Hugh Clark, a well-known modern writer upon Heraldry, gives the following definition of the word lozenge:

"Lozenge, a four-cornered figure, resembling a pane of glass in old casements: some suppose it a physical composition given for colds, and was invented to reward eminent physicians."

Plutarch says, in the Life of Theseus, that at Megara, an ancient town of Greece, the tombstones, under which the bodies of the Amazons lay, were shaped after that form, which some conjecture to be the cause why ladies have their arms on lozenges.

RUBY.

The Crescent (Vol. viii., p. 319.).—Be so good as to insert in "N. & Q.," for the information of J. W. THOMAS, that the Iceni (a people of England, whose territory consisted of the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, &c.) struck coins both in gold and silver; having on their reverses crescents placed back to back generally, except where a rude profile is on a few of them.

Two of the gold coins have fallen into my possession; one of which, found at Oxnead in this county, I supplied to the British Museum some years since. Twelve of the silver coins are figured on a plate in Part LVII. of the Numismatic Chronicle. MR. THOMAS observing (at p. 321.) he has no work on numismatics, induces me to make this communication to him through your very useful and instructive publication.

GODDARD JOHNSON.

Norfolk.

Abigail (Vol. iv., p. 424. Vol. v., pp. 38. 94. 450.).—The inquiry suggested in the first of the above references, "Whence, or when, originated the application of Abigail, as applied to a lady's maid?" has not yet, to my mind, been satisfactorily answered. It occurs to me that it may have been derived from the notorious Abigail Hill, better known as Mrs. Masham, a poor relative of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, and by her introduced to a subordinate place about the person of Queen Anne. She rapidly acquired sufficient influence to supplant her benefactress. The intrigues of the Tory party received sufficient furtherance from this bedchamber official to effect ultimately the downfall of the Whig ministry; and the use of the term by Dean Swift, of which your original Querist MR. WARDEN speaks, would suffice to give currency and to associate the name of so famous an intriguante with the office which she filled. It must be matter of opinion whether the Dean (as MR. W. thinks) employed the term as not new in those days, or as one which had taken so rapidly in the current conversation of the day, as to require but his putting it in print to establish it in its new sense so long as the language shall be spoken or written.

BALLIOLENSIS.

Handbook to the Library of the British Museum (Vol. viii., p. 511.).—Neither Lord Seymour, nor MR. BOLTON CORNEY, nor Mr. Richard Sims, can with justice claim originality in the suggestion carried out by the latter gentleman in the publication of his Handbook to the Library of the British Museum.

In my own collection is a book entitled,—

"A Critical and Historical Account of all the celebrated Libraries in Foreign Countries, as well ancient as modern, with general Reflections on the choice of Books," &c.... "A work of great use to all men of letters. By a Gentleman of the Temple. London, printed for J. Jolliffe, in St James's Street, MDCCXXXIX."

In the preface to which work the author says:

"It will be highly useful to such noblemen and gentlemen as visit foreign countries, by instructing them in the manner of perusing whatever is curious in the Vatican and other famous libraries."

And in which he promises that—

"If it should meet with the approbation of the public, he (the author) will proceed with the libraries of these kingdoms," &c.

F. SEYMOUR HADEN.

Chelsea.

The Arms of Richard, King of the Romans (Vol. viii., pp. 265. 454.). With every respect for such heraldic authorities as MR. GOUGH and MR. LOVER, I think the question as to whether the so-called bezants in the arms of Richard, King of the Romans, referred to his earldom of Poictou or of Cornwall, inclines in favour of the former: for instance, in 1253 he granted to the {654} monks of Okebury a release of suit and service within his manor of Wallingford, which charter has a seal appended bearing an impress of the earl armed on horseback, with a lion rampant crowned on his surcoat, inscribed "Sigillum Richardi Comitis Cornubiae." Now this inscription seems to identify the lion as pertaining to the earldom of Cornwall; surely, if the bezants represented this earldom, they would not have been omitted on his seal as Comes Cornubiae.

