account of William Clachar, chief proprietor of The Chelmsford Chronicle, and the only token issuer of that town, at which over 100,000 pieces were struck. He died in 1813, aged 80, but had retired twenty years previously in favour of his partners, Messrs. Meggy & Chalk. Circulating libraries at fashionable places at the seaside provided, in those days, not only books, but also reading lounges with all the London newspapers, music, and billiard tables. One of the most noted of these was Fisher's, situated on the western side of the old Steyne at Brighton, of which an illustration is given.

life and limb. His main object in going to Constantinople was the inspection of the collection of Greek MSS. in the Old Seraglio. It was supposed that important treasures would be revealed when the expected Catalogue was published. The likelihood that this publication will now be long delayed has caused Mr. Gaselee to give us his own list of what he found in the library; and though this is very brief, and bare of detail, it is sufficient to show that, except perhaps for the Critobulus, the collection contains nothing belonging to the first rank of its kind.

More than two-thirds of the MSS., which William Gye, printer of Bath, issued tokens to number thirty-three, would seem to be work of further his charitable aims on behalf of the debtors the fifteenth century or later. Of the early lodged in Ilchester Gaol, whom he visited weekly. ones, a twelfth-century lectionary, in a fine He is referred to in The Printers' Register of Jan. 6, Byzantine hand with headings in gold, appears 1879. The token represents a female seated, in- the most attractive. There is a Euclid which Mr. structing a boy with a key to unlock the prison Gaselee also assigns to the twelfth century; an doors, and bears the inscription: "Go forth. Iliad with scholia and a Catena patrum de Veteri Remember the debtors in Ilchester Gaol." It is Testamento' are assigned by him to the thirteenth good to know that the name is still retained, and century. A great proportion of the works are that the business is carried on by the Dawson scientific-as science was understood in the latter family on the same spot in the Market-Place. Middle Age; and since two or three MSS. seem to The illustration given of the shop shows that have been written out in the sixteenth century, it subscriptions were received for the State lottery. seems reasonable to connect the collection, as Mr. It is unfortunate that it is not definitely known Gaselee suggests, with some doctor or professional who were the issuers of the Franklin tokens, but man living in Constantinople in the sixteenth or Mr. Longman does not think it "unreasonable seventeenth century. It would perhaps form no to assign the piece to the firm of Watts in Wylde bad working library for a person who could Court, where Benjamin Franklin worked as a supplement it by consulting other books not in his journeyman printer." own possession. We are grateful to Mr. Gaselee for giving us the particulars of it, and at any rate setting doubts and some unwarranted assumptions at rest.

Among many other notable tokens, that of the famous Lackington must be mentioned. It bears his bust, a figure of Fame blowing a trumpet, and the words "Halfpenny of J. Lackington & Co., cheapest booksellers in the world. Payable at Lackington & Co.'s, Finsbury Square, London." Nor must we omit the Miller halfpenny, of which only a few copies were struck. It is very finely engraved, and bears a strong profile likeness of Thomas Miller. His own business was at Bungay, but his son William came to London and became an eminent bookseller in Albemarle Street, and on his retiring in 1812, John Murray, as is well known, became his successor. A fine portrait of "Thomas Miller is given.

In the second section of his book Mr. Longman describes tokens which were struck by people not connected with the book trade, but which refer to authors, and frequently bear their likeness; and in the third he enumerates a few miscellaneous tokens of interest from the subjects depicted on them.

Some of the illustrations have already been incidentally named. There are in addition several portraits, a good view of Lackington's Temple of the Muses, and three excellent plates of reproductions of tokens.

The Greek Manuscripts in the Old Seraglio at Constantinople. By Stephen Gaselee. (Cambridge, University Press, 18. net.)

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WAR.-MR. PEDDIE informs us, with reference to our note to MR. ARDAGH on p. 420, that he contributes only the preface to Books on the Great War,' which is being compiled by Mr. F. W. T. Lange and Mr. W. T. Berry, of the St. Bride Foundation Libraries. Vols. I.-III., containing the titles of about 1.500 books, and covering the first year of the War, have been issued by Messrs. Grafton & Co. bound together with a general index, price 78. 6d. net. Vol. IV., containing about the same number of titles, will be published in a few days at the same price. It is provided with both Subject and Author Indexes, and includes many foreign works.

ments have been made whereby advertisements of The Athenæum now appearing monthly, arrangeposts vacant and wanted, which it is desired to publish weekly, may appear in the intervening weeks in N. & Q.'

