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 THE 
 
 BOOK-COLLECTOR'S HAND-BOOK.
 
 THE 
 
 BOOK-COLLECTOR'S HAND-BOOK: 
 
 A MODERN 
 
 LIBRARY COMPANION 
 
 "Me duce tutus euis."— Owcf. 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 E, CHURTON, 26, HOLIES STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE. 
 
 1845.
 
 2. 
 
 THE 
 
 BOOK-COLLECTOR'S HAND-BOOK. 
 
 The reader, who takes this little manual for his 
 guide, must not expect to find a catalogue of rare and 
 expensive volumes, such as are only to he found in li- 
 braries on the largest scale. Our object is much more 
 humble, and, as we believe, much more useful ; we shall 
 give an ample list of the best modern books in every 
 science, subject only to the indispensable condition of 
 their being cheap, or at all events of a reasonable price, 
 and such, moreover, as remaining still in the market, 
 may be procured without any particular trouble. With 
 curious old editions, the delight of genuine biblioma- 
 niacs, we do not meddle ; but occasionally, where, 
 the case seems to admit of it, we shall notice desirable^ 
 reprints. Neither do we pretend to give any account 
 of foreign w^orks unless when translated, our purpose 
 being limited to the formation of a substantial English 
 library, suited to men of moderate fortunes, but em- 
 bracing the whole circle of literature, art, and science. 
 To complain that our plan does not extend to books in 
 other languages, ancient and modern, w^ould be as un- 
 reasonable as to find fault with an English dictionary 
 because it was not a Greek Lexicon, or a German 
 
 \\ ORTERBUCH. 
 
 But if we have attained the object pi'oposed, we shall 
 " have done the state some service," though wc may, 
 
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 1 THE BOOK-COLLECTOR S HAND-BOOK. 
 
 perchance, not be able to follow out the quotation, and 
 add, " and they know it." They who really wish to pos- 
 sess a good library of the kind mentioned, and who have 
 neither more time nor money on their hands than they 
 know what to do with, will find a considerable saving 
 of both by reference to this manual. Nothing varies 
 more than the price of books ; a short time after pub- 
 lication they generally increase or decrease in saleable 
 value, and, the moment this is the case, there is no 
 longer a fixed market price ; it then becomes a matter 
 of some importance to the purchaser, to learn the low- 
 est rate at which the work desired can be obtained ; 
 for want of such necessary information he may, in all 
 likelihood, be giving twice, or even thrice the sum, for 
 which, with better knowledge, it might be procured 
 without difficulty. If he consults the Hand-Book, he 
 will be forewarned on this point, and therefore, as the 
 proverb says, forearmed. One thing, however, must be 
 distinctly understood ; in the fluctuating state of the 
 market, above alluded to, it is impossibleto fix the price 
 of any given book with absolute accuracy, and therefore 
 it will often happen that a work may be procured at 
 less than the sum affixed to it in the Hand-Book. 
 
 There is yet another way, wherein our little volume 
 may, we would hope, prove of some utility even to 
 those of more than average information. It is impos- 
 sible for any one, without wholly devoting his time to 
 the subject, to have so general, and at the same time 
 so familiar, an acquaintance with the books that are 
 daily issuing from the press, as to know beforehand, 
 with any degree of certainty, what will be most adapted 
 for his peculiar purpose. In fact, this work may be 
 considered as a supplement, in a humble form, to Dib- 
 din's excellent " Library Companion," and as filling up 
 the interval between that and " Churton's Literary 
 Register," which gives a much more complete analysis 
 than we can pretend to do, besides embracing every 
 pubhcation that appears during the twelve-month, a
 
 WORKS ON DIVINITY. 3 
 
 work so extensive that it even goes beyond Watts' 
 Bibliotheca Britannica. Here, however, he will find 
 the various works arranged in their different classes, 
 with a brief analysis of their contents and merits, so 
 that he will be enabled to make his choice with a fair 
 prospect of not being disappointed in the result ; if 
 the useful arts be his object, he has only to look out 
 for that division, and he will at once see what volumes 
 have been written on the subject, their authors, their 
 prices, and their peculiarities ; if he prefer poring 
 over the past with antiquarians, under the head of 
 Antiquity he will at once see what they have been or 
 are doing. And so on with every other branch of 
 knowledge. 
 
 Having thus stated the general outlines of our plan, 
 we begin with 
 
 Divinity, 
 
 The Old Testament was originally written in He- 
 brew for the most part, portions only of Ezra and Daniel 
 being composed in the Chaldee language, probably be- 
 cause the Jews, from their long captivity in Babylon, 
 had in some measure lost the use of their own tongue, 
 and become familiar with that of the country. It was 
 subsequently by the order of Ptolemy Philadelphus, king 
 of Egypt, translated into Greek by seventy -two elders, 
 and hence in round numbers it acquired the name of 
 " THE Septuagint," from septuaginta, seventy. The 
 citations in the New Testament refer to this version, 
 which was the one in use among the early Christians. 
 It also served as the basis of the first Latin translation, 
 known under the name of the Italic Version, and 
 the next to it in point of age. The Vulgate Ibl- 
 lowed. This last was a revision and improvement of 
 the " Italic Version " by Jerome and others, and, liav- 
 
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 4 THE BOOK-COLLECTOR S HAND-BOOK. 
 
 ing been declared authentic by the Council of Trent, 
 is the only one allowed by the Roman Catholic Church. 
 But all these versions differ in many points from each 
 other. Without enterins; into more minute criticism, 
 it may be sufficient to observe by way of illustration, 
 that even in the division and naming of the sacred 
 books there are considerable discrepancies ; thus, for 
 instance, in the Hebrew Canon the two " Books of 
 Samuel " were considered as one, whereas in the Vul- 
 gate they are termed the First and Second Books of 
 Kings; in the Hebrew Canon, the two " Books of 
 Kings " formed one book, whereas in the Septuagint 
 and Vulgate they are called the Third and Fourth Books 
 of Kings ; in the Hebrew Canon, the two " Books of 
 Chronicles " formed but one, which was called the 
 book of Diaries or Journals, while in the Septuagint 
 it obtained the name of Paraleipomenon, or " Book 
 of Things omitted." Then again the division into 
 chapters and verses is comparatively speaking a mo- 
 dern invention. The first is usually attributed to 
 Cardinal Hugo de Sancto Charo, about the middle of 
 the thirteenth century, while the latter is said to have 
 been introduced into a Hebrew Bible in 1661, by 
 Athias, a Jewish printer of Amsterdam, and into the 
 New Testament by Robert Stephens in 1551. 
 
 The first English translation of the Bible was printed 
 A.D. 1535, by Myles Coverdale, and was dedicated to 
 Henry VHI. But the version, which has served as 
 the foundation of all modern editions, was that which 
 was completed in the reign of James I. about 1603. 
 
 It is usual, m all accounts of editions of the Bible, 
 to begin with the Polyglott, a subject, which need not 
 detain us long, as there happens to be only one in the 
 modern market, namely, that of Bagster. This, how- 
 ever, is exceedingly complete, embracing, as it does — 
 ihe Hebrew text — the Pentateuch, Hebrew Samaritan — 
 the Greek Septuagint — the Latin Vulgate — the New 
 Testament in Greek — the celebrated Syriac version —
 
 WORKS ON DIVINITY. i> 
 
 the English version, with parallel and marginal pas- 
 sages — and Tables. It should be observed also that 
 Bagster's Polyglott has appeared in many other forms; 
 one in folio ' has in each page the text complete of 
 the different contrasted versions in eight different 
 languages, furnished with Prolegomena by the Rev. 
 S. Lee. A second is in nine small volumes,'^ each 
 having a separate text, so that the student may make 
 his Polyglott consist of what languages he pleases. 
 There is also the English Hexapla,^ containing six im- 
 portant English versions — by Wiclif, Tyndale,Cranmer, 
 Genevan, Anglo Rhemish, and the Authorized, 
 
 If the reader wishes for a bible in the English tongue 
 only, a yet wider field of choice is open to him than in 
 the Polyglotts, whether as regards price, size, print, 
 or annotations. First of all, there is the Oxford Bible, 
 with or without Brayly's marginal references, but 
 without any notes. This edition may be had at almost 
 any price, from a few shillings and upwards. Then 
 there is Caunter's Bible,* likewise with marginal refer- 
 ences, but rendered infinitely more valuable by an 
 immense body of explanatory notes, which, if printed 
 in ordinary type, would fill almost four octavo volumes. 
 These notes are selected from the works of the most 
 eminent divines, and, considering that the work is yet 
 farther illustrated with 144 plates from drawings by 
 Martin and Westall, it may be pronounced the cheap- 
 est publication extant. Should the collector desire a 
 more expensive work, he will do well to purchase 
 D'Oyly and ManVs Bible, ^ the notes of which, taken 
 fiom divines of established reputation, contain a com- 
 plete system of Christian theology. It has also the 
 advantage of appropriate Introductions, Maps, Tables, 
 Indices, Plans, and beautifully tinted Plates. 
 
