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LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1893.

CONTENT 8.- N° 74.

NOTES:-Beaconsfield Bibliography, 401-Elizabeth and

Fleming' ends on p. 285 of vol. ii.; the half-title (not counted) of Alroy' follows; and the "Preface to Alroy" begins on p. 287. The notes to

Mary, Queen of Scots, 403-Samuel Evans, 405-The Lin-Alroy' occupy pp. 365-70 of vol. ii. and pp. 341360 of vol. iii. For 'Contarini Fleming' see 1832. For 'Alroy' see 1833.

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Notes.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN DISRAELI, EARL OF BEACONSFIELD. (Continued from p. 363.)

The works showing the exact date of publication are placed in this list before those bearing the year-date only.

1845.

Sybil; or, the two nations. By B. Disraeli, M.P., author of "Coningsby." "The Commonalty murmured, and said,There never were so many Gentlemen, and so little Gentleness.'"-Bishop Latimer. In three vola...... London: Henry Colburn, publisher; Great Marlborough Street. 1845.-8vo. B.M. N. 2474.

Vol. i. has pp. viii, 315; vol. ii., pp. iv, 324; vol. iii., pp. ii, 326. The inscription closes with the words "the most severe of critics, but-a perfect Wife!" See 1853, 1859 (French translation), 1870, 1881, 1888, and 1890.

Fantasia. By the author of "Coningsby."-"The Keepsake, 1845,' pp. 163-5. B.M. P.P. 6670.

A prose sketch in three sections.

1846.

The speech of Mr. Disraeli, in the House of Commons, on Friday, 15th May, 1846. London: John Ollivier, 59, Pall Mall. 1846.-8vo. pp. 43. B.M. 8138 d.

The speech is on the corn laws.

Contarini Fleming. Alroy. Romances, by B. Disraeli, M.P., author of Coningsby' and 'Sybil.' Second Edition. In three volumes...... London: Henry Colburn, publisher; Great Marlborough Street. 1846.-8vo. B.M. N. 2581. Vol. i. has portrait and pp. vi, 287; vol. ii., pp. ii, 370; vol. iii., pp. ii, 360. Contarini

Shoubra. By B. Disraeli, Esq., M.P.-'The Keepsake, 1846,' pp. 30-4. B.M. P.P. 6670.

Reprinted in 'Tales and Sketches,' published by Paterson & Co., 1891.

La jeune Angleterre. Par B. Disraeli. Traduit de l'Anglais par Mile. A. Sobry. Précédé d'une notice par M. Philarète Chasles, professeur au Collège de France. Avec deux clefs explicatives des personnages...... Paris: Librairie d'Amyot, éditeur, 6, Rue de la Paix. 1846.8vo. B.M. 12603 g. 9.

A translation of 'Coningsby.' Vol. i. has pp. [iv,] xxxii, v-viii, 9-418; vol. ii., pp. iv, 5-508. The "Préface" by M. Chasles occupies pp. i-xxi; the "Première Clef" is given on pp. xxiii-xxvii, and the "Seconde Clef" on pp. xxviii-xxxii. The dedication to "Henri Hope" follows on pp. v-vii. The introductory note on p. xxiii says that the second key 66 est généralement regardée comme la plus exacte." It is the same as the key printed under 1844, but two or three errors have crept into the fictitious names; for example, Lord "Stenny" Sydney, Lucien "Gray," and G. O. A. "Ead."

Collection of British Authors. Vol. ci. Alroy by B. Disraeli, M.P. In one volume. [Series title-page. Alroy. A romance by B. Disraeli, M.P., author of "Coningsby" and "Sybil." Copyright edition. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. 1846.-16mo. pp. vi, 286. B.M. 12267 f.

See 1833.

1847.

Tancred: or, the new crusade. By B. Disraeli, M. P., author of "Coningsby," "Sybil," etc. In three volumes. ....London: Henry Colburn, publisher, Great Marlborough Street. 1847.-12mo. B.M. N. 2632.