Again, a very high heraldic authority, one of deep research, Mr. J. R. Planche, gives this opinion on the subject:

"The border bezantee, or talentee, of Richard, King of the Romans, is no representation of coins but of peas (poix), being the arms of Poitiers or Poictou (Menestrier, Orig., p. 147.), of which he was earl, and not of his other earldom of Cornwall, as imagined by Sandford and others. The adoption of bezants as the arms of Cornwall, and by so many Cornish families on that account, are all subsequent assumptions derived from the arms of Earl Richard aforesaid, the peas having been promoted into bezants by being gilt, and become identified with the Cornish escutcheon as the garbs of Blundeville are with that of Chester, or the coat of Cantelupe with that of the see of Hereford."—The Pursuivant at Arms, p. 136.

A simple Query then would seem to settle this matter. Is any instance known of bezants occurring as the arms of Cornell previous to the time of Earl Richard, or earlier than the commencement of the thirteenth century?

NORRIS DECK.

Cambridge.

Greek and Roman Fortifications (Vol. viii., p. 469.).—J. H. J. will find some information on this subject in Fosbroke's Grecian and Roman Antiquities (Longman, 1833).

JOHN SCRIBE.

Osbernus filius Herfasti (Vol. viii., p. 515.).—In reply to the Query of MR. SANSOM, "Whether Osborn de Crespon, the brother of the Duchess of Normandy, had a brother of the same name?" I beg to reply that there appears to be distinct evidence that he had; for in a grant of lands by Richard II., Duke of Normandy, who died in 1026, to the monks of St. Michael, there are, along with the signatures of his son Richard and several other witnesses, those of Osbernus frater Comitissae, and Osbernus filius Arfast (Lobineau, tom. ii. p. 97.). One of those may probably have become Abbot of S. Evroult. No doubt MR. SANSOM is well aware that one of the same family was Osborn, Bishop of Exeter. He was a son of Osborn de Crespon, and brother of the Earl of Hereford, premier peer of England. In 1066 he forbad the monks to be buried in the cloisters of their monasteries; but they resisted his injunction, and, on an appeal to the Pope, obtained a decision against him (Mabillon). For an eulogium on him see Godwin, De presul. Angl. He died in 1104, and was buried in the cathedral at Exeter.

I would observe that the ancient orthography of the name is Osbern, which was continued for many centuries, and may even now be seen in Maidwell Church, Northamptonshire, on the monument of Lady Gorges, the daughter of Sir John Osbern, who died in 1633.

OMICRON.

I think there can be little doubt that Herfastus "the Dane" was the father of Gunnora, wife of Rich. I., Duke of Normandy; of Aveline, wife of Osbernus de Bolebec, Lord of Bolbec and Count of Longueville; and of Weira, wife of Turolf de Pont Audomere. The brother of these three sisters was another Herfastus, Abbot of St. Evrau; who was the father of Osbernus de Crepon, Steward of the Household, and Sewer to the Conqueror.

H. C. C.

Devonianisms (Vol. viii., p. 65.).—Your correspondent MR. KEYS is at a loss for the origin of the word plum, as used in Devonshire. Surely it is the same word as plump, although employed in a somewhat different sense. Plum or plump, as applied to a bed, would certainly convey the idea of softness or downiness. As to the employment of the word as a verb, I conceive that it is analogous to an expression which I have often heard used by cooks, in speaking of meat or poultry, "to plump up." A cook will say of a fowl which appears deficient in flesh, "It is a young bird; it will plump up when it comes to the fire." A native of Devonshire would simply say, "It will plum."

As to the word clunk, it is in use throughout Cornwall in the sense of "to swallow," and is undoubtedly Celtic. On referring to Le Gonidec's Dictionnaire Celto-Breton, I find "Lonka, or Lounka, v.a. avaler."

I have neither a Welsh dictionary nor one of the ancient Cornish language at hand, but I have no doubt that the same word, with the same signification, will be found in both those dialects of the Celtic, probably with some difference of spelling, which would bring it nearer to the word clunk.

