Sotes on Books. Shakespeare's Workmanship. By Sir Arthur It is not that it is in any way epochmaking, are times He that hath kill'd my king, and stain'd my To quit him with this arm? Sir Arthur is so self-confident, and so contemptuous of the unhappy commentators "who have never created a play or a novel or a scene or a character in their lives," that it is necessary to "I have known an Archbishop from a Uni- It is good for our humility to be reminded that the cant which makes Kultur an excuse for aggression has not always been the peculiar possession of one nation. A Bibliography of Works by Officers, Non-Com- THE first part of this elaborate work was issued we encounter That the compilers are animated by the true bibliographical spirit is evident from the fact that almost all the titles have been copied from the books themselves; and we hope that, as the general outlook is now so much brighter, Col. Leslie and his colleague may have the satisfaction of being able to complete their labour of love. BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. MESSRS. HIGHAM & SON's New Year Catalogue (No. 553) contains over 1,500 entries, including sections devoted to Archæology; Architecture; Art; Church History, Early and General; Eastern Travel, Life, and Exploration; English Local History; Liturgiology, Roman and Anglican; Occult Sciences; Pastoral Theology; and Scotland, with six pages of Addenda. Hennessy's Novum Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense,' 1898, is offered for 178. 6d. MR. JAMES MILES of Leeds opens his Christmas Catalogue (No. 210) with two collections of etchings-50 Invitation Cards, mounted in a quarto volume, morocco extra (187. 188.), and 76 Etchings, including trial and unfinished proofs, half morocco (12l. 12s.). He has also a fine copy of the Breeches Bible, bound by Samuel Mearne in dark-blue morocco, black-letter (121. 128.). Costumes of British Ladies,' from William the Conqueror to Queen Victoria, is a sumptuous folio volume in crimson morocco, with 48 coloured plates, 81. 158. Sections are devoted to Yorkshire and to Yorkshire Topography. The former includes a complete set of the Yorkshire Parish Register Society, 57 vols., 1899-1918, 117. 118. Mr. Miles also offers parts 1-21 of the Brontë Society publications, 1895-1911, for a guinea. Two useful works are Sims's Manual for the Genealogist,' improved ed., 1888 (12s. 6d.), and Foster's London Marriage Licences, 1521-1869,' 1887 (158.). MR. JOHN MORTON of Brighton issues with his Catalogue 39, 'Divers Bookes, Rare, Occult, Masonic, and Miscellaneous,' a humorous apology for being obliged to charge sixpence for the list, which contains 850 entries. A question was recently asked in N. & Q.' about the method of embalming mummies, and here we have Pettigrew's History of Egyptian Mummies,' 1st ed., with plates by Cruikshank, 1834, 1l. 158. The long list under Freemasonry includes vols. 11-27 of the Transactions of the Ars Quatuor Coronatorum Lodge (121. 10s.) and vols. 9-16 (81. 108.). Under Genealogy are family histories and reprints of parish registers; under Lancashire, volumes of folk-lore, ballads, and legends; and under London works by Hilton Price and Mr. P. Norman, besides a set of 10 vols. of Dr. Sharpe's' Calendar of Letter-Books,' 1899-1912 (31. 58.). The Addenda include a large number of steel plates and lithographic views of places in America, mostly at 18. 6d. each. MR. J. A. NEUHUYS of Willesden Green in his Catalogue 13 makes a feature of books in French, his list beginning with Edmond About, and finishing with Zola. The early entries afford scope for curious reflections. Thus we have copies of the Almanach de Gotha ranging from 1823 to 1872, and in price from 88. 6d. to 3s. 6d., followed immediately by various issues of the 'Almanach des Gourmands' (5s. each). If we wish to see ourselves as others see us, we can turn to M. Charles Bemont's masterly study of 'Simon de Montfort, Comte de Leicester,' 1884 (208.), or Émile Boutmy's Le Développement de la Constitution et de la Société politique en Angleterre,' 1887 (108.). Cambrai figures in the present issue of N. & Q.,' and Mr. Neuhuys offers Chants et Chansons Populaires du Cambresis,' with the airs, 2 vols., 1864-8, for 108. Brunet and Barbier's Dictionnaire des Ouvrages Anonymes,' 5 vols., is 21. 158. There are also works on tarot and playing cards, the origin of the gipsies, and the Elzeviers, including a paper on Elzevier Bibliography' by our old contributor Chancellor Christie (2s. 6d.). MESSRS. SIMMONS & WATERS of Leamington Spa begin their Catalogue 307 with several extraillustrated books, including Angelo's Reminiscences,' 177 additional plates, 2 vols., threequarter morocco, 1904, 10l. 108., and Angelo's Picnic,' 72 additional portraits and views, half crimson morocco, 1904, 5l. 58.; Rogers's Table Talk,' 166 additional portraits and views, 2 vols., three-quarter morocco, 1856, 51. 58.; and Chambers's Book of Days,' 110 portraits, 2 vols., half calf, 1860, 51. 58. A complete set of the works of William Hutton, the Birmingham antiquary, with his Life by his daughter, 11 vols., is 131. 