“[Greek:  Amorphota]. 5.”

Miry-land Town.—­As an addition to the note of “J.R.F.” (p. 167.  No. 11.) on Miry-land Town, and by way of corroboration of his reading, I may just mention that the towns and villages in the Weald of Kent are familiarly spoken of as places “down in the mud,” by the inhabitants of other parts of the country.  Those who are acquainted with the Weald will agree that this designation is not undeserved.

HENRY KERSLEY.

       * * * * {238}

NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC.

The Surtees Society, for the publication of inedited MSS. illustrative of the intellectual, moral, religious, and social condition of those parts of the United Kingdom which constitute the ancient kingdom of Northumberland, has been remodelled.  The subscription for the year is one guinea, and the works in immediate preparation are, 1.  “The Injunctions and other Ecclesiastical Proceedings of Richard Barnes, Bishop of Durham (1577-87);” and, 2.  “The Anglo-Saxon Hymnarium.”

We have great pleasure in directing attention to the Exhibition of Works of Ancient and Mediaeval Art which is to be opened in the Adelphi next month.

This is a great opportunity for forming an Exhibition of a novel and most interesting kind, one which is calculated both to interest and amuse the archaeologist and the public, and to instruct the artizan and the manufacturer.  We sincerely hope possessors of articles suitable for exhibition, will not fail to take advantage of it.  They should immediately enter into communication with the Honorary Secretary to the Exhibition, at the rooms of the Society of Arts, or they will be too late.

The Gentlemen’s Magazine realizes all our anticipations.  The Reviews are of a very superior order.  Justice is done to as well as upon the authors who have come under notice, and the original articles are of high value; those upon the Dea Sequana and the History of Words are especially worthy of notice.  Mr. Waller’s papers upon Christian Iconography promise to be of the highest value.  A new career of usefulness and honour has been opened up to Sylvanus Urban, who seems determined to merit the addition lately made to his title, and to become what is really a desideratum in English Literature—­a good “Historical Review.”

Messrs. Sotheby and Co. will sell, on Thursday and Friday next, a very choice Selection of Magnificent Books and Pictorial Works from the Library of an eminent Collector, including large paper copies of the Antiquarian Works of Visconti, Montfaucon, &c.; the first four editions of Shakspeare, and other works of similar high character.

We have received the following Catalogues:—­