It is not wonderful that a word, the sound of which is so expressive of the action, should have continued in use among an illiterate peasantry long after the language from which it is derived was forgotten; but many pure Celtic words, which have not this recommendation, are still in common use in Cornwall, and a collection of them would be highly interesting. Could not some of your antiquarian correspondents in the west, MR. BOASE of Penzance for example, furnish such a list? I will mention one or two words which I chance to remember: mabyer, a chicken, Breton mab, a son, iar, a hen; vean, little, Breton vihan. {655}

To persons acquainted with the Welsh or Breton, the names of places in Cornwall, though sometimes strangely corrupted, are almost all significant. The dialect of Celtic spoken in Cornwall appears to have approached more closely to the latter than to the former of these tongues; or perhaps, speaking more correctly, it formed a connecting link between them, as Cornwall itself lies about midway between Wales and Brittany.

EDGAR MACCULLOCH.

Guernsey.

Gentile Names of the Jews (Vol. viii., p. 563.).—The names of Rothschild, Montefiore, and Davis are family names, and not noms de guerre.

It is possible that the honoured names of Rothschild and Montefiore date from a purchase by some one of their ancestry of Gentile castles or lands, and with it the purchase right of name.

Davis is legitimately Jewish, but probably the Gentile name of Davis cannot boast of its pure source, and no doubt where Gentile pedigree loses trace, Jewish descent commences, either by a left-handed Jew connexion with a Gentile fair one, or a renegade ancestry.

ISRAEL BEN ISAAC.

Red Lion Square.

Longevity (Vol. viii., p. 113.).—On October 15, Judy, a slave, died on the plantation of Edmund B. Richardson, in Bladen county, North Carolina, aged 110 years. She was one of eight slaves who nearly sixty years ago were the first settlers on the plantation, where she died. Of the seven others, one died over 90 years of age, another 93, and a third 81; two are living, one 75 and the other over 60 years of age.

Within five miles of the place where Judy died, William Pridgen lived, who died about five years ago, aged 122 years.

David Kennison, a soldier of the Revolution, died near Albany (N. Y.) on the 24th of February, 1852, aged 117 years.

M. E.

Philadelphia.

Reversible Names (Vol. viii., p. 244.).—Emme might have been added to your correspondent's list, a female name which, when first known in England, was spelt as above written, and not Emma, as at the present time. In an old book I have seen the name and its meaning thus recorded,—in English, Emme; in French, Emme, bonne nourrice.

I must beg to differ in opinion from your correspondent, even with his epicene restriction, who states "that varium et mutabile semper femina only means that whatever reads backwards and forwards, the same is always feminine."

If M. will take the trouble to look in Boyle's Court Guide for 1845, p. 358., he will find the name of a late very distinguished general officer, Sir Burges Camac. A wealthy branch of this family is now established in the United States, and one of its members bears the name of Camac Camac.

I am unable to give M. another instance, and doubt if one can be easily found where the Christian and surnames of a gentleman are alike, and both reversible.

W. W.

Malta.

Etymology of Eve.—Only one instance of a reversible name seems to me at present among the propria quae maribus, and that is Bob. As, however, the name of our universal mother has been brought forward, you will, perhaps, allow me to transcribe the following remarkable etymology:

"Omnes nascimur ejulantes, ut nostram miseriam exprimamus. Masculus enim recenter natus dicit A; foemina vero E; dicentes E vel A quotquot nascuntur ab Eva. Quid est igitur Eva nisi heu ha? Utrumque dolentis est interjectio doloris exprimens magnitudinem. Hinc enim ante peccatum virago, post peccatum Era meruit appellari.... Mulier autem ut naufragus, cum parit tristitiam habet," &c.—De Contemptu Mundi, lib. i. c. 6., a Lothario, diacono cardinali, S.S. Sergii et Bacchi, editus, qui postea Innocentius Papa III. appellatus est.

BALLIOLENSIS.

Manifesto of the Emperor Nicholas (Vol. viii., p. 585.).—Allow me to correct a gross error into which I have been led, by an imperfect concordance, in hastily concluding that the words "In te Domine speravi, non confundar in aeternum," were not in the Psalms, as I have found them in the Vulgate, Psalms xxxi. 1. and lxxi. 1.

