There is a pedigree of the Sumners of Hatchlands in Burke's Landed Gentry,' 5th ed. It also appears in other editions. CHAS. HALL CROUCH.

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ELIZABETH WOODVILLE AND THE KINGS OF COLOGNE (11 S. ii. 449). The attempt to connect Elizabeth Woodville with one of the three Kings of Cologne is, I fear, a hopeless undertaking. It was doubtless through her mother, Jaquette or Jacqueline, that the connexion (if such there was) existed. But the difficulties in the way of tracing her descent seem insuperable. In Cologne, I believe, the names assigned to the three Kings are Gaspar (or Jaspar), Melchior, and Balthazar. There are, however, at least four other accounts, in every one of which the names are different. From an origin so obscure and nebulous, it appears impossible to deduce the pedigree of the Lady Elizabeth Woodville with anything approaching W. S. S.

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LOWTHERS v. HOWARDS A SUPERSTITION UPSET (11 S. ii. 504).—I first heard the saying mentioned, "A Lowther cannot beat a Howard," during the recent election. If it is of long standing ("a century and a helf," The Morning Post says), it is difficult to see how it could have any foundation on fact. In the Parliaments of 1695, 1698, 1700, 1701, and 1780 Carlisle, and in those of 1679, 1806, 1807, 1812, and 1818 Cumberland, each of which was a two-seat constituency, returned both a Lowther and a Howard. This must have meant either a compromise or such a balance of power as gave no advantage to either family. The expression A Lowther cannot beat Howard," or, as I heard it, "A Lowther has never beaten a Howard," implies a number of contests at the polls in which a Howard was uniformly successful over a Lowther. I do not find that the political history of Cumberland and Westmorland affords any confirmation of such a view.

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Leland's Itinerary in England. Edited by Lucy Toulmin Smith. Parts IX., X., and XI. (Beil & Sons.)

THIS Volume marks the conclusion of the valuable and scholarly work upon which Miss Toulmin Smith has been long engaged. Of its contents, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wilts, Somerset, Gloucesone part only, Part X.--having to do with tershire, and Dorset is in the nature of continuous narrative. The remainder consists of miscellaneous notes in Latin and English, those in Part XI. having formed to some extent the basis of the more connected disquisitions in the earlier portions of the Itinerary. An interesting Appendix to Part X. sets forth a 'Note' by Thomas Hearne on the building of the bridge between Culham and Abingdon, concluding with Richard Fannand, iron-monger," in the Hall of the citation of a "table put up by "Mr. St. Helen's Hospital, wherein the details of the enterprise-labour, material, and dimensions-are set forth in pious and enthusiastic verse. This, the final volume, is supplied with everything necessary towards perfecting the work as a whole, and facilitating references. The Preface contains an additional note of the Leland MSS. in the British Museum; there is a Conspectus of English and Welsh Counties' touched upon by the traveller; a list of the Maps and Illustra

tions in the Five Volumes A Concordance of the Present Edition of Leland's Itinerary with Hearne's Printed Text, Second Edition, 1744; and a Glossary of Archaic Words and Senses while the two general Indexes, of Persons and Landowners' and Places and Subjects' respectively, which have reference to the volumes preceding as well as the present, are, so far as we have been able to test them, wonderfully accurate.

By her thorough and painstaking performance of a task which has demanded infinite patience and scrupulous care, no less than learning and critical insight of a high order, Miss Toulmin Smith has earned the gratitude not only of antiquaries, but also of those less responsible persons who love to dabble in local history and tradition for the romance that is in them.

