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    ' Albion's England / 1586 , £ 52 ( B . F . Stevens );

    Araignment of Lewd Women , 1616 , £ 30 ( Tom-^ linson f ^^ fc ^»« 4 P ^^ " - _ B "_^ — ' ) » bb ; y . ' Ester — - ^ V ¦ — ~ " ~ _ hath __»_ PBk ^» ¦ ^» £ ~ ^ bbbbb ' _ han _¦ _» _^ ^__ ¦ _ _^ g I _ . VpB 'd ^ " -BP" ^ Hainan __ BB ^^^ fc Bjp *^ p- BW ^ v ^^ ^ p ^¦ Bp- ___ _ bi BBB h . _> ' ( m ¦ an bbvpb __ " ^ __¦ B answer _ p-v ¦»_ " ¦ ¦ - _ - - »

    to the above ) , £ *_*> 36 ^*» ( Tomlinson ) ; * The Worming ^ a ¦ of a b Mad Dogge ¦— bbb / 1617 pj bbbbb £ 14 ( B . bb F . / Stevens 1 P bb );

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    -lowing books by J . Wycliffe were also sold—£ < 37 Crede ( Bh Ellis , Pater ) ; - ' Noster Consolation bb r & 1 c , for Exp Troubled lained bbbb ' ( 1527 i Con ) - ,

    p «^ " - Bgr M ^^ ¦ ^^ ¦ bp ^— ' » bp ^~ -n ^ ^ bbbb ^^ " ^ b * ^^ ^*^ kb b _« b—p bipbb p ^* - » -sp" - ™^ " ^^ _~ r- _ - sciences fe , ' 1527 _ y ___• _ Bl A , £ 27 ^_ A . . ( _ Ellis BBBp ^ B *_ m Bb _ - ) «> ; ' Testament ____ k * A of ¦ Mosys ^^^^ ^ JB * B W ^^ J / 1532 ^ ^^^^^ , ^ B £ — 36 ^^^ ^^ ( ^ L ^ Ellis ^^^^^^^^ ^ i ^^^^^— ^^^ ""^^ ) m | ; H ' Small ^^^ r ^^ k ^^^ ^ rnmr ^ " ^^^^ ^ " ^ ^^^ Pag ^^^^^ m ^ p ^^ P ^^^^ b ^ ines i ^ " ^^ ^^ B ^^^ V ^ V to ^^^^ ^^^ the ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ " ^

    Common People , ' 1532 , £ 33 ( Ellis ) . The total for the two days' sale was £ 3 , 522 . 8 s .

    It is not often that a sale of Welsh books takes place in Londonand the one advertised

    to commence in Messrs , . Puttick ' s rooms on the 24 th inst . will be looked for with great

    interest . Some very rare ( and little known ) Welsh books printed in the sixteenth and

    seventeenth centuries are included , besides county histories and valuable works of recent

    date . Messrs . Puttick also sell an interesting collection early in July , which includes several

    volumes bearing Ben Jonson's autograph , a series of Wither ' s works , Collinson ' s *

    Somerset / rare editions of early English poets , & c . A r cabinet of stamps which t the auctioneers ffk

    ^^™^ ~^ r ~ - ~ " ^ —— —^ - ~~ ^^^ —^^ P ¦ - ^ ^^^ ' ^ ^^^^^^ PW W ^^ * T » ^ .. ^ .. V ^» ^ . ^ V . ... ^¦¦ ^ , ^ . P ^ ^^ BBV ^ B » W ^¦^ P " ^ . <^^ p ^ pV ^ . P * J pB ^ ^^ - ^^ P ^^^ " —^ countries say , * embraces of the every world , known 5 is to be stamp sold of in all Edin the

    burgh on the 3 rd inst . It is valued at £ 500 ! A remarkably fine collection of books

    including many county histories , i 3 to be , dispersed ^^^ ^^ m P 7 ^ P > F ^ B ^^ P ^^^ ¦¦ ¦ — ^—~ - ^~~ —^ ^^ ¦ by ^ 'g Mr ^ ¦ ' ™ ^^^— . ^ ~* Hod ^——*^^^~—~ ^^» ^^ ¦ gson p ^ y ^ B ^ ^^ F ^ B ^ *^» ^^^ b on ^ fc ^ ^^^ ^^^^ the ^ ipr ¦ ^ ^^ ^ b ^~^ 8 ^^^^ th ^^ F ^^ " ^^^^ ^ inst ^^ ¦ ^^^ »^ " ^ - ^ . ^ r

