Painter or Engraver's Christian name and then look under that rather than under the surname, the Index is "capable of improvement." Happily, that mode of Indexing has been exploded.

Houbraken, Jacob.-See Birch, Thomas.

.. An excellent Catalogue Raisonné of the 108" Birch-Heads” and of the twelve "Additional Heads" engraved by Houbraken for Rapin's Continuation of the History of England, is given in Huell's "Houbraken," pp. 99–127.

Houssaye, Arsène.-LA COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE, 1680-1880. Paris: [793] Librairie d'Art. 1880. Folio. Cloth, lettered and ornamented, top edges gilt, others uncut. Illust. pp. 175–7.

... This is a very complete history of the origin and progress of the "Comédie Fran"çaise," whose history as that of a single Company of Actors begins in 1780, and is illustrated with India proof Portraits of many of the best known Sociétaires of the Company.

The Portraits represent the Sociétaires of the Comédie Française in the year 1880. The figures following the name indicate the years of Birth and Election to the Society.

Howard, Charles.-ENGLAND AND WALES, The Roads of: An [794] Itinerary for Cyclists, Tourists, and Travellers, particularly

adapted to the use of Bicyclists and Tricyclists. Third Edition. London: Letts, Son & Co. 1883. 12mo. Cloth.

Howard, Henry.-See Surrey, Earl of [British Poets].

Howells, William D.-RISE, The, of SILAS LAPHAM. Boston: [795] Ticknor and Company. 1885. 12mo. Cloth, lettered.

Howells, William D.-VENETIAN LIFE. Fifth Edition. New

[796] York: Hurd and Houghton. 1868.

dex, 2 col. pp. 399-401.

12mo. Cloth. In

... An Account of Venice and the Venetians, as seen by one in a residence in that unique City for a period of three years.

Howson, Rev. Dean, J. S.—ST. JOHN, The Life and Writings of (Introduction). See Macdonald, James M.

Huber, M.-NOTICES GÉNÉRALES des Graveurs divisés par Nations, [797] et des Peintres rangés par Écoles, précédées de l'Histoire de

La Gravure et de La Peinture depuis l'origine de ces arts jusqu'à nos jours, et suivies d'un catalogue raisonné d'une Collection choisie d'estampes. Dresden: J. G. I. Breitkopf. 1787. 8vo. Mottled calf, edges red.

The basis of this work is the Collection of prints owned by the writer. It is divided into two parts. The first treats of Engraving and the second of Painting. After a Preliminary Discourse (pp. iii.-xxviii.) and Alphabetical List of Artists (xxix.xlviii.) he writes of many of the leading Schools and Countries, following each with a Catalogue of the engravings of that School or Country owned by the writer.

Hübner, M. Le Baron de. See De Hübner.

Huell, A. Ver.-JACOBUS HOUBRAKEN et Son Euvre (with Por[798] trait). Arnhem: P. Gouda Quint. 1875. Small folio.

Half morocco, top edges spotted.

. This is a Catalogue Raisonné of this Master's works, preceded by a short Memoir (pp. v.−x.).

Houbraken lived 1698-1780. This Catalogue gives Lists of 490 Portraits by Houbraken exclusive of several series of Works for which he engraved a large number of portraits.

Hughes, Thomas.-MANLINESS, THE, OF CHRIST. Boston: Hough[799] ton, Osgood and Company. 1880. 12mo. Cloth.

.. This is a republication of the Author's papers in "Good Words." They were a series of readings prepared for Sunday afternoons with a small class in the "Working "Men's College," and took their rise in a proposal to form a "Christian Guild” which should avoid the want of manliness which seemed to attach to the Young Men's Christian Association. It was originally proposed to form Guilds in some of the Northern towns of England, which had then recently gained a bad reputation for savage assaults and crimes of violence. The true manliness which could earn a medal of the Royal Humane Society—or win a championship in wrestling, rowing, or other athletic exercise was to qualify for membership, and the Manliness of Christ was to be the

Model set before the Members when elected. Whether the Guild was started or not is not known, but the Subject attracted the thoughts and attention of Tom Hughes, and hence these papers.

