Two very interesting Chapters are given on Bayle in the Curiosities of Literature, Vol. iii. 129–145, by Disraeli, who notes elsewhere that Bayle was the first who by attempting a critical dictionary taught us to think and to be curious and vast in our researches.

On the other hand, Horace Walpole says that Bayle "thought it his duty to collect "and publish every scandalous anecdote from the most obsolete libels and so prescribed “a method of writing history which reduces it to the very essence of a gazette.” Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of (1805–1881).—AmenITIES of Literature. See Disraeli (Isaac).

Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of.-CALAMITIES and Quarrels of Authors. See Disraeli (Isaac).

Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of.-CURIOSITIES of Literature. See Disraeli (Isaac).

Beal, Samuel.-LIFE of Buddha. See Müller (F. Max :) Vol. 19. Beamish, North Ludlow.-VOYAGES of the Northmen to America. See Prince Society Publications.

Beaumont, Edouard de. See De Beaumont.

Beaumont, Sir Harry.-CRITO, or a Dialogue on Beauty. See Bibliotheca Curiosa (Vol. V.).(c)

Becker, Professor W. A.-CHARICLES, or Illustrations of the Pri[236] vate Life of the Ancient Greeks. With Notes and Excursuses. From the German. Translated by the Rev. Frederick Metcalfe. Fourth Edition. London: Longmans. 1874. 8vo. Cloth. Index, 2 col. 499-512.

... The form of Professor Becker's original work has been altered by placing the Notes at the bottoms of pages and remitting all the Excursuses to an Appendix. The twelve Scenes in the private life of the fictitious Athenian, Charicles, occupy with footnotes pp. 1-214 and The Excursuses pp. 217-498.

These last are really "Essays," and the subjects treated of are as follows:-

Becker, Professor W. A.-GALLUS, or Roman Scenes of the Time [237] of Augustus. With Notes and Excursuses illustrative of

the Manners and Customs of the Romans. Translated by the Rev. Frederick Metcalfe. Fifth Edition. London: Longmans. 1876. 8vo. Cloth. Index, 2 col. 525-535. ...The original German Work was published in 1838, and has been regarded as “a "desirable repertory of whatever is most worth knowing about the private life of the "Romans."

On the small peg of a fictitious hero a series of 12 Scenes is given depicting the Private Life of an ancient Roman, which Professor Becker had intercalated with twenty-eight excursuses, besides "a gulf of Notes." These have now been remitted to the bottoms of the pages and an Appendix, leaving the Text to occupy (with footnotes) pp. 1-147, and the Excursuses pp. 151-523.

The Subjects discussed (with abundant quotations and very learned research) in the Excursuses are:

Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887).—Life, The, OF JESUS, The [238] Christ. Illustrated. New York: J. B. Ford and Company. 1871. Impl. 8vo. Half morocco, edges gilt. 3 Maps and 48 Illust. (with descriptions) ix.-xv. Analytical Index, 2 col. 381-387.

·.· This is Volume I. only. The Work was projected in two volumes, but was never completed.

Beers, Henry A.-WILLIS, Nathaniel Parker. See American Men of Letters.

Beeton, S. O. DICTIONARY of Universal Information: comprising [239] Geography, History, Biography, Mythology, Bible Knowledge, Chronology: With the pronunciation of every proper name. London: Ward, Lock and Tyler. [n. d.]

8vo., double columns. Half morocco, top edges gilt.

... A closely-printed aggregation of information on the subjects selected, covering 1408 pages, illustrated with a large number of woodcuts and maps: with four pages of "omitted references with additions" and six useful general Tables, viz: (1) Complete Calendar for 150 years from 1752 to 1900: (2) Table of principal coins: (3) Heraldic Arms of all Nations: (4) Relative Hour of the day throughout the world: (5) Marine Flags of all Nations: (6) Chronological Table of Events from 4004 B. C. to 1861 A. D., 52 pages.

Beeton, S. O.-SCIENCE, Art, and Literature. A Dictionary of [240] Universal Information, comprising a complete summary

of the moral, mathematical, physical, and natural sciences: a plain description of the Arts: an interesting synopsis of Literary Knowledge: with the pronunciation and etymology of every leading term, containing 1980 columns, and upwards of 600 engravings. London: Ward, Lock & Tyler. [n. d.] 2 vols. 8vo., double columns. Half morocco, top edges gilt.

... A complementary Dictionary to Beeton's "Dictionary of Universal Information," describing inventions, the forces of Nature, and Mechanics, etc.

Bell, Clara.—PAINTING, History of. See Woltmann, Dr. Alfred. Bell, Currer. (Pseud.) [Bronté, Charlotte] (1816-1855). JANE [241] EYRE. Haworth Edition. Philadelphia: Robert M. Lind

say. 1884. 2 vols. Impl. 8vo. Half morocco, top edges gilt. 8 Illust: see each vol. a. t.

... This is No. 10 of an Edition of 500 numbered copies, Nos. 1-75 printed on Whatman's hand-made paper, with duplicate signed proofs of the Etchings on Japan paper. The Initial Letters are designed by John S. Stevenson. The novel was first published in 1848, and immediately attained great popularity and was translated into many languages.

