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NARES' (Archdeacon) A Glossary, or Collection of Words, Phrases, Customs, Proverbs, &c., illustrating the Works of English Authors, particularly Shakespeare and his Contemporaries. A New Edition, with considerable Additions, both of Words and Examples. By JAMES O. HALLIWELL, F.R.S., and THOMAS WRIGHT, M.A., F.S.A. 2 thick vols, 8vo, cloth. £1. 1s

The Glossary of Archdeacon Nares is by far the best and most useful work we possess for explaining and illustrating the obsolete language and the customs and manners of the 16th and 17th Centuries, and it is quite indispensable for the readers of the literature of the Elizabethan period. The additional words and examples are distinguished from those in the original text by a prefixed to each. The work contains between FIVE and SIX THOUSAND addi tional examples, the result of original research, not merely supplementary to Nares, but to all other compilations of the kind.

NASH'S (D. W., Member of the Royal Society of Literature) Taliesin, or, the Bards and Druids of Britain. A Translation of the Remains of the earliest Welsh Bards, and an examination of the Bardic Mysteries. 8vo, cloth. 14s

NASH'S (D. W.) The Pharaoh of the Exodus. An Examination of the Modern Systems of Egyptian Chronology. 8vo, with frontispiece of the Egyptian Calendar, from the ceiling of the Ramasseum, at Thebes, cloth. 12s

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, Elements of Naval Architecture, being a Translation of the Third Part of Clairbois's "Traite Elementaire de la Construction des Vaisseaux." By J. N. STRANGE, Commander, R.N. 8vo, with five large folding plates, cloth. 5s

Lectures on Naval Architecture, being the Substance of those delivered at the United Service Institution. By E GARDINER FISHBOURNE, Commander, R. N. 8vo, plates, cloth. 5s 6d

Both these works are published in illustration of the "Wave System." NETHERCLIFF'S (F. G.) Hand-Book to Autographs, being a Ready

Guide to the Handwriting of Distinguished Men and Women of Every Nation, designed for the Use of Literary Men, Autograph Collectors, and others. Containing 700 Specimens, with a Biographical Index by R. Sims, of the British Museum. 8vo, cloth extra, gilt edges. 10s 6d (original price 15s)

The Same. PRINTED ONLY ON ONE SIDE. 8vo, cloth extra. £1. 1s

The specimens contain two or three lines each besides the signature, so that to the historian such a work will reccomend itself as enabling him to test the genuineness of the document he consults, whilst the judgment of the autograph collector may be similarly assisted, and his pecuniary resources economized by a judicious use of the Manual. To the bookworm, whose name is Legion, we would merely observe, that daily experience teaches us the great value and interest attached to books containing Marginal Notes and Memoranda, when traced to be from the pens of eminent persons.

NEWTON (William) A Display of Heraldry. 8vo, many hundred engravings of Shields, illustrating the Arms of English Families, cloth. 148

NEWTON (William) London in the Olden Time, being a Topo graphical and Historical Memoir of London, Westminster and Southwark; accompanying a Pictorial Map of the City and Suburbs, as they existed in the reign of Henry VIII., before the Dissolution of the Monasteries; compiled from Authentic Documents. Folio, with the coloured map, 4 feet 6 inches by 3 feet 3 inches, mounted on linen, and folded into the volume, leather back, cloth sides, £1. 1s (original price £1. 11s 6d)

NORFOLK'S (E. E.) Gleanings in Graveyards: a Collection of Curious Epitaphs. Third Edition, revised and enlarged, fcap. 8vo, cloth. 3s

NUMISMATIC Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society.
NEW SERIES, Edited by W. S. W. VAUX, JOHN EVANS, and F.
W. MADDEN. Nos. 1 to 24, Published Quarterly.
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This is the only repertory of Numismatic intelligence ever published in England. It contains papers on coins and medals, of all ages and countries, by the first Numismatists of the day, both English and Foreign.

Odd parts may be had to complete a few of this and the former series in 20 vols.

OLD BALLADS.-Catalogue of a unique Collection of 400 Ancient English Broadside Ballads, printed entirely in the Black letter, lately on sale by J. RUSSELL SMITH. With Notes of their Tunes, and Imprints. Post 8vo, a handsome volume, printed by Whittingham, in the old style, half bound. 5s

A Copy on thick paper, without the prices to each, and a different title-page, only 10 copies so printed. 10s 6d

PARISH'S (Sir Woodbine, many years Charge d'Affairs at Buenos Ayres) Buenos Ayres, and the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata, from their Discovery and Conquest by the Spaniards to the Establishment of their Political Independence; with some Account of their Present State, Appendix of Historical Documents, Natural History, &c. Thick 8vo, Second Edition, plates and woodcuts, also a valuable map by Arrowsmith, cloth. 10s 6d (original price 14s)

"Among the contributions to the geography of the South American Continent, the work of our Vice-President, Sir Woodbine Parish, holds a very important place. Professing to be a second edition of a former book, it is, in reality, almost a new work, from the great quantity of fresh matter it contains on the geography, statistics, natural history, and geology of this portion of the world." -President of the Royal Geographical Society's Address.