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A HANDBOOK TO

COUNTY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Being a Bibliography of Bibliographies relating to the Counties and Towns of Great Britain and Ireland

By

ARTHUR L.

HUMPHREYS

This work is intended to form a Bibliographical introduction to the study of the Topography of Great Britain and Ireland. Much research has been given to the compilation of the book, and it is the result of many years' vigilance in making notes, and of three years' active work in verifying, amplifying and seeing through the press.

There have been included not only all the better-known County Bibliographies, but many thousands of references are provided to the less-known but important items which have been buried in the Transactions of local Archæological Societies, and which have hitherto never been tabulated and classified. The many existing valuable County Manuscript Collections and Ex ra-illustrated copies of topographical books are alluded to, and important collections of local books in various public Libraries are similarly treated. Local Ballads, Broadsides, Chap Books, and single-sheet Literature are dealt with Bibliographically, and exact references are given in all cases. Calendars of Local Documents, Indexes to the various Archæological Societies' Transactions, Lists of Maps, Newspapers, Portraits, and Books and Pamphlets relating to Local Printing and obscure Private Presses have been included, as well as all source books of a Bibliographical nature.

There are four Appendices, which deal with auxiliary Bibliographies and Lists for England. Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. These Appendices deal chiefly with the less-known Bibliographies and Lists which are of value to the student of local history. The arrangement of the counties is, for facility of reference, in one alphabet, beginning with Aberdeenshire and ending with Yorkshire, the materials for each County being dealt with separately. A full Index of Authors and subject-matter is provided.

Three Hundred and Fifty Copies only have been printed.

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account of William Clachar, chief proprietor of
The Chelmsford Chronicle, and the only token
issuer of that town, at which over 100,000
pieces were struck. He died in 1813, aged 80,
but had retired twenty years previously in
favour of his partners, Messrs. Meggy & Chalk.
Circulating libraries at fashionable places at the
seaside provided, in those days, not only books,
but also reading lounges with all the London
newspapers, music, and billiard tables.
of the most noted of these was Fisber's, situated
One
on the western side of the old Steyne at Brighton,
of which an illustration is given.

William Gye, printer of Bath, issued tokens to
further his charitable aims on behalf of the debtors
lodged in Ilchester Gaol, whom he visited weekly.
He is referred to in The Printers' Register of Jan. 6,
1879. The token represents a female seated, in-
structing a boy with a key to unlock the prison
doors, and bears the inscription: "Go forth.
Remember the debtors in Ilchester Gaol."
good to know that the name is still retained, and
It is
that the business is carried on by the Dawson
family on the same spot in the Market-Place.
The illustration given of the shop shows that
subscriptions were received for the State lottery.
It is unfortunate that it is not definitely known
who were the issuers of the Franklin tokens, but
Mr. Longman does not think it "unreasonable
to assign the piece to the firm of Watts in Wylde
Court, where Benjamin Franklin worked as a

journeyman printer."

Among many other notable tokens, that of the famous Lackington must be mentioned. It bears his bust, a figure of Fame blowing a trumpet, and the words: "Halfpenny of J. Lackington & Co., cheapest booksellers in the world. Payable at Lackington & Co.'s, Finsbury Square, London." Nor must we omit the Miller halfpenny, of which only a few copies were struck. It is very finely engraved, and bears a strong profile likeness of Thomas Miller. His own business was at Bungay, but his son William came to London and became an eminent bookseller in Albemarle Street, and on his retiring in 1812, John Murray, as is well known, became his successor. A fine portrait of

Thomas Miller is given.

In the second section of his book Mr. Longman describes tokens which were struck by people not connected with the book trade, but which refer to authors, and frequently bear their likeness; and in the third he enumerates a few miscellaneous tokens of interest from the subjects

depicted on them.