 ' Price, 8L 85. ; Turkey morocco, 11/. lis. 
 
 ' Hebrew, 23s.; Greek, l6s. ; English, IOn. ; Italian, 9s. ; Portu- 
 guese, 9s. ; Latin, 9s. ; French 9s. ; Spanish, 9s. ; (jernian, 9s. 
 ^ Quarto, 2/. Is ; large paper, .3/. 3s. ' ^ Octavo, 9s. 
 
 ' Three vols. imp. Bvo. 1/. 18s.
 
 b THE BOOK-COLLECTOR S HAND-BOOK. 
 
 Upon a yet more extensive scale is Dr. Adam 
 Clarke's Bible,'' with a Commentary and Critical 
 Notes. It contains some valuable information, re- 
 specting the peculiar customs of the Jews and the 
 neighbouring nations, but at the same time it is liable 
 to serious objections. Amongst many other bold 
 innovations, Dr. Clarke, who was a Wesleyan minister, 
 denies the eternal filiation of the second person of the 
 Trinity. This edition, however, is considered, and 
 justly, to be a wonderful work for one man to have 
 executed without assistance. 
 
 The Pictorial Bible^ exhibits the Old and New 
 Testament according to the Authorized Version, and to 
 many will be acceptable from its numerous wood-cuts, 
 illustrative of events, of natural history, of costume, 
 and of antiquities. It has also the advantage of an 
 abundant commentary. But yet more valuable, either 
 lor ministers or for private families, because more 
 practically useful, is Brown's Self Interpreting Bible.^ 
 In addition to the marginal references, which even 
 preachers will find of the greatest utility, it has reflec- 
 tions appended to each chapter, that have generally 
 been considered to stamp a peculiar value on this 
 edition. Last to be mentioned, and perhaps the most 
 important, are the two Bibles by Thomas Scott, ^ a 
 Calvinist, and Mathew Henry,^^ who was also a 
 dissenter. The first of these has passed through 
 many editions, and has been pronounced by Bishop 
 Wilson to be peculiarly " the comment of our age." 
 The value of Henry's work will be best estimated from 
 the fact of its having been read through four times by 
 the celebrated Whitefield, who, to the end of his life 
 was wont to call the author " the Great Mr. Henry." 
 To this division also helon^^ Bishop Patrick's Commen- 
 tary on the Historical, and Paraphrase of the Poetical, 
 
 '' Six vols, imp. 8vo. 61. Qs. 6d. 
 
 ' Three vols. Svo 'Zl. \2s.6d. ** Quarto, 1 /. Is. with engravings,2^ 
 ' Three vols, 4to. 4/. 4s ; '2 vols. imp. 8vo., 1 8s. 
 '" Three vols. imp. 8vo., 21. \2s. 6(1.
 
 WORKS ON DIVINITY. 7 
 
 Books of the Old Testament, to which are subjoined 
 Bishop Lowth on the Prophets, and Dr. Arnold on the 
 Apocrypha, ^^ the text being at the head of each page. 
 If to this we add Drs. Whitby and Lotcman's Commen- 
 tary on the Neiv Testament,^^ and Dr. Adam Clarke's Old 
 and Neiv Testament, '^^ the field of choice need hardly 
 be extended. 
 
 We cannot commence the next subdivision better than 
 with Calmefs Dictionary of theBible.^^ It is the most 
 valuable dictionary of the Scriptures extant, and should 
 be read in Taylor's edition. The first and second 
 volumes comprise the dictionary in an alphabetical 
 series ; the third and fourth exhibit 750 fragments with 
 the natural history of the Bible ; and the fifth volume 
 contains an atlas of plates and maps with corresponding 
 alphabetical explanations. The book-collectors, how- 
 ever, on a small scale, may be satisfied with Cruden's 
 Concordance,^^ which is complete, and very correct in 
 its references. 
 
 In connection with this section, we should notice 
 Newton on the Prophecies, ^^ edited by Dobson ; and 
 Bishop Home on the Psalms, ^^ the subject of the latter 
 being to illustrate the historical sense of the Psalms in 
 relation to David and the Israelites. In this class too 
 we may include the Family Expositor,^^ by Dr. Philip 
 Doddridge. This is a paraphrase and version of the 
 New Testament, with critical notes and a practical 
 improvement of each portion. The paraphrase has 
 sometimes been objected to as being too diffuse, but 
 
 " Four vols. imp. 8vo. cloth, 4/. 10s. 
 
 '• One vol. imp. 8vo., 1/. 5.<f. 
 
 " Three vols. imp. 8vo., 61. 8s. 
 
 '^ Sixth edition, greatly enlarged, beautifully printed on fine 
 Move paper, illustrated with 202 Copj)erplate Engra> ings, 5 vols. 
 4to., 61. 6i. 
 
 '^ The best edition (with a portrait) is in imp. 8v(). lis. 
 
 "•Octavo, 6s. Gd. ''Octavo, 7s. 
 
 '» Imp. 8vo. I6s
 
 8 
 
 THE BOOK-COLLECTOR S HAND-BOOK. 
 
 the notes are models of elegant and candid criticism, 
 and the practical improvements are beautiful and 
 pathetic. Orme says that " no book can be read in a 
 Christian family to more advantage," and Bishop Bar- 
 rington observes that " for all the most valuable 
 purposes of a commentary on the New Testament, it 
 cannot fall too early into the hands of those intended 
 for Holy Orders." To these may be added, by the 
 admirers of pictorial editions, Illustrated Commentaries 
 on the Old and Neiv Testaments,^^ which, however, is 
 no more than a reprint of the annotations from the 
 so-called Pictorial Bible. 
 
 We now come to that part of the Divinity-Library 
 which is more purely historical. And first in the list 
 stands Fox's Book of Martyrs ;'^" though this writer 
 had some strong prejudices, and was as bitter against 
 the Church of Rome as Luther himself, yet it may 
 be doubted whether his very faults have not in some 
 measure helped him to his popularity, which at one 
 time was so great, that his work used to be chained to 
 the public desk, in almost every church and library 
 throughout the kingdom. Next to him come Fuller's 
 Chw'ch History'^^ and Fuller's Worthies of England,^^ 
 two works that are indispensable to every scholar. To 
 ,say nothing of the information they contain, there is 
 an inexpressible charm in the quaint, vigorous, style of 
 this fine old writer. By his side is well worthy to 
 stand Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History, ^^ a work held 
 in the highest esteem both at home and abroad. Nor 
 is Burnet's History of the Reformation^* to be neglected, 
 though it must be read with caution, on account of 
 the author's violent party-prejudices. With this the 
 student may compare D'Aubigne's History of the Re- 
 
 '" Five vols. |)Ost 8vo., ll 5s. 
 ^'Edited by JMilner, plates, 1 V'>1. 8vo. lO*. 6d. 
 "' 'i hrec vols. Svo. by Nicolls, U. fjs. 
 
 '^ Three vols. Svo. by Dr. Nultall, 1/. 5s. "Qctavo, Qi. 
 
