is of the most reliable character, and just the kind that one desires to know respecting departed worthies. A capital Index concludes the volume.

AN ENTIRELY NEW BOOK OF DELIGHTFUL FAIRY TALES.

Now ready, square 12mo, handsomely printed on toned paper, in cloth, green and gold, price 4s. 6d. plain, 5s. 6d. coloured (by post, 6d. extra),

Family Fairy Tales; or, Glimpses of Elfland at Heatherston Hall. Edited by CHOLMONDELEY PENNELL, Author of “The Naturalist Angler,” “Puck on Pegasus,” &c., adorned with beautiful Pictures of “My Lord Lion,” “King Uggermugger,” and other great folks.

CONTENTS.

⁂ This charming volume of Original Tales has been universally praised by the critical press. From a great many reviews the following notices are selected:—

“When children have grown weary of boisterous play, and settled down on chair and footstool and rug, round the brightly-glowing fire, Mr. Cholmondeley Pennell’s ‘Fairy Tales’ will make their influence felt; cheering them up to renew their joyous laughter, and eventually sending them to bed with a store of droll fancies and pretty thoughts—thoughts and fancies which they will think about as they fall asleep, and dream about as they wake up on the following morning.”—Athenæum.

“They fully deserve the care which has preserved them, and in their present dress will afford amusement at the fireside at which they may be read. We may instance in particular the story of ‘The Blue Fish’ as one of the best Fairy Tales we have seen. The collection is excellent; the illustrations good.”—London Review.

“The tales are of the most charming kind we have read for a long time, and, we have no doubt, will cheer many a fireside. Our author is as tender as he is quaint and humorous, and seems to have imbibed the true spirit of fairy and legendary lore. The illustrations have our heartiest admiration. Miss Edwards works with a pencil as graceful as it is facile.”—Reader.

In fcap. 8vo, cloth, price 3s. 6d., beautifully printed,

Gog and Magog; or, the History of the Guildhall Giants. With some Account of the Giants which Guard English and Continental Cities. By F. W. FAIRHOLT, F.S.A.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOOD BY THE AUTHOR, COLOURED AND PLAIN.

⁂ The critiques which have appeared upon this amusing little work have been uniformly favourable. The Athenæum pronounces it a perfect model of successful antiquarian exposition, readable from the first line to the last. The Art Journal devotes a considerable space to the little work, and congratulates the author upon his success. The Leader contributes two full pages of eulogy. The Builder directs its readers to purchase it. The Critic says, in a long article, that it thoroughly explains who these old Giants were, the position they occupied in popular mythology, the origin of their names, and a score of other matters, all of much interest in throwing a light upon fabulous portions of our history.

Genealogy and Family History. Stemmata CHICHELEANA; or, A Genealogical Account of the Families derived from Thos. Chichele, of Higham Ferrars, Northamptonshire. Oxford, 1765. With the Rare Supplement, so often wanting, containing Corrections and Very Large Additions, Oxford, 1775. 2 vols. in 1, 4to. Plates of monuments, uncut, beautifully preserved, with rough edges, 17s. 6d.

⁂ Privately printed, compiled by Dr. Benj. Buckler. The 2 vols. contain over 700 carefully-prepared Tables of Descents, Pedigrees, and Genealogies of Families of the Nobility and Gentry, in which may be found traces of the blood of Thos. Chichele, of Higham Ferrars [obit. A.D. 1400], all of whom are entitled to become candidates for Fellowships at All Souls’ College, Oxford, by virtue of their consanguinity to Archbishop Chichele, the founder.

This work has long been scarce, the supplement extremely so, and has generally brought at auctions upwards of £2. Mr. Hotten having fortunately lighted upon a few copies which had lain unnoticed in an old warehouse, bought them in one lot, and is thus enabled to offer them so much below their intrinsic value. Amongst the pedigrees occur the descendants of the Tracey, Digby, Shirley, Knatchbull, Dering, Chennock, Sheldon, Bertie, Ferrers, Anstis, Stonor, Montagu, Symen, Lynch, Wild, Kent, and hundreds of other old English Families.

“FAIRY BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.”