IN The Cornhill Magazine for the new year Mrs. Humphry Ward begins a new novel, The Case of difficulties, and Mr. and Mrs. Egerton Castle Richard Meynell,' another story of theological a lively story, The Lost Iphigenia.' Mr. J. Meade Falkner has a pleasant poem on 'Oxford.' Mrs. Woods's Pastel' is concerned with Black and White,' and finds something to say in favour of deals with the odd sayings of Serjeant Arabin, an the former. Sir Frederick Pollock in Arabiniana' original character who administered justice from 1827 till 1841. His best-known saying, and we think his best-the others are nothing like so current in some such words witty-is instead of which you go about the country stealing Prisoner, God has given you good abilities, ducks." For " good abilities" we have generally heard "health and strength.' Mrs. S. Barnett has a short, but sensible article Of Hugh Pearse, is suggestive, but rather too much Town Planning.' 'Marlborough's Men,' by Col. of a summary to please us. Q." has a lively

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account of The Election Count' in his own district, the hopes and fears and amenities of such occasions. Sir James Yoxall in A Great Game at Hide and Seek' explains how Bruslart worried Napoleon. His fantastic style is full of affectation. Mr. A. C. Benson's personal sketch this month is concerned with J. K. S.,' and gives a highly interesting view of that brilliant and eccentric figure. The first of a series of " Examination Papers on famous authors is begun this month by a number of questions on Lamb which are set by Mr. E. V. Lucas. For the best answers two guineas are offered.

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The Fortnightly for the year is an exceptionally interesting number. Mr. J. L. Garvin's notes on the present political situation are not convincing, and are spoilt for us by idle repetition. Mr. Walter Sichel in Second Thoughts is also on the Conservative side, while Mr. Belloc in The Change in Politics abuses both sides, and has good reason, we think, for much that he condemns. Mr. Granville Barker has an account of Two German Theatres' which suggests abundant reflections concerning the mismanagement of our own stage and the recent failure of repertory. What Mr. Barker says should be carefully considered by all who care for the drama in this country. Post Impressionists' supply Mr. Walter Sickert with a subject for incisive criticism. A painter himself, Mr. Sickert writes with marked ability and verve on the artists who have come after the Impressionists of his earlier days. In Impressions of Congress' Mr. Sydney Brooks brings out very well the free and easy manners of American politicians as compared with our own. Washington and Westminster are widely different in their observances. Any one can go past the doors of the national Capitol, smoke in corridors, and take any seat in the great public galleries which happens to be vacant. In the House of Representatives "each member has a revolving arm-chair and a spacious desk in front of it. A Candid Colloquy on Religion' should attract attention, as it exhibits cleverly three typical points of view, the believer of the party being a Roman Catholic. Mr. Sidney Low writes on The End of the Old Constitution' with the experience of an old hand; and Mr. Whitelaw Reid reprints an address on Byron' delivered to inaugurate a proposed Byron Chair of English Literature. Mr. Francis Gribble has an article on Tolstoy' which brings into relief some of the important points and inconsistencies in the career of that thinker and artist. 'Benlian,' a story by Mr. Oliver Onions, is a weird and effective study in morbid influences; and Mr. Lennard's fourth section of his hero In Search of Egeria' deals with a modern, neurotic type of woman.

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In the two opening papers of The Nineteenth Century Lord Ribblesdale and Lord Dunraven discuss the results of the recent election. Mr. Harold Cox speaks of the Referendum as A Great Democratic Reform' necessary to cope with misrepresentation....by groups of log-rolling politicians." He hopes it may come into force in a few years. Lady Paget's Recollections of Copenhagen in the 'Sixties are chiefly concerned with the difficulties in the choice of the Danish King of Greece, whose father Prince Christian was, at first, decidedly opposed to separation from his son. Sir Edward Clayton considers The

Home Secretary and Prison Reform,' providing, we think, some useful and shrewd criticism. Capt. G. S. C. Swinton is in favour of A“ King Edward" Bridge' as a memorial. Hungerford Bridge and Charing Cross Station are, it is argued, unworthy of their prominence. They are either to make way altogether, the station moving bodily to a more convenient position elsewhere," or to be included in one great reconstruction scheme. This might be very fine, but the expense would be prohibitive. The second part of The Married Working Woman: a Study,' is well worth reading. Of Carillon Music,' as Mr. E. B. Osborn says, little is known in England. He speaks of the triumphs achieved by various artists at the meeting of bell-masters in Mechlin. M. Denyn is the master of them all, and performs, we learn, on a set of thirty-five bells at Cattistock in Dorset every year on the last Thursday in July. This is the only keyboard carillon of any consequence in the country, but perhaps some of our latest towers will be provided with bell-music. Mrs. Watherston gives a lively and interesting account of An Outpost of our Empire,' viz., Tamale in West Africa, which she was the first white woman to inhabit. Other articles are concerned with English sculpture, education, small holdings, and democracy, but we regret to find that no single paper deals with letters.