    In the catalogue we notice nice copies of . Nichols VTBJ- ^ * P ^ P » * pB ^ viPVaBB * ^^ ^^^ V ^ V ~ ' ' ^ Leicestershire ^^^^^^ ^ BB' ^^ ^^~ ~^ B > P ^^ ^ P ~ ^ BP * ^^^ *~ BBP BBP ^^ OPPPBaBB « V , BBB ' BlpPNa Baker ^ P ^ BBj ^ BB * ^ B >^ BBl ^ Bpr BBBBI ' s BV ^ b * ' ISTorthamp BPl ^ PBI ^ ^ W ^ . M W ^^ V BPBI " ^ v ^ ^^ ^~ ^^ ¦ pH ^'

    -tonshire , ' ' Hutchinson ' s ' Dorset , ' Hodgson ' s ' Northumberland , ' «& c . ; Burton ' s ' Anatomy ¦ . B ¦ ¦ H ¦ pTi ^ PB . _ Bp , ^ ^ ^ BBB BBk

    sound of Melanchol ^^^« ^^ ^ copy 4 ); y / Sowerb first edition y ' s ' Botany ( a very , ' good 36 vols and ? . ; IVTp JxLeyer -. vp . r ' s Joirds T . irr . s ' 4 4- vols vnla . ; r Villon V lllon Society Ssr > r . ifttv s

    ' Arabian Nights , , ' & c . It is rumoured i that efforts i are being made ¦ i

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    city of Edinburgh . This would , no doubt , in the seeing opinion the collection of all , be dispersed more desirable ; the than only

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    northern metropolis . On the 8 th inst . the following hold sales :

    ^ rfBb pBBf B ^ P p \ pp ^ B ^^ I Bpp * ^ BBJ BBH ^ bb * pBJp ppl P ^ B ^ pP BV ^ B * P ^ P ™ BP * P ^ B "BP ^ ^^^ ^* ^* l ^ V V P ^ ^^ ^ P * BjpBBk ^^* ^^ ^ JF ^^ B " ^^ BB . P - ^^ ^ B' ^ ^— " ^ v ¦ B > vols Baker V ' ^•^ P # PB B ^^ ^^ . SB ; H , Collins -BbbP * ^ of . P' PBB > | BBp rfBa BBp 108 ) pBp rBpT , Bl of ^ Pp ^ ^^ Hi ¦ Leamington ¦ - " g ^» h " ^»^ ¦ I ¦ I ¦ Street —— ^^ ^— BB" ^ Pfc ^^^ — PFtfta " ^ ^ Pp — ¦ , —^ ; J Kilburn Heathcote — ^ < ' ¦ BF' — — " ^ — ' ^ ^ ^^ , 1 VV , , " ^ 000 of ^ ' ' . ^_ ^ ^^^

    Derby ; Blackett & Son , Hi gh ^^ Street ^^^ , Tunbiidge Wells %

    On the 16 th inst . Messrs . Waterer & Son , of Chertsey , will sell 1 , 000 vols of books .

    On the 11 th inst . Messrs . Sotheby sell a n small « P"B » b \ 4 JV ^ yBJf « Bdh collection ^_^ pBBI bBB ^ ^^ BT Bb * BJp » PBI ^^ r pBB BB of - ^ P ¦ book »^^ " ^^ ^ B ^ ———^— s «^ v _ which — - l-n . ~^ vp- ¦ ' —— includ —— — ¦ ¦ ---- es ^ - * > , ^^^ ,

    Hasted ' s * Kent / Gould ' s ' Ramphastidse / Strickland's ' Queens , ' & c .

    The same auctioneers commence on the 23 PP ^ BB ^ ^ T ^ rd ^ ^^" inst pVpIpV pBBjp " Bp" ™ 4 p ^ . p | " a ptP ^ Pj two * p ^ W W ' days ^ B *^ B 1 ^ B ^^ B m B *^ BBF ' sal B *^^ ^^* W ^^» e ^ BP' , " ¦ containing ^ P ^ ^^ ¦ P « PT ^^ B »» H ¦— ¦¦ I ^^ ^^^^^ ppBBB | choice "W ¦ - ¦ - ' - ^

    MSS ., early printed "books , choice specimens of binding , & c . 3 © . —

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    Messrs . Sotheby will during next July i sell a portion of the BPb Middle Hill BBW PBP Library now

