J. S. WARDEN.

Attainment of Majority (Vol. viii., pp. 198. 250.).—In my last communication upon this subject I produced undeniable authority to prove that the law did not regard the fraction of a day; this, I think, A. E. B. will admit. The question is, now, does the day on which a man attains his majority commence at six o'clock A.M., or at midnight? We must remember that we are dealing with a question of English law; and therefore the evidence of an English decision will, I submit, be stronger proof of the latter mode of reckoning than the only positive proof with which A. E. B. has defended Ben Jonson's use of the former, viz. Roman.

In a case tried in Michaelmas Term, 1704, Chief Justice Holt said:

"It has been adjudged that if one be born the 1st of February at eleven at night, and the last of January in the twenty-first year of his age at one o'clock in the morning, he makes his will of lands and dies, it is a good will, for he was then of age."—Salkeld, 44.; Raymond, 480, 1096; 1 Siderfin, 162.

In this case, therefore, the testator was accounted of age forty-six hours before the completion of his twenty-first year. Now, the law not regarding the fraction of a day, the above case, I submit, clearly proves that the day, as regards the attainment of majority, began at midnight.

RUSSELL GOLE.

Lord Halifax and Mrs. C. Barton (Vol. viii., pp. 429. 543.).—In answer to J. W. J.'s Query, I beg to state that I have in my possession a codicil of Mrs. Conduit's will in her own hand, dated 26th of January, 1737. This document refers to some theological tracts by Sir Isaac Newton, in his handwriting, which I have. On referring to the pedigree of the Barton family, I find that Colonel Robert Barton married Catherine Greenwood, whose father lived at Rotterdam, and was ancestor of Messrs. Greenwood, army agents. His issue were Major Newton Barton, who married Elizabeth Ekins, Mrs. Burr, and Catherine Robert Barton. I find no mention of Colonel Noel Barton. The family of Ekins had been previously connected with that of Barton, Alexander Ekins, Rector of Barton Segrave, having married Jane Barton of Brigstock. The writer of this note will be obliged if J. W. J., or any correspondent of "N. & Q.," will inform him if anything is known respecting an ivory bust of Sir Isaac Newton, executed by Marchand or Marchant, which is said to have been an excellent likeness.

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The fifth Lord Byron (Vol. viii., p. 2.).—I cannot but think that MR. HASLEDEN'S memory has deceived him as to the "wicked lord" having {19} settled his estates upon the marriage of his son; how is this to be reconciled with the often published statement, that the marriage of his son with his cousin Juliana, daughter of the admiral, and aunt of the late and present lords, was made not only without the consent, but in spite of the opposition, of the old lord, and that he never forgave his son in consequence?

J. S. WARDEN.

Burton Family (Vol. iv., pp. 22. 124.).—In connexion with a Query which was kindly noticed by MR. ALGOR of Sheffield, who did not however communicate anything new to me, I would ask who was Samuel Burton, Esq., formerly Sheriff of Derbyshire; whose death at Sevenoaks, in October, 1750, I find recorded in the Obituary of the Gentleman's Magazine for that year? I am also desirous to ascertain who was Sir Francis Cavendish Burton of St. Helens, whose daughter and heiress, Martha, married Richard Sikes, Esq., ancestor of the Sikes's of the Chauntry House near Newark. She died since 1696. Both Samuel Burton and Mrs. Sikes were related to the Burtons of Kilburn, in the parish of Horsley, near Derby, to whom my former Query referred.

E. H. A.

Provost Hodgson's Translation of the Atys of Catullus (Vol. viii., p. 563.).—In answer to MR. GANTILLON'S inquiry for the above translation, I beg to state that it will be found appended to an octavo edition of Hodgson's poem of Lady Jane Grey.

In the same volume will be found, I believe (for I have not the work before me), some of the modern Latin poetry respecting which BALLIOLENSIS inquiries. The justly admired translation of Edwin and Angelina, to which the latter refers, was by Hodgson's too early lost friend Lloyd. The splendid pentameter is slightly misquoted by BALLIOLENSIS. It is not—

"Poscimus in terris pauca, nec illa diu."

but—

"Poscimus in vita," &c.