T. J. BUCKTON.

Lichfield.

Binometrical Verse (Vol. viii., pp. 292. 375.).—In answer to these inquiries, the copyright of this united hexameter and pentameter belongs to Mr. De la Pryme, of Trin. Coll., Cambridge, who is also the author of another line which is both an alcaic and sapphic:

"Quando nigrescit sacra latro patrat."

X.

Gale of Rent (Vol. viii., p. 563.).—Gale [Gavel, Sax., a rent or duty,] a periodical payment of rent. The Latin form of the word is gabellum, and the French gabelle. (See Wharton's Law Lexicon.)

[Greek: Halieus].

Dublin.

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Our readers, we have no doubt, shared the regret with which we read the advertisement in our columns last week from the Rev. Dr. Hincks, who, from the want of encouragement, and in the face of peculiarly adverse circumstances, is compelled to withdraw from the field of Assyrian discovery; and who is advertising for some competent person who will work out what he has in progress. Although Assyrian literature may at present be discouraged by the Church and neglected by the Universities, there can be little doubt that it must ere long assume a very different position: and we therefore trust that some means may yet be taken to prevent Dr. Hincks' withdrawal from a field of study in which he has been so successful.

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THE REV. J. G. CUMMING, M.A., F.G.S., Vice-Principal of King William College, Castletown, who is engaged in the Preparation of a Work on the Monumental Remains of the Isle of Man, is superintending the labours of an Italian Artist in taking Casts of the most beautiful and important Runic Crosses, to be placed in the Insular Museum at the College: Parties desiring Duplicates may obtain full particulars of cost, &c. by application as above.

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ASSYRIAN LANGUAGE.

REV. DR. E. HINCKS would dispose of a number of Books and MSS. connected with the Assyrian Language, and would also give viva voce Instruction therein to a Gentleman who may be willing to devote himself to this important Study; and who, from his age, antecedents, and present position, may appear to him likely to succeed in it. Apply to him at the Rectory, Killyleagh, Co. Down, before the 21st of January.

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W. H. HART, RECORD AGENT and LEGAL ANTIQUARIAN (who is in the possession of Indices to many of the early Public Records whereby his Inquiries are greatly facilitated) begs to inform Authors and Gentlemen engaged in Antiquarian or Literary Pursuits, that he is prepared to undertake searches among the Public Records, MSS. in the British Museum, Ancient Wills, or other Depositories of similar Nature, in any Branch of Literature, History, Topography, Genealogy, or the like, and in which he has had considerable experience.

1. ALBERT TERRACE, NEW CROSS. HATCHAM, SURREY.

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Now ready, price 25s., Second Edition, revised and corrected. Dedicated by Special Permission to

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Also, lately published,

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Music.—Mr. William Cornwall.

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For further information see Prospectus, to be had of the Principal.

The First Session of 1854 commences on the 26th of January.

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PRINCE OF WALES'S SKETCH-BOX.—Containing Colours, Pencils, &c., with printed directions, as now used by the Royal Family. Price 5s.

MILLER'S. Artist's Colour Manufacturer, 56. Long Acre, London; and at her Majesty's Steam Colour and Pencil Works, Pimlico.

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TO ARTISTS, ENGRAVERS, PRINTSELLERS, ETC.

This Day, 8vo., 3s. 6d.

THE LAWS OF ARTISTIC COPYRIGHT, AND THEIR DEFECTS. For the Use of Artists, Sculptors, Engravers, Printsellers, &c. By D. ROBERTON BLAINE, ESQ., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law.

JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.

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WORKS BY EDWARD JESSE, ESQ.

Now Ready.

JESSE'S COUNTRY LIFE. Third Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 6s.

II.

JESSE'S NATURAL HISTORY. Seventh Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 6s.

III.

JESSE'S FAVOURITE HAUNTS. With Twenty Woodcuts. Post 8vo. 12s.

JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.

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FRASER'S MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY, price 2s. 6d., or by poet 3s., contains:

The Birth of the Year. By Frederick Tennyson.

The Decline and Fall of the Corporation of London.—I. The Constitution.

Dr. Veron's Memoirs.

