this undoubtedly fine drama. We see that no fewer than five of the society's publications have already reached a second edition. We have received the following catalogues: James Thin, 54, South Bridge, Edinburgh; James Coleman, 9, Tottenham Terrace, Tottenham, N. (genealogical and topographical): John Kinsman, 2, Millbay Road, Plymouth; John Noble, 10 Castle Street, Inverness; T. Foster, Museum Street, Colchester; F. A. Brockhaus, Leipsic, Germany. Also the following periodicals: L'Art, 29, Cité d'Antin, Paris, and 175, Strand, London; Courrier de l'Art (same address); The Critic, 18, Astor Place, New York; The Library Magazine, 393, Pearl Street, New York; Revue Bibliographique Universelle, 195, Boulevard St. Germain, Paris; Shakespeariana, 1104, Walnut Street, Philadelphia; The Literary Bulletin, 4, Park Street, Boston, U.S.A.; The Printing Times and Lithographer, 74, Great Queen Street, London; Book Chat, 5, Union Square, New York; The Library Journal, 57, Ludgate Hill, London; Bibliographical Contributions (No. 17), Harvard University, U.S.A.; The Book Buyer, 743, Broadway, New York; The American Book Maker, 126, Duane Street, New York; The Magazine of American History, 30, Lafayette Place, New York. CORRESPONDENCE. IN the "Bibliophile's Kalendar" for September, 1886, speaking of the verse by Burns beginningO had the malt thy strength of mind, you say, "So far as we are aware, this specimen has hitherto been overlooked." I find the verse in Robert Chambers's Life and Works of Robert Burns, 1852. 29, Tonbridge Street, Leeds, September 1. T. HUNTLEY. THE announcement recently made, that Mr. Quaritch was about to publish another volume of bibliographical lore, prepared by Mr. W. Hazlitt, is one of much interest to the book-loving world. As this will be the fourth consecutive volume on the subject by the same indefatigable author (the previous ones having respectively appeared in 1867, 1876, and 1882), a great boon would be conferred on bibliographers and literary men generally if there could be added, as an appendix to the forthcoming work, a general index (no matter how brief) of the names and subjects contained in the four volumes. Under present circumstances, as there are two separate alphabetical lists in each—and the one to appear shortly will not, probably, in this respect differ from its predecessors-no less than eight separate references will have to be made before it can be ascertained whether the special work sought for is noted in them or not. Much time, inconvenience, and, I think I may add, temper would be saved by the publisher carrying out a plan of this kind, and so earning the thanks of the literary world, for which he has so long catered. T. N. BRUSHfield, M.D. Salterton, Devon, 13th September, 1886. BIBLIOPHILE'S KALENDAR. THE Scottish Geographical Society have for some time been discussing the feasibility of equipping an expedition for the exploration of the Antartic regions, and a conference of the leading scientific societies of Great Britain will, it is understood, shortly be held to consider the proposal. Should they arrive at any definite conclusion, a joint memorial will be drawn up and submitted to the Government. In the September number of the Scottish Geographical Magazine there is a paper on Antarctic exploration from the pen of Mr. Murray, of the Challenger, who points out that considerable knowledge of these remote regions might be obtained by means of dredging. He also advocates the establishment of stations suitable for barometric and thermometric observations. A letter referring to the voyage of the Pagoda in the same regions appears in the Morning Post of September 11th last. MR. ALFRED AUSTIN is on the eve of completing a long and romantic dramatic poem entitled "Prince Lucifer," the locus being assigned to the neighbourhood of the Matterhorn. The story is intended to illustrate the religious and ethical uncertainties of the age. AN English translation of Professor von Ranke's Origin of the Seven Years' War is being prepared, and will be ready for publication in the early part of next year. THE Century magazine will, after November next, be published by Mr. Fisher-Unwin. A MEMORIAL BUST of the late Mr. Bradshaw will shortly be erected at Cambridge, and a sum of nearly £500 has been collected for the purpose. Mr. Bradshaw, who, it may be remembered, died at King's College on the 12th of February last, was at one time the President of the Library Association, and conducted the meetings of the conference at Cambridge in 1882. IN Macrone's edition of the Paris Sketch-Book, published in 1840, Thackeray stated that about half the sketches had already appeared in various periodical works. Some of these have only recently been traced to the Corsair, a New York literary journal, which appeared in 1839. It is supposed that Thackeray was at the time acting as Paris correspondent of the journal in question, which was edited by various literary acquaintances of the great author. SIR JAMES RAMSAY is now engaged in putting the finishing-touch to his History of England from Cæsar's Invasion to the Accession of the House of Tudor. The author, who has been occupied with this work for many years, has had recourse throughout to the original sources, and has endeavoured to weave domestic annals and foreign affairs into a continuous narrative. The book, when complete, will be issued from the Clarendon Press. PROFESSOR HIRAM CORSON is preparing a volume of collected essays, entitled