Some of the illustrations have already been incidentally named. There are in addition several portraits, a good view of Lackington's Temple of the Muses, and three excellent plates of reproductions of tokens.

The Greek Manuscripts in the Old Seraglio at Constantinople. By Stephen Gaselee. (Cambridge, University Press, 18. net.)

THE writer of this lively brochure was at Constantinople in 1909, from Monday, April 13, to the following Saturday, his stay covering a considerable and, for the time being, successful mutiny of the soldiers against the Committee of Union and Progress. These pages give us his notes as they were taken immediately after witnessing the scenes he describes. His experiences were sufficiently stormy, and not without some peril to his own

life and limb. His main object in going to Constantinople was the inspection of the collection of Greek MSS. in the Old Seraglio. It was supposed that important treasures would be revealed when the expected Catalogue was published. The like lihood that this publication will now be long delayed has caused Mr. Gaselee to give us his own list of what he found in the library; and though this is very brief, and bare of detail, it is Critobulus, the collection contains nothing belong. sufficient to show that, except perhaps for the ing to the first rank of its kind.

More than two-thirds of the MSS., which number thirty-three, would seem to be work of the fifteenth century or later. ones, Of the early Byzantine hand with headings in gold, appears twelfth-century lectionary, in a fine the most attractive. There is a Euclid which Mr. Gaselee also assigns to the twelfth century; an Iliad with scholia and a Catena patrum de Veteri century. A great proportion of the works are Testamento' are assigned by him to the thirteenth scientific-as science was understood in the latter Middle Age; and since two or three MSS. seem to have been written out in the sixteenth century, it seems reasonable to connect the collection, as Mr. Gaselee suggests, with some doctor or professional seventeenth century. It would perhaps form no man living in Constantinople in the sixteenth or bad working library for a person who could supplement it by consulting other books not in his for giving us the particulars of it, and at any rate own possession. We are grateful to Mr. Gaselee setting doubts and some unwarranted assumptions at rest.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WAR.-MR. PEDDIE informs us, with reference to our note to MR. ARDAGH on p. 420, that he contributes only the preface to Books on the Great War,' which is being compiled by Mr. F. W. T. Lange and Mr. W. T Berry, of the St. Bride Foundation Libraries. Vols. I-III., containing the titles of about 1.500 books, and covering the first year of the War, have been issued by Messrs. Grafton & Co. bound together with a general index, price 78. 6d. of titles, will be published in a few days at the same net. Vol. IV., containing about the same number price. Author Indexes, and includes many foreign works. It is provided with both Subject and

A HANDBOOK TO

COUNTY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Being a Bibliography of Bibliographies relating to the Counties and Towns of Great Britain and Ireland

By

ARTHUR

L.

HUMPHREYS

This work is intended to form a Bibliographical introduction to the study of the Topography of Great Britain and Ireland. Much research has been given to the compilation of the book, and it is the result of many years' vigilance in making notes, and of three years' active work in verifying, amplifying and seeing through the press.

There have been included not only all the better-known County Bibliographies, but many thousands of references are provided to the less-known but important items which have been buried in the Transactions of local Archæological Societies, and which have hitherto never been tabulated and classified. The many existing valuable County Manuscript Collections and Ex ra-illustrated copies of topographical books are alluded to, and important collections of local books in various public Libraries are similarly treated. Local Ballads, Broadsides, Chap Books, and single-sheet Literature are dealt with Bibliographically, and exact references are given in all cases. Calendars of Local Documents, Indexes to the various Archæological Societies' Transactions, Lists of Maps, Newspapers, Portraits, and Books and Pamphlets relating to Local Printing and obscure Private Presses have been included, as well as all source books of a Bibliographical nature.

There are four Appendices, which deal with auxiliary Bibliographies and Lists for England. Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. These Appendices deal chiefly with the less-known Bibliographies and Lists which are of value to the student of local history. The arrangement of the counties is, for facility of reference, in one alphabet, beginning with Aberdeenshire and ending with Yorkshire, the materials for each County being dealt with separately. A full Index of Authors and subject-matter is provided.

Three Hundred and Fifty Copies only have been printed.

A. L. HUMPHREYS, 187 PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.