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YU-BATCH,Christmas-batch. Yu-block, YULE-BLOCK, YULE-CLOG, Christmas-block. YU-GAMS, Christmas games; ab A. S. GEHUL; Dan. JULEDAG, the day of the nativity of Christ. This, perhaps, from the Latin and Hebrew JUBILUM. N. In the farm-houses, the servants lay by a large knotty block, for their Christmas-fire, and during the time it lasts, they are entitled, by custom, to ale at their meals. N.

YUCK, Linc. to itch; perhaps from the Scotch or from the Dutch, JEUCKEN, JOOCKEN; German, JEUCKEN, or JUCKEN.

YU-GOADS, Christmas play-things. Lanc.

YULE-CLOG, the Christmas fire-log. North.
YULING, keeping Christmas.

ZATE, soft. Glouc.

Z.

ZENNET, a week, a sev'night. Exm.

ZESS, a pile of sieves in a barn. Exm.
ZEW, a sow. Exm.

ZEWNTEEN, Seventeen. Exm.

ZIGG, urine. Exm.

ZINNILA, a son-in-law. Exm.

ZIVE, a scythe. Exm.

Zock, a blow; I geed un a zock. W.

ZOWERSWOPPED, ill-natur'd. Exm.

ZowL, a plough. Exm. See ZULL.

ZUANT, regularly sowed; the wheat must be zown zuant. W.

THE END.

G. NORMAN, PRINTER, MAIDEN LANE, COVENT GARDEN.

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JDLARD (George).-The Sutton-Dudleys of England, and the Dudleys of Massachusetts, in New England. 8vo, pedigrees, &c., cloth. 15s

An interesting volume to the English genealogist, it contains a good deal of new matter relating to this old English Family and their collateral branches.

AGINCOURT.-A Contribution towards an Authentic List of the Commanders of the English Host in King Henry the Fifth's Expedition. By the Rev. JOSEPH HUNTER, post 8vo. 2s 6d

AKERMAN'S (John Yonge, Fellow and late Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries) Archæological Index to Remains of Antiquity of the Celtic, Romano-British, and Anglo-Saxon Periods. 8vo, illustrated with numerous engravings, comprising upwards of five hundred objects, cloth. 158

This work, though intended as an introduction and a guide to the study of our early antiquities, will, it is hoped, also prove of service as a book of reference to the practised Archæologist.

"One of the first wants of an incipient Antiquary is the facility of comparison: and here it is furnished him at one glance. The plates, indeed, form the most valuable part of the book, both by their number and the judicious selection of types and examples which they contain. It is a book which we can, on this account, safely and warmly recommend to all who are interested in the antiquities of their native land."-Literary Gazette.

AKERMAN's (J. Y.) Introduction to the Study of Ancient and Modern Coins. Foolscap 8vo, with numerous wood engravings from the original Coins (an excellent introductory book), cloth. 6s 6d

CONTENTS:-SECT. 1,-Origin of Coinage-Greek Regal Coins-2. Greek Civie Coins-3. Greek Imperial Coins-4. Origin of Roman Coinage-Consular Coins -5. Roman Imperial Coins-6. Roman British Coins-7. Ancient British Coinage-8 Anglo-Saxon Coinage-9. English Coinage from the Conquest10. Scotch Coinage-11. Coinage of Ireland-12. Anglo-Gallic Coins-13. Continental Money in the Middle Ages-14. Various Representatives of Coinage15. Forgeries in Ancient and Modern Times-16. Table of Prices of English Coins realized at Public Sales.

AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) Remains of Pagan Saxondom, principally from Tumuli in England, drawn from the originals. Described and illustrated. One handsome volume, 4to, illustrated with 40 COLOURED PLATES, half morocco. £2. 2s (original price £3)

The plates are admirably executed by Mr. Basire, and coloured under the direction of the author, which is not the case with a re-issue of the volume now sold bound in cloth. It is a work well worthy the notice of the Archæologist. AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) Coins of the Romans relating to Britain. Described and Illustrated. Second edition, greatly enlarged 8vo, with plates and woodcuts, cloth. 10s 6d

The "Prix de Numismatique" was awarded by the French Institute to th author for this work.