    ¦ ^ ^^ *^^* ^^ ' ^ ^ ^ P" ~ ^^^ " ^^ ^^> ^ W ^ BBBBBB ) ^ BPBJp BBB 7 > ^ BB * BBBp BBBp BBfel ^« P ^ B » WtBB B * B ^ ^ PBB ^ BPPBBB P ^^^^ BPP ^ BP > PI ^ P ^ ^ P- ^^ ^^^ « BP ^ ^^ v « V at Thirlestane House , Cheltenham , the property —r ¦ " ^~ ^^^ of ^""^ —^~ ¦ the " P late ^^^^^^^ P ^ pP ^ B 1 ¦ Sir ^^ B »^ ^^™^ BBP Thomas ^ B ^^^ ^^ BPb ^^ P" « VB > ^ . fr ^ p ^ B ^^ BV B * JbF Philli BpP ^ Bfc BP ^ BP BBi * P >^^ BBV pps BJ » B ¦« ¦ ^ . ^» The ' ^^

    library Work ^^ ^^—^ ^ " ^ - ^^^ » s ^^ , y is Public ^ ^ rich r ^ »^^^ - ^ »^^ " ^^^ ^^ B ^ in Records ^ P ^^ ^^^ ^^^ " Americana ^ p- h ^^ p ^ p ^^ ^^ v ^^ I I , BB iibesides *^^^ Br , B' ^ p' ^^ PBB ^ b " Topograp — BB 1 ^^^ F » " ^^ p Bl SBB ¦ including ^^^ t ^^ " v ^ pp ^ B ^ v ^^^ bVA p ^^^^ hical ^^^ ^^^— ^ P ™^^ Bj > ^ ^**~ a ^ ^^^ ^^ ^* -

    numerous copies of Sir T . Philli . pps * own publications .

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    June i , 1886 The Publishers' Circular 549

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    Sir Thomas Erskine May . —Little over a ^ month ^^— — ¦ V ^— ¦ ^^ ¦ ^^— ^ has ^^ " ^^ ^» — ^^ elapsed ^ BP ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ P ¦^ p' ^^^^ PbB ^ ^^ ^^ P since ^^^ F ^^^ ^^ ip ^^ ^ . ^ ^^^^ the ^^^ 4 b > spb ^ BbP retirement ~ ^ BjP' ^ P ^^ B » ^^^ ^^ W ^^ ^^ P ^^^ ^^ P ^ " ^ " m ^ ^^ of ^^ ™

    Sir T . E . May from his position as clerk of the House ™ ^^~ ¦ " - ™ ~^ of ^~^ ~ Commons ^ " ^ Bi ^~ " ^^^ ^^ " —»^^ " ^^ ^ BH ^^ . ~ Althoug ^^^ ^^« B "BBP B ^^ BB "B * ' ^ Bl % pfBh h ^™ B ^» he —^ B ^ " »~ , ^ a ^ " ^^ ^ few ^ ^^ BP" Bf B day « PBI " ^"' M s ^^

    ago , assumed the honours of the peerage as Lord Farnboroughit is by the less

    distinguished P Pi M *¦ BJ title .. m _ pp > that _ ^ , he ^ A will Bl Bk BP continue — ^ in A the _ i PBB remembrance of the English people . The

    death occurred on the 17 th ult . at Westminster — Palace " ^^ " ^ ^^^~ ^¦ ^ ^^ ^^^ . BP Thomas ¦ " ^^^ ^^^ v ^^^ ^^ i *^^^ ^^ v BTW P ^^ P ~ ^ Erskin ^^^*^^^^ ^^ V ^^^^ ^^^^ P ^ B * ^^^ ^ 1 ^^^^ e ^^^* May ^^>^ B P BBBP ^ P ^^^ BT was * * ^ B ^ ^ P v ^ born B ^ Bl ^ ^ BP' ^^^^ ^^ ^^ V ¦ in " i ^^ B