Vol. i. has pp. ii, 338; vol. ii., pp. ii, 340; vol. iii., pp. ii, 298. See 1870, 1881, 1883 (translation into Hebrew), and 1888.

1848.

England and Denmark. Speech of Mr. Disraeli in the House of Commons, the 19th April, 1848, on the Danish question. London: James Ridgway, Piccadilly. 1848. -8vo. pp. ii, 29. B. M. 8092 c.

Disraeli's speech occupies pp. 1-24; Lord Palmerston's reply, pp. 25-29.

La question du Slesvig traitée sous son point de vue historique et politique à la Chambre des communes d'Angleterre. Traduction par L.-E. B. Paris, 1848.8vo. pp. 22. B.M. 8092 d.

A translation of the speech given above. Lord Palmerston's reply is abbreviated. The B.M. Catalogue fills out the translator's name as Laurent Étienne Borring.

The New Parliamentary Reform. Mr. Disraeli's speech [second edition-by authority] in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, June 20, 1848, on Mr. Hume's motion...... London: Printed and published (with authority) by

W. E. Painter, Church and State Gazette Office, 342, Strand, on fine thin paper, to go by post for one penny. A single copy sent for three post stamps remitted.-8vo. pp. 16.-B.M. 8138 d.

Mr. Hume's motion was for the extension of the franchise, voting by ballot, triennial Parliaments, and proportional representation.

The Parliament and the Government. [By authority.] Mr. Disraeli's speech on the labours of the session: delivered in the House of Commons, on Wednesday, August 30, 1848. Corrected by Mr. Disraeli. London: William Edward Painter, 342, Strand. Price sixpence. A Single Copy sent free for eight stamps remitted.-8vo. pp. 31. B.M. 8138 d.

Sonnet on Wellington.-The Stowe Catalogue Priced and Annotated,' by Henry Rumsey Forster, 1848, p. xlii.

B.M. 786 k. 41.

There is no title to this sonnet, which closes the "Historical Notice of Stowe." Mr. Forster says: "Mr. Disraeli, M.P., while a guest at Stowe, in 1840, composed the following beautiful lines in allusion to it [a silver statuette by Cotterell]: they were written out at the time, and subsequently always placed on the table with the statuette."

The sonnet is reprinted in 'N. & Q.,' 1" S. xi. 379; 'Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli,' 1881; 'Sonnets of Three Centuries,' 1882; and 'Sonnets of this Century,' 1886.

1849.

Curiosities of literature. By Isaac Disraeli. With a view of the life and writings of the author. By his son. In three volumes...... Fourteenth edition. London: Edward Moxon, Dover Street. 1849.-8vo. B.M. 817 k. 9-11. Vol. i. has pp. lxiv, 525 (p. lxii is misnumbered xlii); vol. ii., pp. viii, 606; vol. iii., pp. vi (numbered viii), 588. The author's preface is pp. vii-xi of vol. i.; the essay "On the Life and Writings of Mr. Disraeli. By his Son," extends from p. xix to p. lxii, is signed "D.," and dated "Hughenden Manor, Christmas, 1848." See 1858 and 1881.

1851.

Commentaries on the life and reign of Charles the First, King of England. By Isaac Disraeli. A new edition, revised by the author, and edited by his son. In two volumes...... London: Henry Colburn, publisher, Great Marlborough Street. 1851.-870. B.M, 10805 e. 10.

Vol. i. has pp. xvi, 556; vol. ii., pp. viii, 582. Pp. iii-iv of vol. i. contain "Advertisement by the Editor," signed "D.," and dated " Hughenden Manor, December, 1850"; pp. v-ix, "Preface to this New Edition. By the Author," dated "May,

1847."

1852.

Parliamentary reform. The speech of the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the House of Commons, on Thursday, the 25th of March, 1852, on Mr. Hume's motion. London: John Ollivier, 59, Pall Mall. MDCCCLII.-8vo. pp. 16. B.M, 8138 d.