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IN The Burlington Magazine the Editorial " deals with National Memorials and Selection Committees.' The competition for the statue of King Edward should, it is said, be thrown open to all artists of the British Empire, and the designs be on show in some large central building during the period of the Coronation this year, when Colonial and Indian officials may be able to select those of them suitable for local requirements. The jury of selection is then discussed. We agree that it should be possible, and is desirable, to get eminent foreigners to help; and we also applaud the idea of using the services of a certain number of men of general critical knowledge and familiarity with the masterpieces of older sculpture." The statue, after all, is not to be viewed mainly by sculptors, who, like other artists, are apt to ignore the claims of general design in favour of some technical subtlety or merit. Mr. Roger Fry writes on A Portrait of Leonello D'Este by Roger Van der Weyden which is figured in colours in the frontispiece, the coat of arms on the reverse side being also reproduced on a plate. Mr. Lionel Cust continues in his Notes on Pictures in the Royal Collections' discussion of Van Dyck's splendid equestrian portraits of Charles I. M. Paul Lafond has discovered an interesting subject for discussion in Ox-Yokes in the North of Portugal,' the designs on which approach a primitive character, though the actual specimens secured are, in fact, contemporary work. They are certainly beautiful, and offer a fascinating field for the tracing of design down the ages. similar study is afforded by a plate in which Sir Martin Conway puts together pictures of two fourteenth-century chests.

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Of the remaining articles and notes we mention specially a clever plea for the Post-Impressionists by Mr. A. Clutton-Brock, and information from a foreign correspondent concerning forthcoming letters of Van Gogh. It is noted that the 'St. Sebastian' of Mantegna has been moved from the village of Aigue-Perse to the Louvre.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.-JANUARY.

MR. ANDREW BAXENDINE'S Edinburgh Catalogue 121 contains some new books as well as second-hand ones and remainders. We note the Wellington Despatches,' with index, 13 vols., 11. 58.; and Bewick's 'Birds' and 'Quadrupeds, 3 vols., half-morocco, Newcastle, 1816-21, 11. 108. Under Alpine is Wooster's Alpine Plants,' 2 vols., fine copy, 11. 108. The "Ancient Classics for English Readers," 28 vols. in 14, half-calf, are 11. 58., and Aldine Poets," 51 vols., cloth, as new, 21. 28. Billings's Antiquities of Scotland,' 4 vols., 4to, half-morocco, 1845-52, a handsome copy, is 41. 10s. 6d. ; and the reprint, 1901, 27. Under Scotland is a complete set of the historians of Scotland, together 10 vols., cloth, 1871-80, 31. 15s. 6d. Under Scott are several entries, including 'The Border Antiquities,' 2 vols., 4to, old red morocco, 1814, 21. 28. Under Burns are the first London edition with list of subscribers, red morocco, 1787, 31. 108. 6d. ; and Allan Cunningham's edition, 8 vols., blue morocco, 21. 28. The list, which is a varied one, contains fifteen hundred items.

Mr. F. C. Carter's Hornsey Catalogue 27 is devoted to Americana. There are in all four hundred items at moderate prices. A collection of trials, 29 pamphlets, 1795-1852, may be had for 24. 128., and 11 Civil War pamphlets, 1849-65, for 128. 6d.