THOMAS RUSSELL POTTER.

Wymeswold, Loughborough.

Wylcotes' Brass (Vol. viii., p. 494.).—I should hardly have supposed that any difficulty could exist in explaining the inscription:

"In . on . is . all."

To me it appears self-evident that it must be—

"In one (God) is my all."

H. C. C.

Hoby, Family of; their Portraits, &c. (Vol. viii., p. 244.).—I would refer J. B. WHITBORNE to The Antiquities of Berkshire (so miscalled), by Elias Ashmole; where, in treating of Bisham, that learned antiquary has given the inscriptions to the Hoby family as existing and legible in his time. It does not appear that Sir Philip Hoby, or Hobbie, Knight, was ever of the Privy Council; but, in 1539, one of the Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber to King Henry VIII. (which monarch granted to him in 1546-7 the manor of Willoughby in Edmonton, co. Middlesex), Sir Thomas Hoby, the brother, and successor in the estates of Sir Philip, was, in 1566, ambassador to France; and died at Paris July 13 in the same year (not 1596), aged thirty-six. The coat of the Hobys of Bisham, as correctly given, is "Argent, within a border engrailed sable, three spindles, threaded in fesse, gules." A grant or confirmation of this coat was made by Sir Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux, to Peregrine Hoby of Bisham, Berks, natural son of Sir Edward Hoby, Nov. 17, 1664. The Bisham family bore no crest nor motto.

H. C. C.

The Keate Family (Vol. viii., pp. 293. 525.)—Should the Query of G. B. B. not be sufficiently answered by the extract from Mr. Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England relating to the Keate family, as I have a full pedigree of that surname, I may perhaps be able, on application, to satisfy him with some genealogical particulars which are not noticed in Mr. Burke's works.

H. C. C.

Sir Charles Cotterell (Vol viii., p. 564.).—Sir Charles Cotterell, the translator of Cassandra, died in 1687. (See Fuller's Worthies, by Nuttall, vol. ii. p. 309.)

[Greek: Halieus].

Dublin.

Huc's Travels (Vol. viii., p. 516.).—Not having seen the Gardener's Chronicle, in which C. W. B. says the travels of Messrs. Huc and Gabet in Thibet, Tartary, &c. are said to be a pure fabrication, concocted by some Parisian litterateur, I cannot know what degree of credit, if any, is to be given to such a statement. All I wish to communicate at present for the information of your Querist C. W. B. is this, that I have read an account and abstract of Messrs. Huc and Gabet's Travels in one of the ablest and best conducted French reviews, La Revue des Deux Mondes; in which not the least suspicion of fabrication is hinted, or the slightest doubt expressed as to the genuineness of these Travels. Mr. Princep, also, in his work on Thibet, Tartary, &c. quotes largely from Huc's Travel's, and avails himself extensively of the information contained in them with reference to Buddhism, &c.

Should the writer in the Gardener's Chronicle have it in his power to prove the Travels to be a fabrication, he will confer a benefit on the world of letters by unmasking the fabricator.

J. M.

Oxford.

Pictures at Hampton Court Palace (Vol. viii., p. 538.).—In reply to [Phi].'s question when the review of the 10th Light Dragoons by King {20} George III., after the Prince of Wales assumed the command of that regiment, I beg to state that the Prince entered the army as brevet-colonel, Nov. 19, 1782; that the regiment received the title of "The Prince of Wales's own Regiment of Light Dragoons" on Michaelmas Day, 1783: that the regiment was stationed in the south of England and in the vicinity of London for many years, from 1790 to 1803 inclusive; and that King George III. repeatedly reviewed it, accompanied by the queen and the royal family. That the Prince of Wales was appointed Colonel-commandant of the corps in 1793, and succeeded Sir W. A. Pitt as colonel of it in July 18, 1796. That the regiment was reviewed on Hounslow Heath by the King in August, 1799; and the Prince of Wales (who commanded it in person) received his Majesty's orders to convey his Majesty's approbation of its excellent appearance and performance. Perhaps the picture by Sir William Beechey was painted in 1799, and not 1798. I did not find the catalogue at Hampton Court free from errors, when I last visited the palace in October, 1852.