Lord George Bentinck: a political biography. By B. Disraeli, member of Parliament for the county of Buckingham. "He left us the legacy of heroes; the memory of his great name and the inspiration of his great example." London: Colburn and Co., publishers, Great

Marlborough Street. 1859.-8vo. pp. viii, 588. B.M. 10815 d. 10.

The book is dedicated to Lord Henry Bentinck. The chapter on the Jews was translated into German in 1853. See also 1858 and 1872.

Address delivered to the members of the Manchester Athenæum on the 23d October, 1844, by Benjamin Disraeli, Esq., M.P.

ance of Literature to Men of Business' (B.M. 1205 This address forms pp. 49-67 of 'The Importb. 13), published by J. J. Griffin & Co. in 1852. It was printed again in 'Speeches,' 1870, and in 'Selected Speeches,' 1882. The date Oct. 23 is wrong, though it is repeated in 'Selected Speeches, 1882; for the Times of Saturday, which was delivered on Thursday, Oct. 3. Oct. 5, 1844, gives a long report of the speech,

1853.

Coalition.-The Press, No. 1, Vol. I., p. 1, May 7, 1853. B.M. Newspaper Room.

The article on Disraeli in the 'Dict. Nat. Biog.,' referring to the starting of the Press, says (xv. 106): "The first leading article in the first number was written by Disraeli himself."

Venetia. By B. Disraeli. [Three lines of poetry, as in 1837.] A New Edition. London: David Bryce, 48, Paternoster Row. 1853.-8vo. pp. iv, 360. B.M. 12619 g. 20.

See 1837.

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Henrietta Temple. A Love Story. By B. Disraeli. Quoth Sancho, read it out by all means; for I mightily delight in hearing of Love Stories." A New Edition. London: David Bryce, 48, Paternoster Row, 1853,-8vo. Pp. iv, 5-331. B.M. 12619 g. 17.

P. iv has the following notice: "This work was first published in the year 1836." See note under 1837 and also 1891.

Die Juden. Eine Vertheidigungschrift. Aus D'Israeli's Political Biography of Lord George Bentinck in's Deutsche pp. iv, 5-25. B.M. 4034 f. 36 (1). übersetzt. Leipzig, E. F. Steinacker. 1853.-8vo.

This is a translation of the twenty-fourth chapter of the life of Lord George Bentinck, published the previous year.

1855.

D'Israeli's sonnet on the Duke of Wellington.'N. & Q.,'1 8. xi. 879.

Rumsey Forster's 'Stowe Catalogue.' See 1848. Contributed by F. Kyffin Lenthall from Mr.

Lines of B. D'Israeli, Esq., to a beautiful mute, the eldest child of Mrs. Fairlie.-Madden's 'Literary Life and

Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington,' 1855, vol. i. pp. 383-84. B. M. 10855 e. 9.

Mrs. Fairlie was the favourite niece of Lady Blessington. Her daughter Isabella died Jan. 31, 1843. The verses are reprinted in 'Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli,' 1881, pp. 259-60. The index to Madden's book states, by an error, that the lines are in vol. iii.

1858.

meaninge, and the rather for that shee hath had some good experience of late tyme of the Queenes Maties approved goodwill love towardes hir. Therfore the Q to reportes from sondrie places of some contrarie proMatie havinge sondrye occasions offred hir to give eare ceadinges on the parte of the Q. of Scottes and hir ministares, hath thought it the best waie and the plainest maner to reveale to the said Queene the verie truthe of theise accidentes which she estemeth to be contrariouse and repugnante to the estableshinge of the amitie pretended: not doubtinge but the same Queene will take in good parte this maner of plaine dealinge, and therin will deale as plainly with hir Matie in answearinge therunto, wherby hir May maye finde proofe and frute in deedes of the frindshippe intended betwixt them bothe. wies informed that a disordered subjecte of hirs in the The first matter is that the Queenes Ma is sondrie northe parte of hir Realme Irelande naminge hime self O'Nele mislikinge to live civily acordinge to the rules Collection of British Authors. Vol. cccelvii. Venetia of justice doth secretly seeke aide and comforte out of by B. Disraeli. In two volumes......[Series title-page.] Scotlande and the Isles thereaboutes to maintayne hime Venetia. By B. Disraeli, Author of "Tancred," &c. selfe and certaine disordered savage people followinge Copyright edition. In two volumes...... Leipzig: Bern-hime againste justice, who althoughe he outwardly in all hard Tauchnitz. 1858.-16mo. B.M. 12267 f. his answeares doth acknowledge his obedience and