Grimm’s Goblins; the Best Legends of all Nations and Languages. Upwards of 350 Stories, with Woodcuts and Pictures printed in Colours by “Phiz” (Hablot K. Browne). 4to, fancy boards (published at 5s.), offered at 2s. 6d.

Unsurpassed by any other Book for Children in its Variety of Amusing Stories. The Illustrations, by H. K. Browne, are mostly printed in Colours by Edmund Evans, and are singularly clever and striking.

Gray’s Poems, square 12mo, the Classical Edition, very exquisitely Illustrated with Views by Birket Foster, and delightful little vignettes by Harry Rogers (sells at 5s.), 3s. 6d. only.

A perfect gem. It is, perhaps, the most elegant little volume of the kind produced in the present century.

Gustave Doré. La Legende de Croque-Mitaine Recueillie par Ernest L’Epine. 4to. Illustrated with nearly 200 Marvellous, Extravagant, and Fantastic Woodcuts. By GUSTAVE DORE, 19s. 6d.

In this mad volume Doré has surpassed all his former efforts. The illustrations are, without exception, the most wonderful ever put into a book.

Homeri Ilias et Odyssea. 2 vols. The Exquisite Diamond Type Edition, 48mo (sells at 12s.), only 2s. 6d.

Artistically bound in morocco, with exquisite taste and neatness, 21s.; or, with the sides delicately tooled, 25s.

Hair, Whiskers, Beard, Mustaches, &c. The Whole ART OF HAIR-DRESSING, with ample rules for ladies, women, valets; directions for persons to dress their own hair, false hair, perfumery, &c.; by James Stewart, the Truefitt of George III.’s time. 8vo, pp. 435, 3s. 6d. only.

With ten most curious Engravings of Beauties and Fashionable Beaux of the time, showing the extraordinary Headdresses, Topknots, Pigtails, Love-curls, Wigs, &c., then worn.

Halliwell’s (J. O., F.R.S.) Notes of Family Excursions IN NORTH WALES, taken from Rhyl, Abergele, Llandudno, and Bagnor, small 4to, pp. 231, very choicely printed, 3s. 6d. Chiswick Press, 1860.

Only a very limited number of copies have been privately printed by the accomplished author. A better man could not have been selected to visit the Northern part of the ancient Principality for the purpose of writing a readable book, descriptive of its glorious scenery, Traditions, Folk-lore, and Natural Antiquities. All the Ancient Wells, Castles, Old Houses, Hills, Waterfalls, Caves, Cromlechs, and Druidical Remains are described. We have, also, some curious particulars about those venerable countrymen of ours, the old British Giants. Ancient Legends and Fairy Tales are also given, together with interesting particulars of the various ascents of Snowdon. It is an interesting book, and should be offered at 10s. 6d. instead of the 3s. 6d. now asked. Only a few copies remain.

THE BEST GUIDE TO HERALDRY.

Heraldry, Historical and Popular. By Charles BOUTELL, M.A. Demy 8vo, with 750 Illustrations, 9s. 6d.

“All the devices blazoned on the shield

In their own tinct.”—Idylls of the King.

It is the aim of this Manual to inquire into the true character and right office of Heraldry, and to describe and illustrate both its action in past times in England, and its present condition as it is in use amongst ourselves.

In the great and general Art Revival of our own times, Heraldry now appears to be in the act of vindicating its title to honourable recognition as an Art-Science, that may be agreeably as well as advantageously studied, and very happily adapted in its practical application to the existing condition of things.

Pp. 336, handsomely printed, cloth extra, price 3s. 6d.,

Holidays with Hobgoblins; or, Talk of Strange Things. By DUDLEY COSTELLO. With Humorous Engravings by George Cruikshank.

Amongst the chapters may be enumerated:—

Now ready, handsomely printed, price 1s. 6d.,

Hints on Hats, adapted to the Heads of the People, by HENRY MELTON, of Regent-street. With curious Woodcuts of the various styles of Hats worn at different periods.

Anecdotes of eminent and fashionable personages are given, and a fund of interesting information relative to the History of Costume and change of tastes may be found scattered through its pages.

This day, handsomely bound, pp. 550, price 7s. 6d.,

History of Playing Cards, with Anecdotes of their Use in Ancient and Modern Games, Conjuring, Fortune-telling, and Card-Sharping. Edited by the late Rev. Ed. S. Taylor, B.A., and others. With Sixty curious Illustrations on toned paper.

