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BERTRAND PAYEN-PAYNE, the Roll of the High Sheriff's of England and Wales for 1877, recording the Arms and the Lineages of those Families whose members have been appointed by her Majesty to serve the ancient and honourable office of High Sheriffs of their respective counties for the current year, large 4to. with 21 large engraved Coats of Arms (subscription price £3. 38), extra cloth, gilt edges, 218 London, printed for the Author, 1878 Apart from the Genealogical information and Heraldic illustration afforded by this volume, it is hoped it will possess, as a special and permanent Memorial of the Sheriffs of each year, peculiar value to every member of the families distinguished by the tenure of this office. the office in question forms a Royal recognition of the position of a family in its county, and confers honour not only on the nominee himself, but also on his descendants. For Preface, June, 1878. Sikh Scriptures. 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Smith (John) Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the most eminent DUTCH, FLEMISH, AND FRENCH PAINTERS, with Biographical Notices of the Artists, and a copious description of their principal Pictures, also the price at which they have been sold, complete, with the Supplement, 9 vols. royal 8vo. portraits, cloth, £15. 1829-42 Vols. 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 are sold separately at 30s each; Vol. 9, the Supplement, x and 884 pp. for £3. This celebrated work, by Mr. Smith, the eminent picture dealer, is indispensable to the collector of paintings. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks. BIRDWOOD (G. C. M.) Industrial Arts of India, 2 vols. 12mo. full of fine illustrations, sd. 38; cloth, 48 1880 the same, 2 vols. in 1, 12mo. printed on better paper (sells 11s), cloth, 78 6d 1880 Dr. Birdwood's wide knowledge of the Art manufactories of India specially qualifies him for the work. The first vol. or part treats of the Hindu Pantheon," without some knowledge of which half the interest of the manual arts of India is lost." The second part is not intended to be merely a handbook to the South Kensington Collections, but as a guide for completing them, and also to the general public to the places in India where they may obtain objects of genuine native art. See Preface. A New Volume of Sowerby (James) English Botany: A Description and Life-size Drawing of every British Plant, edited and brought up to the present standard of scientific knowledge by J. T. BOSWELL, F.L.S., etc. VOL. XII, treating of the CRYPTOGAMOUS PLANTS, to be completed in 5 parts at 5s cach To this volume will be added a number of corrccied or additional plates supplementary to those in earlier volumes. A full index to the entire work, with references also to the London Catalogue of Plants, will be given. This valuable and much-called-for addition will form a special double part. 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Topographical Botany: being local and personal Records towards showing the Distribution of British Plants traced through the 112 Counties and Vice-Counties of England, Wales and Scotland, second edition, corrected and enlarged with a Memoir of the Author, by J. G. BAKER, Esq., F.R.S., etc., and an entirely new coloured map showing the distribution of British Plants, thick 8vo. xlvii and 612 pp. cloth, 16s 1883 The first edition, privately printed at Thames Ditton in 1873, having become very rare, this one has been edited from the Author's interleaved copy, which he kept constantly at hand, and entered all the records of the occurrence of plants in additional vice-counties that came to his notice. Those interested in British botany will feel thankful to the publisher for undertaking its publication." It would be difficult to find a work which has been looked forward to with more anxiety than this new edition of Topographical Botany; difficult, too, to find a book which more thoroughly fulfils the anticipations formed of it. That these anticipations were high it is unnecessary to assert. In the whole range of British botanists it would have been impossible to find two so well fitted for the task of editing the work as those whose names are attached to the short preface with which it opens. United to Mr. Watson by strong ties of personal friendship, Mr. Baker and the Rev. W. W. Newbould are otherwise singularly well adapted to carry on his WATSON'S TOPOGRAPHICAL BOTANY-continued. work, possessing, as they do respectively, the faculty of generalization and the critical mind which were combined in Mr. Watson with such happy results. "The evidences of care and steady work may be traced on every page. The segregates have received much attention,-Ranunculus aquatilis, for instance, represented by only 3 in the 1st edition, has here 10 placed under it. Prof. Babington contributes the distribution of the fruticose Rubi; the Roses remain much as before. Detailed distribution of the Callitriches is given, 6 species being enumerated. The Hieracia have received much attention, no fewer than 20 segregates being added. Galinsoga parviflora is inserted as naturalized in Surrey and Middlesex. "To all who are interested in County Floras, or in the general subject of plant distribution in Britain, Topographical Botany' is indispensable."-Journal of Botany, Sept. 1883. Worcestershire. PICTURESQUE SCENERY in Norwich Park, from Drawings taken by the Hon. Anne Rushout, oblong folio, 6 aquatint views by Dubourg, 58 the same, India Proofs, 10s 1815 1815 Wanstead Grove, four Lithographed views of the House and Gardens, by the Hon. Anne Rushout, 2s 6d circa 1820 Y Seint Greal, being the Adventures of King ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE in the Quest of the HOLY GREAL, and on other occasions, in Welsh and English, edited by the Rev. Robert Williams, 3 parts in 1 volume, 8vo. cloth, 15s Hengwrt MSS. 1-3, 1874-76 The Welsh MS. from which this is printed dates from the early part of the fifteenth century (it may have been copied from one of greater age), and contains in its first part a translation from the Queste du Saint Greal. The second part is taken from the second part of the Histoire du Graal. This Welsh translation has an independent value as showing what Welsh names correspond to the French ones, and as containing traces of the concurrent British legends of King Arthur and his Knights. Yorkshire: Lefroy's (W. C.) Ruined Abbeys OF YORKSHIRE, folio, 12 fine etchings by A. Brunet-Debaines and 1883 This well-printed volume is suited for drawing-room tables owing to its picturesque illustrations and the readable nature of the letterpress. Zeuss (J. C.) Grammatica Celtica, e Monumentis vetustis tam Hibernica Linguæ quam Britannicarum Dialectorum Cambrica, The great authority for Celtic Comparative Philology. "The Celts seem to have been the first of the Aryans to arrive in Europe; but the pressure of subsequent migrations, particularly of Teutonic tribes, has driven them towards the westernmost parts, and latterly from Ireland across the Atlantic. The only remaining dialects are the Welsh, the Cornish, lately extinct, the Armorican of Brittany, the Irish, the Gaelic of the West Coast of Scotland, and the dialect of the Isle of Man. Gaul, Belgium and Britain were Celtic Dominions, and the North of Italy was chiefly inhabited by them. In the time of Herodotus, we find Celts in Spain; and Switzerland, the Tyrol, and the country south of the Danube have once been seats of Celtic tribes. A Celtic colony settled in Asia, and founded Galatia, where the language spoken at the time of St. Jerome was still that of the Gauls."-Max Müller. |