Hughes, Thomas.-MEMOIR of Charles Kingsley. See Kingsley (Alton Locke).

Hughes, Thomas.-PREFACE to "Friendship of Books." See Maurice, Rev. F. D.

Hugo, Victor Marie (1802-1885).-LE LIVRE D'OR DE VICTOR HUGO. See Blémont, Émile.

Hugo, Victor.-LES MISÉRABLES. Boston: Little, Brown and [800] Company. 1887. 5 vols. 8vo. Half morocco, top edges gilt.

... This is No. 103 of an Edition limited to 150 copies. It is mainly a reprint of the English Translation, in 3 vols., by Sir Lascelles Wraxall, which was made with the sanction and advice of the Author. The work, translated into nine languages, was issued at Paris, Brussels, London, New York, Madrid, Berlin, St. Petersburg, and Turin on the same day, April 3, 1862.

Huish, Marcus B.-YEAR'S ART, THE, 1881. A concise Epitome [801] of all matters relating to the Arts of Painting, Sculpture,

and Architecture which have occurred during the year 1880, in the United Kingdom, together with information respecting the events of the year 1881. London: Macmillan and Co. 1881. 12mo. Cloth, lettered.

·.· This was the second year of issue.

Humphreys, H. Noel.-PRINTING, A History of the Art of, from [802] its Invention to its wide-spread development in the middle

of the sixteenth century. Preceded by a short Account of the Origin of the Alphabet, and of the successive methods of recording Events before the Invention of Printing. Illustrated by 100 facsimiles in photolithography, executed under the direction of the Author. Second Issue. London: Bernard Quaritch. 1868. Folio. Half morocco, top edges gilt. Illust. a. c.

... The author claims to have given a more complete series of examples of the early progress of the Art of Printing than has been given to the public before, and states that, with the simple assistance of the descriptive titles appended to each Plate, it might serve to convey a very accurate idea of the origin and subsequent progress of this Art. He directs special attention to Pl. 14, a complete Page from the Gutenberg Bible, the ear

liest complete printed "Book" issued from the Press, printed at Mayence about 1455. Whether Gutenberg ever did print this (see Dibdin, Decameron, Vol. I. pp. 309–338) or whether it was Fust who printed it, the execution was a splendid triumph, or, as it has been well said, "quite a miracle in its way."

Pl. 2 (p. 40) is reproduced as XIV. in Dutuit's Manuel d'Estampes, but the copy in Humphreys is much the rougher in execution.

Two pages (reduced one-third in size) of the Nuremberg Chronicle are introduced, viz: Pl. 60 and 61 (p. 170). They are Folios IX. (verso) and XII. (recto) of the Chronicle.

Pl. 59 (p. 141) gives a specimen of the Printing of the first of the Estiennes in 1544. Plates 67 and 681⁄2 (p. 174), from Albert Durer's "Life of the Virgin Mary," and Plate 79 (p. 180), giving two of Holbein's " Images of Death," and the double-page Pl. 94 (p. 198), reproducing the Title-page of Archbishop Cranmer's Bible known as the "Great Bible," 1540, make this an exceedingly interesting volume.

Hunt, James Henry Leigh (1784-1859).—POETICAL WORKS, THE [803] (with Portrait), now first entirely collected. Revised by

himself and Edited with an Introduction by S. Adams Lee. Boston Ticknor and Fields. 1859. 2 vols. 18mo. Cloth, edges gilt.

... In 1812 the Poet and his brother John were fined £500 and imprisoned for two years for a satirical article, in which the Prince Regent was styled “ an Adonis of fifty.” Leigh Hunt is described as "the most vivid of poets and most cordial of critics." Hunt, James Henry Leigh.-SEER, THE, or Common-Places Re[804] freshed. Boston: Roberts Brothers. 1865. 2 vols. 16mo. Cloth, top edges gilt.

