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This has been rendered almost unavoidable by the co-operative method by which the work has been produced, for, instead of G. E. C.'s marvellous single-handed effort in compiling The Complete Peerage' (in twelve years), no fewer than 49 different writers have contributed the 247 articles of The Scots Peerage,' and they have been allowed to do so on much more individualistic lines than, say, the contributors to the D.N.B.' were permitted. In some cases the reader is conscious at a glance that the work has been done by an enthusiast on the subject; in others it is quite perfunctory; and in one or two cases the original Douglas is preferable. The greatest divergence occurs in the matter of descents, which are sometimes very full and suggestive, and sometimes inferior to Burke.' This difference of standard has not been adjusted to any extent in the Addenda; and not all the Corrigenda have been effected as they might have been. So far as it goes, however, The Scots Peerage' is a good skeleton for experts to work on, especially in the light of the vast mass of material that is coming yearly to the rescue of the puzzled family historian.

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The Index, at any rate, is a thing to be thankful for. Compiled by Mrs. Alexander Stuart, it runs into 1,482 columns, and contains between 40,000 and 50,000 references. The labour involved is staggering to anybody with any experience of such work-work that no amount of money can ever repay. In conclusion, we must thank Messrs. Constable of Edinburgh for having produced a specimen of typography and format which is an honour to the printer's craft. The heraldic designs of Mr. Graham Johnston are a sheer joy.

Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series: America and West Indies, Dec. 1, 1702-1703. Edited by Cecil Headlam. (Stationery Office.) SOME 1,450 items are calendared in this volume. They relate to the conduct of the French war, especially to the attacks on Guadeloupe and Martinique, and to the operations about Newfoundland, South Carolina, and the Bahamas. The problem of the defence of the Colonies, both as to shipping and as to personnel, was a difficult one, as is illustrated here by the reports of the Council of Trade and numerous other official papers from Governors and representatives of Colonies. Nor were questions of law, revenue, and government at this time better settled. Among the persons who play predominant parts in this scene during these months are William Penn, Dudley, Cornbury, and Codrington. An outstanding event was the destruction of Port Royal by fire. The affairs of one Larkin and those of Lord Bellomont and his wife are the chief of the quasi-private matters referred to. Mr. Headlam outlines the multitudinous facts with which the papers deal in a most satisfactory Preface.

WE have received from the Sheffield Public Libraries the Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters, Rolls, Deeds, Pedigrees, Pamphlets, Newspapers, Monumental Inscriptions, and Maps forming the Jackson Collection. The collection numbers over thirteen hundred articles. Mr. T. Walter Hall and Mr. A. Hermann Thomas, who have compiled the Catalogue, furnish a description of each

exhibit, and append a General Index of 84 pages, besides a table of cross-references. They say in their Preface that "when a city has the good fortune to be presented with such a deeply interesting collection of local records, the obligation rests with the citizens to arrange it." Prof. H. Jackson in a Prefatory Note states that the collection has for its nucleus books and papers accumulated in the course of ninety-five years by three generations of Jacksons, "but its most important constituents are certain memoranda of the late Joseph Hunter which my brother Arthur bought at the Phillipps sale, and, above all, the very important papers which he purchased from the representatives of the late William Swift."

The Jacksons have long been associated with Sheffield. Prof. Jackson's grandfather and father were surgeons there, and he tells us his father had an astonishing knack of discovering books before they became famous. He was a constant reader of N. & Q.,' and an occasional contributor, signing himself "H. J." Prof. Jackson in a note states: "His old friend James Montgomery signed himself ' J. M. G.' I was myself' H. J.(2),' but I think that I was not alone in using this signature."

Henry Jackson was keenly interested in local antiquities, and always retained a curiously exact knowledge of the topography of the district. He collected books printed at Sheffield, but made no serious attempt to record his antiquarian knowledge. He was born at Sheffield on the 29th of November, 1806, and died in the house where he was born on the 25th of June, 1866.

IN the October number of The Burlington Magazine Sir Claude Phillips describes a hitherto unrecognized picture by Bronzino, a Holy Family,' the purchase of which he recently recommended. A fine photogravure shows at once the characteristically vigorous rectangular composition of this master, familiar to all who have paid attention to the "Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time' at the National Gallery. There is, besides, a rarer mystical beauty in the new picture which must give it high rank among the works of Bronzino. Mr. Hamilton Bell deals with some T'ang pottery and its affinities with Western art. Mr. C. J. Holmes discusses the alterations and repaintings of 'La Schiavona' by Titian, a full-page reproduction being given. One of the most interesting features of the number is the reproduction of some Chinese paintings from the Morrison Collection, which are among the recent acquisitions of the British Museum and may be seen in the new gallery. They are masterpieces of great beauty, which can, however, only be appreciated at their full worth in the originals. Still, the Tiger by a Torrent' (thirteenth century) and the wonderful 'Fairy with a Phoenix' (fifteenth century) will give pleasure in the monochrome print. Mr. Lionel Cust discusses two portraits by Van Dyck.