M. A.

Pembroke College, Oxon.

John Waugh (Vol. viii., pp. 271. 400. 525.).—Does KARLEOLENSIS know whether John Waugh, son of Waugh, Bishop of Carlisle, was married, and to whom?

Farther information of the above family would be most acceptable, and thankfully acknowledged, by George Waugh, of the family of the Waughs of Oulton and Lofthouse, Yorkshire.

Exeter.

Daughters taking their Mothers' Names (Vol. viii., p. 586.).—When BURIENSIS asks for instances of this, and mentions "Alicia, daughter of Ada," as an example, is he not mistaking, or following some one else who has mistaken, the gender of the parent's name? Alicia fil. Adae would be rendered "Alice Fitz-Adam," unless there be anything in the context to determine the gender otherwise.

J. SANSOM.

"Service is no Inheritance" (Vol. viii., p. 586.).—This proverbial saying has evidently arisen from the old manorial right, under which the lord of the manor claimed suit and service and fealty before admitting the heir to his inheritance, or the purchaser to his purchase. On which occasion, the party admitted to the estate, whether purchaser or heir, "fecit fidelitatem suam et solvit relevium;" the relief being generally a year's rent or service.

ANON.

Sir Christopher Wren and the young Carver (Vol. viii., p. 340.).—If your correspondent A. H. has not already appropriated the anecdote here alluded to, I think I can confidently refer him to any biographical notice of Grindling Gibbons—to whom the story of the "Sow and Pigs" relates. Gibbons was recommended to Sir Christopher by Evelyn, I think; but not having "made a note of it," I am not sure that it is to be found in his Diary.[4] If there be any monograph Life of Gibbons, it can scarcely fail to be found there.

M. (2)

[Footnote 4: See Evelyn's Diary, vol. ii. pp. 53, 54., edition 1850.—ED.]

Souvaroff's Despatch (Vol. viii., p. 490).—Souvaroff's doggerel despatch from Ismail, immortalised by Byron, is, as usual, misspelt and mistranslated. Allow me to furnish you with what I have never yet seen in English, a correct version of it:

"Slava Bogou, slava Vam; Krepost vziala, ee ya tam."

"Glory to God, glory to You, The fortress is taken, and I am there."

DMITRI ANDREEF.

Detached Church Towers (Vol. viii., p. 63.).—In the lists I have seen no mention is made of the fine tower of West Walton Church, which stands at a distance of nearly twenty yards from the body of the church.

W. B. D.

Lynn.

Queen Anne's Motto (Vol. viii., p. 174.).—The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is in possession of an English coat of arms, painted on wood in the time of Queen Anne, having "Anna R." at the top, and the motto Semper eadem on the scroll below. It probably was in one of the Philadelphia court-rooms, and was taken down at the Revolution.

UNEDA.

Philadelphia.

Lawyers' Bags (Vol. vii. passim).—The communication of MR. KERSLEY, in p. 557., although it does not support the inference which COL. LANDMAN draws, that the colour of lawyers' bags was changed in consequence of the unpopularity which it acquired at the trial of Queen Caroline, seems to show that green was at one time the colour of those professional pouches. The question still remains, when and on what occasion it was discontinued; and when the purple, and when the crimson, were introduced?

When I entered the profession (about fifty years ago), no junior barrister presumed to carry a bag in the Court of Chancery, unless one had been presented to him by a king's counsel; who, when a junior was advancing in practice, took an opportunity of complimenting him on his increase of business, and giving him his own bag to carry home his papers. It was then a distinction to carry a bag, and a proof that a junior was rising {21} in his profession. I do not know whether the same custom prevailed in the other courts.

CAUSIDICUS.

In this city (Philadelphia) lawyers formerly carried green bags. The custom has declined of late years among the members of the legal profession, and it has been taken up by journeymen boot and shoe makers, who thus carry their work to and from the workshop. A green bag is now the badge of a cordwainer in this city.

[Old English W].

