Catalogues Received.—­Charles Skeet’s (21.  King William Street, Charing Cross) Catalogue No. 1. for 1851, of a Miscellaneous Collection of Books, New and Second-hand; John Petheram’s (94.  High Holborn) Catalogue, Part CXX. (No. 1. for 1851) of Old and New Books; Edward Stibbs’ (331.  Strand) Catalogue, Part II., of a valuable Collection of Books, including an extensive purchase of Italian, French, and Spanish Literature; Bernard Quaritch’s (16.  Castle Street, Leicester Square) Catalogue No. 23. of European and Oriental Philology and General Literature; John Miller’s (43.  Chandos Street) Catalogue No.  XVII. of Books Old and New.

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BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE.

DE CULTU ET AMORE DEI. 2 Pts.  London, 1745.

AINSLIE’S MATERIA INDICA.

LEWIN, LEPIDUR, INSECTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 18 coloured Plates. 4to. 1805

COCKBURNE ON GONORRHOEA VIRULENTA, c. 1. col.  London, 1721.

RAY, SYNOPSIS METHODICA AVIUM ET PISCITM.  London, 1713.

BURKE’S THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSES OF THE DISCONTENTS, 1766.

*** Letters, stating particulars and lowest price, carriage free, to be sent to MR. BELL, Publisher of “NOTES AND QUERIES,” 186.  Fleet Street.

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NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

HANAP.  Q.B., who asks the meaning of this old name given to certain cups and drinking vessels, is referred to our First Vol. pp. 477-8, our Second Vol. p. 150., and the Archaeological Journal, Vol. ii., p. 263.

MR. KENNETH MACKENZIE, MR. M.A.  LOWER.  MR. GEORGE STEPHENS (of Stockholm), and several anonymous Correspondents, who have written to us suggesting certain alterations either in our size, price, mode of publication, or other arrangements, are assured that fully appreciating the kind motives which have prompted their communications, their respective suggestions will receive our best attention; and that if we do not adopt them, it will be for reasons the force of which our Correspondents would, we have no doubt, if they could be made fully acquainted with them, be the very first to admit.

DELTA, who writes to us respecting the origin of the thought embodied in Cambell’s line—­

  Like angels’ visits, few and far between,”

is referred to our First Vol. p. 102, and our Second Vol. p. 286., for two quotations from Norris of Bemerton, which embody the same idea.

If MR. JOHN POWERS_, who in NOTES AND QUERIES for Jan. 12th. 1850, p. 163., offered to furnish an extract from Hardiman’s Statute of Kilkenny, will have the kindness to so at this distance of time, and to forward it to us, the Querist to whom he replied, and whose direction we have just received, will be much obliged to him._

E.T., who inquires respecting the quotation in Sterne,—­