stanza of "Phillida flouts me" are so printed as to destroy the rime and produce cacophony. The name Phillida is, moreover, throughout spelt "Phillada," a sad oversight. There are many exclusions and one or two inclusions we regret, but the general result is pleasing; it could scarcely, indeed, be otherwise. Book-Auction Records. Edited by Frank Karslake. -Vol. III. Part I. October to December, 1905. (Karslake & Co.) MR. KARSLAKE opens this new part with an interesting account of Messrs. Hodgson's firm, an illustration being given of their handsome auction-room. Very different was the old room where Mr. Edmund Hodgson, the grandfather of the present members of the firm, used to sell. This was under the stationer's shop at the corner of Chancery Lane, very dark and gloomy; but Mr. Hodgson, with his genial, pleasant manners, made buyers forget this. The firm moved to its present premises in June, 1863. There are many prices in this valuable record we should like to quote, did space permit. We cordially agree with Mr. Karslake when he writes that with all its drawbacks, the trade of secondhand bookselling remains an attractive, interesting, and cultured calling. If all the members do not fulfil the requirements and duties completely, that does not detract from the merits of a most intellectual and commendable pursuit." The Englishwoman's Year Book and Directory, Edited by Emily Janes. (A. & C. Black.) THIS useful work has reached its twenty-sixth year of publication, and is better than ever. section on 'Sports and Pastimes and Social Life' has been rewritten, and under most headings increase or improvement is to be traced. The Horace. Sons.) To the "Miniature Series of Great Writers" has been added a life of Horace by the Rev. W. Tuckwell, which, short as it is, is a model of tasteful criticism. It has eight illustrations, preserves a charming atmosphere, and is a delightful companion for the scholar. By Rev. W. Tuckwell, M.A. (Bell & Peg Woffington. By Charles Reade. With an Introduction by Richard Garnett. (De La More Press.) To "The King's Novels" has been added this prose rendering by Charles Reade of his and Tom Taylor's well-known Masks and Faces,' which, so far as we recall, is not always, if often, included in its author's collected works. It has a portrait of Peg by Houston in mezzotint, after Pickering, and is, like other fine booklets of the same series, well printed and prettily got up. By Northamptonshire Legends put into Rhyme. Charles Wise. (Kettering, W. E. & J. Goss.) MR. WISE, the author of 'Rockingham Castle and the Watsons,' and other works of a similar class, has turned into verse some of the legends with which he is familiar, and has issued them with all reservation of right, with illustrations, and with a request (with which we comply) that the stories may not be narrated. As the work of a contributor whom we know to be advanced in years they have much spirit. BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. WE have received an unusually large number of catalogues for mid-February. Now that we are in the busy season we shall feel obliged by our friends sending their catalogues early. Mr. Thomas Baker's catalogue is chiefly theological, and includes Neale's 'Eastern Church,' 4 vols., 1850, 51. 5s. Mr. B. H. Blackwell, of Oxford, has items under Antiquarian, Bibliography, Folk-lore, &c. We note Smith's 'Collectanea Antiqua,' 1848-80, printed for subscribers only, 4l. 78. 6d.; Foster's Miniature Painters, 2 vols., folio, 5. 5s., and The Stuarts," 107. 10s.; Ralston's Russian Folk-Tales,' 15s; first edition of Kingsley's 'Hypatia,' 1853, 17. 158.; and Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1880-1905, 177. 178. 'Dic Mr. Richard Cameron, of Edinburgh, has a Catalogue of Scottish History, Ballads, Drama, Fine Arts, &c. We may mention Jamieson's tionary,' 5 vols., 47. 