Philadelphia.

Bust of Luther (Vol. viii., p. 335.).—MR. J. G. FITCH asks for information respecting a bust of Luther, with an inscription, on the wall of a house, in the Dom Platz at Frankfort on the Maine. I have learned, through a German acquaintance, who has resided the greater part of his life in that city, that the effigy was erected to commemorate the event of Luther's having, during a short stay in Frankfort, preached near that spot; and that the words surrounding the bust were his text on the occasion. He adds that Luther at no period of his life "lived for some years" at Frankfort, as stated by MR. FITCH.

ALFRED SMITH.

Grammar in relation to Logic (Vol. viii., pp. 514. 629.).—H. C. K.'s remarks are of course indisputable. But it is a mistake to suppose that they answer my Query. In fact, had your correspondent taken the trouble to consider the meaning of my Query, he could not have failed to perceive that the explanation I there gave of the function of the conjunction in logic, is the same as his. My Query had sole reference to grammar. I would also respectfully suggest that anonymous correspondents should not impute "superficial views," or any other disagreeable thing, to those who stand confessed, without abandoning the pseudonym.

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XYLO-IODIDE OF SILVER, exclusively used at all the Photographic Establishments.—The superiority of this preparation is now universally acknowledged. Testimonials from the best Photographers and principal scientific men of the day, warrant the assertion, that hitherto no preparation has been discovered which produces uniformly such perfect pictures, combined with the greatest rapidity of action. In all cases where a quantity is required, the two solutions may be had at Wholesale price in separate Bottles, in which state it may be kept for years, and Exported to any Climate. Full instructions for use.

CAUTION.—Each Bottle is Stamped with a Red Label bearing my name, RICHARD W. THOMAS, Chemist, 10. Pall Mall, to counterfeit which is felony.

CYANOGEN SOAP: for removing all kinds of Photographic Stains. The Genuine is made only by the Inventor, and is secured with a Red Label bearing this Signature and Address, RICHARD W. THOMAS, CHEMIST, 10. PALL MALL, Manufacturer of Pure Photographic Chemicals: and may be procured of all respectable Chemists, in Pots at 1s., 2s., and 3s. 6d. each, through MESSRS. EDWARDS, 67. St. Paul's Churchyard; and MESSRS. BARCLAY & CO., 95. Farringdon Street, Wholesale Agents.

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PHOTOGRAPHY.—HORNE & CO.'S Iodized Collodion, for obtaining Instantaneous Views, and Portraits in from three to thirty seconds, according to light.

Portraits obtained by the above, for delicacy of detail rival the choicest Daguerreotypes, specimens of which may be seen at their Establishment.

Also every description of Apparatus, Chemicals, &c. &c. used in this beautiful Art.—123. and 121. Newgate Street.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS.—OTTEWILL'S REGISTERED DOUBLE-BODIED FOLDING CAMERA, is superior to every other form of Camera, for the Photographic Tourist, from its capability of Elongation or Contraction to any Focal Adjustment, its Portability, and its adaptation for taking either Views or Portraits.—The Trade supplied.

Every Description of Camera, or Slides, Tripod Stands, Printing Frames, &c., may be obtained at his MANUFACTORY, Charlotte Terrace, Barnsbury Road, Islington.

New Inventions, Models, &c., made to order or from Drawings.

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IMPROVEMENT IN COLLODION.—J. B. HOCKIN & CO., Chemists, 289. Strand. have, by an improved mode of Iodizing, succeeded in producing a Collodion equal, they may say superior, in sensitiveness and density of Negative, to any other hitherto published; without diminishing the keeping properties and appreciation of half tint for which their manufacture has been esteemed.

Apparatus, pure Chemicals, and all the requirements for the practice of Photography. Instruction in the Art.

THE COLLODION AND POSITIVE PAPER PROCESS. By J. B. HOCKIN. Price 1s., per Post, 1s. 2d.

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PHOTOGRAPHY.

A COMPLETE SET OF APPARATUS for 4l. 4s., containing an Expanding Camera, with warranted Double Achromatic Adjusting Lenses, a Portable Stand, Pressure Frame, Levelling Stand, and Baths, complete.