With Anecdotes of

“A highly-entertaining volume.”—Morning Post.

This most amusing work, introducing the reader to a curious chapter of our social history, gives an interesting account, replete with anecdotes, of the most popular and widely-known pastime which has ever been invented by man for his amusement. A more instructive and entertaining book could not be taken in hand for a pleasant hour’s reading.

Hone’s Every-Day Book and Table Book; or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, incident to each of the 365 Days in Past and Present Times:—Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information, forming a complete History of the Year, and a perpetual Key to the Almanack, together four very thick vols. 8vo, with seven hundred and thirty woodcuts, new cloth, good paper (sells at 34s.), only 24s. The same in half calf, neat, 36s.

One of the most delightful works that can be imagined for half-hour readings. Wm. Hone was one of the very few authors who could invest generally dry subjects with a peculiar charm that made them readable.

How to See Scotland; or, a Fortnight in the Highlands for £6. Price 1s.

A plain and practical guide.

Hunter’s (Rev. Jos., Historian of Yorkshire) Hallamshire GLOSSARY. Wm. Pickering. 1829. Crown 8vo, cloth, 5s. 6d.

This book may serve as a model to all intending glossarists. Copies have long been scarce. In the Appendices are contained reprints of “Ray’s Catalogue of Words heard in the West Ridinq of Yorkshire, 1718,” and “Watson’s Vocabulary of Uncommon Words used in Halifax.”

Horace. The Exquisite Diamond Type Edition. 48mo. Dedicated to Lord Spencer (sells at 6s.), only 1s. 6d.

Artistically bound in morocco, with exquisite taste and neatness, 10s. 6d.; or, with the sides delicately tooled, 12s. 6d.

Horatii Opera. Didot’s Exquisite Edition, in small but very legible type, with numerous most beautiful Photographs from Paintings by M. Barrias, with Views of Horace’s Villa, and the various spots immortalised in his Poems. 30s.

Bound in the finest polished morocco, exquisitely finished and gilt, 45s.; or, with elaborately-tooled sides, after an ancient pattern, 55s.

The archæological part is from an actual survey of the localities by Benouville. This little Volume is the most beautiful edition of Horace ever Published.

EVERY HOUSEKEEPER SHOULD POSSESS A COPY.

Now ready, in cloth, price 2s. 6d., by post, 2s. 8d., the

Housekeeper’s Assistant; a Collection of the most valuable Recipes, carefully written down for future use, by Mrs. B——, during her forty years’ active service.

⁂ As much as two guineas has been paid for a copy of this invaluable little work.

“Truly a ‘Housekeeper’s Assistant.’ We should think the little book would very quickly find a place in all the housekeepers’ rooms in the country. No instructions appear to be given but those which are of the greatest service to persons in the charge of family arrangements.”—Illustrated News.

Jeffery’s (Fred. J.) Genealogical Chart (Enlarged), showing all the Branches of the House of Oldenburg, commonly styled Schleswig-Holstein, now living and occupying the Thrones of Denmark, Russia, Oldenburg, and Greece, and formerly those of Sweden and Norway. Price 1s. 6d.

An interesting Genealogical elucidation of the recent Danish difficulty. The typography is exquisite, and by the adoption of variously-coloured inks, the whole of this difficult question—in its genealogical aspect—is laid plainly before the eye of the student.

THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF JOE MILLER’S JESTS. 1739.

Joe Miller’s Jests; or, the Wit’s Vade Mecum, being a Collection of the most Brilliant Jests, the politest Repartees, the most elegant Bons Mots, and most pleasant short Stories in the English Language. An interesting specimen of remarkable facsimile, 8vo. half morocco, old Dutch paper sides, price 9s. 6d. London: printed by T. Read, 1739.

The book is well known, or rather the Jests are, for the veritable first edition of Joe Miller is one of the rarest books in the English language. With regard to the contents of Joe Miller’s Jests, the plain-spoken words are neither better nor worse than those in any other similar collection of the period. It is to be regretted that the author did not employ expressions a little less coarse than he has done: his wit and pungency, however, it is impossible to deny. Only a very few copies of this humorous book have been reproduced.