Some space is devoted to the destruction of Rheims Cathedral and the irreparable loss therein sustained at the hands of Prussian soldiery. It is justly pointed out that neither the Germans, nor, for that matter, any modern people, can build with "a particle of the logical coherence and sense of order of the thirteenth century French," and that, moreover, the German race has never been endowed with such constructive imagination.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.-OCTOBER. MESSRS. S. DRAYTON & SONS of Exeter include in their Catalogue 267, New Series, all that was sold of the library of the late Chancellor Edmonds, Canon of Exeter Cathedral. A copy of Fry's Bibliographical Description of the Editions of the New Testament' is 11. 18. (original price 31. 38.); and a French New Testament, 1567, 31. 38. Alford's Greek Testament, 4 vols., is to be had for the small sum of 58. Under Spain is España Artistica,' 3 vols., imperial folio, 31. 108. Warrington's Stained Glass,' also imperial folio, is 27. 108. Under Art is Rowlandson,' by Grego, 2 vols., 4to, half morocco extra, 17. 108.; and under Australia is 'Picturesque Atlas of Australia,' 2 handsome vols., large folio, morocco extra, 11. 158. (original price 107. 108.).

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to her, neatly copied into 3 vols. 4to by her Majesty's secretary, sumptuously bound, each painting, depicting the three royal residences, with volume having a beautiful contemporary fore-edge the royal monogram C.R. on sides, 1821, &c., 75l. net. The Catalogue contains the names of a portion of Mr. Thorp's stock of book-plates: as these occupy 19 pages, he must have a considerable collection. At the end of the Catalogue is a list of books to be obtained at his London shop, in St. Martin's Lane.

[Notices of other Catalogues held over.]

Obituary.

CHARLES EDWARD DOBLE.

up upon the devoted industry, knowledge, and EVERY institution of any real importance is built skill of a large number of workers whose names ment to well-known men to say it-constitute the never reach the public, who yet-it is no disparageof the enterprise to which they contribute their very pillars, one might almost say the very being, life-work. Not seldom the comparative obscurity doubt a main condition for the effective discharge in which they live is of their own choice: is no of a well-loved task.

Such a worker passed away last month in the Voca-person of Mr. C. E. Doble of the Clarendon Press. at Worcester College, Oxford (of which latter he Born in 1847, and educated at Dulwich College and was a scholar), he worked for some seven years on The Academy, and then, in 1881, when the Clarendon Press was being reorganized by Dr. Bartholomew Price, returned to Oxford, where he settled down for the rest of his life as a faithful servant of the Press. How exact and various were the contributions which have appeared over his his attainments may, in some degree, be seen by initials in our own columns-principally in the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Series. original work was 'The Remarks and Collections of value on questions of scholarship to various of Thomas Hearne'; but he contributed papers periodicals. His friends lament the loss of a character of unusual gentleness, modesty, and sincerity.

MR. THOMAS THORP's Guildford Catalogue 54 contains 5,264 items, and is an admirable allround list. The Library Edition of Harrison Ainsworth's Works, 16 vols., half blue morocco, is 61. 68. ; and Alken's 'Military Duties,' original drawings, bound in crimson morocco; 21 guineas. Under America is Agassiz's 'Natural History,' 4 vols., 4to, 4l. 48. first edition of Bibliotheca Americana Primordia,' A fine copy of the small 4to, contemporary calf, 1713, is 47. 108.; and Mackenzie's Voyages from Montreal, 1789 and 1793,' 4to, half russia, 1801, 31. 108. There are original MS. Log Books. Pickering's bulary of Words and Phrases which had been supposed to be peculiar to the U.S.A.,' Boston, 1816, is 128.; and Mrs. Warren's Poems,' 12mo, calf, printed at Boston, 1790, 17. 108. Works on Architecture include Street's Gothic Architecture in Spain,' 21. 88. Under Baskerville Press is a fine copy of Ariosto, 4 vols., royal 8vo, 1773, contemporary crimson morocco extra, 121. 10s. Among Bibles is the rare reprint of Cranmer's edition, 1549, folio, blue morocco extra by Bedford, 14. 108. Works on Bibliography include Sonnenschein's Best Books,' 9s.; and Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica, or, A Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare, Rich Collection of Early English Poetry in the possession of Longmans & Co.,' 1815, 17. 58. A note to the latter states that "This extremely useful catalogue of the rare and curious collections made by T. Park, and added to by T. Hill, is deserving of a place in every good library.' Under Blackmore is the scarce first edition of Lorna Doone,' 3 vols., original blue cloth, uncut, 301. This was a presentation copy to Mortimer Collins. Among Prayer Books is a First Prayer Book of Edward VI., 1549, 527. 108. There are valuable botanical works. Among coloured illustrations are Townsend's Parisian Costumes, 1832 to 1851,' also a number of extra plates of coiffures, 10 vols., 4to, half roan (no title-pages), 127. 10s. are several editions of Dickens, singly and in sets. There The Chevalier D'Eon's copy of Rousseau's Œuvres,' Vols. I.-II. only, contemporary half calf gilt, royal book-plate in each volume, is 107. 108. Under Tenniel is a collection of proofs of Sir John Tenniel's cartoons, from his own collection in several instances, and with MS. remarks by him. Many of these subjects were altered before publication. The price is 211. There is a unique historical relic of Queen Caroline, being manuscript correspondence relating

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