Mr. Carter sends also (Extra Series 4) a Catalogue of Deeds, Charters, and Autograph Letters. There are many documents relating to Gibbon, with some unpublished correspondence. Under St. Pancras is part of a plan showing a tea garden, and there is an item of special interest at the present time, a collection of 56 Peers' Proxies, blank, early nineteenth century, with signatures of Selkirk, Clinton, Shaftesbury, Verulam, Macaulay, and others, 1l. 58.

Mr. George Gregory of Bath includes in his Catalogue numbered 199-200 the rare mezzotint The Daughters of Sir Thomas Frankland,' engraved by Ward after Hoppner, published 21 April, 1800, magnificent a impression, 100 guineas. Among the books are Fathers of the Church, miscellaneous Theology, Clark's Foreign Theological Library," and Greek and Latin classics. Works from the library of the late Canon Griffiths comprise Atkyns's 'Gloucestershire,' folio, 1768, 31. 158.; Percy Anecdotes,' 40 vols. in 20, 11. 78.; Skelton's Oxonia Antiqua Restaurata, 2 vols., imperial 4to, 1823, 21. 28.; and Foxe's Book of Martyrs,' black-letter, 3 vols., folio, 1641, 41. 10s. There are some recent purchases, among which are The American Atlas, 1775, 61.; and Ackermann's Cambridge,' 2 vols., imperial 4to, half-morocco, 1815, a brilliantly coloured copy, 131. Under Bath are Nattes's Views, 28 coloured plates, royal folio, handsomely bound in calf, 1806, 97.

Mr. W. M. Murphy's Liverpool Catalogue 160 contains the Transactions and Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archæology, 1872-93, 137. 108.; a handsome set of Punch, original issue, 18411909, 137 vols. in 69 yearly volumes, half-morocco, 271. 10s.; the Abbotsford Scott, 17 vols., halfvellum, 1842-6, 107.; and the Dauphin edition of Boileau, 2 vols., large 4to, morocco, a choice

copy, Paris, 1789, 51. 5s. Under Byroniana is the first edition of the Genuine Rejected Addresses,' original boards, very scarce, 1812, 41. Under Ceramic is Hobson's 'Worcester Porcelain,' 61. 68. A copy of The Century Dictionary,' 8 vols., full morocco, gilt, is priced 61. many Dickens items is an extra-illustrated copy Among of the first 8vo edition with autograph letter of Dickens, levant, 1839, 6l. 10s. Other works

include The Historians' History of the World, Medals,' 11. 58.; Montaigne's Essais,' Paris, Times edition, 1907, 117. 108.; Smyth's Roman 1600, 41. 10s.; the first edition of Rogers's 'Italy,' 1830, 21. 108.; and Spotiswoode's Church of Scotland,' fourth edition, 1677, 21. 108. Dodsley's 'Collection of Old English Plays,' a fine fresh set, is 71. 78. Under Constable are a pair of mezzotints, fine impressions, 15 guineas; also "The Rainbow,' 4 guineas.

Messrs. W. N. Pitcher & Co.'s Manchester Catalogue 189 contains all classes of literature. There is a large-paper copy of Angelo's Reminiscences,' limited to 75 copies; also a largepaper copy of The Picnic,' limited to 50 copies, together 3 vols., royal 8vo, half-morocco, 1904-5, 5l. 58. Under Art Sales is Redford's History of Sales of Pictures,' 2 vols., scarce, 1888, 91. There is a set of the "Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes," 30 vols., half blue morocco, 71. 108.; and the Caxton Edition of 'La Comédie Humaine,' 47. The Haworth Edition of the Brontës' works, 7 vols., is 31. 78. 6d. There are also the Coleridge and Prothero edition of Byron, the 17volume edition of Browning, the Vierge edition of Don Quixote,' Ormerod's Cheshire,' and Fielding, 11 vols., with Life by Murphy. An extra-illustrated Lysons's Magna Britannia,' extended to 10 vols., half-morocco, 1806-22, is 167. 108. Under Manchester are 12 original pencil drawings by Melton Prior, depicting scenes during the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1887, 71. 108.

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