years was inseparable from the convivial feast. Among peg tankards mentioned is the one originally belonging to the Abbey of Glastonbury, afterwards in the possession of Lord Arundel of Wardour. It held two quarts, the pegs dividing its contents into half-pints, according to the Winchester standard, On it were carved round the sides the twelve Apostles, and on the lid the scene of the Crucifixion. Under The Old Workbox' we get chats about spinning-wheels, and are reminded that St. Distaff's Day, formerly the 7th of January, was the day on which women resumed work after Christmas. The article on musical instruments gives an interesting note of the introduction of the piano. On a playbill of Covent Garden Theatre issued in 1767 it was announced that "Miss Brickler will sing a favourite song from Judith,' accompanied by Mr. Dibdin on a new instrument called the pianoforte.'

The Chats" close with a list of obsolete household names. Among these are "Ample,' an ointment box formerly carried by a medical man; "Bombard," a large leathern bottle for carrying beer, a term also applied to ancient ale-barrels ; and Finger guard," to protect the nails when nibbing pens.

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BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.-AUGUST.

READERS whose wants are apt to be much longer than their purses might do well to consult Catalogue No. 138 issued by Mr. Andrew Baxendine of Edinburgh. It contains a large number of useful works offered at low prices. We mention half a score or so of those which happened to fall in with our own line of thought at the moment; it would be easy to make several other such lists. There is the 1790 edition of Barbour's Bruce with Pinkerton's Notes and Glossary, 3 vols., 108. 6d. There is a copy of the edition of Burke in 12 vols. brought out by Bickers, a new copy and out of print, 21. 18s. 6d. Mr. Eckel's Bibliography of First Editions of Dickens,' published last year, is offered for 12s. 6d.; and we noticed a set of Blackwood's Works' of George Eliot, published at 21. 12s. 6d., to be had here at 11. 15s. Lord Braybrooke's Pepys,' the edition published three years ago in 4 vols., is certainly cheap at 108. 6d.; and the 1902 edition of Lockhart's Scott,' now out of print, in 10 vols., is not dear either at 31. 108. Mr. Baxendine has also a complete set of The Yellow Book from April, 1894, to its end in April, 1897, the price being 21. 28. ; and Weiner's translation of Tolstoy-the whole of the Works '-for which he asks 21. 158. 6d.

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MESSRS. BROWNE & BROWNE of Newcastle-onTyne describe over 1,100 items in their Catalogue No. 109 recently sent us. The principal one is, perhaps, the complete set of the Surtees Society's Publications from 1834 to 1905, running to We noticed 111 vols., and offered for 301. 'Plutarch's Lives '-A. H. Clough's edition of the Dryden translation, so called-in 5 vols., uncut, 1893, 41. 48.; a first edition of Johnson's Dic41. 48.; and a copy of the best edition of Grote's tionary,' a good copy in the original calf, 1755, An item which may Greece,' in 8 vols., 1862, 31. interest those who care for

antiquities and for

curious information is the collection, in seven

Transactions of the Hunter Archæological Society. Vol. I. No. 1. (Sheffield, the Society.) THIS Society was inaugurated at Sheffield University on the 13th of May, 1912, when a hundred members were enrolled, and we are glad to see that it is now a flourishing association of some 300 members. The objects of the Society "the promotion of interest in the preservation, excavation, and restoration of the ancient sites, buildings, &c., in Sheffield and its neighbourhood, and in the preservation of local placenames, folk-lore, and dialect; the collection and preservation of books, manuscripts, maps, coins, and objects of local, and particularly antiquarian, interest, and the undertaking of the care of such objects on loan; the preparation and publica-folio tion of papers on local history, and of biographical and genealogical accounts of local worthies," &c. The first paper, by Mr. Charles Drury, rightly gives an account of Joseph Hunter, whose name the Society has adopted in honour of the historian of Hallamshire. This is followed by a gossip on 'The Customs of Hallamshire,' by our old contributor Mr. S. O. Addy, who explains that "the word Hallamshire is a convenient expression for Sheffield and the surrounding villages, such as Ecclesfield, Bradfield, and Handsworth, without MESSRS. CHARLES THURNAM & SONS of Carlisle attempting to define its original limits." Mr. have sent us their Catalogue No. 16, which is full Edmund Curtis writes on Sheffield in the Four of good things relating to the North of England, teenth Century'; Mr. T. Walter Hall on 'Ye principally Cumberland and Westmorland. It Racker Way'; Mr. R. E. Leader on The House includes books on topography, books on archæat the Church Gates'; and Mr. W. T. Free-ology and history, volumes of verse, transactions mantle on The Rev. Alfred Gatty, D.D., a Bibliography.' An account is also given of the summer excursions.

The illustrations include Lady's Bridge in 1844'; Ye Racker Way, 1914'; A Brass Sealing Box, 1644'; and some ancient local furniture from the late Reginald Gatty's collec tion, of which Mr. Charles Green furnishes descriptions.

We offer our cordial greetings to this latest of our Archæological Societies.

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