PORTRAIT LENSES of double Achromatic combination, from 1l. 12s. 6d.

LANDSCAPE LENSES, with Rack Adjustment, from 25s.

A GUIDE to the Practice of this interesting Art, 1s., by post free, 1s. 6d.

French Polished MAHOGANY STEREO-SCOPES, from 10s. 6d. A large assortment of STEREOSCOPIC PICTURES for the same in Daguerreotype, Calotype, or Albumen, at equally low prices.

ACHROMATIC MICROSCOPES.

Beautifully finished ACHROMATIC MICROSCOPE, with all the latest improvement and apparatus, complete from 3l. 15s., at

C. BAKER'S. Optical and Mathematical Instrument Warehouse, 244. High Holborn (opposite Day & Martin's).

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Important Sale of Rare Books, Books of Prints, and Illuminated Manuscripts.

MESSRS. S. LEIGH SOTHEBY & JOHN WILKINSON, Auctioneers of Literary Property and Works illustrative of the Fine Arts, will SELL by AUCTION, at their House, 3. Wellington Street, Strand, on MONDAY, January 9, 1854, and Three following Days, at 1 o'clock precisely, an Important COLLECTION of RARE BOOKS, Books of Prints, Illuminated and Historical Manuscripts, from the Library of a distinguished Amateur, deceased:—comprising, The Grand Work on Egypt, executed under the munificent direction of Napoleon I., the original edition on vellum paper, 23 vols. The Beautiful and Interesting Series of Picturesque Voyages by Nodier, Taylor, and De Cailleux; Barker, Webb et Berthelot, Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries, a magnificent work, in 10 vols. with exquisitely coloured plates; Algerie. Historique, Pittoresque et Monumentale, 5 vols. in 3; Le Vaillant, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, on vellum paper, the plates beautifully coloured, 3 vols.; Melling, Voyage Pittoresque de Constantinople, 2 vols. in 1; Montfaucon, Antiquite Expliquee, avec Supplement et les Monumens de la Monarchie Francoise, 20 vols., a most beautiful copy, in morocco, of the best edition, on large paper; Sebae Rerum Naturalium Thesaurus, 4 vols., an exceedingly choice copy in rich French morocco; Museum Worsleyanum, 2 vols., on large paper; Shaw, Illuminated Ornaments, on large paper, the plates exquisitely illuminated in gold and colours; Beroalde de Verville, Le Moyen de Parvenir, a very fine copy of the rarest Elzevir edition; Cieza, Historie del Peru, 1560-64, rare; Boccaccio, Il Decamerone, Ven. 1492, extremely rare; Consolat dels Fets Maritims, very rare; Denyaldi, Rollo Northmanno-Britannicus, fine copy, and very scarce; Henninges, Theatrum Genealogicum, 4 vols. in 5; Le Merre, Recueil des Notes concernant les Affaires du Clerge de France, 13 vols., a beautiful copy; Mandeville, Le Grande Lapidaire, 1561, an extremely rare edition; Renversement de la Morale Chretienne, rare; Verheiden in Classem Xerxis Hispani Oratio, very rare; Rare Works relating to England; Books of Emblems; A curious and interesting Volume in German, giving an Account of the Crusades against the Turks by the Christians, printed by Baemler. in 1482; Some highly interesting Historical and other Manuscripts; Finely illuminated Horae and Missals; and an interesting Fragment in the Autograph of Rousseau.

To be viewed Two Days prior, and Catalogues had; forwarded Free on receipt of Six Postage Stamps.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, MATERIALS, and PURE CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS.

KNIGHT & SONS' Illustrated Catalogue, containing Description and Price of the best forms of Cameras and other Apparatus. Voightlander and Son's Lenses for Portraits and Views, together with the various Materials, and pure Chemical Preparations required in practising the Photographic Art. Forwarded free on receipt of Six Postage Stamps.

Instructions given in every branch of the Art.

An extensive Collection of Stereoscopic and other Photographic Specimens.

GEORGE KNIGHT & SONS, Foster Lane, London.

