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genealogist, the herald, and the lover of books is thus inherited. Mr. Hardy has also had exceptional advantages, the fine collection of Mr. A. W. Franks, C.B., being at his disposal for study or reproduction. Many of the deeply interesting plates, facsimiles of which are given, are from that source. The chapters he devotes to English book-plates Mr. Hardy assigns to the history, to the earliest use, to "styles "of plates, and to allegory on book-plates, a more moderate use of which has been made in England than in other continental countries. Invaluable hints are supplied as to the way in which book-plates are to be mounted and arranged. Chapters are also assigned to German, French, American, and other plates, as well as to matters bearing on the subject. Among the numerous designs reproduced are the bookplate of Richard Towneley, 1702, which serves as a frontispiece; that of Sir Thomas Tresham, 1585; that, by Albert Dürer, of Ebner, 1516; and many later works by engravers from Faithorne to artists still flourishing. Not easily exhaustible, either in interest or value, is this pleasantly written and authoritative volume.

Angelica Kauffman: a Biography. By Frances A. Gerard. (Ward & Downey.)

A SECOND edition of Miss Gerard's life of Angelica Kauffman has followed with no long delay the appearance of the first. The earlier work, the first life of the artist to appear in England, accumulated much curious and valuable information, and extorted general eulogy. Inexhaustible in enthusiasm and indefatigable in effort, Miss Gerard has revised, and to a considerable extent rewritten, her work, enriching it with appendices which bring the information up to date. For much of the information now first given she is indebted to contributors to N. & Q.,' to whom she made appeal through these columns. Fine illustrations, consisting of portraits of Angelica at various ages, of Sir Joshua Reynolds and others, add to the attraction of a well-written and painstaking work. So much fiction has been interwoven with the account of this woman-a Royal Academician before she was thirty-that it is important to have an authoritative statement. At No. 20, St. James's Square are, as Miss Gerard states, some beautiful allegorical designs by Angelica. It may be well to chronicle the fact that the preservation of these is fortunate, the ceiling of the next room having been wrecked in the famous explosion attributed to the Fenians,

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth. Edited by Edward Dowden. Vols. VI. and VII. (Bell & Sons.)

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PROF. DOWDEN's delightful edition of Wordsworth now completed, the two concluding volumes giving the various portions of the Excursion.' Wordsworth's notes are preserved, and new and valuable notes are added by the editor. There are, moreover, important appendices, a bibliography, a chronological table, an index of titles, and a second of first lines. With these we must be content until the desired concordance appears. By far the handiest and most desirable edition for the student is here supplied.

Record Series. Vol. XIII.-The Coucher Book of Selby. Vol. II. Edited by Rev. J. T. Fowler. (Yorkshire Archæological and Topographical Association.) IT seems but a very short time since we had the pleasure of noticing the first volume of this important record (August 1st, 1891). We congratulate Mr. Fowler on the speed with which he has worked at a task which must be wearisome to the moet ardent antiquary, for we do not find from the first page to the last any signs of carelessness. The estates of the great Abbey of Selby were widely scattered. It had considerable pro

perty in Lincolnshire, notably at Stallingborough and in the Isle of Axholme. As the editor points out, the Isle of Axholme charters here given are specially noteworthy as containing information regarding the fisheries and drainage works in that then swampy land.

The index is of value, not only as a means of reference to the text of the volume, but also because it furnishes a catalogue of many highly curious names of places and of persons. Names of places such as Andrewbarnland and Celrermar are not difficult of interpretation, but Hildalawang, Litlepreise weland, Batelistetwaite, and many others are not a little puzzling. The architectural description of the church communicated by Mr. C. C. Hodges adds to the interest of the volume. Mr. Hodges bears strong testimony that it has not been Reformers and Puritans only who have mutilated the interesting objects of our old churches. For them misdirected religious zeal may be pleaded in mitigation, but what is to be said on behalf of the church authori ties who in the beginning of this century were wont to permit idle boys to knock pieces of alabaster off from the magnificent altar-tomb of Lord D'Arcy and Meinell whenever they felt moved to do so?

MR. CHARLES HINDLEY, whose death is announced at Brighton, will be remembered by readers of N. & Q.' as having declared himself to be the fabricator of the Mother Shipton's prophecy stated to have been published in 1448. See N. & Q.,' December 7 and 21, 1872; and, under "Notices to Correspondents," April 26, 1873.

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