Notes and Queries, Number 15, February 9, 1850

Subrisit:—Matrem credidit esse suam.

    “Αµορφωτα. 5.”
Miry-land Town.—As an addition to the note of “J.R.F.” (p. 167. No. 11.) on Miry-land Town, and by way of corroboration of his reading, I may just mention that the towns and villages in the Weald of Kent are familiarly spoken of as places “down in the mud,” by the inhabitants of other parts of the country. Those who are acquainted with the Weald will agree that this designation is not undeserved.

    HENRY KERSLEY.

NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC

The Surtees Society, for the publication of inedited MSS. illustrative of the intellectual, moral, religious, and social condition of those parts of the United Kingdom which constitute the ancient kingdom of Northumberland, has been remodelled. The subscription for the year is one guinea, and the works in immediate preparation are, 1. “The Injunctions and other Ecclesiastical Proceedings of Richard Barnes, Bishop of Durham (1577-87);” and, 2. “The Anglo-Saxon Hymnarium.”

We have great pleasure in directing attention to the Exhibition of Works of Ancient and Mediæval Art which is to be opened in the Adelphi next month.

This is a great opportunity for forming an Exhibition of a novel and most interesting kind, one which is calculated both to interest and amuse the archæologist and the public, and to instruct the artizan and the manufacturer. We sincerely hope possessors of articles suitable for exhibition, will not fail to take advantage of it. They should immediately enter into communication with the Honorary Secretary to the Exhibition, at the rooms of the Society of Arts, or they will be too late.

The Gentlemen’s Magazine realizes all our anticipations. The Reviews are of a very superior order. Justice is done to as well as upon the authors who have come under notice, and the original articles are of high value; those upon the Dea Sequana and the History of Words are especially worthy of notice. Mr. Waller’s papers upon Christian Iconography promise to be of the highest value. A new career of usefulness and honour has been opened up to Sylvanus Urban, who seems determined to merit the addition lately made to his title, and to become what is really a desideratum in English Literature—a good “Historical Review.”

Messrs. Sotheby and Co. will sell, on Thursday and Friday next, a very choice Selection of Magnificent Books and Pictorial Works from the Library of an eminent Collector, including large paper copies of the Antiquarian Works of Visconti, Montfaucon, &c.; the first four editions of Shakspeare, and other works of similar high character.

We have received the following Catalogues:—

“Catalogue of most splendid and truly valuable Ancient Manuscripts upon Vellum and Paper, particularly rich in History and Topography, Heraldry and County Visitations, Pedigrees and Family History, Ancient Charters, Royal Grants and other Documents of peculiar interest to the Antiquary and Historian, on sale by Thomas Thorpe, 13. Henrietta Street, Covent Garden; and

“Bernard Quartch’s Catalogue of Foreign and English Books, selling for Cash at very reduced Prices, at 16. Castle Street, Leicester Square; comprising Antiquities, History, Heraldry, Numismatics, Classics, Ethnology, Languages, &c.

BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES

WANTED TO PURCHASE

(In continuation of Lists in Former Nos.)

ALANI OPERA. Edit. C. DE NISCH. Antwerp, 1654.

CLICHTORÆUS, ELUCIDATORIUM ECCLESIASTICUM. Paris, 1556.

CORNER, PROMPTUARIUM DEVOTIONIS. Vienna, 1672.

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AMES AND HERBERT’S TYPOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUITIES. By DIBDIN. Vol. I.

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NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS

R.J.S. will find in No. 12. p. 188., an answer to his query in reply to a previous query in No. 8. p. 125.

F.D. (BRADFORD) is informed that the Towneley Mysteries have been printed by the Surtees Society, and the Coventry and Chester Mysteries by the Shakspeare Society. We have no doubt the Collection of Early Mysteries, printed at Basle, may be procured from any of the foreign booksellers.

W. calls our attention to an error in p. 217. The Field of Forty Foot-steps is a distinct work by Miss Porter, published in the same collection as “Coming Out,” but not the second title of that work.

J.K.R.W. Many thanks, although there has not been an opportunity of using the communications.

G.W. will find the phrase “to dine with Duke Humphrey” very fully illustrated in Nares.

We are compelled, by want of space, to omit our usual acknowledgment of COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED.

We are again compelled to omit many Notes, Queries, and Answers to Queries which are in type, as well as Answers to Correspondents.

Uniform with “HALLAM’S LITERATURE OF EUROPE.”

Now ready, in 3 vols. 8vo. 42s.

A HISTORY OF SPANISH LITERATURE. With Criticism on particular Works, and Biographical Notices of Prominent Writers. By GEORGE TICKNOR, Esq.

JOHN Murray, Albemarle Street

NEW WORK BY LORD LINDSAY.

This day is published. 3vols. 8vo. 42s.

LIVES OF THE LINDSAYS; or, a Memoir of the HOUSES OF CRAWFORD AND BALCARRES. By LORD LINDSAY.

Also, by the same Author. 3 vols. 8vo. 31s. 6d.

SKETCHES of the HISTORY of CHRISTIAN ART.

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On the 15th of February will be published, No. II., for 1850, of

JOHN MILLER’S CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, OLD AND NEW,

On sale at 43, Chandos Street, Trafalgar Square, to be had gratis, and sent (if required) postage free to any Book-buyer. The prices are for ready money only

It will contain, amongst other subjects, a large collection of Books on HERALDRY, GENEALOGY, and FAMILY HISTORY, a few Books on ANGLING, some early ENGLISH DICTIONARIES, Books of POETRY, HISTORY, TOPOGRAPHY, and ENGRAVINGS, with various works in other interesting departments of Miscellaneous Literature.

A CHRONICLE OF THE KYNGES OF ENGELONDE, from ye Normane Conqueste to the reygne of our Soveragne Ladie Elizabethe, wythe a summarie accounte of eache reygne, by G.C.L. A MANUSCRIPT of the last century, in 4to., calf, very neat, 37 full-length portraits, water-colour drawings, curiously emblazoned in gold and colours, with the Arms and Insignia of each Monarch, and numerous other devices, ornaments and borders, from the library of Sir Gore Ousely, with a portrait apparently of the executor. 3l. 3s.

ANNALS OF THE CALEDONIANS, PICTS, AND SCOTS, and of Strathclyde, Cumberland, Galloway, and Murray, by J. RITSON, Esq. 2 vols cr. 8vo. Half-bound morocco, extra marble edges, 8s. 6d. 1828.

BETHAMS (W.) BARONETAGE OF ENGLAND, or the History of the English Baronets, and such Baronets of Scotland as are of English Families. 5 vols. 4to. Half-calf, neat, with Genealogical Tables, and Engravings of Armorial Bearings, 1l. 10s. 1801-1808.

BUCKINGHAM’S ORIENTAL HERALD AND COLONIAL REVIEW, comprising a Mass of Valuable Writings on the Colonies and their Government. Complete in 23 vols. 8vo. Half-calf, very neat. 1l. 10s. 1824-1829.

BUCKINGHAM’S (J.S.) TRAVELS AMONG THE ARAB TRIBES in Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, Assyria, Media, and Persia. 3 vols. 4to., not uniform in binding. Maps, Portrait, and upwards of 80 Illustrations, 1l. 17s. 1825-1829.

BYRON’S (LORD) LETTERS AND JOURNALS, with Notices of his Life, by THOMAS MOORE. 3 vols. 8vo., illustrated with 41 Engravings by the Findens, from Designs by Turner, Stanfield, &c., elegantly half-bound morocco, marbled edges, in the best style, by Hayday, 1l. 8s. 1813.