An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry. Several pages will, it is said, be devoted to the poet's characteristic phraseology, as well as to the dramatic monologue. In addition to selections from Mr. Browning's works, which will be enriched by explanatory notes, the editor will introduce interpretations of some of the poems without the texts. The work will also contain a bibliography of criticisms. MR. ROGERS HERMAN, publisher of the pirated American edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, died at Philadelphia on the 26th of August last. Mr. Herman was well known as one of the most strenuous opposers of the Copyright Law, and advocated a system of absolute freedom, untrammelled by any legislative enactments on the subject whatever. WHEN the library at Strasburg was burned by the Germans in 1870, an American citizen, Mr. Richard Mukle, in conjunction with others, among whom was Professor Smith, of the Smithsonian Institute, determined to form a fresh collection. During the sixteen years which have elapsed since the siege, thirty-five chests of valuable books, maps, and charts have been got together, and the last of these have just been consigned to the new library of Strasburg University, where they will form a nucleus of a new, and it is to be hoped more fortunate, assortment. The whole of these works have been handed over as a gift. THE Municipality of the City of Paris have just acquired a collection of a unique description. They have purchased from the representatives of Sanson, the seventh and last executioner of that name, the whole series of death-warrants, extending from April 7th, 1808, to December 8th, 1832. These grim authorities are bound in nineteen vols. 4to., and contain 7,143 entries, each representing a human head. MR. W. C. HENLEY has resigned the editorship of the Magazine of Art, and will retire this month. He is succeeded by Mr. Galpin, the son of one of the members of the firm of Cassell and Co., Limited, the publishers of the magazine. MR. SALA'S autobiography should contain mines of wealth. It extends over the period 1828-45, and will doubtless command a very large sale. THE next volume of Mr. H. B. Wheatley's "Book-Lover's Library" will be entitled Modern Methods of Illustrating Books. The author is Mr. H. Trueman Wood, M.A., Secretary to the Society of Arts. THE new building of the Richmond Free Library opened on August 3rd last under rather unfavourable circumstances. Richmond was one of the first provincial towns to avail itself of the provisions of the Libraries Acts, but when the Corporation proposed to levy a voluntary rate of id. in the for the erection of the new building, only 824 ratepayers responded to the invitation. The new institution will, therefore, commence its career loaded with debt. THE September number of the Magazine of American History is quite up to the standard. An article to which prominence is given is entitled "An Illustrated Chapter of Beginnings," a sketch of the founder, presidents, homes, and treasures of the New York Historical Society. There is also a capital article by Alfred E. Lee, late Consul-General of the United States-" From Cedar Mountain to Chantilly." DR. KITCHEN, Dean of Winchester, whose work entitled A Consuetudinary of the Fourteenth Century, for the Refectory of the House of St. Swithun we noticed on page 29 of this present volume of Book-Lore, has now prepared another Winchester record-The Charter of St. Giles' Fair. It will be published this month. THE forthcoming number of Præterita, which is now in the press, is entitled "The Campo Santo," and deals with Mr. Ruskin's visit to Lucca and Pisa in 1845. LOUISE MICHEL has published a novel, and called it Les Microbes Humains. The book, though full of calamities and horrors, has been written "calmly and coolly," with the object of showing up some of the human microbes which swarm in the rottenness of our times. THE late King Ferdinand of Portugal has bequeathed to the Lisbon Library a valuable collection of libretti and opera-scores which have been either sequestered or interdicted between the years 1850 and 1875. The collection is bound in six thousand volumes, and includes many English, French, and German, as well as Portuguese pieces. THIS month's number of the Hobby-Horse contains a facsimile of Blake's "Little Tom the Sailor," from the collection of Mr. Gilchrist. This broadsheet is said to be unique. The HobbyHorse is a quarterly journal which has recently been started by a number of young artists, and has already made considerable progress. BIRMINGHAM is trying the experiment of opening its Free Library on Sundays, and, in order to satisfy qualms of conscience, a special staff of Jewish librarians has been engaged for service on those days. So far the departure has been attended with splendid results. It is several years since Manchester adopted a system of Sunday opening, but there the extra work is done by the ordinary staff. A NEW periodical called The Journalist, under the editorship of Mr. J. R. Mitchell, is to be started immediately. It will be devoted to the interest of newspaper men and other writers technically known as "journalists." MR. W. E. A. AXON has in the press a work entitled The Annals of Manchester, consisting of an analysis of the history of the city and suburbs, arranged chronologically. A limited number of copies on large paper will be issued to subscribers. We are informed that the work is now about ready for publication. MESSRS. MACMILLAN