General Bounce; or, The Lady and the Locusts. By the Author of "Digby Grand." Chaps. I. and II.

Lord Palmerston and the Presbytery of Edinburgh.

The Freight of the Jacobina.

A Visit to the Hospital for Sick Children.

The Principle of the Grecian Mythology; or, How the Greeks made their Gods.

Young Germany.

Cambridge Life according to C. A. Bristed. With Notes by P. Jenkinson.

Gallinaceana.

A Few Words on Irish Antiquities.

Derbyism.

London: JOHN W. PARKER & SON, West Strand.

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This Day, fcap 8vo., 2s. 6d. cloth, Vol. I. of the POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN, with Historical and Illustrative Notes and Biographical Memoir, containing New Facts and several Original Letters of the Poet, now published for the first time, being the Commencement of a New and Annotated Edition of the ENGLISH POETS. By ROBERT BELL. To be continued in Monthly Volumes, price 2s. 6d. each, in cloth.

London: JOHN W. PARKER & SON, West Strand.

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Now ready, Vols. III. and IV. (price 28s. cloth) of THE JUDGES OF ENGLAND and the Courts at Westminster. By EDWARD FOSS, F.S.A,

Volume Three, 1272—1377. Volume Four 1377—1485.

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LINCOLN'S ONE HUNDREDTH CATALOGUE OF BOOKS.

W. S. LINCOLN, Cheltenham House, Westminster Road, London, has just issued his ONE HUNDREDTH CATALOGUE (for January, 1854) of Cheap Second-Hand English, Foreign, Classical, and Miscellaneous Books: a Copy of which he will send Gratis and Post Free to any gentleman in Town or Country who applies for the same. {659}

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3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON.

Founded A.D. 1842.

Directors.

H. E. Bicknell, Esq. T. Grissell, Esq. T. S. Cocks, Jun. Esq., M.P. J. Hunt, Esq. G. H. Drew, Esq. J. A. Lethbridge, Esq. W. Evans, Esq. E. Lucas, Esq. W. Freeman, Esq. J. Lys Seager, Esq. F. Fuller, Esq. J. B. White, Esq. J. H. Goodhart, Esq. J. Carter Wood, Esq.

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Exemption of the Assured from all Liability.

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I.

BYRON'S POETICAL WORKS. With Plates and Vignettes. 10 vols. 30s.

II.

BYRON'S POETICAL WORKS. Complete in One Volume, with Portrait and Vignette. 12s.

III.

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IV.

BYRON'S CHILDE HAROLD. Illustrated by a Portrait of Ada and 30 Vignettes. 10s. 6d.

V.

BYRON'S LIFE AND LETTERS. With Plates and Vignettes. 6 vols. 18s.

VI.

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VII.

CRABBE'S LIFE AND POEMS. With Plates and Vignettes. 8 vols. 24s.

VIII.

CRABBE'S LIFE AND POEMS. Complete in One Volume, with Portrait and Vignettes. 10s. 6d.

IX.

BISHOP HEBER'S INDIAN JOURNALS. 2 vols. 10s.

X.

BISHOP HEBER'S POEMS. With Portrait. 7s. 6d.

XI.

MILMAN'S POETICAL WORKS. With Plates and Vignettes. 3 vols. 18s.

XII.

MILMAN'S WORKS OF HORACE. Illustrated with 300 Vignettes by Scharf. 21s.

XIII.

MILMAN'S LIFE OF HORACE. With Woodcuts. 9s.

XIV.

LOCKHART'S ANCIENT SPANISH BALLADS. 2s. 6d.

XV.

LOCKHART'S LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS. 3s.

XVI.

CROKER'S BOSWELL'S JOHNSON. Complete in One Volume. Portraits. 15s.

XVII.

REJECTED ADDRESSES. With Portrait and Woodcuts. 5s.

XVIII.

ALLAN CUNNINGHAM'S POEMS AND SONGS. With Woodcuts. 2s. 6d.

XIX.

SIR HUMPHRY DAVY'S CONSOLATIONS. With Woodcuts. 6s.

XX.