    1815 , and when he had attained his sixteenth year was nominated to the post of assistant

    librarian in the House of Commons . A thorough studenteven from boyhoodhe in ¦ 1844 r ¦

    published BM ~ ^ " ^ A ^ - ^ ^^ ^ B ^^ ^» ^^ ^^^ WB ¦ 1 ^^— the - _ ^^ ^^ , ~ m ^^^ w first ^ Bh ^ P ^^ ™^ " ^^ " ^ _ ^^^ P valuable BB ^^^ ^ ^ A ^ P ^^^^^^^^ __ ¦ >^ ^^^ ^ B ^^^ BJ B ^ P fruits ^^^ P . ^^ ^^^» ^ fcp" ^ ^ ^^ ^ B , BBJ *^^ P B" of ^ P ^^^ ^ K ^^^ ™ his i ^ H ^^^ ^ ^^^^ " - ^ p devotion ^^ ^ ^—^^ P BI ^ W ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ . to learned investigation in his * Treatise on the

    Law , Privileges , Proceedings , and Usage of Parliament / a work which has become the

    standard authority not only on matters relating to the rule of our House of Commons

    but likewise for the organisation of any similar , legislature in other parts of the world . Taking

    up the thread of Haljam ' s famous work , the subject of our notice published in 1861 the

    first part of his c Constitutional History of England since the accession of George III . '

    This book is in no way undeserving of the favourable notice which ¦¦ i V has been i bestowed ^^^ - —w ~ - ^ ^ - ^^ r — ~ - * ih - ^ r ^^ ¦ - ^^ ^—^ —^— ¦¦¦ ^^^ h - ^— ^ ^^^ ^ p- * V ^ p " ™ ^^^ P ^^*~ " ^^ m ^ BF P ^^^ ^^ ^^ P ^ ^^ ¦ ^ " ^^ p W ^^^ " ^^ ^^ ^ BP ^ ^ ' ^^^ ^^ ^^

    upon it by historical students , who consider that i ^ f * ™^»^^ ^^ p ^ m" ^^ m" it ^^™ ^^ worthil p w ^^ " ^ ¦ - ^^ ¦ ¦ ^^^ - »¦ ^ " y pb ^ follows ^^ p ^ p ^ r ¦ ™ ^^^ pj w ^^^^ ^ in p ^ p ^^^ ^ p ^ p the ^^ ™ ¦ ^^ b ^^^ p' wake » ^ ^^ b ^ ™ ¦ ™ ^^^ of ~^^ ^^^ ^ Hallam ^^^^ p ^ i ^^ ^ p « i ^ ^^^ ^» ^^ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ^ " . b ^ -

    In 1877 , Sir Thomas-published * Democracy in Europe / another work possessing great value

    to the historian and the ordinary reader . Throughout his whole lifehoweverhe had

    been accustomed to literary , labours , , some of which enriched the pages of the * Penny

    Cyclopaedia' in the days of Charles Knight . Leopold von Ranke . —The great

    Altmeister ( as he was called ) of history , has passed aw labours ay . We in gav the e Publishers so full an account Circular of of his the life 31 and st

    December last , that we need but refer our readers to it for an account of one who M K B H _ ^ t . BB BB ^_ , ^^ m ^ ^^ ^ ^

    although he had long passed the allotted span and of mortal deeply existence regretted ¦ ¦ ¦ , died and b almost y none ¦ 1 i in more harness than i iBI ,

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    Carlyle said . Georgjb Waitz . —A day or two after the

    demise of the veteran historian we learn of the BJp" piPI pPi ^ BpP ^ death ^ r v ^ ^^^ P 1 ^^^ w ^^^ Pl ^ P' ^ P of ^ BV PB ^ V George ^ BB ^ f ^^~ ¦ ~ — ^ P ^^* A ™ Waitz ^ v ^^ B ^ ^ * ~~ i P ¦ ¦ , ^ P a i i ~ w distinguished ^^ ~— v ^^ >^^ r- ¦ ^>^ P P ^ pi " ^^ BT ^™ B ^^^^^ ^^^ I P pP ^ B SBB ^^ B ^ ^ bpPBBf

    worker in the same mission of literature . Waitz ^ p BfBB P 1 ^ B > ¦ i «™ ¦ was ^ P ^ v ^ r ^ p V ^^ a ^^^ ^^ ¦ native ^ " ^ p- ^ B ^ ^^ " ¦ » ^ - ^ of ^ i ¦ Flensborg ^ - — - ^ ^^ — - ™ ^^ i ^ » ^^ " r-- - pis , —^ m Schle r ¦ ^^ i ^» ¦ ¦ P P ^ ¦ ^ BP ^ k i ^ ' wi B ^ ^""^ g u ^ k BB ,

    laborator where he in was Ranke born ' in s ' 1813 Annals . He 7 and was in a col the - _____ . -s

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1886, page 549, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061886/page/11/