Leeds, April 1852.
The Percy Society have resolved "that considering the present circumstances of the Society, it is expedient that the Society be dissolved at the close of the current year, (30th April next); and that the Books which remain in hand be divided amongst those Members, then not in arrear of their subscriptions, so far as the stock will allow, and with advantage of priority in proportion to the period of subscription."
Monument to the Poet Blair.—"The Glasgow literati propose to erect a monument at Athelstaneford, to the memory of Blair, the author of "The Grave," and other poetical works. Blair was long the parish Minister of Athelstaneford, and is buried in the grave-yard there."—Sunday Times, 11th April.
Boccaccio's Decamerone.
Your Correspondent W. B. M. ("Current Notes" for March last, p. 20), will find a curious account of the auction sale of the Boccaccio, in the third volume of Dibdin's Bibliographical Decameron, and a minute description of the precious volume itself in the Bibliotheca Spenceriana, Vol. iv. It is not however "unique." There was a copy in the Blenheim Collection, and another somewhat defective and "cruelly washt and cropt," in the Royal Library at Paris,
Yours truly,
A Bookworm.
Mr. Willis.