[Some notices of this family will be found in Baines's History of Lancaster, vol. iii. p. 86.]
Robert Hues on the Use of Globes.
—Is there any edition of this book in English or Latin as early as 1595?
J. O. M.
[The Bodleian contains a copy printed in 1594:—"Robertus Hues, Tractatus de globis et eorum usu, accommodatus iis qui Londini editi sunt anno 1593, sumptibus Gul. Sandersoni. 8vo. Lond. in æd Thomæ Dawson, 1594." Also another copy, "8vo. typ. G. Voegelini, s.a.">[
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THE CAXTON MEMORIAL.
(Vol. iv., p. 283.)
In forming a literary project, whether extensive or otherwise, it is advisable to keep in view the humble science of arithmetic. Without that precaution, it may become a source of vexation both to its projector and its promoters; and, in some cases, the non-completion of it may be a real injury to literature.
When I proposed a typographic memorial of William Caxton, in preference to an architectural memorial, and intimated that it might be compressed into an octavo volume, and produced at a very moderate price, I flattered myself with having made a more correct estimate than is commonly made by designers and architects—Paxton, Cubitt, and Fox, always excepted—and I venture to announce, on more mature reflection, the same decided opinion.
With thanks to MR. BOTFIELD for his enumeration of the translated works of Caxton, I must remind him that the proposal was a collection of his original compositions, with specimens of his translations. To reprint the entire works which proceeded from his press was never my project. I could not have entertained such an idea for one moment; nor should I think the realisation of it desirable, even if it could be effected by magic. I readily admit, however, that I have a liking for Fayts of armes and chyvalrye—that Thystorye of Reynard the foxe is very attractive—and that the Boke for travellers would be a choice morçeau philologique.