10s.; and a Manuscript Diary of an Edinburgh Lawyer, 1827-34. The latter contains a detailed account of the Theatrical Fund dinner held at Edinburgh, 23 February, 1827, where Scott first declared himself to be the author of the Waverley Novels. Mr. Bertram Dobell has a rare collection relating mont and Fletcher, 1647, 217.; and Sharpe's The to the drama, including a first edition of BeauNoble Stranger,' 1640, 61. 6s.-at sig. G4 of the latter is a reference to Shakespeare's 'Venus and fine copy of the Second Folio, 1632, 1251. Under Adonis.' Under Shakespeare is an exceptionally printed, and very rare, 1835, 41. 4s. This is a preCharles Lamb is Moxon's memoir of him, privately Writer's best wishes, and first attempt in prose." sentation copy to Robert Southey, With the Mr. William Downing, of Birmingham, has a fine specimen of illuminated work, a fifteenth-century Latin version of the Psalms of David, 107. 108 Burton's Scotland,' 9 vols., 1867, is 8l. 8s. Under John Bright are seven autograph letters, price 21s One to Charles Sturge contains this passage: "F suppose my acceptance of office will seem at best a very doubtful step to thee, as it seems to me.' A copy of Pierce Egan's Life in London,' 1823, is priced 31. 3s.; and a set of the Musées Français et Royal,' 107. 108. Mr. William Dunlop, of Edinburgh, has works relating to Africa, America, English topography, and general literature. Messrs. William George's Sons, of Bristol, have a set of Spedding's Bacon,' 1864-91, 14 vols., Diana Beauclerk, engraved by Bartolozzi, 1797, 4. 4.; Dryden's Fables,' with drawings by Lady 31. 3. Cotman's Antiquities of Norfolk,' Bohn, 1838, 34 10.; Sauvigny's Essais Historiques sur les Meurs des Français, 1785-92, 27. 10.; Kerr's 'Voyages and Travels,' 1811-24, 37. 38. ; Giraldus de Barri's 'Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales in 1188,' 1806. 47. 10s. ; The Speaker's Commentary, 11 vols, 37. 10s.; and a remarkably large There are also first editions of Borrow. copy of the 'Nuremberg Chronicle,' 1493, 167. 16. Mr. William Glaisher's fresh list of Publishers' Remainders is full of tempting bargains. Mr. Haslam has some interesting sketches made by Katharine Fry, a daughter of Elizabeth Fry, well known in her day as an indefatigable archæologist. One series, made on the Continent, 1829-60, is priced 401. The other series contains monumental and armorial remains, Croydon, Lincoln, Beverley, York, Bristol, &c., 80%. Mr. John Hitchman, of Birmingham, has Hill's Organs and Organ Cases of the Middle Ages,' 61. 68. Racinet's 'Le Costume Historique,' rare, 11. 118.; Stubbs's Cambridge,' édition de luxe, 31. 58. ; D'Urfey's 'Wit and Mirth, Pearson's reprint, 3. 15s.; Hogarth, 2 vols, folio, largest paper, 1821, very rare. 67. 108.; Linton's 'Masters of Wood Engraving,' 31. 3s.; and a fine copy of Plutarch, 1612, 4/. 4s. Mr. G. A. Poynder, of Reading, has Thoresby's Topography of Leeds,' 1816, 37. 38. ; a set of "The Delphin Classics," 1819-21, 81. 8s. ; and The Gentle man's Magazine, 1732 to 1853, 77. 78. He also sends us a Clearance Catalogue. energy. Mr. Ludwig Rosenthal, of Munich, is full of Only a fortnight back we noticed his Catalogue of Catholic Theology; to-day we have a fresh list from him, No. 110, devoted to Le Danemark, la Suède et la Norvège; L'Invasion des Suédois en Allemagne; Le Slesvig-Holstein jusqu'à 1864; Les Pays-Polaires. Messrs. W. H. Smith & Son have important remainders included in their last list of surplus books. Messrs. Henry Sotheran & Co. have published a special illustrated catalogue of books from the library of Sir Henry Irving, also personal relics and drawings. We note the following: Dickens, 13 vols., 14. 148. ('Barnaby Rudge' contains notes by Irving); Clavis Homerica,' with John P. Kemble's autograph and a letter from Mrs. Siddons, 12/. 128.; the Henry Irving Shakespeare, 97. 9s.; the Temple edition, 40 vols., 9'. 