Letters of the Marchioness Broglio Solari, one of the Maids of Honour to the Princess Lamballe, &c.; with a Sketch of her Life, and Recollections of Celebrated Characters. Fcap. 8vo, beautifully printed by Whittingham, price 2s. (Intended to have been sold at 5s.)

The Marchioness Broglio Solari was the natural grand-daughter of Lord Hyde Clarendon, and consequently one of the collateral branches of the Queens Mary and Anne, and their grandfather, the great Chancellor of England. She played an important part in the French Revolution; was the friend of Emperors and Princes; was intimately acquainted with George the Fourth, Burke, Sheridan, Madame de Staël, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Sir H. Davy, Paganini, &c., of most of whom she gives characteristic anecdotes. The Marchioness endured many troubles, was robbed of her fortune, and for some time obtained her living as an actress at the theatres of London and Dublin. This work was published by an intimate friend, and the entire impression (with the exception of a few copies) passed into the hands of the family. It is believed that only 150 copies were printed. The book (by those who know of its existence) has always been considered as a suppressed work.

Linley’s (Geo., the Song-Writer) Modern Hudibras; a Poem, in Three Cantos. 8vo, 4s.

A rattling satirical poem, the title to which gives a very fair idea of its nature. Social abuses, the sighs and groans of gentility, the trickeries of literature, the cash-prices of art and musical criticisms, and a score of other subjects engage his satirical pen.

Now ready, 8vo, price 1s.,

List of British Plants. Compiled and Arranged by ALEX. MORE, F.L.S.

This comparative List of British Plants was drawn up for the use of the country botanist, to show the differences in opinion which exist between different authors as to the number of species which ought to be reckoned within the compass of the Flora of Great Britain.

Second Edition, fcap. 8vo, neatly printed (price 1s.), only 9d.,

Macaulay, the Historian, Statesman, and Essayist: Anecdotes of his Life and Literary Labours, with some Account of his Early and Unknown Writings.

The fine paper edition, cloth, neat, with a Photographic Portrait (the only one known to have been taken) by Maull and Polyblank (price 2s. 6d.), a few copies only at 1s. 6d.

⁂ Includes Anecdotes of Sydney Smith, Moore, Rogers, and Lord Jeffrey: and gives numerous examples of Lord Macaulay’s extraordinary memory and great powers of conversation.

Map of Munster (1560-80), including “ye cyties Corke, Lymeryke, Waterforde,” &c., 2 feet square, with both the Old English and Irish Names. Coloured Facsimile, giving very minutely all the Places. 4s. 6d.

Now ready, price 5s.; by post, on roller, 5s. 4d.,

Magna Charta. An Exact Facsimile of the Original Document, preserved in the British Museum, very carefully drawn, and printed on fine plate paper, nearly 3 feet long by 2 wide, with the Arms and Seals of the Barons elaborately emblazoned in Gold and Colours. A.D. 1215.

Copied by express permission, and the only correct drawing of the Great Charter ever taken. This important memorial of the liberties and rights of Englishmen is admirably adapted for framing, and would hang with propriety from the walls of every house in the country. As a guarantee to the purchaser that the facsimile is exact, the publisher need only state that Sir Frederick Madden has permitted copies to hang for public inspection upon the walls of the Manuscript Department in the British Museum. It was executed by Mr. Harrison, under whose auspices the splendid work on the Knights of the Garter was produced some years ago. Handsomely framed and glazed, in carved oak, of an antique pattern, 22s. 6d. It is uniform with the “Roll of Battle Abbey.”

A Full Translation, with Notes, has just been prepared, price 6d. It has been very beautifully printed on a large sheet of tinted paper by Messrs. Whittingham and Wilkins. It may be framed and hung beside the original, or can be pasted at the back, according to the taste of the purchaser.

Map of Ireland, 1567. Facsimile of an extremely curious and interesting old Map, about 2 feet square, giving the Names of the different Tribes, Towns, Villages, Castles, &c., with the Names and Territories of the various great Landed Proprietors in those days; also the Coats of Arms of the old Irish Nobles. 4s. 6d.

PRIVATELY PRINTED HISTORY OF THE MILLAIS FAMILY.