 Illustrated by inanvfine engravings on steel, 2 vols, super royal 
 8vo. 21. 16s.
 
 WORKS ON DIVINITY. 9 
 
 formation.'^ If to these be added Milncr's Church 
 History ;^^ Southeifs Book of the Church f' the Worhs 
 of Josephus,^^ as edited by Whiston, one of the best 
 books in the language ; S. Turner's Sacred History of 
 the World f^ and WelVs Geography of the Old and 
 New Testaments;'^'' this portion of the Divinity-Library 
 will be nriore than sufficiently complete for all the pur- 
 poses of any private individual. 
 
 We now come to the manuals of devotion. And 
 tirst on the list stands the celebrated Thomas a Kem- 
 pis,^^ whose " Imitation of Christ " has been extolled 
 by Fontenelle and Leibnitz, as the most edifying piece 
 of morality since the publication of the Gospels. 
 Many, however, have supposed — and it seems to be 
 the more correct opinion — that this work is by John 
 Gerson. Next, come Nelson's Fasts and Festivals {^'^ 
 Jeremy Taylor's Holy Living and Dying ;^^ Bishop 
 Beveridge's Private Thoughts on Religion and a Chris- 
 tian Life ;^* The Whole Duty of Man ;^' Wilsoji's Saci'a 
 Privata;^^ Baxter's Saint's Rest, and Call to the Uncon- 
 verted ; with Alleine's Alarm to the Unconverted, and 
 Fletcher's Address ^^ 
 
 The last class is of a more miscellaneous character. 
 It comprises Paley's Natural Theology ;^^ Taylor's 
 
 ^' Parts 1, 2, 3, translated by W. K. Kelly, 3s. Qd. each. 
 
 '-■^ Octavo, 10s. 6(/. ' " -''Octavo, 12s. 
 
 -*Two vols. imp. 8vo. with 52 wood engravings, l6s. In I vol. 
 8vo. Ss. New Pictorial Edition, edited by Dr. Stebbing, super 
 royal 8vo. with 10 steel engravings and 80 woodcuts, \l. bs. 
 
 '-" Three vols. 8vo. 2Z. 2s. 
 
 ^^ With many maps, 8vo. 10s. Qd. 
 
 ^' Works, 2 vols. &s.; Imitation of Christ, by Dibdin, \l. Is. ■, by 
 Kendal, 2s. 6d. ; by Payne, 4s. ; by Stanhope, 7s. ; Christian Pat- 
 tern, 8vo. .5s. ^^ Twelvemo, 5s. 
 
 "*^ Twelvemo, Js. 6d. ^* Both parts, small 8vo. 4s. 6d. 
 
 ^ Twelvemo, 5s. ^^ Black calf, 2s. ^7 Odavo 7s. 6d. 
 
 ** One vol. 8vo. 5s. with illustrative notes by Lord Hrougham and 
 Sir C. Bell, and supplementary dissertations. In 5 vols, with 
 numerous woodcuts, post 8vo. 1/. 5s.
 
 10 THE book-collector's HAND-BOOK. 
 
 History of Enthusiasm, — Isaac Taylor of Ongar — as 
 also his various works, extending to many volumes f^ 
 the " Works of Simeon," under the title of Hora 
 Homileticce y"^^ a collection of 2536 discourses on the 
 principal passages of the Old and New Testament ; 
 Jeremy Taylor's Works ;^' Bishop Loivth's Works ;^" 
 HalVs complete Works *^ so remarkable for the rich- 
 ness of their style, and equally suited to the scholar, 
 the statesman, the philosopher, and the divine ; Bun- 
 yan's Holy War ;^* Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress *^ one 
 of those delightful fancies of which the reader never 
 can get tired ; Abercrombie *^ on the Intellectual Powers, 
 and on the Philosophy of Moral Feelings ; Blair's Ser- 
 mons ;'*'^ Blair's Lectures ;^^ Heber's Sermons ;^^ Rev. H. 
 Blunt' s Lectures ;''^ J. J. Blunt' s Veracity of the Bible, a 
 new application of the principle, on which Paley founded 
 his Horse Paulinse ; and Hannah More's Popular Works. ^° 
 
 ^^ Natural History of Enthusiasm, lOth ed. 5s. ; Fanaticism, 4th 
 ed. 6s. ; Spiritual Despotism 2d ed. 8s. ; Saturday Evening, 7th 
 ed. 5s. ; Elements of Thought, 7th ed. 4s. ; Antient Christianity, 
 and the Doctrines of the Oxford Tracts for the Times, 4th ed. 18s.; 
 Home Education, 4th ed. 5s. ; Lectures on Spiritual Christianity, 
 3s. ; His Edition of Jonathan Edwards on Free Will, 8s. 
 
 ^" Edited by the Rev. T. Hartwell Home, 21 vols. 8vo. 6/. 6s. 
 
 " Fifteen vols. 8vo. Jl- iJs. 6d. ; 3 vols. imp. 8vo. 3/. 3s. 
 
 ''■ Three vols. 8vo. ll. 7s. 
 
 ^' With a memoir of his Life by Dr. Olinthus Gregory, and ob- 
 servations on his character as a preacher, by John Foster, 6 vols. 
 Bvo. 21. 2s. 
 
 ^^ With notes by Philip, royal 8vo. 12s. ; 18mo. 3s. 
 
 '"'" Twenty-fourmo. Is. 6d. ; with notes by Mason, and upwards of 
 100 illustrations, 18mo. 2s. 6(/. 
 
 ^•^Intellectual Powers, 9s. 3 Moral Feelings, ^s. 6d. 
 
 ^' Octavo, 6s. 
 
 "^Parish Sermons, 2 vols. 16s. 3 Sermons in India, 9s. 6d. ; Ser- 
 n)ons in England, 9s. 6d. 
 
 '■J Abraham, 5s. 6c/. ; Christ, 3 parts, \6s. 6d. ; Eiisha, 5s. 6d. ; 
 Jacob, 4s. 6rf. ; Peter, 4s. 6rf. ; St. Paul, 2 parts, lis. Veracity, 
 2 vols. lis. 
 
 *" Eleven vols. 3/. 13s. G(/.
 
 ENCYCLOPEDIAS, ETC. 11 
 
 Encyclopaedias and Miscellaneous Collections. 
 
 It is well known that to France and her liberal 
 writers, Voltaire, D'Alembert, Diderot, and their as- 
 sociates, we are indebted for the introduction of this 
 useful species of compilation. At first the new work 
 met with great opposition from the court-party, under 
 the idea that it was the vehicle of opinions injurious to 
 the Church and State, and a pleasant anecdote is told 
 by Marmontel of the King's mistress becoming recon- 
 ciled to the publication from the fact of its containing 
 an article upon the important subject of rouge. The 
 example thus set, other nations have not been slow to 
 follow it, more particularly the English and Germans, 
 who of late years have introduced a variety of Ency- 
 clopaedias, sometimes in one form, and sometimes in 
 another, and with more or less limitation of subjects. 
 Our plan, however, confines us to the consideration of 
 native works of this description, and, such being the 
 case, we shall commence with the Encyclopcedia Bri- 
 fannica,^ which, after undergoing many alterations and 
 additions to keep pace with the onward march of science, 
 has lately had them all incorporated in a last and better 
 edition. In this form it is generally esteemed the most 
 valuable of all the encyclopaedias, though the Encyclo- 
 pedia Metropolitana ^ has certainly the advantage of a 
 more scientific arrangement of the articles. The latter, 
 instead of a merely alphabetical order, is classified, and 
 divided into Pur'e and Mixed Science, History, Miscella- 
 neous and Lexicographical. Next to these two leading 
 works may be ranked Rees' Encyclopaedia,^ a useful 
 compilation, though not in so much esteem as the 
 former, as it has been now published some years. 
 On a smaller scak% but nearly on the same plan, is 
 
 ' Seventh edition, "21 vols. 4to. cloth, 377. l<>i". ; half russia, 421. 
 