9s.; Much Ado about Nothing.' twelve pen-and-ink drawings of Irving and Ellen Terry, by A. Eleanor Taylor, 251. ; a letter of David Garrick's, 42.: and a memorial illustration of the life of Edmund Kean (1717-1833), being 343 portraits of Kean and his contemporaries, with original playbills, 5 vols., a rare collection, 2007. The relics include the sword used in 'Macbeth,' 427.; the dagger, designed by Burne-Jones, worn in King Arthur,' 38.; Eugene Aram's lamp, 227. 10s.; purse formerly belonging to Edmund Kean, 227. 10s.; sword and dagger worn in the character of Mephistopheles in Faust,' 317. 10s. There are also por: traits of Ellen Terry and Peg Woffington: and among pictures and drawings, Cattermole's Hamlet's Address to the Players,' 26. 5s., and a design for the costume of Othello by Tenniel, 217. Mr. James Thin, of Edinburgh, has a set of Blackwood, 1817-1904, 187. 10s.; Bentham's Works, 11 vols., 1843, 9.; Lodge's Portraits,' 67. 6s.; Palæographical Society's Publications, 1873-94, 6 vols., royal folio, 30l.; Transactions of the Royal Society, Edinburgh, 1788-1900, very scarce, 55'. Scottish Text Society's Publications, 22. 10s.; and the New Spalding Club's Publications, 1887-1902, Sl. 8s. There is a list of works on India; also a large collection of Scott's works, including many first editions. Mr. Thomas Thorp, of Reading, has a number of items under Africa and America, also under Angling. Under Berkshire is a rare and valuable collection of views (over 1,000), 6 vols., elephant folio, 120. An edition of Chaucer. 1635, is 37. 3s; first edition of Law's 'Serious Call,' 71. 7s.; first edition of Madame D'Arblay's 'Camilla,' 1796, 27. 28.; 'Eton School Lists, 1791 to 1850, 15s.; FitzGerald's Readings in Crabbe,' Quaritch, 1883, rare, 37. Library Edition of Froude's England,' 12 vols., 7. 17s. 6d.; Fox-Davies's Armorial Families,' 21. and The Faerie Queene,' the limited edition of 1896, 57. 58. Messrs. Henry Young & Sons, of Liverpool, have under Archaica a reprint of scarce old English prose tracts, 1575-1620, 5 vols., 5l. 5s. A first edition of Marmion, with autograph letter of Scott, is 5. 5s.; Froude's Life of Carlyle,' 4 vols., with three autograph letters, 7. 10s.; Byron's Works, extra-illustrated, with Moore's Life, 9 vols., 217.; Report of the Voyage of the Challenger, 16 vols., half-morocco, 20.; Pugin's Ecclesiastical OrnaThe Dial, 1840-44, Boston, U.S.A., 7. 78.; a very ment,' first edition, 1846, 47. 4s. a complete set of 'Forest Laws,' 1598, fine copy of Manwood's 77. 10s.; the original edition of Lavater, 157. 158.; the Library edition of Lever's Works, 37 vols., 371.; Pennant, a complete set, 27 vols. in 22, 1776-1801, 251.; Prynne's Histriomastix,' first edition, 1633, 57. 15s.; Scott's Border Antiquities,' first edition, 1814, 71. 78.; and Enderbie's Cambria Triumphans, the extremely rare first edition, with a large number of coats of arms, 1661, 5. 5s. There are also interesting specimens of early printing and an illuminated MS. of the Koran. Fotices to Correspondents. We must call special attention to the followin g notices: ON all communications must be written the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith." WE cannot undertake to answer queries privately. WE cannot undertake to advise correspondents as to the value of old books and other objects or as to the means of disposing of them. To secure insertion of communications correspondents must observe the following rules. Let each note, query, or reply be written on a separate slip of paper, with the signature of the writer and such address as he wishes to appear. When answering queries, or making notes with regard to previous entries in the paper, contributors are requested to put in parentheses, immediately after the exact heading, the series, volume, and page or pages to Correspondents who repeat which they refer. queries are requested to head the second communication "Duplicate." M. C. L. (New York). Some weeks ago we forwarded to the latest address we had of yours a letter from a correspondent. This letter has been returned to him through the Dead Letter Office. He is very anxious to communicate with you; and if you will furnish us with your present address, we will forward another letter from him. S. SYDENHAM.