Millais Family, the Lineage and Pedigree of, recording its History from 1331 to 1865, by J. BERTRAND PAYNE, with Illustrations from Designs by the Author. Folio, exquisitely printed on toned paper, with the following Etchings, &c., price 28s.:—

Of this beautiful volume only sixty copies have been privately printed for presents to the several members of the family. The work is magnificently bound in blue and gold, the Fleur-de-lys and eight-pointed star ornamenting the sides in gilt. These are believed to be the only etchings of an Heraldic character ever designed and engraved by the distinguished artist of the name.

Mediæval Writers of English History, Gibson (Wm. Sidney, author of the History of Tynemouth), Remarks on the. A popular Sketch of the Advantages and Pleasures derivable from Monastic Literature. 8vo, 1s. 6d. Pickering, 1848.

An interesting survey of the famous old English Monastic Writers, to whose pens we are solely indebted for the History of England from the Invasion to the reign of Henry VIII.

Miniatures from Manuscripts of the 14th and 15th Centuries, Four different Collections, each containing ten of the finest and most exquisite Illuminated Miniature Paintings known to exist, in bright and delicate Colours heightened in Gold and Silver, 7s. 6d. each.

Perfect Gems. The faces are equal to the finest miniatures on ivory. The costumes are resplendent in colour and gold. Of very great use to those who occasionally illuminate, as showing the very highest perfection of the ancient art.

Monastic Ruins of Yorkshire, from their Foundation to their Decay, by Archdeacon Churton, with magnificent Lithographs in imitation of the Original Drawings, by W. Richardson, 2 vols., imp. folio, proof impressions, with initial letters coloured (published at £18 18s), only £5 18s.

This imposing work is exactly similar, and in every respect equal, to the celebrated Sketches of the Holy Land, by David Roberts. Although it is now offered at a great reduction, the difficulty of reproducing the illustrations insures the work being soon sought after, even at a premium on the published price.

Musée Francais et Musée Royal; ou, Recueil des Tableaux et Bas-Reliefs qui composent les Galeries Napoleon et Royale, par Robillard-Peronville et Laurent. Paris, 1816-18.

Both Series Complete, together 6 Vols., atlas folio, £18 18s.

Now offered at a lower price than on any previous occasion. The “Musée Francais,” in 4 vols., was published in 80 livraisons at 48 francs each, being 3,840 francs; with the “Musée Royal” the 6 vols. were published at over £300! Copies when sold by auction have never brought less than £50; and it is believed that the lowest price they have ever sold for on any previous occasion is £35.

The work comprises upwards of 500 large plates in the finest style of Line Engraving, from the most celebrated Paintings and Statues is the World, with Descriptions and very masterly Dissertations, in French and English, on the state of the Fine Arts in various ages, Illustrated with Vignettes.

It is possible that a passing apprehension that the Louvre might not always be allowed to retain the Art Treasures for which he had laid most of the countries of Europe under contribution for its choicest pieces, led Napoleon to think of forming this splendid series of Line Engravings, the cost of which, for engraving alone, exceeded seventy-five thousand pounds sterling, defrayed mostly from the Imperial Treasury. Since the publication of these volumes many of the paintings and sculptures have been claimed and restored to their rightful owners; and the dispersion of so many choice gems enhances the value of the work which describes them in a collected form.

Mr. Hotten keeps sets richly bound in half red morocco, appropriately gilt.

Musée Secret de Naples.—A most curious work in a case, privately printed in Paris, representing some of the more remarkable “Peintures, Bronzes, Mosaiques,” &c., depicting the Ceremonies observed at the earliest known form of Worship. Paris, MD.CCC.XL.

The “Secret Museum” at Naples, from the extraordinary nature of its contents, has always excited the liveliest curiosity amongst antiquaries and students.

Mundy’s (Gen.) Pen and Pencil Sketches in India; or, JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN INDIA. 3rd edition, with many illustrations. 8vo (sells at 5s.), only 2s. 6d.

An exceedingly amusing and instructive volume, giving Europeans an admirable idea of the everyday life of a resident in India. The author visited every portion of our vast empire in company with Viscount Combermere. The hunting stories and exploits are admirably told.