 ' Fifty-eight parts, 60/. I8s. 
 
 ^ New, half russia, 45 vols, including 6 vols, of plates, 28/.
 
 li 
 
 THE BOOK-COLLECTOR S HAND-BOOK. 
 
 the British Cyclopedia* of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, 
 Natural History, and Biography, while those, who re- 
 quire only popular information on a variety of topics, 
 will do well to go yet lower, and content themselves 
 with the Penny Cyclopfedia,^ a very amusing publi- 
 cation, though more adapted to the people than the 
 scholar. 
 
 Lardner's Cyclopadia^ is a collection of histories 
 and biographies and also of essays, many of them 
 really admirable, on the arts and sciences, as well as 
 on philosophic subjects. It may in truth be called a 
 library in itself, so full and so varied is the knowledge 
 presented by it ; but those, who wish to confine them- 
 selves to particular topics, may buy the volumes sepa- 
 rately. Something akin to this work are the so-called 
 Libraries and Miscellanies, such as Constable's Miscel- 
 lany,'^ which is devoted to travels and history, — the 
 
 * Ten vols, super royal 8vo. 7^ 10s. 
 
 * Twenty-seven vols. imp. 8vo. cloth, lOl. 
 
 •" One hundred and thirty-two vols, at 6s. a volume, any of 
 which may be had separate ; for contents see " History, Biography, 
 Natural History, Sciences." 
 
 ^ Contents of Constable's Miscellany, published at 3s. 6d. a vo- 
 lume, but most of them are to be procured at greatly reduced 
 prices, 
 
 1, 2, 3. Captain Basil Hall's Voyages. 
 
 4. Murray's Adventures of British Seamen. 
 
 5. Mem. of the Marchioness de la Roche Jacquelin. 
 6, 7. Crichton's Converts from Infidelity. 
 
 8, 9. History of the Birman Empire. 
 
 10. Table Talk 
 
 11. Perils and Captivity. 
 
 12. Bell's Remarkable Phenomena of Nature. 
 18, 14. Mariner's Account of the Tonga Islands. 
 
 17. Robert's Excursions in America. 
 18, 19. Historic;d Works of P. Schiller. 
 20, 21. Thomson's Illustrat. of the Hist, of Great Brit. 
 
 22. General Register for the Year 182/. 
 
 23. Lockhart's Life of Burns. 
 
 24, 25. Bell's Life of Mary Queen of Scots. 
 
 26. Wrangham's Evidences of Christianity. 
 27, 28. Memorials of the late War.
 
 ENCYCLOP.EDIAS, ETC. 13 
 
 Family Library,^ of a much more general nature, — and 
 
 Contents of Constable's Miscellany — continued. 
 29, 30. Russell's Tour in Germany. 
 
 31, 32. Chanibers'sHistory of the Rebellion in 1638 & 1660. 
 33, 34, 35. Koch's History of the Revolutions of Europe. 
 36, 37. Cochrane's Journey through Russia and Tartary. 
 
 38. Conway's Tour through Norway. 
 
 39. Meme's History of Sculpture. 
 Upham's History of the Ottoman Empire. 
 Chambers's History of the Rebellion, in 1689-1715. 
 Lawson's History of Remarkable Conspiracies. 
 White's History of Selbourne. 
 Sinclair's Autumn in Italy. 
 Russell's History of Oliver Cromwell. 
 Trueba's Life of Hernan Cortes. 
 
 50, 51. Stebbing's History of Chivalry and the Crusades, 
 Vol. 2. 
 Stafford's History of Music. 
 Carrick's Life of Sir William Wallace, 2 vols. 
 Chambers's Life of King James I. 
 Bourrienne's Memoirs of Buonaparte. 
 Keightley's History of the War in Greece. 
 Trueba's History of the Conquest of Peru. 
 Sutherland's Achievements of Knights of Malta. 
 St. John's Residence in Normandy. 
 Conway's Switzerland. 
 68, 69, 70, 71. Wilson and Buonaparte's American Ornithology. 
 72. Memoirs of Josephine. 
 73, 74. Taylor's History of the Civil \^^irs of Ireland. 
 75, 76, 80. Brown's (Capt.J.) Butterflies,Moths, and Sphinges. 
 77. Mudie's Guide to the Observation of Nature. 
 78 to 81. Bedding's Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea. 
 '^ Sold separately, at 5s. per. vol., complete sets, 80 vols, at 10/. 
 1, 2. Life of Buonaparte. 
 
 3. Alexander the Great. 
 
 4.10,13,19,27,38. Lives of British Artists. 
 
 5, 6, 9. History of the Jews, by Milman. 
 7, 51. Insects. 
 
 8. Court and Camp of Buonaparte. 
 
 11. Life and Voyages of Columbus. 
 
 12. of Nelson, by Southey. 
 
 14. Lives of British Physicians. 
 
 15, 48, 49, 50. History of Ikitish India. 
 
 [6. Demonology and \Vit('hcraft, by Scott. 
 
 17. Life and Travels of Bruce. 
 
 18. Voyages of Columbus's Companions. 
 
 
 40, 41. 
 
 
 42. 
 
 
 43, 44. 
 
 
 45. 
 
 
 46. 
 
 
 47, 48. 
 
 
 49. 
 
 
 50, 51. 
 
 
 52. 
 
 
 53, 54. 
 
 
 55, 56. 
 
 57 
 
 , 58, 59. 
 
 
 60, 61. 
 
 
 62. 
 
 
 63, 64 
 
 
 65. 
 
 
 66,67. 
 
 69, 
 
 70,71.
 
 14 THE book-collector's HAND-BOOK. 
 
 the Library of Entertaining Knowledge,^ a work written 
 in a familiar, popular style, and evidently intended for 
 the young and the uneducated. 
 
 Fjmily Library — continued. 
 
 20, 39. Venetian History. 
 
 21. History of the Anglo-Saxons. 
 9,2, 34, 37. Lives of Scottish Worthies. 
 
 23. Tour in South Holland. 
 
 24. Life of Sir Isaac Newton. 
 
 25. Mutiny of the Bounty. 
 
 26. Reformation in England. 
 28, 29. Landers' Travels in Africa. 
 
 .30. Salmagundi, by Washington Irving. 
 31. Trials of Charles I. and the Regicides. 
 33. Brewster's Natural Magic. 
 35. Life of Peter the Great. 
 3G. Six Months in the West Indies. 
 39, 40. Sketch Book, by Irving. 
 41 to 46. Tytler's General History. 
 47. Croker's Fairy Legends. 
 
 52. Memoirs of the Plague, by De Foe and Brayley. 
 53, 54. Life and Times of General Washington. 
 55. Knickerbocker's History of New York. 
 56, 57, 58. Wesley's Philosophy. 
 
 59, 60. Segur's Narrative of Napoleon's Expedition to 
 Russia. 
 
 6 1 . Life of Ali Pasha. 
 
 62. Lives of Banditti and Robbers. 
 
 63. Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity. 
 
 64. History of the Bastile. 
 
 65. History of Gustavus Adol[)hus. 
 
 66. Chronicles of London Bridge. 
 
 67. Life of Duke of Marlborough. 
 
 68. Life of Cervantes, by Roscoe. 
 
 69. Life of Cicero. 
 70, 71. Ruins of Cities. 
 
 72. Life of Richard Coeur de Lion. 
 
 73. Life of Mahomet. 
 74, 75. Peril and Sufferings. 
 
 76, 77, 78. Eustace's Classical Tour in Italy. 
 
 79. Lives of Eminent Men. 
 
 80. Mutiny at the Nore. 
 
 ' Forty three vols. fcap. Svo. cloth lettered, with engravings, 61., 
 volumes 4s. 6(1. each. 
 
 Menageries, 4 vols. Habits of Birds. 
 
 Arcliitecture of Birds Faculties of Birdsc
 
 ANTIQUITIES. 15 
 
 Antiquities. 
 