-Forwarded. LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1906. CONTENTS.-No. 113. NOTES:-Provincial Booksellers, 141-Caxtons of Kent, 142 -Mr. Bradley's 'Highways and Byways in South Wales,' 143-Pillory, 145-Charing Cross: Bayswater - Charing and Charing Cross-Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy' Sardinian Chapel, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 146 - Omar Khayyam: a Parallel-American Emigrants, 147. QUERIES: Doubtful Pronunciations Richard Kirby, Hotes. PROVINCIAL BOOKSELLERS. A PURPOSE of my own recently led me to examine a collection of more than 2,000 volumes of pamphlets. So many of them bore the names of booksellers at other places than London, Oxford, and Cambridge, that I made brief notes of them, shown on the subjoined list. It has its value as evidence of the literary condition of the provinces, chiefly in the eighteenth century. I am conscious that I did not gather all that I might have done, and the local bibliographies would easily supply many more. The few names of 1633 are taken from 'Documents relating to W. Prynne,' Camd. Soc., p. 60. Alnwick.-Thomas Alder, printer, 1786. Alexander Graham, 1786. Banbury.-William Thorp, 1695. Barnstaple.-J. Gaydon, 1735. Bath.-Henry Hammond, 1717-21. Beni. Matthews, Merchants' Court, 1725. Thomas Boddeley, printer, 1740-6. Wm. Frederick, 1745-72. W. Taylor, 1760. R. Cruttwell, printer, 1775 97. S. Hazard, printer, King's Mead Square, 1776-89. W. Hibbart, 1776. Birmingham.-T. Warren, Bull Ring, 1737. Aris, 1775. Pearson & Rollason, 1778-94. Sam. Farley, printer, Wine Street, 1730. Samuel & Felix Farley, printers, 1738, Shake- T. Cadell, 1739-75. R. Evans, 1740. Felix Farley, printer, Castle Green, 1742-9. William Cossley, 1746. B. Hickey, 1750. J. Palmer, 1750. E. Farley & Son, printers, 1759. S. Farley, printer, Castle Green, 1765-72. Palmer & Becket, 1769. W. Pine, 1775. M. Ward, 1775. T. Mills, Wine Street, 1783. Sam. Johnson, Corn Street, 1788. Mills & Bulgin, 1789. R. Edwards, printer, 1796. Buckingham.-B. Seeley (writing master), 1747. S. Watson, 1745. M. Watson, 1750. W. Green, printer, 1780. Green & Deck, 1780. Canterbury.-Simmons & Kirkby, 1785-7. W. Bristow, 1789. Carlisle.-Richard Scot, 1656. Hall, 1719. Thomas Harris, printer, 1746. Carmarthen.-J. Ross, 1791-2. Chelmsford.-Green (1725?). Samuel Lobb, 1728. with silver. To Margaret my sister one piece of silver, two silver drinking cups, one "cloke" of my wife's, with a girdle of silk. To the wife of John Huet two silver cups and russet "cloke." To the wife of Hamo Bele, the mother of my wife, my three horses; to Joan her sister my wife's best girdle; and to Agnes her sister a girdle. Other small bequests to John Huet, Thomas Penny, and John Plomer. My chief tenement in parish of St. Alphage shall be sold, and money given as James Buckland, 1736 (also at the Buck in follows: Thomas my brother, a monk, have Paternoster Row, London). T. Toft, 1757-8. Toft & Lobb, 1769. Cheltenham.-Harward, 1783. R. Minshull, Bridge Street, 1712. J. Poole, printer, 1778. Chesterfield.-Job Bradley, 1724. J. Bradley, 1788. Chichester.-J. Lee, 1749. Colchester.-W. Keymer, printer, 1787. Coventry.-John Smith, 1683. William Pratten, 1726 (? Ratten). J. W. Piercy, printer, 1774. (To be continued.) CAXTONS OF KENT. W. C. B. THE following abstracts from the wills of the Caxtons of Kent were proved in the Consistory Court at Canterbury (now in the Probate Office). Robert Causton (Caxton in the margin), of Canterbury, dated 8 Feb., 1472/3 :— Buried within the gate of the cemetry of Christ Church at Canterbury. To high altar of St. Alphege Church in Canterbury, 121. To lights of St. Alphege, Blessed Mary, St. John the Baptist, St. Erasmus, St. Christopher, and other saints in the church, 4d. each. Residue to Christiane my wife. Executors my son John Causton and Thomas Peny. That John Smale, feoffee of all my lands and tenements, shall enfeoff John my son in same, but Christiane my wife shall have and occupy" le parlour," in the west part of my chief tenement in which I dwell, with free ingress and egress during her life: also Christiane have for life the rents and profits from one of my tenements adjoining my chief tenement in the parish of St. Alphage. (Probate 12 July, 1473.)