AND CO. announce a large-paper edition of Mr. Harrison's Choice of Books. THREE works relating to Madagascar, its people, and their language, have just been issued. The first is, A Madagascar Bibliography, including Publications in the Malagasy Language, and a List of Maps of Madagascar, by the Rev. J. Sibree; the second, A New Malagasy-English Dictionary, by the Rev. J. Richardson; and the third, Madagascar sous Louis XIV.: Louis XIV. et la Compagnie des Indes Orientales de 1664, by M. Louis Pauliat. THE new volume of Mr. Walter Scott's "Camelot Classics" is Shelley's Essays and Letters, with an introduction by Mr. Ernest Rhys. The same publisher's "Canterbury Poets" contains a selection from Spenser's poems, edited by the Hon. Roden Noel. MR. DAVID NUTT will shortly issue a new edition of King's Remains of the Gnostics, originally published in 1864. We understand that the text has been entirely re-written, and the work will be supplemented by an English translation of the "Pistis Sophia," which may perhaps be shortly described as the Gnostic Bible. PROFESSOR HENRY DRUMMOND's Natural Law in the Spiritual World has now reached its fiftieth thousand. MESSRS. LECÈNE AND OUDIN, of Paris, are issuing a series of cheap "Classiques Populaires," in imitation of the movement in this country. The series, which opened with Corneille's works, is followed by those of La Fontaine. The latest addition is Michelet, by M. F. Corréard; and Homer, Virgil, Fénélon, Racine, and Molière will follow. THE Asiatic Quarterly Review completes the first year of its existence this month. It contains papers by the Marquis Tseng, Sir Charles Wilson, and Mr. Edwin Arnold, and is decidedly the strongest number that has so far appeared. A MOST CHARMING GIFT-BOOK. In fcap. 8vo., tastefully printed and bound in parchment, 9s.; in Roxburgh, 15s. DEW OF THE EVER-LIVING (ROS ROSARUM, EX HORTO POETARUM), Gathered from the Poet's Garden of Many Lands. By E. V. B. Full of the fairest blooms of the whole world of poetry."Morning Post. "E. V. B. has made a charming collection of what the poets have aid about the rose. She has drawn from many sources-from the Bible, from the Palatine Anthology, from Hafiz, and from Omar Khayyam, from Dante, from Ronsard, from Victor Hugo, from Heine-in fact, from the poets of all ages and countries."Athenæum. "The poems have been chosen and arranged most judiciously, and the book should form a welcome addition to the literature of flowers."-Garden Work. "With its lovely typography, its appropriate cover, and the general excellence of its workmanship, this may claim to be one of the daintiest volumes ever issued from the English press."-Notes and Queries. "It is just the book for a drawing-room table, and can be taken up and read at any moment, even as a rose may be enjoyed at any time."-Church Bells. For full prospectus ROSE "A very dainty-looking volume is Ros Rosarum,' and the illustrations from the pencil of its well-known compiler enhance such pleasure as it might otherwise give."-Graphic. "A tasteful miscellany worthy of its accomplished compiler."Athenæum. "There must always be great pleasure in this book for the lover of roses and song."-Daily News. "Lovers of roses will find much to entertain them in the tasty little volume. It contains extracts from the poets of all nations and all times on the subject of roses, and the passions and fancies that the poets have associated with them. It is a rich and delicate assemblage."-Amateur Gardening. "So winning is E. V. B.'s 'Epistle to the Reader,' so gentle and insidious in its caressing archaism, that the critie is practically disarmed."-Saturday Review. "E. V. B. has provided a very exquisite and dainty parchment volume for all lovers of roses and poetry." apply to the Publisher. LONDON: ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C. FISHER & SON. BOOKBINDERS, ST. ANN'S STEAM WORKS, CHURCH ENTRY, CARTER LANE, E.C. SIX VOLUMES, POST FREE, 7s. 6d. EACH. In crown 4to., tastefully printed on antique paper, bound in handsome Roxburgh binding, gilt top. THE BIBLIOGRAPHER. These volumes contain many Notable and Interesting Papers on subjects connected with Book-Lore by writers of eminence. They record also events of Bibliographical interest, such as Sales, Republication of Ancient Books, Meetings of Librarians, Changes and Improvements in Libraries, etc., etc., thus furnishing a Complete Magazine of Bibliographical Knowledge, past and present, for the Lover of Books, as well as Librarians and Collectors. "... No one can habitually handle The Bibliographer without becoming convinced that a knowledge of old books is, in fact, a knowledge of old times, ways, and things. It entails an intimate acquaintance with men and manners in past years, and incidentally supplies great amusement and more than superficial instruction." The Tablet. "... A large amount of most curious and entertaining material relating to Book-Lore, and we turn again and again to this storehouse 66 This handsome volume is worthy, both as to inside and outside, of its subject."-Pall Mall Gazette. HANDSOMELY BOUND IN ROXBURGH, GILT LETTERED AND GILT TOP, PRICE 75. 6d. EACH, POST FREE. THIRTEEN VOLUMES OF "THE ARE NOW READY, ANTIQUARY" Containing much interesting information, Articles on Subjects of Historical and Antiquarian Importance; recording Current Antiquarian Discoveries; Reports of Antiquarian Societies' Meetings, Reviews, etc., etc. ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C. |