The school called "Lowood" in the novel is the Cowan's Bridge School near Haworth, where Charlotte and her sisters went, and the description of it is but "little "exaggerated." The Authoress's two elder sisters died soon after they were removed

from there; her brother Patrick lapsed into the state of a hopeless drunkard and lingered on till September, 1848, while in December of the same year her sister Emily ("Ellis Bell") died of consumption and her remaining sister, Anne (" Acton Bell"), was buried in the following year, May, 1849. Charlotte, herself, married in June, 1854, and succumbed to consumption in March, 1855.

Bell, Currer. (Pseud.) [Bronté, Charlotte]. POEMS, THE, of [242] Charlotte Bronté. New York: White and Stokes. 1882. 12mo. Half red calf, top edges gilt.

Bell, Robert.-MEMOIR of Chaucer.

See Chaucer, Geoffrey.

Bellows, Dr. Albert J.-PHILOSOPHY, THE, of Eating. Fifth [243] Edition. Boston: By the Author. [n. d. 1868?] 8vo. Cloth.

This bears the imprint," New York: Hurd & Houghton, 1869," with a slip pasted over reading: "Boston: Published by the Author on Account of threatened Suit in New "York for Opinions in the Book respecting the poisonous qualities of Phosphatic "Yeast Powders. Orders may be directed to Dr. Bellows, care of Lee and Shepard." The Contents (pp. v.-viii.) are arranged alphabetically and serve for an Index.

Bellows, Dr. Albert J.-To be Sick, How not: A Sequel to "Phi[244] "losophy of Eating." Third Edition. New York: Hurd and Houghton. 1869. 8vo. Cloth.

... The "Contents" (pp. 5-10) are arranged both seriatim and also in alphabetical order, and serve as an Index.

Benham, Rev. William.-TAIT, Catharine and Craufurd, Wife [245] and Son of Archibald Campbell, Archbishop of Canterbury: A Memoir. Edited at the request of the Archbishop. With two portraits [of the Wife and Son] engraved by Jeens. London: Macmillan & Co. 1879. 8vo. Cloth.

... Mrs. Tait (1819-1878) and her husband, while he was Dean of Carlisle, lost "five "little daughters, who were all cut off within five weeks," and their only son, "spared "in the fever which desolated his father's home at Carlisle in his childhood," died in the 29th year of his age, May, 1878.

Mrs. Tait left three daughters to bemoan her loss.

Benner, Samuel.- BENNER'S Prophecies of Future Ups and [246] Downs in Prices. What years to make money on Pig

Iron, Hogs, Corn, and Provisions. Cincinnati: Published by the Author. 1876. 18mo. Cloth extra, edges red.

Bent, J.-BLOODY, THE, Assizes. See Ariel Series (Vol. IV.).
Benton, Rev. A. A.-CHURCH Cyclopædia. See Anonymous.

Beraldi, Henri.-I. BIBLIOTHÈQUE d'un Bibliophile, 1865-1885. [247] Lille: L. Danel. 1885. 12mo. 2 vols. in I. Half morocco, top edges gilt. Indexes, 2 col. 143–149.

.. This is No. 161 of an Edition of 200 copies. It describes 1000 books and has as Frontispiece an etching by Maxime Lalanne, dated 1878.

II. MES ESTAMPES, 1872-1884. Lille: L. Danel. 1887.

... This is No. 88 of an Edition of 100 copies. Mons. L. Conquet of Paris requested permission to print 100 copies of this pamphlet "at his own expense," there being a considerable demand for it by the subscribers to the previous work. Beraldi consented in the terms “ Approuvé. (Rien à refuser à Conquet.) H. B.”

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A Table of the Divisions under which he has arranged the work is given on the last page.

Béranger, P. J. de. See De Béranger.

Berners [or Barnes], Dame Juliana.-TREATYSE of Fysshynge wyth an Angle. See Bibliotheca Curiosa (Vol. VII.).(a) Berry, Miss Mary (1762-1852).—EXTRACTS of the Journals and [248] Correspondence of Miss Berry from the year 1783 to 1852. Edited by Lady Theresa Lewis. London: Long1865. 3 vols. 8vo. Calf, edges gilt. Index, 2 col. Vol. III. 529-567. Extra-Illustrated.

mans.

..."Born in the third year after the accession of George III. she lived to be pri"vately presented to Queen Victoria a few months before her death." Her position in society and letters, added to the great number of years over which her personal recollections ranged, render her Memoirs of peculiar interest. This Copy is extra illustrated with 100 engravings of views and interesting portraits. Among the latter is one of William Godwin (Vol. II. 110), the Author of "Thoughts on Man," inserted apropos of some curious remarks by Miss Berry on the "Travels of St. Leon" by Godwin, "written for bread and as the printers wanted it."

Beza, Theodore (1519-1605).-THEODORI Beza Vezelii Poëmata [249] Varia. Omnia ab ipso Auctore in vnum nunc Corpus collecta & recognita. Accessu Iac. Lectii V. Cl. Ionah. seu poetica paraphrasis ad eum vatem. Excvdebat Iacobvs Stoer. M.D.XCIX. Small 8vo. Half calf, edges stained.

... This volume, collected and revised by Beza, who was born at Vezelay in Burgundy, contains the following:

I. Sylvæ―Elegies—Epitaphs-Epigrams-Icones of the illustrious persons, includ