... This a copy of the Third Edition. It is a collection of 66 short papers or essays, on any and every subject, mostly published in the "London Journal" and the remainder taken from the "Liberal," the "Monthly Repository," "Tatler," and the "Round "Table." The first Edition was published in 1840. Leigh Hunt started and edited the London Journal, edited The Monthly Repository, and contributed to half a dozen other periodicals.

Hunt, Louise Livingston.-MEMOIR of Mrs. Edward Livingston, [805] with Letters hitherto unpublished. New York: Harper

& Brothers. 1886. 12mo. Cloth.

... Louise Moreau de Lassy (ob. 1860) was the second wife of the eminent jurist and statesman, Edward Livingston (1764-1836). She survived Mr. Livingston twenty-four years. Her early life-married to M. Moreau de Lassy at 13 and left a widow with three infants (who died young) three years later—a witness of the terrors of the St. Domingo massacre-in New Orleans during its transition position at the beginning of this century-and her accounts of the interesting people with whom she was thrown in contact during her husband's active life as Secretary of State to President Jackson, and afterwards minister-plenipotentiary to France, make the life of this Creole beauty a pleasant book to read.

Huntington, Rev. Dr. F. D.-CHRISTIAN Believing and Living. [806] Sermons. Boston: Crosby, Nichols and Company. 1860. 12mo. Cloth.

...There are twenty-five sermons.

Huon de Villeneuve.-[Aymon.] HISTOIRE des quatre Fils [807] Aymon, très nobles et très vaillans Chevaliers: Illustrée de compositions en couleurs par Eugène Grasset gravure et impression par Charles Gillot. Introduction et Notes par Charles Marcilly. Paris: H. Launette. 1883. 4to. Three-quarters morocco, with centre strip embossed silk, top edges gilt. Binding by Pawson & Nicholson, slip cover. ... This is one of the first hundred of an Édition de Luxe of 200 numbered copies; 1-100 are printed on Imperial Japan paper.

The book is profusely Illustrated in colours: and at the end of the Volume are six pages of Notes and a Table of Contents.

This romance was written by Huon de Villeneuve, a poet in the time of Philip Augustus (1165-1223). Aymon was a Duke of Dordogne, the adventures of whose four Sons, Rinaldo (Renaud), Guicciardo (Guiscard), Alardo (Alard), and Ricciardetto (Richard), constitute the Story. Manuscripts of this Romance are found, of as early a date as the 13th century, and references to it even earlier-but it was for a long time disputed who first printed it. Dr. Dibdin contended that though the then earliest known copy was printed by Copland—and no existing copy has been found of Wynkyn de Worde's Edition-yet it was evident that Caxton had printed the work still earlier. A Caxton copy has been found, though unfortunately imperfect, and is now preserved in Earl Spencer's Library. (See Dibdin, Decameron, Vol. II. p. 437: Typo: Antiquities, II. 116-118, III. 137-143: Spenceriana, VI. 298: and Blades, Biog. etc., of Caxton, Ed. 1877, PP. 339–341.) Dibdin gives (Typ: Ant: III., as above) some extracts from the Romance, with two Engravings from Copland's Edition of 1554.

Huon de Villeneuve.-[Huon.]-LES PROUESSES & faictz du tres [808] preulx noble & vaillant Huon de bordeaulx Per de France

Duc de Guyenne. Nouuellemêt redige en bon Frãcoys.
Lyon. Oliuier Arnoullet. [n. d.] 4to. Black letter.
Green morocco doublé with red morocco bordered with
gold, edges gilt. Binding by Koehler.

... This is a very rare copy, and was bought at the Crawford Sale, June, 1887. It had previously been in the Yemeniz Library in 1867 (No. 2306), and has on the inner cover the Yemeniz book-plate, and, underneath, the signature "Crawford."

There are upwards of 200 small wood-cuts, the great majority being, however, initial letters. Some of the folios are wrongly numbered.

The Romance relates to Sir Huon, who married Esclairmond, and when Oberon