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BOOKS SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS,

PUBLISHED BY MR. JOHN HENRY PARKER, OXFORD; AND 377. STRAND, LONDON.

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. With Fifty Illustrations, from Designs by Ancient and Modern Artists. Selected by the REV. H. J. ROSE and REV. J. W. BURGON. In One handsome Volume, 8vo. The Prayer-Book is printed in very large type, with the Rubrics in red. Elegantly bound in antique calf, with vermillion edges, 2l. 2s.

DAILY CHURCH SERVICES.

In One Portable Volume, containing the Prayers and Lessons for Daily Use; or, the Course of Scripture Readings for the Year, authorised by the Church. Also, a Table of the Proper Lessons for Sundays and Holydays, with References to the Pages. Price 10s. 6d., bound; or 16s. in Hayday's morocco.

This volume will be found equally useful to those who read the Church Service at home, as for those who use it at church, as the lessons and services for every day are distinctly marked, forming a very suitable book for a present. It is also kept by any respectable bookseller in a variety of elegant bindings.

OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. Four Books. By THOMAS a KEMPIS. A New Edition, revised, handsomely printed in fcap. 8vo., with Vignettes and red floriated borders taken from the ancient MSS. Cloth, 5s. Also in antique calf binding, vermillion edges, 10s. 6d.

THE CALENDAR OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH ILLUSTRATED. With brief Accounts of the Saints who have Churches dedicated in their Names, or whose Images are most frequently met with in England; the Early Christian and Mediaeval Symbols: and an Index of Emblems. With numerous Woodcuts, Fcap. 8vo., 10s. 6d.; or bound in antique calf. 16s.

A HISTORY of the CHURCH OF ENGLAND, to the REVOLUTION of 1688. By the late REV. J. B. S. CARWITHEN, B.D. A new Edition, edited by the REV. W. R. BROWELL, M.A., 2 vols. small 8vo., 12s.

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. By JOHN BUNYAN. A New Edition, adapted by the REV. J. M. NEALE, M.A., for the Use of Children of the Church of England. Fcap. 8vo., handsomely bound in gilt cloth, with Woodcuts, 3s. 6d.

TRACTS FOR THE CHRISTIAN SEASONS. First Series. Four Vols., cloth, 18s.

TRACTS FOR THE CHRISTIAN SEASONS. Second Series. Four Vols., cloth, 15s.

SERMONS FOR THE CHRISTIAN SEASONS. A Series of Plain Sermons for Sunday Reading. Four Vols., fcap. 8vo., 16s.

A PLAIN COMMENTARY on the GOSPEL of ST. MATTHEW, with numerous Illustrations. Fcap. 8vo., 6s. 6d.

WILSON'S SACRA PRIVATA. From the original MSS. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo., antique cloth, red edges, 6s.; antique calf, red edges, 12s.

THE PSALTER AND THE GOSPEL. The Life, Suffering, and Triumph of our Blessed Lord, revealed in the Book of Psalms. Fcap. 8vo., uniform with the Plain Commentary on the Four Holy Gospels. 2s.

A selection of the most striking of the parallel passages contained in the Psalter and the Gospel.

SCOTLAND and the SCOTTISH CHURCH. By the REV. HENRY CASWALL, M.A., Vicar of Figheldean, Wilts; Author of "America and the American Church." &c. &c., and a Proctor in Convocation for the Diocese of Salisbury. Fcap. 8vo., 5s.

A SHORT EXPLANATION of the NICENE CREED, for the Use of Persons beginning the Study of Theology. By A. P. FORBES, D.C.L., Bishop of Brechin. Fcap 8vo., cloth, 6s.

TEN SERMONS IN ILLUSTRATION OF THE CREED. By the REV. W. G. TUPPER, Warden of the House of Charity, Soho; and late Scholar of Trinity College, Oxford. Fcap. 8vo., cloth, 4s.

"In his 'Sermons on the Creed,' Mr. Tupper has condensed, with much painstaking, and an evident sense of deep responsibility, the dogmatic teaching of the Church."—Christian Remembrancer.