Nell Gwyn, the Story of, and the Sayings of Charles the Second, related and collected by PETER CUNNINGHAM, F.S.A., small 8vo, beautifully printed, with numerous woodcuts relating to Nell Gwynne, cloth gilt (sells at 6s.), 2s. 6d.

Novum Testamentum Græcum. The exquisite Diamond type edition, with a beautiful Frontispiece of Da Vinci’s Last Supper, engraved by Worthington, 48mo (sells at 10s. 6d.), only 2s.

Artistically bound in morocco, with exquisite taste and neatness, 11s. 6d.; or, with the sides delicately tooled, 13s. 6d.

Ornamental Art, the Treasury of, Illustrative of Objects of Art and Virtù, photographed from the originals in the Museum of Ornamental Art, and drawn on stone by F. Bedford, with descriptive notices by J. C. Robinson, F.S.A., imp. 8vo, 71 plates, richly illuminated in colours and gold (pub. at £3 13s. 6d.), elegantly bound in cloth extra, gilt edges, new, £1 7s.

The prejudice is gradually decaying which assigned an inferior status in Art to every production not a picture or a statue; and in this book a choice selection of the finest specimens of virtù is made to combat those narrow ideas of the subject which are still popular. The æsthetic value and practical utility of such art is proved thus in a most attractive and magnificent way. The above is one of the most magnificent volumes of Ornamental Art (Ancient Jewellery, Carvings in Wood and Ivory, Cashmere Shawls, Ancient Metal-Work, Sculpture, Glass-Work, &c. &c.) ever produced in any country.

⁂ The stones have been destroyed, and Mr. Hotten has the few remaining copies.

Petrarca. The exquisite Diamond type Edition, 48mo. (sells at 6s.), only 1s. 6d. Artistically bound in morocco, with exquisite taste and neatness, 10s. 6d.; or, with the sides delicately tooled, 12s. 6d.

Pansie; the Last Literary Effort of Nathaniel HAWTHORNE.

⁂ All that remains of Hawthorne’s unfinished Romance—a little sketch full of that quaint and delightful genius which gave to the world “The House with the Seven Gables” and “Twice-told Tales.”

Philobiblon. Excellent Traite sur l’Amour des Livres, par Richard de Bury. Small 8vo, half-morocco, very neat, exquisitely printed on ribbed paper, 12s. 6d. 1856.

Only a small number of copies were printed. This edition contains numerous notes on the ancient manuscript copies existing in the old Cathedral Libraries.

This day, in 2 vols., 8vo, very handsomely printed, price 16s.,

THE HOUSEHOLD STORIES OF ENGLAND.

Popular Romances of the West of England; or, the DROLLS OF OLD CORNWALL. Collected and Edited by ROBERT HUNT, F.R.S.

⁂ For an analysis of this important work see printed description, which may be obtained gratis at the Publisher’s.

The Work is in Two Series. The First embraces the Fabulous Age, or Prehistoric Period; the Second, The Romances and Superstitions of Historic Times. Many of these Stories are remarkable for their wild poetic beauty; others surprise us by their quaintness; whilst others, again, show forth a tragic force which can only be associated with those rude ages which existed long before the period of authentic history.

Mr. George Cruikshank has supplied two wonderful pictures as illustrations to the work. One is a portrait of Giant Bolster, a personage 12 miles high. The perspective of this extraordinary figure is one of the most marvellous pieces of drawing that ever came from Cruikshank’s magic pencil. The artist acknowledges that it is his most daring conception.

⁂ A limited number of proofs, on India paper, have been struck off, price 7s. 6d. the two illustrations.

THE NEW BOOK OF HUMOROUS VERSE.

Now ready, in square 8vo, handsomely printed by Clay, cloth extra, full gilt (price 7s. 6d.), a few copies at 3s. 6d. each,

Puck on Pegasus. By H. Cholmondeley Pennell. With Numerous Illustrations by John Leech, George Cruikshank, Tenniel, “Phiz” (Hablot K. Browne), and Julian Portch.

“Humorous Poetry of the genuine Ingoldsby or Bon Gaultier kind, with Pictures by the right Artists, is always welcomed by the reading public. The illustrations of ‘Puck on Pegasus’ are by John Leech, George Cruikshank, Tenniel, Phiz (Hablot K. Browne), and Julian Portch, names redolent of mirth and humour.”—London Review.

