in some leaves.  The title-page to this copy (as in Mr. Grenville’s) is supplied by the title to the 4th Decade, and a few leaves are wanting.  For the rarity of this work, see Bibliotheca Grenvilliana, vol. i. p. 60.

And, lastly, Lot 1701; which contains a matchless series, in 154 vols., of the Works of Daniel De Foe, whom Coleridge was inclined to rank higher than Addison for his humour and as a writer of racy vigorous English.

The Lot is thus described:—­

    “THIS MATCHLESS SERIES of the Works of this distinguished Author was
    formed with unwearied diligence by his Biographer, the late Mr.
    Walter Wilson, during the greater portion of his life.

“The numbers to 208 refer to the Catalogue of the Works as published in his Life of Defoe, 3 vols. 1830; those following have been discovered by Mr. Wilson since the period of the publication.  This Collection is rendered still further to complete by the addition of upwards of forty pieces by a recent possessor.  The extreme difficulty of forming such a collection as the present is very apparent when we compare its voluminous contents with those very few collections which, during the last fifty years, have on the dispersion of celebrated libraries occurred for sale.”

We have this week received a most important and valuable

“Catalogue of Bibles and Biblical Literature, containing the best works, ancient and modern, on the Criticism, Interpretation, and Illustration of Holy Scripture, and including such of the Fathers and Ecclesiastical Writers as have treated on these subjects, classified with Analytical Table of Contents and Alphabetical Indexes of Subjects and Authors, &c. on Sale, by C.J.  Stewart, 11.  King William St., West Strand.”

Mr. Stewart explains that in addition to what are “strictly regarded as Biblical, there will be found in it the works of those Fathers, Mediaeval and more recent Writers, who treat upon subjects connected with Scripture, each accompanied with an enumeration of such portions of his works; and under heads (more especially extensive under commentators) references are given to these writers, so as to afford a condensed view of authorities or sources of information.”  Mr. Stewart states also that he has other Catalogues in preparation,—­we presume in continuation of the present one, and exhibiting the same system of arrangement,—­and if so, we feel that the series will be of the greatest value to all theological students.

Collectors of Autographs and Engraved Portraits will thank us for directing their attention to a

    “Catalogue of Books, Prints, Manuscripts, and Autograph Letters;
    being a part of the Stock of Horatio Rodd, brother and successor to
    the late Thomas Rodd, No. 23.  Little Newport Street,”

in which they will find many interesting Autographs and curious Portraits.