Lord George Bentinck: A Political Biography. By the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P. "He left us the legacy of heroes: the memory of his great name and the inspiration of his great example." A new edition. London: G. Routledge & Co., Farringdon Street; New York: 18, Beekman Street. 1858.-8vo. pp. viii, 422, B.M. 10816

36.

See 1852.

Vol. i. has pp. vi, 329; vol. ii., pp. iv, 316. See

1837.

Vol. i. has pp. xlviii, 471; vol. ii., pp. viii, 546; vol. iii., pp. iv, 540. The memoir is reprinted from the edition of 1849, and occupies pp. vii-xxxvii of vol. i. See 1849.

allegiances to hir Matie yet dothe he by suche comforte

as he pretendeth to get out of Scotland and that not without the assente and contentatyon of the Queene of Curiosities of literature. By Isaac Disraeli. A New Scotes, as it is affirmed by hime and his and by many Edition, edited, with memoir and notes, by his son, the others likewise reported, persist in usinge force and Right Hon. B. Disraeli, Chancellor of Her Majesty's Ex-violence to the rest of hir Maties subjects dwellinge neare chequer. In three volumes...... London: G. Routledge to hime, that hir Matie is well assured that yf he weare & Co., Farringdon Street......1858.-8vo. B.M. 2308 not ether perswaded or borne in hande that he should B. 5. have coumforte to continew his disorders, he would be easely reformed with the verie ordinarie meanes of justice which hir Matis ministares haue in their handes in that realme to reforme as he is, when they forgett theire dewtie and be given to disorder. Wherfore hir Matie forbearinge to creditte any suche reporte wherin the Queene of Scotes shoulde come in question with suche kinde of disordered persones as he is, whoe is of naturall education savage and ignorante bothe of Gods lawe and mans lawe as by his fowle life is manifest, untill the same weare imparted to hir and answeare receaved, hath thought meete in this sorte to reveale this maner of reporte, and praieth the Queene first to assure the Q' Matie what shee maye herein acompt to be trewe as touchinge their owne doinges, and next to cause inquisition to be made what anye of hir ministares hathe herein done with the same Shane Onele or any of his messengers and therin to use that plainenes that betwixte twoe deare frindes is requisite and that is agreable in honor for princes to use one with another in like cases,

(To be continued.)

ELIZABETH AND MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS. (Continued from p. 345.)

Queene Elizabeth A memoriall for Henry Kelligree beinge sent from the Queene's Matie in meassage to the Q. of Scotts for the thinges followinge the xyth of June 1566 An° viij Elizabethe Regine.

First he shall on the waie informe hime selfe of as muche as he may learne by Thomas Randolphe, or by any other hauinge knowledge of the state of the affaiers in Scotlande for the better Instructions, and shall make his repaire to the place where the saide Queene of Scottes shalbe: to whom as sone as he maye have accesse he shall deliver the Q. Ma' letters with suche good wordes as are agreeable for hir Matie moste hartie comendations to the Queene hir good sister: wishynge to hir as the state of hir tyme shall then seeme requisite and meete good successe to hir comforte. And suche wordes of curtisie as are meete in those causes beinge passed he shall declare the cause of his cominge to be to make declarations to hir from the Queens Matie of sondrye thinges that seeme so necessarie to be reformed betwixte both their Maties, as if ether the same should proceade onwarde, or should continewe in the doubtfullnes wherein they are, the amity that is pretended on bothe partes cannot rest sownd nor haue any longe continewaunce And because he Q Matie is most perfectly assured of hir owne deter mination to keepe a synceare and perfecte amitie with the Q. of Scotes if she maye be answeared with the like: and therwith is informed by messeges and letters from the said Queene, that shee for hir parte hath the like