 Antiquities may by some be hardly considered as 
 belonging to a general collection, under the prevalent 
 idea that it is a dry, if not unprofitable, study. This, 
 however, is a very mistaken notion. Antiquity, like 
 every thing else, is either dull or interesting, according 
 to the talent of the writer who undertakes it ; and, as 
 to usefulness, a study can hardly be deemed deficient 
 in that respect, which serves to throw so strong and 
 necessary a hght upon history itself. We shall not, 
 therefore, hesitate to give it a place in our catalogue 
 raisonn^ of works essential to a library, though the li- 
 brary be of the smallest, and more intended for the gen- 
 tleman than the learned. Those, which relate to Great 
 Britain, will first demand our attention, beginning 
 with Clark's Vestigia Anglicaiia,^ which is illustra- 
 tive of the early history and antiquities of England ; 
 and next, as bearing on the same topic, Storer's British 
 Cathedrals,^ and Wilkinson's Londina Illustrata ;^ the 
 first of the two last-mentioned works gives the history 
 and antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of England 
 
 Library of Entertaining Knowledge — continued. 
 Insect Architecture. Pompeii, 2 vols. 
 
 Miscellanies. Egyptian Antiquities, 2 vols. 
 
 Transformations. Elgin Marbles, 2 vols. 
 
 V^egetable Substances, 3 vols. Townley Marbles, 2 vols. 
 
 Paris, &c. 2 vols. British Costume. 
 
 Pursuit of Knowledge, &c. 2 v. New Zealanders. 
 Criminal Trials, 2 vols. Hindoos, 2 vols. 
 
 Historical Parallels, 2 vols. Backwoods of Canada. 
 
 Secret Societies of Middle Ages. Manners, &c. of Egyptians, 2. v. 
 Distinguished Men of Modern The Chinese, &c. 2 vols. 
 Times, 4 vols. 
 
 ' Two vols, royal 8vo. 7-''". 6(/. 
 
 " Published at 71. 7s. 4 vols. 8vo. half-morocco, gilt tops, now 
 worth 21. 2s. 
 
 ^ Two vols, imperial 4to. half-russia, 4/. 14*. 6d.
 
 16 THE book-collector's HAND-BOOK. 
 
 and Wales, with complete lists of the Bishops and 
 Deans, and is farther illustrated by two hundred and 
 fifty highly finished engravings ; in the second we 
 have graphic and historic memorials of monasteries, 
 churches, chapels, schools, charitable foundations, 
 palaces, halls, courts, processions, places of early 
 amusements, theatres, and old houses, in the cities and 
 suburbs of London and Westminster. Akin to these 
 is Stothard's Monumental Effigies of Great Britain,* a 
 handsome work with one hundred and forty-seven 
 tinted plates ; and still of the same family, though 
 somewhat remotely connected, we have Brand's Popu- 
 lar Antiquities, Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions 
 of England, Scotland, and Ireland.^ The best edition 
 of this highly interesting work, though still imperfect, 
 is that by Ellis, republished in Knight's collection. 
 If to these be added Hone's three publications, namely 
 his Day -Book, Table-Talk, and Year-Book,^ the list of 
 modern works on British antiquities, though not com- 
 plete, will yet be quite sufficient for all general purposes. 
 Coming to another branch of the same subject, we 
 have to remember, Nuttall's Classical and Archaeo- 
 logical Dictionary,'' under which head the student will 
 find the manners, customs, laws, institutions, archi- 
 tecture, arts, &c. of the celebrated nations of antiquity, 
 and particularly of the middle ages ; to this is prefixed 
 a synoptical and chronological view of ancient history, 
 the whole forming a companion to Lempriere, which is 
 limited to subjects strictly classical. Nor must we for- 
 get Moses' Antique Vases, Mausoleums, Sarcophagi, 
 6)C.^ The subjects of the engravings, one hundred and 
 seventy in number, have been selected from public and 
 private museums both here and abroad, and are acconi- 
 j)anied by historical and descriptive letter-press from 
 
 ■* Folio, half-morocco, 71. 17*. Gd. ^ Tluce vols. 12mo. 10a. 
 
 " Together 4 vols. 8.0. with many hundred cuts, 1/. IOj. 
 
 ' Octavo, 7s. ^ Small 4to. 170 plates, 1/. 10^,-.
 
 HISTORY AND HISTORICAL PAPERS. 17 
 
 the pen of the late Mr. Baber of the British Museum. 
 Still more important to the collector are Sir William 
 GelVs Topography, Edifices, and Monuments of Pompeii,^- 
 with a hundred and seventeen plates, illustrative of 
 these curious records of Roman life and manners ; 
 and Brady's Clavis Calendaria,^'^ which is a com- 
 pendious analysis and explanation of the calendar, 
 with the history and tradition of every remarkable day 
 in the year, illustrated with ecclesiastical, classical, 
 and popular anecdotes. Lastly we have Potter's 
 Arch(Tologica GrcBca,'^^ and Adam's Roman Antiquities,^'^ 
 intended principally for young students, but which will 
 often be found useful as books of reference even to the 
 more matured scholar. 
 
 History and Historical Papers. 
 
 Our attention must now be turned to one of the 
 most comprehensive and important divisions of litera- 
 ture, namely, History, which, in its original form, was 
 certainly the legitimate descendant of the Epic poem, 
 retaining no small portion of the fabulous spirit of its 
 parent. Speeches, which beyond all contradiction 
 were never spoken, and facts which are opposed to all 
 reason, abound not only in Livy but in the Greek his- 
 torians ; and the matter does not seem to be much 
 mended in the earlier annals of Feudal Europe. It 
 was reserved for modern times to enter upon history 
 in a more philosophic spirit, and to endeavour to sift the 
 truth from the immense mass of fiction that mingled 
 with, and depraved it. The brief list of books, we are 
 about to give, will abundantly show how much has been 
 done in this respect. To begin with Europe in general. 
 
 ' Two vols, royal 8vo. half-inorocco, '2/. 5s. 
 
 '" Two vols. 8vo. \2s. " Eililed by Boyd, 12mo. Qs. 
 
 "= Royal I8mo. 7 s. 
 
 C
 
 18 THE book-collector's HAND-BOOK. 
 
 Here the first name occurring, as belonging to modern 
 times, is Archibald Alison, whose History of Europe^ and 
 the states connected with it, though somewhat tinged 
 with the prejudices of Toryism, is yet a valuable pro- 
 duction. But infinitely superior, both in impartiality 
 and in grasp of mind, is Hallam's History of Europe 
 during the Middle Ages ;^ this is a work, which no col- 
 lector of an historical library would choose to be with- 
 out. They, however, who wish for something less 
 erudite and philosophical, will content themselves with 
 RusselVs History of Modern Europe,^ a very amusing, 
 though not very profound digest of events. 
 
 In regard to England, the histories, both general 
 and partial, are extremely numerous, and yet it may 
 be said that, with the exception of Dr. Lingard's and 
 Mr. Sharon Turner's, we have no good general history 
 of England, for Hume's beautiful work breaks off with 
 the Stuarts, and moreover, with every other requisite 
 of an historian, he wanted that patient spirit of in- 
 quiry, which is so essential to one who would open 
 up the volume of the past. His work, however, has 
 been continued to the present time by Smollett and 
 Hughes."^ Of Dr. Lingard^ it has been said, that he 
 has suffered himself to be too much biassed by his 
 feelings as a Roman Catholic, but what writer was 
 ever totally exempt from the influence of prejudice ? 
 Sharon Turner's History of England during the Middle 
 Ages^ has never been subject to a similar accusation, 
 but though in the highest degree instructive to those, 
 who know how to appreciate its merits, it is conceived 
 too much in the antiquarian spirit for the generality of 
 readers ; it should be accompanied by Turner's History 
 
 * Ten vols. 8vo. 7/. 155. ' Two vols. 8vo. \l. Is. 
 ' Four vols. 8vo. 21. 5s. 
 
 * One vol. imperial Svo. \l. Is. With continuation by Hughes, 
 ^1 vols. fcap. Svo. 5/. bs. 
 
 * New edition, 13 vols. 18nr)o. 3/. 5s. 
 