SIR HUMPHRY DAVY'S SALMONIA. With Woodcuts. 6s.

XXI.

HALLAM'S LITERARY ESSAYS AND CHARACTERS. 2s.

XXII.

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. With 1000 Woodcuts, Initials, and Coloured Borders. 21s.

XXIII.

SOUTHEY'S BOOK OF THE CHURCH. 12s.

XXIV.

WILKINSON'S ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. With 500 Woodcuts. 2 vols. 12s.

XXV.

BRAY'S LIFE OF STOTHARD. Illustrated with Portrait, and 70 Woodcuts. 21s.

XXVI.

THE FAMILY ARABIAN NIGHTS. Illustrated with 600 Woodcuts by Harvey. 21s.

XXVII.

JAMES' FABLES OF AESOP. With 100 Woodcuts by Tenniel. 2s. 6d.

XXVIII.

ESSAYS FROM "THE TIMES." 4s.

XXIX.

THE FAIRY RING. With Woodcuts by RICHARD DOYLE. 7s. 6d.

XXX.

JESSE'S COUNTRY LIFE. With Woodcuts. 6s.

XXXI.

JESSE'S NATURAL HISTORY. With Woodcuts. 6s.

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THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLXXXVII. ADVERTISEMENTS for the forthcoming Number must be forwarded to the Publisher by the 2nd, and BILLS for insertion by the 4th, of January.

JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.

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DR. SMITH'S SCHOOL HISTORY OF GREECE.

Now Ready, with 100 Woodcuts, 16mo., 7s. 6d.

A SCHOOL HISTORY OF GREECE: with Supplementary Chapters on the Literature, Art, and Domestic Manners of the Greeks. By DR. WM. SMITH, Editor of the "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities," &c.

JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street: and WALTON & MABERLY, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane.

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WILKINSON'S ANCIENT EGYPTIANS.

Now ready, with 500 Woodcuts. 2 vols. Post 8vo. 12s.

THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS: a Popular Account of their Manners and Customs, revised and abridged from his larger Work. By SIR J. GARDNER WILKINSON.

JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.

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This Day, a New Edition, with an Index, Fcap. 8vo., 5s.

HANDBOOK OF FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS, chiefly from ENGLISH AUTHORS.

JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.

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ROBERTSON'S CHURCH HISTORY.

Now ready, 1 vol. 8vo., 12s.

THE HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO THE PONTIFICATE of GREGORY the GREAT. A Manual for General Readers as well as for Students in Theology. By REV. JAMES C. ROBERTSON, M.A., Vicar of Beakesbourne.

JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.

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MILMAN'S LIFE AND WORKS OF HORACE.

This Day, with Woodcuts, 8vo., 9s., bound.

LIFE OF HORACE. By the REV. H. H. MILMAN, Dean of St. Paul's.

Also, uniform with the above, 8vo., 21s.

THE WORKS OF HORACE.

Edited by DEAN MILMAN, and illustrated by 300 Engravings of Coins, Gems, Statues, &c., from the Antique.

"Not a page can be opened where the eye does not light upon some antique gem. Mythology, history, art, manners, topography, have all their fitting representatives. It is the highest praise to say, that the designs throughout add to the pleasure with which Horace is read."—Classical Museum.

JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.

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THE FAMILY ARABIAN NIGHTS.

Now ready, a new and beautiful Edition, with 600 woodcuts by HARVEY, One Volume, royal 8vo., price One Guinea.

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENT. Translated by EDWARD WILLIAM LANE, ESQ., Author of the "Modern Egyptians," &c.

JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.

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This Day, 2 vols. fcap. 8vo., 10s.

ONCE UPON A TIME. By CHARLES KNIGHT.

JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.

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Printed by THOMAS CLARK SHAW, of No. 10. Stonefield Street, in the Parish of St. Mary, Islington, at No. 5. New Street Square, in the Parish of St. Bride, in the City of London: and published by GEORGE BELL, of No. 186. Fleet Street, in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West, in the City of London, Publisher, at No. 186. Fleet Street aforesaid.—Saturday, December 31. 1853.

THE END