The seconde matter is the understandinge that hir Matie hath of the screcreat trade that one Chirstopher Rokebie an Englishman bath into that Realme, without license or knowledge of any officer, and of his audacitie to repaier scecreatly to the Queene of Scotes: wherin what is trewe the QMatie will not pronounce, but what is comonly thought in secreat sorte and reported of noe smale follies and rashe devises pretended by the saide Rokebie to enter into some favor with that Queene Hir Matie is verie sorrie to thinke that a Queene of a Realme havinge been so trained and acquainted with affaires of Estate as the Queene of Scotes, not only in hir owne Realme but also in ffraunce, should be so muche so abused with suche kinde of persone as Rokebie and his mattes are, as to beleave any matter of momente or of gravitie to be in their power, to promise or utter And yet in the meane tyme though thende shall so prove theire designes to be meane follies, yet the intertayninge of suche persons by givinge them so frequente audience ether of hir selfe or of hir Counsell, can not but breede evell speache amongst

suche as are not best given to nourishe concorde and therwith prognosticate some coldnes in the anitie that is pretended to be verie zealouse and warme.

Ye shall also at some tyme conveniente saie that amongst other thinges which haue increased in hir Matie some doubte of theise former proceadinges, hir ministeres here Robert Melvine whome otherwise hir Matie thinketh to be verie well chosen to nourishe concorde, hath by kinde of his speaches given occasion for hir Matie to mislike in that where it is well knowne to the Q. of Scotes that hir Matie hathe forborne for a tyme to enter into any disposition of the Q. of Scotes title: offeringe never thelesse to preserve it from all offence or hindrance: Yet Milvill seemeth to make it a parte of his service to sollicitte the subjectes of this realme to make a determination for the saide Q title without orderly disquisition: Wherein surely yf the Q. of Scotes dothe meane that he should spend his tyme here, hir Matie cannot allowe hereof in that therby hir Maties determination, wherof the Q. of Scotes ought more to trust than of any privat or popular sorte shalbe interupted: And therfore the saide Kelligree shall not only procure some answeare hereunto but shall affirme that with this manner of dealinge hir Matie cannot be contente to have ether the said Melvill or any other to remaine here: But yf shee shall commande hime to deale with hir Matie only, shee shall most profitte hir self therby.

A third matter also ther is which indeed is more hurtefull and hath more substaunce in it then any of the twoe former can have of themselfs: And yet in sight of the world these first are more slanderouse to the amitie and do breede more jealousie than greater can: you maye Baie that wee have willed you thus to reporte, that as it is certaine that no bande may containe Princes, beinge neighbours, in concorde so fast nor so longe thoughe otherwise they be never so affectionate one towardes the other in persons, as adminystration of justice upon limittes and merches and observation of the lawes ordeyned for publique peace betwixte the nations, so nothinge on the other parte dothe more speedily dissolve amitie, howe earnestly so ever it be mente on the princes parte, as contempte or negligence of justice: Wherin you shall saie that the Q Matie hearethe daylie complaintes made to hir by hir subjectes of the greate delaies and refusalls of justice in manifeste cawses, and amongst others there are none more manifeste than the apparent negligence and as it seemethe a wylfull cautelousenes of the wardens of the East Merches: wherof the Erle of Bedforth 1: warden then on the parte of Englande hath nowe of longe tyme complained and hitherto hath had no remedie: In so muche that excepte some reformation doe followe, he seemethe desirouse to be permitted and allowed to be as negligent on his parte in the answearinge of justice upon the complaintes of the Scotes to whome he hath never refused justice with expedition nor without: And yet the Q. Matie hath willed him not to forbeare his well doinge untill the saide Q: maye be bothe informed and provoked by speciall requeste from hir Matie presuminge that the continewance of trubles nowe of late tyme in that realme hath been some occasion that she could giue suche regarde to theise matters as weare requisite: And as for the particularities of these border matters, he shall saie that the Erle of Bedforth shalbe readie to specifie the same whersoever he shall see ministers, readie to answeare him justice upon the complaintes which he shal propownde.