 * Third edition, 5 vols. Svo. Si.
 
 HISTORY AND HISTORICAL PAPERS. 19 
 
 of the Anglo- Saxons J and, though belonging to the 
 class of partial and particular history, we may here 
 also mention. Turner's History of the Reigns of Edward 
 the Sixth, Mary, &c.,^ and his History of Henry the 
 Eighth,^ both in two volumes. Dr. Henry's History^'' 
 has likewise been praised by many, more especially by 
 Dibdin, but there is this great objection to it, that, 
 even with the continuation by James Petit Andrew, it 
 comes no lower down than the reign of Henry the 
 Eighth. Amongst these partial records. Clarendon's 
 History of the Rebellion,^^ and Burnet's History of his 
 own Times,^' are generally considered to hold a very 
 high place, but the first of these breathes all the party 
 spirit of the cavaliers, and does little justice to their 
 opponents ; the style too is liable to objection, the 
 sentences being involved and well-nigh interminable. 
 Hallam's Constitutional History,^^ as far as it goes, is 
 truly excellent, its worst fault being that it does not 
 commence till the accession of Henry the Eighth, while it 
 terminates with the reign of Geoige the Second. Gold- 
 smith's History ^ is a concise and very elegant abridg- 
 ment of English annals, though somewhat superficial, 
 and, except in regard to style, hardly equal to the Pic- 
 torial,'^^ which yet does not aspire to much praise 
 beyond that of being prettily got up. Markham's His- 
 ^orj/'^ is avowedly for young persons only, and seems 
 well adapted for that purpose. As an analytical com- 
 pendium of English events, we have Wade's British 
 Chronologist,^~ very useful for reference, and also 
 the kindred publication, of Maunders Treasury of 
 
 ^ Fifth edition, .3 vols. 8vo. 21. 5s. 
 
 " Second edition, 2 vols. 8vo. \L l^s. 
 
 ' Third edition, 2 vols. 8vo. 1 1. 6.*. 
 
 '" Twelve vols. 8vo. 2/. 2s. 
 
 •' New edition, 2 vols. imp. 8vo. 2/. i.5s. 
 
 '- Two vols, super royal 8vo. 21. 2s. " Two vols. Svo. 1/. Is. 
 
 '■• Three vols. 8vo. 12s. '* Ei^ht vols, royal 8vo. 8/. \Cs. 
 
 '* Twelvemo. 7s, '" A thick volume, 8vo. lbs. 
 
 c 2
 
 20 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 History .^^ Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, 
 and Spain^^ ought not perhaps to be mentioned liere, 
 since they do not belong exclusively to England, but it 
 is very difficult to know how to class them so as not 
 to be open to a similar objection. The work affords 
 one of the liveliest pictures of men and manners to be 
 found in the whole range of history, and, considering 
 the difficulties inseparable from such a work, it is well 
 translated by Colonel Johnes. Having mentioned 
 Froissart, we must needs couple Monstrelefs Chro- 
 nicles,'^'' also translated by Colonel Johnes, though this 
 last- mentioned annalist has little to do with the affairs 
 of England, nor can he be compared with the elder 
 historian in point of merit. 
 
 In the sister countries the two leading histories of 
 modern date are Moore's History of Ireland,^^ and 
 Tytler's History of Scotland,^^ the last of which is dis- 
 tinguished as being a work of much research and judg- 
 ment. There is also a popular History of Scotland by 
 Sir Walter Scott,^^ published in Lardner's Cyclopaedia, 
 but which can be had separately. Robertson's Works ^* 
 also may come under this class, though his writings 
 comprise not only a History of Scotland, but of 
 America, and of Charles the Fifth of Germany, the lat- 
 ter indeed being that for which he is most justly 
 celebrated. 
 
 In regard to continental histories in English, either 
 original or translated, the modern list is yet more 
 scanty, yet some of them are truly excellent. Mal- 
 lei's History of Switzerland ^^^ is much in the terse 
 style of Tacitus, the author's object being invariably 
 to express his ideas in the fewest words possible. 
 
 '* EiH,hteenmo, 10s. 
 
 '' Illustrated edition, 2 vols, imperial 8vo. 36s. 
 
 ^ Two vols. 8vo. \l. lOs. *' Twelvemo, Qs. 
 
 ^* Nine vols, post 8vo. 11. 14s. ^ Two vols. l^mo. 
 
 ^ Eight vols. Svo. 3/. 4s. ; I vol. imp. 8vo. 1/. 1#. 
 
 '' Octavo, 13s.
 
 HISTORY AND HISTORICAL PAPERS. 21 
 
 Ranke's History of the Popes,^^ and Ranke's History of 
 the Ottoman and Spanish Empires,^'^ are works of su- 
 perior order, evincing a love of truth combined with a 
 never-wearied spirit of investigation ; both of these 
 are very fairly translated by W. K. Kelly. Connected 
 with this 'ast subject is Murphy's History of the Maho- 
 medan Empire in Spain,^^ which contains a general ac- 
 count of the Arabs, their institutions, conquests, lite- 
 rature, arts, science, and manners, till the expulsion of 
 the Moors. But though this work is generally known 
 as Murphy's, it is in truth the production of himself 
 and four coadjutors, — namely Dr. Gillies, Mr. John 
 Shakspear, Alonzo del Castillo, and the Rev. T. H. 
 Home. There is also a History of Spain by Lady 
 Callcot,^^ on the same plan as those of France and 
 England by Mrs. Markham. To this list, as belonging 
 to other portions of the continent, should be added 
 Kohlrush's History of Germany ;^'' Hinton's History of 
 the United States ;^' and Schlosser's History of the Eigh- 
 teenth Century ;^'^ while as to France we have Thierry's 
 History of the Norman Conquest,^^ if indeed it should 
 not rather be classed under the head of English his- 
 tory — and Michelet's History of France,^* which com- 
 prises much matter in a small compass, being only in 
 two octavo volumes ; for younger people there is 
 Mrs. Markham' s French History. ^^ 
 
 In regard to Roman events, the collector upon a 
 small scale may have all he requires at a very tri- 
 fling expense. With Niebuhr's History of Rome,^^ and 
 Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman 
 Empire, ^^ he will need no farther information in regard 
 
 -^ Octavo, 13s. ^^ Octavo, 4s. 
 
 ^ Royal 4to. half bound, 15s. ^ Two vols. 12mo. 4s. 
 
 ^" Octavo, 13s. ^' Two vols. 4to. 50 plates, 1/. 10s. 
 
 ^" Three vols. 8vo. 1/. 10*. ^' Octavo, 8s. 
 
 ^* Two vols. 'Z6s. ^ New edition, 12mo. 7s. 
 
 ^^ Translated by Hare, Thulwell, Smith and Schmitz, 3 vols. 
 8vo. 21. 15s. 6d. Epitomized by Tvviss, 2 vols. 10s. 6d. 
 ^' Imp. Svo. 1/. Is.
 
 22 THE book-collector's hand-book, 
 
 to the former mistress of the world. Niebuhr's work in 
 iact stands quite alone ; there is nothing at all like it, his 
 views of early Rome putting an end to the fables of 
 all preceding writers. As to Gibbon, they who object 
 to his free religious principles, as calculated to un- 
 settle youthful minds, can not do better than read him 
 in Boivdler's Family Edition, ^^ vjherein all the objection- 
 able passages are expunged, and the book deprived, 
 by a summary process, of one of its most learned 
 chapters. With these and Mitford's History of Greece,^^ 
 and perhaps also Gillies' History of Greece,*" the col- 
 lector will be amply provided; indeed the former of 
 these works, though disfigured by an affected style of 
 spelling, is among the best of modern chronicles, the 
 most perfect edition being that by Mr. King, in which 
 an amended chronology from the Fasti Hellenici is 
 given, with other additions, in the w^ay of notes. There 
 is also a small pocket edition of Mitford's Greece, in 
 V2mo., by Devonport/^ 
 
 On the subject of the Jews, there is an admirable 
 little work by Dr. Milnian, published in the Family 
 Library, but the real foundation of all Jewish history 
 must be sought in Josephus.*"^ 
 
 Of India no history has yet appeared that in public 
 estimation has obtained a place by the side of the 
 classic pages of Gibbon and Robertson. Still we have 
 many valuable works upon our Eastern empire, 
 among the first of which stands Mills' History of 
 India, '^^ continued subsequently by Wilson/* Two 
 other works on the same subject have obtained con- 
 siderable repute, namely those by Thornton ^^ and by 
 Elphinstone,*^ while yet more valuable, though more li- 
 
 ■■'" Five vols. 8vo. luilf calf, '21. 2s. 
 