"Mr. Akerman's volume contains a notice of every known variety, with copious illustrations, and is published at a very moderate price; it should be consulted, not merely for these particular coins, but also for facts most valuable to all who are interested in Romano-British History."-Archæol. Journal. AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) Ancient Coins of Cities and Princes, Geo

graphically Arranged and Described-Hispania, Gallia, Britannia, 8vo, with engravings of many hundred Coins from actual examples. Cloth. 7s 6d (original price 188)

AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) Tradesman's Tokens struck in London and its Vicinity, from 1648 to 1671, described from the originals in the British Museum, &e. 8vo, with 8 plates of numerous examples, cloth, 78 6d (original price 15s.)-LARGE PAPER in 4to, cloth. 15s This work comprises a list of nearly 3000 Tokens, and contains occasional illustrative, topographical, and antiquarian notes on persons, places, streets, old tavern and coffee-house signs, &c., &c., with an introductory account of the causes which led to the adoption of such a currency.

AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) List of Tokens issued by Wiltshire Tradesmen in the Seventeenth Century. 8vo, plates, sewed. 1s 6d AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) Wiltshire Tales, illustrative of the Manners, Customs, and Dialect of that and adjoining Counties. 12mo, cloth. 2s 6d

"We will conclude with a simple but hearty recommendation of a little book which is as humourous for the drolleries of the stories as it is interesting as a picture of rustic manners."-Tallis's Weekly Paper.

AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) Spring Tide; or, the Angler and his Friends. 12mo, plates, cloth. 2s 6d (original price 68)

These Dialogues incidentally illustrate the Dialect of the West of England. "Never in our recollection has the contemplative man's recreation been rendered more attractive, nor the delights of a country life set forth with a truer or more discriminating zest than in these pleasant pages."-Gent.'s Mag. ALEXANDER (W., late Keeper of the Prints in the British Museum)

Journey to Beresford Hall, in Derbyshire, the Seat of Charles Cotton, Esq., the celebrated Author and Angler. Crown 4to, printed on tinted paper, with a spirited frontispiece, representing Walton and his adopted Son, Cotton, in the Fishing-house, and vignette title page. Cloth. 5s

Dedicated to the Anglers of Great Britain and the various Walton and Cotton Clubs. Only 100 printed.

ALFRED'S (King) Anglo-Saxon Version of the Compendious His. tory of the World by Orosius, with Translation, Notes, and Dissertations, by the Rev. Dr. BOSWORTH, Professor of AngloSaxon at Oxford. Royal 8vo, map and facsimiles of the MSS.,

cloth. 168

ALFRED (King).-Memorials of King Alfred, being Essays on the History and Antiquities of England during the Ninth Centurythe Age of King Alfred. By various Authors. Edited and in part written by the Rev. Dr. GILES. Royal 8vo, pp. 400, coloured plate of K. Alfred's Jewel, seven plates of Anglo-Saxon Coins, and views of Grimbald's Crypt, cloth, 7s 6d

ALLIES (Jabez, F.S.A.) The Ancient British, Roman, and Saxon Antiquities and Folk-Lore of Worcestershire. 8vo, pp. 500, with 6 plates and 40 woodcuts, Second Edition, cloth. 7s 6d (original price 14s)

"The good people of Worcestershire are indebted to Mr. Jabez Allies for a very handsome volume illustrative of the history of their native county. His book, which treats On the Ancient British, Roman, and Saxon Antiquities and Folk-lore of Worcestershire, has now reached a second edition; and as Mr. Allies has embodied in this, not only the additions made by him to the original work, but also several separate publications on points of folk-lore and legendary interest, few counties can boast of a more industriously or carefully compiled history of what may be called its popular antiquities. The work is very handsomely illustrated."-Notes and Queries.