Now ready, Second Edition, in binding ornamented with postage stamps, price 1s., by post 1s. 2d.,

Postage-Stamp Collecting, a Standard Guide to; Or, A Complete List of all the Postage Stamps known to exist, with their Values and Degrees of Rarity. By Messrs. Bellars and Davie.

⁂ This Second Edition gives upwards of 300 Stamps not in the previous issue.

“A new handbook is about to appear, with the title, ‘The Standard Guide to Postage-Stamp Collecting, with their Values and Degrees of Rarity,’ a work upon which the authors, Messrs. Bellars and Davie, have been engaged for three years. It will include an account of the Mormon Stamp issued by Brigham Young in 1852.”—London Review.

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Robson; a Sketch, by George Augustus Sala. An interesting Biography of the great Serio-Comic Actor, with sketches of his famous characters, “Jem Baggs,” “Boots at the Swan,” “The Yellow Dwarf,” “Daddy Hardacre,” &c. Anecdotes of the old Olympic Theatre are also given.

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Roll of Carlaverlock; with the Arms of the Earls, Barons, and Knights who were present at the Siege of this Castle in Scotland, 28 Edward I., A.D. 1300; including the Original Anglo-Norman Poem, and an English Translation of the MS. in the British Museum; the whole newly edited by THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A., F.S.A.

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NEW DICTIONARY OF COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH.

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LIFE AND ANECDOTES OF THACKERAY.

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Thackeray: the Humourist and the Man of Letters. The Story of his Life and Literary Labours. With some particulars of his Early Career never before made public. By THEODORE TAYLOR, Esq., Membre de la Société des Gens de Lettres.

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The Mystery of the Good Cause: Sarcastic Notices of those Members of the Long Parliament that held Places, both Civil and Military, contrary to the Self-denying Ordinance of April 3, 1645; with the Sums of Money and Lands they divided among themselves.

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Traditionary Anecdotes of Shakespeare, collected in Warwickshire in the year 1693, from the original MS. Edited by J. P. COLLIER.

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Vere Vereker’s Vengeance; A Sensation in Several PAROXYSMS, by THOMAS HOOD, idiotically illustrated by WILLIAM BRUNTON.

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Vocabulaire Symbolique. A Symbolic French and English Vocabulary, for Students of every age. By RAGONET. Illustrated by many hundred Woodcuts, exhibiting familiar objects of every description, with French and English Explanations, thus stamping the French terms and phrases indelibly on the mind.

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The history and account of Ancient Denmark, its Monuments, Burial Mounds, Sepulchral Stones, and Fire Beacons, its Giant and Fairy Lore, offer many curious points of resemblance to our own early history. Whilst the Antiquities of Rome, Greece, and Egypt have been carefully examined and systematically described by English writers, the primeval national antiquities of the British Islands have never hitherto been brought into a scientific arrangement. The close connexion which in the old time existed between Denmark and the British Islands renders it natural that British antiquaries should turn with interest to the antiquities of Denmark, and compare them with those of their own country. The book has long been scarce.

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THE
History of Signboards,
FROM THE
Earliest Times to the Present Day.

With ANECDOTES of FAMOUS TAVERNS, REMARKABLE
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COFFEE and other OLD HOUSES in the
large and small Towns up and
down the Country.

By JACOB LARWOOD, assisted by another OLD HAND.

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The Choicest Humorous Poetry in the English Language.

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THE CHOICEST JESTS OF ENGLISH WITS;

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THE CREAM OF JOE MILLER:

Comprising the best Sayings, Facetious and Merry, which have contributed to give to our country the name of Merry England.

Selected and Edited by

W. MOY THOMAS, Esq.

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Vere Vereker’s Vengeance,

A SENSATION
IN
SEVERAL PAROXYSMS.

BY
THOMAS HOOD.

IDIOTICALLY ILLUSTRATED BY
WILLIAM BRUNTON.

⁂ One of the most amusing volumes which have been published for a long time. For a piece of broad humour, of the highly sensational kind, it is perhaps the best effort of Mr. Hood’s pen.

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