 '" f:if>ht vols. 2Z. 12.9. 6d. ■"' 8 vols. Svo. U. 55. 
 
 " Eight vols. 12mo. 18s. 
 
 *'' One vol. Svo. 85. ; 2 vols. Svo. with 50 plates and maps, 14s. 
 
 ^* Six vols. Svo. 41. 4s. 
 
 "" Not completed, part of it being in press, at 14s. per vol. 
 
 *■' Five vols. Svo. 31. •** Two vols. Svo. II. 01s.
 
 HISTORY AND HISTORICAL PAPERS. 23 
 
 mitedin its extent, is Malcolm's Central India *^ includ- 
 ing Malwa and the adjoining provinces, and containing 
 copious illustrations of the past and present condition 
 of that country. It cannot be too strongly recom- 
 mended to the student of Indian history. 
 
 Military histories and memoirs may be rather said 
 to supply materials for the historian or studies for the 
 soldier than to be calculated for the general reader ; 
 a few consequently will be quite sufficient for a private 
 library. And first of these are Marlborough's De- 
 spatches*^ and Wellington's Despatches*^ the latter of 
 which relates to the Duke's wars, both in India and 
 the Peninsula, and is much too voluminous for ordi- 
 nary purposes ; there is, however, an abridgment of 
 it in one volume, containing all that most readers will 
 deem worth attention. But, perhaps, the most com- 
 plete military history, that ever was written, is Napier's 
 History of the Peninsula War ; ^° it not only gives a 
 most delightful narrative of the whole war, but^every 
 battle is critically analyzed with an acuteness and im- 
 partiality deserving of the highest praise, while the 
 language, at all times eloquent and nervous, occasion- 
 ally rises to the sublime and beautiful. Perhaps too, 
 before leaving Europe, we should also notice Siborne's 
 History of the Campaign in the Netherlands in 181.5.'*' 
 In regard to Eastern affairs, we have Wellesley's De- 
 spatches,^'- during his government of India ; Napier's 
 War in Scinde ;^^ Nash's History of the War in Afgha- 
 nistan ; ^* Lady Sale's " and Lieutenant Eyre's ^^ Journals 
 of Disasters in Affghanistan ; Bingham's History of the 
 War in China ;*^ and Ouchterlony's Account of the War 
 in China.^^ Nor are the Naval histories less copious 
 
 *'' Third edition. 2 vols. 8vo. 18s. 
 
 ■•* Five vols. Svo. 5/. •" Second edition, 8 vols. Svo. 8/. 
 
 "*" Six vols. Svo. 61. *' Two vols. Svo. with plans, 21. 2s. 
 
 " Three vols. Svo. 61. 5s. *' Eitz;ht parts, Svo. 31. 4s. 
 
 " Octavo, 4s. 6d. '''' Post Svo. lis. 
 
 ^ Octavo, with supplement, l'2s. '' Two vols. Svo. 1/. 8s. 
 
 ** Octavo, 1/. 5s.
 
 24 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 than those of the rival service, though in this case too 
 a small selection will be found sufficient. We should 
 recommend the collector to content himself with 
 five, namely, Despatches of Lord Nelson ; ^^ Battles of 
 the British Navy, from 1000 to 1840, by Joseph Allen ; ^^ 
 Captain Brenton's Naval History of Great Britain, 
 from 1783 to 1836;^' James' Naval History;'' and 
 James' History of the War with America.'^ To these 
 he may choose to add Hunter's Narrative of the late 
 Expedition to Syria, under the command of Admiral 
 Stopford,^* while in the absence of any better work 
 upon American naval affairs, he must perforce content 
 himself with Cooper's History of the Navy of the United 
 States ;^^ it requires, however, to be read with great 
 caution, for the author is not very regardful of the 
 truth, when it chances to be unfavourable to America. 
 In conclusion, as regards this division, we must not 
 omit to notice that many histories, well written, and in 
 a cheap form, may be selected from Lardner's Cyclo- 
 pccdia,'' and purchased in separate volumes. 
 
 ^^ Ed. by Sir Harris Nicolas, 3 vols. 8vo. 2Z. 5s. 
 
 ^ By Joseph Allen, Esq., many plates, 2 vols. 18mo. 14s. 
 
 " With 23 portraits, 2 vols. 8vo. 15s. 
 
 ^- Six vols. Svo. 2/ 10s. "^ One vol. Bvo. 6s. 
 
 "^ Two vols, post Svo. Q)s. ^' Two vols. Svo. 12s. 
 
 ^^ Historical works in Lardner's Cyclopaedia, at 6s. per volume. 
 
 History of Scotland, by Sir Walter Scott, 2 vols. 
 
 England, by Sir J. Mackintosh, &c. 10 vols. 
 
 Greece, by Bishop Thirlwall, 8 vols. 
 
 France, by E. E. Crowe, 3 vols. 
 
 Switzerland. 
 
 , Poland, by S. A. Dunham. 
 
 Russia, by Robert Bell, 3 vols. 
 
 Spain and Portugal, by S. A. Dunham, 5 vols. 
 
 Europe during the Middle Ages, by S. A. Dunham, 
 
 4 vols. 
 
 Rome, 2 vols. 
 
 Maritime Discovery, by W. D. Cooley, 3 vols. 
 
 Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, by S. A. Dunham, 
 
 3 vols. 
 
 the United States of America, 2 vols.
 
 BIOGRAPHY, MEMOIRS, &C. 25 
 
 Biography, Memoirs, &c. 
 
 The chapter of biography and memoir is a very ex- 
 tensive one in all languages, though perhaps less so in 
 the Enghsh tiian in the French. Amongst our earlier 
 biographies, Walton's Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, 
 Herbert, and Sanderson,^ holds a distinguished place ; 
 the subjects are in themselves highly interesting, and 
 old Isaac treats them in that style of quaint simplicity, 
 as well as truthful earnestness, which forms the charm 
 of his Angler. Next to this, and scarcely inierior, 
 though of a very different kind of merit, is BoswelVs 
 Life of Dr. Johnson.'^ The most recent edition is that 
 by Croker, in which the " Journal of a Tour to the 
 Hebrides" is incorporated, and two supplementary 
 volumes are given of anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, 
 Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens, and others. The 
 notes, however, by Croker, are of little value, it being 
 utterly useless to rely upon the commentator's know- 
 ledge or accuracy. The dates are given with the ut- 
 most carelessness, and he not only appears to be an in- 
 different scholar, but to have no acquaintance whatever 
 with the period of which he is writing.* Prior's Life 
 of Goldsmith^ may be said, as far at least as regards 
 
 Historical Works in Lardncr's Cvclop<Edia — continued. 
 History of the Netherlands, by T. C. Grattan. 
 
 German Empire, by S. A. Dunham, 3 vols. 
 
 Italian Republics, by J. C. L. De Sismondi. 
 
 Fall of the Roman Empire, by J. C. L. De Sis- 
 mondi, 2 vols. 
 
 Fall of the Roman Church, by the Rev. H. 
 
 Stebbing, 2 vols. 
 
 Reformation, by the Rev. H. Stebbing, 2 vols. 
 
 Grecian and Roman Anticpiities, 2 vols. 
 Outlines of History, by Thomas Keightley. 
 ('hronology of History, by Sir Harris Nicolas. 
 ' With portraits, and wood cuts, small 8vo. 10s. 6d. 
 ^ Illustrated by upwards of 50 views, portraits, 8cc., engraved on 
 steel, 10 vols. l8mo. 2/. 
 ^ Two vols. 8vo. 8s. 6d.
 