-Consistory Court, vol. ii. fol. 249. John Smale, tailor, became a freeman of Canterbury in 1439. John Caxton, of St. Alphege in Canterbury, mercer, 12 Oct., 1485: To be buried in the nave of the parish church of St. Alphege, near the grave of Isabelle my wife. Usual bequests to lights. To Cecilie my sister largest and best "tavilam," one piece of silver, two drinking cups of silver, and the cloak of my wife lined with grey, and a girdle of red silk embroidered 10 marcs; also 10 mares to a chaplain to celebrate in church of St. Alphege for my soul, &c.; and residue in other works of charity, at discretion of my executors, Hamon Bele and John Huet. That Thomas Peny have to him and his heirs my tenement on the west side of my chief tenement. John Plomer my kinsman have my better tenement, to his heirs for ever. That my other tenement be sold, and money given to the poor Brothers of the Hospital of St. Nicholas of Harbaldowne, viz., 6s. 8d. a year until the money all expended. John Huet have my garden in the parish of St. Peter in Canterbury, paying for the same 100s. and no more. (Probate 28 Nov., 1485.) - Consistory, vol. iii. fol. 79. William Caxton, mercer, man of Canterbury in 1431. became a free John Caxton, of Northgate Ward, in right of his wife, paid 6d. in the year 1474-5 to the Corporation, to trade in the city. And John Caxton, mercer, was admitted a freeman in 1481, by his marriage with Isabelle, daughter of Hamon Bele, who had been admitted a freeman in 1458 (Freemen of Canterbury," by J. M. Cowper). William Cauxton, of Lydd, 13 Sept., Buried in the churchyard of Lydd. Wife Joan all such household stuff and other goods she brought at our marriage; also all other household stuff, goods, and chattels, except one man fare of flewe," one sprat net with all new regge," and a man's flight of my draw net, to Austyn my son. Joan to pay my debts and dispose for my soul. Provided that if hereafter I make or cause to be made to said Joan a sufficient estate in all my lands and tenements with appurtenances in the town of Lydd, to Joan for her life; then the halt of all my household stuff, &c., equally to be shifted and divided between my two sons Augustyn [sic] and Sebastian, after the death of Joan my wife. Wife Joan executrix with William Barough, and Nicholas Pyx supervisors. Witnesses, James Robyn the elder, Richard Couper. (Probate 16 March, 1540/1.)-Consistory, vol. xvii. fol 95. 16 October, 1551, administration to the will of Sebastian Cawston, of Lydd, granted to his wife.-Consistory Administrations, vol. ii. Robert Caxton, of Lydd, 14 Jan., 1552/3:— Buried at the appointment of my executors. To Thomas Moyse my brother [sic] my best coat, doublet, hose, &c. My sister, wife of said Thomas Moyse, my wife's best red petticoat, hat, and cape. To Thomas Caxton my uncle my next best pair of hosen. Elisabeth Colman, my wife's daughter, a pair of sheets, two pewter plates, a pewter dish, candlestick, one ewe and lamb. All other goods to my son Thomas when twenty; but if dead before then without issue then to Thomas Moyse my brother [sic]. Executor William Croche, of Lydd, with Andrew Awkyn and Thomas Moyse overseers. Executor to receive the farm of my house and land until son Thomas is twenty, if he die before then, to Thomas Moyse my brother and to his heirs. Witnesses, John Forcet, clerk, Curate of New Romney; George Holton, tailor; John Johnson; Robert Heth, shoemaker. (Probate 5 April, 1553.) -Consistory, vol. xxv. fol. 14. Thomas Caxton, who was town clerk of Lydd, in 1476 wrote out the Customal of Lydd' for which he was paid 13s. 4d. (Arch. Cantiana, vol. xiii. p. 