PATERSON'S (Jas.) Histories of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton. Post 8vo, vol 1. KYLE, in two parts, cloth. £1. is

Vol II, CARRICK, post 8vo, cloth. 12s

Particularly full of information about the Family History of the district. PEDLER (E. H., of Liskeard) The Anglo-Saxon Episcopate of Corn. wall, with some Account of the Bishops of Crediton. 8vo, cloth. 38 6d (original price 78 6d)

PETTIGREW (Thos. Jos.) On Superstitions connected with the History and Practice of Medicine and Surgery. 8vo, frontispiece, cloth. 4s (original price 88)

PETTIGREW (Thos. Jos.) Inquiries into the Particulars connected with Death of Amy Robsart (Lady Dudley), at Cumnor Place, Berks, Sept. 8, 1560; being a refutation of the Calumnies charged against Sir Robert Dudley, Anthony Forster, and others. 8vo, 2s PILGRIMAGES to St. Mary of Walsingham and St. Thomas of Canterbury. By DESIDERIUS ERASMUS. Newly Translated. With the Colloquy of Rash Vows, by the same Author, and his Characters of Archbishop Warham and Dean Colet, with Notes by J. GOUGH NICHOLS. Post 8vo, engravings, cloth. 3s 6d (ori ginal price 68)

PIOZZI, Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi (formerly Mrs. Thrale, the friend of Dr. Johnson), written when she was eighty, to the handsome actor, William Augustus Conway, aged Twenty-seven. 8vo, sewed.

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written at three, four, and five o'clock (in the morning) by an octogenary pen; a heart (as Mrs. Lee says) twenty-six years old, and as H. L. P. feels it to be, all your own."-Letter V., 3rd Feb., 1820.

"This is one of the most extraordinary collections of love epistles we have chanced to meet with, and the well-known literary reputation of the lady-the Mrs. Thrale, of Dr. Johnson and Miss Burney celebrity-considerably enhances their interest. The letters themselves it is not easy to characterise; nor shall we venture to decide whether they more bespeak the drivelling of dotage, or the folly of love; in either case they present human nature to us under a new aspect, and furnish one of those riddles which nothing yet dreamt of in our philosophy can satisfactorily solve."-Polytechnic Review.

POPE.-Facts and Conjectures on the Descent and Family Connections of Pope, the Poet. By the REV. JOSEPH HUNTER. Post 8vo. 2s

POPE.-Additional Facts concerning_the_ Maternal Ancestry of Pope, in a Letter to Mr. Hunter. BY ROBERT DAVIES, F.S.A. Post 8vo.

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POPULAR Treatises on Science, written during the Middle Ages, in Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and English, edited by Thomas Wright, M.A. 8vo, cloth. 3s

CONTENTS:-An Anglo-Saxon Treatise on Astronomy of the Tenth Century, now first published from a MS. in the British Museum, with a translation; Livre des Creatures, by Phillippe de Thaun, now first printed, with a translation (extremely valuable to Philologists, as being the earliest specimens of Anglo-Norman remaining, and explanatory of all the symbolical signs in early sculpture and painting); the Bestiary of Phillippe de Thaun, with a translation; Fragments on Popular Science from the Early English Metrical Lives of the Saints (the earliest piece of the kind in the English Language). POSTE (Rev. Beale) Celtic Inscriptions on Gaulish and British Coins, intended to supply materials for the Early History of Great Britain, with a Glossary of Archaic Celtic Words, and an Atlas of Coins. 8vo, many engravings, cloth. 10s 6d

POSTE (Beale) Vindication of the "Celtic Inscriptions on Gaulish and British Coins." 8vo, plates, and cuts, cloth. 1s

POSTE (Rev. Beale, M.A.) Britannic Researches; or, New Facts and Rectifications of Ancient British History. 8vo (pp. 448), with engravings, cloth. 158

"The author of this volume may justly claim credit for considerable learning, great industry, and, above all, strong faith in the interest and importance of his subject. On various points he has given us additional information, and afforded us new views. for which we are bound to thank him. The body of the book is followed by a very complete index, so as to render reference to any part of it easy: this was the more necessary, on account of the multifarious ness of the topics treated, the variety of persons mentioned, and the many works quoted."-Athenaeum, Oct. 8, 1853.