Ther are also amongst manye other private complaintes, twoe verie lamentable of twoe severall merchantes one named Clercke of Norfolke the other Brigges of Radnor in Walles: Wherof the first was manifestly spoiled by Pirates of Scotland whoe live and enjoie his goodes: The other beinge spoiled by Pirates had his goodes caried

by the Pyrates into Scotlande: and havinge by justice some smale sparke of justice offered hime, is manifeste deprived therof: whose twoe causes beinge of themselves pitifull in the sight of God, and beinge denied justice wher it may be manifeste ministred, persed by their lamentable complaintes hir Maties harte to compassion therfore hir Maty most instantly requireth the Q. hir good sister to give some chardge, that suche persons as have some feare of Gods justice maye summarily understande the causes and cause justice to be shewed them with expedition: that they maye not for lacke seeke some releife to their calamity as in like plaine causes of justice the treaties and auncient leages do provide: wherof may ensue, which weare greate pitie, greate damage percase to manie innocentes And for better instructions hereof, the said Henrie Killigree shall take with him memorialls of the causes and shall not molest the Q. with the particularities hereof otherwise then he shall perceave it agreeable to hir selfe: But shall procure whilest he is there that some of hir counsell lovinge justice maye take some good order therin: He shall adde that there are diverse other complaintes of lacke of justice to merchantes: But he shall saie, that hir Matie meaneth not at this present to molest hir with any moe, nor would not with theise but that the excessiue draininge of the poore hath urged hir Matie to comande the same: and therin the said Killigree shalbe with the Q counsell verie earnestly to procure some reliefe.

After he shall have opened the first three gises of Shane Onele of Rokebye and of lacke of justice upon the borders: he shall require of the Q. that he maye haue to the same suche direct answares, as the Q. Majtie maye be satisfied, ether to thinke that shee hath had just cause to complaine, and yet that the same shalbe with good meaninge amended; or that the complaintes haue been misconceaved and grounded upon reportes gathered by suspicion; for he shall saye hir Matie careth for nothinge so muche as to finde the verie truthe and plainnesse so as shee make accompte what to thinke of the frindsheppe, which thoughe it hath been of late by manie accidentes shaken and impaired, yet yf nowe at the lenght plainenesse may be used and a mutuall frenshippe imbraced equallie on bothe partes, ther is good hope that after theise cloudie yeares faier sesons will followe and the frutes of trewe amitie may be enjoyede.

ffurthermore the saide Killigree shall understande that at the last comminge of Robert Melvill hither it hath apeared that the Q. of Scotes had conceaved certaine offences wherof both by hir letters and meassages to hir Matie shee hath made earnest mention: The one was of a reporte made to hir that there should be here in England a certaine booke newlie made and written to the prejudice of hir title: The other that another should be secreatly made touchinge the honor of the saide Q: in sondrie pointes, which last shee saith should be named Randolphes dreame: A thirde matter is the openinge at Barwicke of a packette of letters brought by a frenchman out of fraurce to hir, and at the same tyme a takinge awaie of a Perrot from the same man: The last was the stayinge Robert Milvill at Barwicke beinge sent by the saide Q: to the Q Matie, of all which the said Killigree shall saye that hir Matie hath harde by Robert Melvill, and as farre forthe as hir Matie can extend hir good will for answeare herunto, the said Melvill hath also understode hir Maties answeare wherwith shee thinketh that he cause to be satisfied: neverthelesse the said Killigree shall saie that he is chardged to reiterate the same to that Q: to the intente that it maye be knowne what shee shall allowe or disalowe therin, or shall further desire to be don: so as the Q Matie knowinge the same maye do that which shalbe reasonably requiered of the

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