A NEW EDITION of DAILY STEPS TOWARDS HEAVEN. A Small Pocket Volume, containing a few Practical Thoughts on the Gospel History; with Texts for every Day in the Year, commencing with Advent. Fifth Edition. In roan binding, gilt edges, 2s. 6d.

DESCRIPTIONS OF CANAAN; being an Account of the Mountains, Rivers, and Towns of the Holy Land. By the REV. C. P. WILBRAHAM. Fcap. 8vo., with Map, cloth, 1s.

*** This Manual is particularly adapted to the use of Parochial Schools.

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TALES AND STORIES FOR CHRISTMAS.

OLD CHRISTMAS. A Tale. 16mo. 6d.

THE SINGERS OF THE SANCTUARY, and the MISSIONARY. Two Tales. By the Author of "Angels' Work." 16mo. 2s. 6d.

ANGELS' WORK; or, the Choristers of St. Mark's. Second Edition. 2s.

ANN ASH; or, the History of a Foundling. A Narrative founded on Fact. By the Author of "Charlie Burton," "The Broken Arm," &c. 18mo. 2s.

KENNETH; or, the Rear Guard of the Grand Army. By the Author of "Scenes and Characters," "Kings of England," "Heir of Redclyffe," &c. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 5s.

SPECULATION A Tale. By the REV. W. E. HEYGATE. Fcap. 8vo. 5s.

PASTOR OF WELBOURNE AND HIS FLOCK. 18mo. 2s.

LITTLE MARY. Third Edition. 18mo. 1s.

HENRY VERNON; or, the Little Anglo-Indian. A New Edition. 18mo. 1s.

ADA'S THOUGHTS; or, the Poetry of Youth. Fcap. 8vo., cloth, gilt edges, 2s. 6d. (Just Ready.)

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SMALL BOOKS FOR PRESENTS.

THE PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN'S LIBRARY: a Series of Cheap Publications for General Circulation.

s. d. Learn to Die (Sutton) 1 0 Private Devotions (Spinckes) 1 6 The Imitation of Christ (a Kempis) 1 0 Manual of Prayer for the Young (Ken) 0 6 The Golden Grove (Taylor) 0 9 Life of Ambrose Bonwicke 1 0 Life of Bishop Bull (Nelson) 1 6 Companion to the Prayer Book 1 0 Selections from Hooker (Keble) 1 6 Practical Christian (Sherlock). Part I. 2s.; Part II. 2s.; 1 vol. 4 0 Learn to Live (Sutton) 2 0 Doctrine of the English Church (Heylin) 0 8 Holy Living (Bp. Taylor) 1 6 Holy Dying (Bp. Taylor) 1 6 Tracts on the Church (Jones of Nayland) 1 6 The Figurative Language of Holy Scripture (Jones of Nayland) 1 6 Confessions of St. Augustine 1 6 Exposition of the Catechism (Nicholson) 1 6 Thoughts on Religion (Pascal) 1 6 Wilson on the Lord's Supper 1 0 Wilson's Sacra Privata 1 0

LITTLE BOOKS FOR PRESENTS,

SELECTED FROM THE PAROCHIAL TRACTS.

s. d. Words of Advice and Warning, limp 1 6 Baptism, limp 1 0 The Chief Truths, limp 1 0 The Church Service, limp 1 6 The Holy Catholic Church, limp 1 0 Tracts on the Ten Commandments, limp 1 0 Confirmation, limp 1 0 The Lord's Supper, limp 1 0 Meditation and Payer, limp 1 0 Tracts for Female Penitents, limp 1 6 Tracts on the Prayer Book, cloth 3 0 Daily Office for the Use of Families, roan 1 0 Tales and Allegories, illustrated, cloth, gilt 3 6 Parochial Tales, cloth, gilt 2 6 Tracts for Cottagers, cloth, gilt 2 0 Devotions for the Sick, cloth 2 6

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THE PENNY POST for 1853 is now ready, bound in cloth, lettered, with Frontispiece, price 1s. 6d.

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JOHN HENRY PARKER, Oxford; and 377. Strand, London.

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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, January 7. 1854.

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