ANDERSON (Wm.) Genealogy and Surnames, with some Heraldic and Biographical Notices. 8vo, woodcuts of Arms and Seals, cloth. 38 6d (original price 68) 1865 ANGLO-SAXON Version of the Life of St. Guthlac, Hermit of Croyland. Printed, for the first time, from a MS. in the Cottonian Library, with a Translation and Notes by CHARLES WYCLIFFE GOODWIN, M.A., Fellow of Catherine Hall, Cambridge. 12mo, cloth. 58

ANGLO-SAXON Version of the Hexameron of St. Basil, and the Anglo-Saxon Remains of St. Basil's Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem. Now first printed from MSS. in the Bodleian Library, with a Translation and Notes by the Rev. H. W. NORMAN. 8vo, second edition, enlarged, sewed. 48

ANGLO-SAXON.-Narratiuncula Anglice Conscripta. De perga menis excribebat notis illustrabat eruditis copiam, faciebat T. OSWALD COCKAYNE, M.A. 8vo. 6s

Containing Alexander the Great's Letter to Aristotle on the situation of India-Of wonderful things in the East-The Passion of St. Margaret the Virgin-Of the Generation of Man, &c.

ANGLO-SAXON.-A Fragment of Elfric's Anglo-Saxon Grammar,

Elfric's Glossary, and a Poem on the Soul and Body, of the
XIIth Century, discovered among the Archives of Worcester
Cathedral, by Sir THOMAS PHILLIPPS, Bart. Folio, PRIVATELY
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Several other Anglo-Saxon works will be found in this Catalogue.

AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) Remains of Pagan Saxondom, principally from Tumuli in England, drawn from the originals. Described and illustrated. One handsome volume, 4to, illustrated with 40 COLOURED PLATES, half morocco. £2. 2s (original price £3)

The plates are admirably executed by Mr. Basire, and coloured under the direction of the author, which is not the case with a re-issue of the volume now sold bound in cloth. It is a work well worthy the notice of the Archæologist. AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) Coins of the Romans relating to Britain. Described and Illustrated. Second edition, greatly enlarged 8vo, with plates and woodcuts, cloth. 10s 6d

The "Prix de Numismatique" was awarded by the French Institute to th author for this work.

"Mr. Akerman's volume contains a notice of every known variety, with copious illustrations, and is published at a very moderate price; it should be consulted, not merely for these particular coins, but also for facts most valuable to all who are interested in Romano-British History."-Archaeol. Journal. AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) Ancient Coins of Cities and Princes, Geographically Arranged and Described-Hispania, Gallia, Britannia, 8vo, with engravings of many hundred Coins from actual examples. Cloth. 78 6d (original price 188)

AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) Tradesman's Tokens struck in London and its Vicinity, from 1648 to 1671, described from the originals in the British Museum, &e. 8vo, with 8 plates of numerous examples, cloth, 78 6d (original price 15s.)-LARGE PAPER in 4to, cloth. 15s This work comprises a list of nearly 3000 Tokens, and contains occasional illustrative, topographical, and antiquarian notes on persons, places, streets, old tavern and coffee-house signs, &c., &c., with an introductory account of the causes which led to the adoption of such a currency.

AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) List of Tokens issued by Wiltshire Tradesmen in the Seventeenth Century. 8vo, plates, sewed. 1s 6d AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) Wiltshire Tales, illustrative of the Manners, Customs, and Dialect of that and adjoining Counties. 12mo, cloth. 2s 6d

"We will conclude with a simple but hearty recommendation of a little book which is as humourous for the drolleries of the stories as it is interesting as a picture of rustic manners."-Tallis's Weekly Paper.

AKERMAN'S (J. Y.) Spring Tide; or, the Angler and his Friends. 12mo, plates, cloth. 2s 6d (original price 6s)

These Dialogues incidentally illustrate the Dialect of the West of England. "Never in our recollection has the contemplative man's recreation been rendered more attractive, nor the delights of a country life set forth with a truer or more discriminating zest than in these pleasant pages."-Gent.'s Mag. ALEXANDER (W., late Keeper of the Prints in the British Museum)

Journey to Beresford Hall, in Derbyshire, the Seat of Charles Cotton, Esq., the celebrated Author and Angler. Crown 4to, printed on tinted paper, with a spirited frontispiece, representing Walton and his adopted Son, Cotton, in the Fishing-house, and vignette title page. Cloth. 5s

Dedicated to the Anglers of Great Britain and the various Walton and Cotton Clubs. Only 100 printed.

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