NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC.
Many of our readers who take an interest in our Anglo-Saxon Language and Literature are aware that an accomplished German scholar, Dr. Pauli, has during a residence of considerable length in this country been devoting his attention to those subjects; and we have just received some of the fruits of his labours in a volume entitled König Ælfred und seine Stelle in der Geschichte Englands. It is an interesting contribution to a very important period in the history of this country; and it is the more valuable from the use made in it of the labours of our own distinguished Saxonists, Kemble and Thorpe.
BOOKS RECEIVED.—Letters on the Evidences, Doctrines, and Duties of the Christian Religion, by Olinthus Gregory. The words Ninth Edition, on the title-page of this new volume, sufficiently attest the value of this addition to Bohn's Standard Library.
The Stranger in London, or Visitor's Companion to the Metropolis and its Environs, with an historical and descriptive Sketch of the Great Exhibition, by Cyrus Redding. This Guide claims the merit of being "not merely descriptive but pictorial;" and it does well, for its woodcuts form the most valuable portion of the book.
Address at the Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, by Captain W. H. Smyth, R.N., President, &c. This Address give a concise yet most clear view of the progress of Geographical Discovery during the preceding year; and is alike creditable to the learned and gallant Captain and the Society over which he presides.
We desire to direct the attention of our readers, more especially those who are old enough to remember the first appearance the The Literary Gazette, to the Testimonial which the friends of the Editor, Mr. Jerdan, propose to present to that gentleman. The names of the Committee, and a statement of the Subscriptions in aid of the object, will be found in our advertising columns.
The Memorial which we mentioned some time since as having been addressed to the master of the Rolls, requesting "that persons who are merely engaged in historical inquiry, antiquarian research, and other literary pursuits connected therewith, should have permission granted them to have access to the Public Records, with the Indices and Calendars, without payment of Fees," has been very favourable responded to by Sir John Romilly; and a meeting of the gentlemen by whom it was signed has been held at the apartments of the Society of Antiquaries, when certain resolutions were agreed to, acknowledging the obligations of antiquarian literature to Sir John Romilly for the arrangements which he has at present determined upon, and for the further increased facilities for consulting the documents in question, which he has promised on the completion of the new Record Office. The thanks of the Meeting were also voted to Mr. Bruce, with whom the movement originated.
Mr. C. Roach Smith has issued proposals for publishing by subscription an Illustrated Catalogue of his Museum of Antiquities, composed principally of remains of the Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Mediæval periods, discovered in the bed of the Thames, and during excavations in London.
CATALOGUES RECEIVED.—William Nield's (46. Burlington Arcade) Catalogue No. 6. of Very Cheap Books; W. Brown's (130. and 131. Old Street) List of Theological Books selected from the Library of the late Rev. E. Bickersteth.
BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES
WANTED TO PURCHASE.
- NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ENTOMOSTRACÆ, by W. Baird, M.D. (Ray Society's Publications.)
- Barrington's Edition of THE ANGLO-SAXON VERSION OF OROSIUS, by Alfred the Great. 8vo. London, 1773. (An Imperfect Copy, containing only the Anglo-Saxon, from p. 1. to 242., would be sufficient.)
- BRITISH ESSAYISTS, by Chalmers. 45 Vols. Johnson and Co. Vols. VI. VII. VIII. IX. and XXIII.
- KNIGHT'S PICTORIAL SHAKSPEARE. Part XXV.
- BUDDEN'S LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP MORTON, 1607.
- THOMAS LYTE'S ANCIENT BALLADS AND SONGS. 12mo. 1827.
- DODWELL (HENRY, M.A.), DISCOURSE PROVING FROM SCRIPTURES THAT THE SOUL IS A PRINCIPLE NATURALLY MORTAL, &c.
- REFLECTIONS ON MR. BURCHET'S MEMOIRS; or, Remarks on his Account of Captain Wilmot's Expedition to the West Indies, by Colonel Luke Lillingston, 1704.
- GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. Vol. I. 1731.
- NEW ENGLAND JUDGED, NOT BY MAN'S BUT BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD, &c. By George Bishope. 1661. 4to. Wanted from p. 150. to the end.
- REASON AND JUDGMENT, OR SPECIAL REMARQUES OF THE LIFE OF THE RENOWNED DR. SANDERSON, LATE LORD BISHOP OF LINCOLN. 1663. Sm. 4to. Wanted from p. 90. to the end.
- TRISTRAM SHANDY. 12mo. Tenth Edition. Wanted Vol. VII.
- MALLAY, ESSAI SUR LES EGLISES ROMAINES ET BYZANTINES DU PUY DE DOME. 1 Vol. folio. 51 Plates.
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE REMAINS OF THE WORSHIP OF PRIAPUS, to which is added a Discourse thereon, as connected with the Mystic Theology of the Ancients. London, 1786. 4to. By R. Payne Knight.
- CH. THILLON'S (professor of Halle) NOUVELLE COLLECTION DES APROCRYPHES, AUGMENTÉ, &c., Leipsic, 1832.
- SOCIAL STATICS, by Herbert Spencer. 8vo.
- THE JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. The back numbers.
- ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA. The part of the 7th edition edited by Prof. Napier, containing the Art. MORTALITY.
- OBSERVATIONS ON THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE ON HEALTH AND MORTALITY, by Arthur S. Thomson, M.D. (A Prize Thesis.)
- REPORT ON THE BENGAL MILITARY FUND, by F. G. P. Neison. Published in 1849.
- THREE REPORTS, by Mr. Griffith Davies, Actuary to the Guardian, viz.:
- Report on the Bombay Civil Fund, published 1836.
- —— —— —— Bengal Medical Retiring Fund, published 1839.
- —— —— —— Bengal Military Fund, published 1844.
- OBSERVATIONS ON THE MORTALITY AND PHYSICAL MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN, by Mr. Roberton, Surgeon, London, 1827.
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