13s. Under Coinage are W. J. Davis's 'Nineteenth-Century Token Coinage,' 14 plates besides wood engravings, 21., and Pye's Provincial Copper Tokens and Cards of Address,' 3rd ed., 55 copperplates, 1916, 21. 10s. Obituary. J. S. SHEDLOCK. ALL readers interested in the history of music will regret to hear of the death of Mr. John South Shedlock, who, under his surname or his initials J. S. S., was always ready to place his stores of knowledge at the service of N. & Q.' He was for a time the musical critic of The Academy, and filled the same position on The Athenæum from 1901 to 1916. A genial, kindhearted man, he was a recognized authority on Beethoven and the sonata, and would take an infinite amount of trouble in trying to settle a difficult point for a friend. He was born at Reading on Sept. 29, 1813. and died in hospital on the 9th inst. from the result of an accident. Notices to Correspondents. WE cannot undertake to answer queries privately, but we will forward advance proofs of answers received if a shilling is sent with the query; of old books and other objects or as to the means of nor can we advise correspondents as to the value disposing of them. G. J. (Cyprus) and G. W. H.-Forwarded. J. WILLCOCK ('Magnet Stories ').—Anticipated at 12 S. iv. 230. ANEURIN WILLIAMS, Carnarvon (Canon David Lloyd, author of State Worthies ').-The Dict. Nat. Biog.' devotes nearly two columns to him and his works. TWO IMPORTANT BOOKS ON THE EAST: Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India Translated from the Portuguese by Sir CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, K.C.B., Dedicated to the late SIR GEORGE BIRDWOOD, K.C.I.E. With 25 Illustrations reproduced from the quaint Engravings in Historia Natural y Morale de Beautifully Printed, in large clear type, by Messrs. R. & R. Clark of Edinburgh, and bound in buckram. One Volume, Crown 4to. Limited to 250 Copies, of which only 200 are for Sale, a large number of which are already sold. The celebrated Coloquious dos Simples e Drogas da India' of Garcia da Orta were first published at Goa in 1563. The author went out to India in 1534 as physician to his feudal Lord Dom Martin da Sousa, afterwards Governor of Goa, and stayed there until his death in 1570. Travelling extensively along the western seaboard of India and in Ceylon, Garcia gathered botanical and pharmaceutical knowledge at first hand wherever he went. He formed a large 'physic garden, in Goa, and another in Bombay, on the site now occupied by the Victoria Gardens. The Colloquies was in all probability the first European book printed in India; it contains the first descriptions of many Indian plants now in widespread medical use, and of their application to such diseases as cholera and dysentery. Clusius in his * Aromatum Historia' made a short, unsatisfactory précis, and the Italian and the French translations are very inferior to the original. Sir Clements Markham was engaged on his translation from the standard Portuguese edition, at Lisbon and Madrid, for the greater part of three years. On the proposal of Sir George Birdwood the publication was under the patronage of the Secretary of State for India. The work has more than a scientific interest, for it is enlivened by entertaining anecdotes of the manners and customs of the people among whom Garcia da Orta carried on his researches. This is the first English translation of this famous book, and it will be found to appeal not only to the Botanist and Pharmacist, but also to the many students of Indian subjects, as well as the lover of Belles Lettres, who will be agreeably pleased by its quaint and curious style, so reminiscent of the Dialogues in Walton's 'Angler.' "In spite of occasional bombast or intolerance a remarkable book; and all who are concerned with the history of simples are under a great obligation to Sir Clements Markham for his painstaking translation from a language which few are able to read.”—Times. SIR JAMES BROOKE AND THE ROMANCE OF SARAWAK. A History of Sarawak under its Two White Rajahs, 1839-1908. By SABINE BARING-GOULD, M.A., Rector of Lew Trenchard, It is to be hoped that there is as yet no need to point out the romance that belongs to the career of Rajah Brooke -one of the greatest of Canon Kingsley's Heroes-and the brave little State which he founded in the most head-hunting wilds of Borneo. As a book written from within, with the help of the life-like pen of Mr. Baring-Gould, it gives new life to a story which has now stretched over a period of seventy years. HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., Publishers, 43 PIOCADILLY, W.1, and 140 STRAND, W.0.2; and] all Booksellers, AUTHORS' MSS. considered and placed with Editors M.P. for Aylesbury, Lord Mayor of London, 1774. and Publishers. MSS. carefully corrected and arranged for Press. RESEARCH WORK and INDEXING done with scrupulous care. PRÉCIS prepared. PROOFS corrected for Press. Estimates given for printing and publishing works. TYPEWRITING BUREAU. MSS. of all natures, REPORTS. 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