254). Tankerton-on-Sea, Kent. ARTHUR HUSSEY. MR. BRADLEY'S 'HIGHWAYS AND THIS very entertaining and attractive volume, although published more than two years ago, has only lately come into my hands. It would be a belated work of supererogation to praise it and its numerous pretty illustrations by Mr. F. L Griggs. The parts of the country least well known to me personally-namely, the border-land of Radnorshire, evidently familiar ground to Mr. Bradley, and Pembrokeshire, where he puts himself to a great extent under the guidance of George Owen, of Henllys, and his descendant Dr. Henry Owen-are excellently done. The object of this note is to point out certain deficiencies which impair the value of the work as a trustworthy description of the land and its people at the commencement of the twentieth century. There is an obvious straining after a lightness of touch to suit the supposed taste of the general reader, but at the same time Mr. Bradley hints that if a light touch is his foible, his forte is the craftmanship of the man who thoroughly knows the material he works on. Among the very few predecessors on the same ground that he singles out for mention, Miss Braddon is noticed (p_33), and censured for calling Llandrindod, Llandrysack, and Abbey Cwmhir Lochwithian, arrangements of letters that would be quite impossible in Wales alone perhaps of all his Majesty's home dominions." I must confess that Miss Braddon is a lifelong favourite of mine, and a tu quoque to this censure on a writer to whom I owe many hours of breathless pleasure may, I hope, be of Welsh words and place names is a very pardoned me. For inaccuracy in the matter disfiguring blot on Mr. Bradley's own work. I pardon his "cowl" for cawl (broth"), for Eng. ow comes nearer in sound to Welsh aw than Eng. aw does. But that excuse does not cover cause bobl" (p. 51), for bobb (pobl) means "people," not toasted," and cheese" is caws, not cause." Again, the "Traitor of Builth" is not 66 Braddwr Buallt," but Bradwr B. (p. 61). Indeed, the writer seems to have been unable to grasp. the simple fact of Welsh phonology that W. d is like Eng. d, but that W. dd is always And so, sounded like Eng. th in "this." while bradwr is misspelt "braddwr," Llanddewi is, by way of recompense, invariably misspelt Llandewi. Another famous placename, Pontrhydfendigeid (Bridge of the Blessed Ford), is disguised, wherever mentioned, under the "impossible arrangement. of letters," Pontrhydfendigaiad (pp. 224, 225). Another misspelling that grates on my own ears is Castell Cerrig Cennin (lit. Leek Stones Castle) for Castell Carreg Cennen (Castle of Cennen Rock). I am not sure that carreg, meaning rock, is as universally diffused throughout Wales as it is in the sense of "stone." I have a suspicion that it is confined mainly to the ""Goidhelic" districts. At all events, it is very common. in that sense in the immediate neighbourhood of Carreg Cennen, e.g., Carreg Aman, Carreg Gwenlais, Carreg Sawdde (cf. theIrish Carrick Fergus, Carrick-on-Suir, &c.). That will suffice, I think, in championship of Miss Braddon, and the numerous mistakes of this nature can easily be rectified in future editions. But there is a more organic fault in the work, which I am afraid is beyond reach of surgery or medicine, viz., the very slipshod treatment of Welsh superstitions and folklore The famous tale of Owen Lawgoch and his warriors, for instance, who lie asleep. in Ogof y Ddinas, near Llandy bie, has been recently investigated by Prof. Rhys in his Welsh Folk-lore,' and that skilled student of mediaval Welsh manuscripts and genealogies, Mr. Edward Owen, and Mr. Llewelyn Williams have had occasion to deal with it in connexion with their elaborate efforts to identify Froissart's Yuein de Galles. All this seems to have been more or less dimly known to Mr. Bradley, but he preferred to set down an absolutely impossible version of the tale, as he "heard it told in Cardiganshire." Ogor Dinas (should be Ogo'r Ddinas). |