THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE AND HISTORICAL REVIEW for NOVEMBER, contains the following articles: 1. Attempt to rectify the Calendar in England, 1584-5; 2. The Yorkshire Rebellion of 1489; 3. Nell Gwyn as represented by Lord Rochester; 4. Foss's Lives of the Judges; 5. Peter Abelard; 6. John de Harewell, Chancellor of Acquitaine; 7. Hartwell House, Bucks (with four Plates), and Anecdotes of the French Royal Family there; 8. The Duke of Albemarle and Charles II.; 9. A Tour along the Roman Wall, by C. Roach Smith, F.S.A.; 10. Correspondence of Sylvanus Urban, including Rambles in Germany, Royal Titles of Peerage, Treatment of Lunatics, The true Use of Heraldry, &c. &c.; With Notes of the Month, Historical Chronicle, and Obituary, including Memoirs of Dr. Kidd, Mr. Baker the Historian of Northamptonshire, Mr. Davy of Ufford, James Fenimore Cooper, Rev. Robert Gutch, Rev. William Field, Mr. Benj. Gibson the Sculptor, &c. &c. Price 2s. 6d.
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MSS., Deeds, Charters, Autographs, &c.
MESSRS. PUTTICK & SIMPSON, Auctioneers of Literary Property, will sell by Auction at their Great Room, 191. Piccadilly, on SATURDAY, November 15, a very Important Collection of MANUSCRIPTS, illustrative of Family and County History, consisting of Original Deeds, Charters, and Miscellaneous Documents, connected with nearly every English County, and embracing numerous Royal, Noble, and other Families, from the Twelfth Century to the Seventeenth, and including many scarce and valuable Autographs.—Catalogues will be sent on application (if in the country, on receipt of two stamps).
ALMANACKS FOR 1852.
WHITAKER'S CLERGYMAN'S DIARY, for 1852, will contain a Diary, with Table of Lessons, Collects, &c., and full directions for Public Worship for every day in the year, with blank spaces for Memoranda: A List of all the Bishops and other Dignitaries of the Church, arranged under the order of their respective Dioceses; Bishops of the Scottish and American Churches; and particulars respecting the Roman Catholic and Greek Churches; together with Statistics of the various Religious Sects in England; Particulars of the Societies connected with the Church; of the Universities, &c. Members of both Houses of Convocation, of both Houses of Parliament, the Government, Courts of Law, &c. With Instructions to Candidates for Holy Orders; and a variety of information useful to all Clergymen, price in cloth 3s., or 5s. as a pocket-book with tuck.
THE FAMILY ALMANACK AND EDUCATIONAL REGISTER for 1852 will contain, in addition to the more than usual contents of an Almanack for Family Use, a List of the Universities of the United Kingdom, with the Heads of Houses, Professors, &c. A List of the Various Colleges connected with the Church of England, Roman Catholics, and various Dissenting bodies. Together with a complete List of all the Foundation and Grammar Schools, with an Account of the Scholarships and Exhibitions attached to them; to which is added an Appendix, containing an Account of the Committee of Council on Education, and of the various Training Institutions for Teachers; compiled from original sources.
WHITAKER'S PENNY ALMANACK FOR CHURCHMEN. Containing thirty-six pages of Useful Information, including a Table of the Lessons; Lists of both Houses of Parliament, &c. &c., stitched in a neat wrapper.
JOHN HENRY PARKER, Oxford and London.
Vols. I. and II. now ready.