"The Rev. Beale Poste has long been known to antiquaries as one of the best read of all those who have elucidated the earliest annals of this country. He is a practical man, has investigated for himself monuments and manuscripts, and we have in the above-named volume the fruits of many years' patient study. The objects which will occupy the attention of the reader are-1. The political position of the principal British powers before the Roman conquest-under the Roman dominion, and struggling unsuccessfully against the Anglo-Saxon race; 2. The Geography of Ancient Britain; 3. An investigation of the Ancient British Historians, Gildas and Nennius, and the more obscure British chroniclers; 4. The ancient stone monuments of the Celtic period; and, lastly, some curious and interesting notices of the early British Church. Mr. Poste has not touched on subjects which have received much attention from others, save in cases where he had something new to offer, and the volume must be regarded therefore, as an entirely new collection of discoveries and deductions tending to throw light on the darkest, as well as the earliest, portion of our national history."-Atlas.

POSTE (Rev. Beale) Britannia Antiqua, or Ancient Britain brought within the Limits of Authentic History. 8vo, pp. 386, map, cloth. 148

A Sequel to the foregoing work.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE ANGLIA CHRISTIANA SOCIETY. GIRALDUS Cambrensis, De Instructione Principum, with a Preface, Chronological Abstract and Marginal Notes (in English), by the REV. J. S. BREWER. 8vo, boards. 1846 Now first printed from the Manuscript in the Cottonian Library, particularly illustrating the Reign of Henry II. Among our earlier chroniclers, there is not a more lively writer than Giraldus de Barri.

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CHRONICON Monasterii de Bello, with a Preface, Chronological Abstract, and Marginal Notes (in English), by the Editor. 8vo, boards.

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1846

A very curious History of Battle Abbey, in Sussex, by one of the Monks. Printed from a MS. in the Cottonian Library.

LIBER ELIENSIS, ad fidem Codicum Variorum. Vol 1 (all

printed), with English Preface and Notes, by the Rev. D. Stewart, of the College, Ely. 8vo, boards. 58

1848

An important chronicle of the early transactions connected with the Monastery of Ely, supposed to have been compiled by Richard the Monk, between 1108 and 1131.

The above three volumes are all the Society printed. They are well worthy of being placed on the same shelf with the Camden, Caxton, Surtees, and Chetham Societies' publications. From the limited number of members of the Society, the books are little known. J. R. Smith having become the proprietor of the few remaining copies, recommends an early purchase.

PROVINCIAL DIALECTS OF ENGLAND ▲ DICTIONARY of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, &c., by J. O. HALLIWLLL, F.R.S., &c. 2 vols, 8vo, 1000 pp., in double columns, FIFTH EDITION, cloth. 15s GLOSSARY of Provincial and Local Words Used in England. By F. GROSE, F.S.A., with which is now incorporated the Supplement. By SAMUEL PEGGE, F.S.A. Post 8vo, cloth. 4s 6d BROCKETT'S (J. Trotter) Glossary of North Country Words, with their Etymology and Affinity to other Languages and Occasional Notices of Local Customs and Popular Superstitions. THIRD EDITION, corrected and enlarged by W. E. BROCKETT. 2 vols, in 1, post 8vo, cloth. 10s 6d (original price 21s)

ECIMENS of Cornish Provincial Dialect, collected and arranged by Uncle Jan Treenodle, with some Introductory Remarks and a Glossary by an Antiquarian Friend; also a Selection of Songs and other Pieces connected with Cornwall. Post 8vo, with a curious portrait of Dolly Pentreath, cloth. 4s

CORNISH Dialect and Poems, viz.—

1 Treagle of Dozmary Pool, and Original Cornish Ballads.
2 Cornish Thalia: Original Comic Poems illustrative of the
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3 A Companion to the Cornish Thalia. By H. J. DANIELL.
4 Mirth for "One and all." By H. J. DANIELL.

5 Humourous Cornish Legends. By H. J. DANIELL.

6 A Budget of Cornish Poems, by various Authors.

7 Dolly Pentreath, and other Humorous Cornish Tales.

8 The Great Mine Conference, and other Pieces.

9 Rustic Poems. By GEORGE HAMLYN, the "Dartmoor Bloomfield."

10 Mary Anne's Experiences: her Wedding and Trip up the Tamar. By H. J. DANIELL.

11 Mary Anne's Career, and Cousin Jack's Adventures. By H. J. DANIELL.

12 A New Budget of Cornish Poems. By H. J. DANIELL.

13 Mirth for Long Evenings. By H. J. DANIELL.

14 Bobby Poldree and his Wife Sally at the Great Exhibition tion. By H. J. DANIELL. All 12mo, Sixpence each.

A GLOSSARY of the Words and Phrases of Cumberland. By WILLIAM DICKINSON, F.L.S. 12mo, cloth.

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JOHN NOAKES and MARY STYLES, a Poem, exhibiting some of the most striking lingual localisms peculiar to Essex, with a Glossary. By CHARLES CLARK, Esq., of Great Totham Hall, Essex. Post 8vo, cloth. 2s.

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