 26 
 
 THE BOOK-COLLECTOR S HAND-BOOK. 
 
 the subject, to belong to the same period. Of Petrarch 
 we have two Uves, the one by Campbell,* the other by 
 Mrs. Dobson,^ — but the last is published in conjunction 
 with Walton's Lives of Donne, &c., Voltaire's Life of 
 Charles the Twelfth of Sweden, and Mrs. Hutchinson's 
 Life of Colonel Hutchinson, one of the most delightful 
 pieces of biography extant — To resume, however, the 
 literary series, which this miscellaneous volume has in- 
 terrupted. Moore's Life ofByron,^ andLockharfsLife of 
 Sir Walter Scott J may be considered as indispensable ; 
 and some valuable pieces of biography will be found in 
 Lardner's Cyclopcedia.^ 
 
 Though not precisely of the same character, yet 
 allowably coming under the same class, are Hallam's 
 Introduction to the Literary History of Europe f D 'Is- 
 raeli's three works, called respectively, Illustrations of 
 the Literary Character, Curiosities of Literature, and 
 Miscellanies of Literature /'* and Timperley's Encyclo- 
 paedia of Literary Anecdote,^^ which last is a compilation 
 from various authors, but principally from Nichol's 
 Literary Anecdotes. The records of men distinguished 
 in other pursuits is yet more numerous, and amongst 
 
 * Two vols. 8vo. 8*. 6d. 
 
 * The four memoirs in one volume, imp. Svo. \0s. 6d. 
 
 " Three vols. Svo. 21. 5s.; 6 vols. 18mo. II. lOs. 5 1 vol. Svo. 15«. 
 " Ten vols. ISmo. with 21 illustrations, 2/. 10s. ; 1 vol. Svo. ; 
 with 5 portraits, 11. 
 
 * Works on Biography in Lardner's Cyclopaedia, at 6s. per vol. 
 Eminent British Lawyers, by Henry Roscoe. 
 
 Foreign Statesmen, by G. P. R. James, Esq. 5 vols. 
 
 British Statesmen, by Mackintosh, Forster, &c. 7 vols. 
 
 Literary and Scientific Men of France, 2 vols. 
 
 Italy, Spain, and Por- 
 tugal, 3 vols. 
 
 English Poets, by R. Bell, 2 vols. 
 
 Early Writers of Great Britain, by S. A. Dunham, &c. 
 Lives of British Dramatists, 2 vols. 
 ' Three vols. Svo. 1/. l6s. 
 
 '" Literary Character, fcap. Svo. 4*. 6d. ; Curiosities of Litera- 
 ture, Svo. I6s. ; Miscellanies of Literature, Svo. I6s. 
 " Imp. Svo. 155.
 
 BIOGRAPHY, MEMOIRS, &C. 27 
 
 these one of the most valuable is Lodge's Portraits and 
 Memoirs of the most Illustrious Personages in British 
 History ;'^ this contains two hundred and forty well- 
 engraved portraits, and the matter of the letter-press is 
 for the most part excellent. The Biographical Trea- 
 sury,^^ and the Georgian jEra^* are useful, though very 
 inferior, works ; the latter indeed, as its name imports, 
 is limited to the reigns of the four Georges. Of royal 
 biographies, the collector will find, coming within rea- 
 sonable limits as to cost, Watsons Life of Philip the 
 Second and also of Philip the Third ;^^ Dunlop's Memoirs 
 of Spain, Philip, and Charles the Second;^^ Prescott's 
 Memoirs of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain ;''' Camp- 
 bell's Life of Frederick the Great ;'^ Scotfs Life of Na- 
 poleon ;'^ D' Abrantes' Memoirs of Napoleon, his Court 
 and Family ;^° Strickland's Lives of the Queens of Eng- 
 land -^^ Roscoe's Life of Lorenzo di Medici;''^ and Roscoe's 
 Life of Leo the Tenth.^'^ As a fit pendant to these 
 regal characters, the collector will probably choose to 
 place on the same shelf, MaxiveWs Life of Wellington;-* 
 Soane's Life of Wellington ;^^ KeppeVs Life of Admiral 
 Keppel;-^ Barrow's Life of Lord Anson,^'' with an account 
 of his voyage round the world ; Barrow's Life of Lord 
 Howe;^^ Campbell's Lives of British Admirals, ^^ besides 
 what he may glean from Lardner's Cyclopcsdia.^^ To 
 
 '- Ten vols. imp. 8vo. with 240 Portraits, III. 
 " Eighteenmo, lOs. 6d. " Four vols. 8vo. I6s. 
 
 '° Eight shillings and sixpence each. 
 
 "5 Two vols. 8vo. I2s. '^ Three vols. 8vo. 11. 2s, 
 
 '^ Four vols. 8vo. 21. 16s. 
 
 " Nine vols. ISmo. 21. .5s. 5 5 vols. ISmo. 1/. 5s. 
 ^ Eight vols, fcap 8vo. 41. 4s. 
 "' Two vols. 8vo. with 16 portraits, 1*2*. 
 "^ Revised edition, 1 vol. 8vo. I'ls. 6d. 
 '^ Revised edition. 2 vols. 8vo. ll. Is. 
 '* Three vols. 8vo. with niany plates, 1/. 16s. 
 "' Two vols. 18nio. 10s. ^^ Two vols. 8vo. 10s. 6d. 
 
 "^ Six shillings each. ^ Octao, 6s. 
 
 •' Lives of liritish Admirals, by R. Southey, o vols. U. 10*. — 
 British Commanders, by Rev. G. R. Gleig, .3 vols. 18s.
 
 28 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 these we may add, Life of the Great Earl Clarendon /" 
 Gleig's Memoirs of Warren Hastings ;^' Sir J. Rereshy's 
 Memoirs and Travels,^'^ exhibiting a view of the govern- 
 ment and sovereigns of Europe in the time of Crom- 
 well; Mrs. Thompson's Life of Sarah, Duchess of Marl- 
 borough ;^^ and CostelWs Memoirs of Eminent English 
 Women. ^* 
 
 There is also another class that is closely con- 
 nected with this branch of literature, namely Diaries 
 AND Letters. Amongst these it will be requisite to 
 notice Burton's Cromwellian Diary ;^^ Ralph Thoreshy's 
 Diary and Correspondence,^^ — which includes letters of 
 Evelyn and much matter pertaining to Yorkshire — 
 Sidney's Diary of the Times of Charles the Second,^^ — in 
 which are given the King's corrrespondence with the 
 Countess of Sunderland and other eminent persons of 
 the English Court, as also letters illustrative of the 
 times of James the Second and William the Third, 
 with notes by R. W. Blencowe ; it is a curious work, 
 much of the same character as Evelyn's, to which it 
 should form a companion, the diarist being the brother 
 of the celebrated Algernon Sidney, and, from the many 
 high situations he held, having every opportunity of 
 collecting and understanding the events and characters 
 of his times — Lady Willoughby's Diary, ^^ — which is 
 partly of a domestic nature, and partly relating to the 
 public events of the great Civil War ; it is not, how- 
 ever, the genuine production of the person whose name 
 it bears, but is a very clever imitation of the style pe- 
 culiar to the reign of Charles the First, and the illusion 
 is still further kept up by the form of the book and the 
 manner of the printing, which somewhat resemble the 
 old type ; of course it has no value as an authority, 
 
 ^' By Lister, 3 vols. 8vo. 18s. ^' Three vols. Svo. 1/. 
 
 •'''- Octavo, 4s. ^•'' Two vols. Svo. 8s. 6d. 
 
 ^ Four vols. Svo. 9,1. l6s. ^' Four vols. Svo. 1/. 6s. 
 
 ^^ Four vols. Svo. lOs. ^' Two vols. 8vo. I2s. 
 •■'*' Second edition, 105. 6d.
 
 TRAVELS, VOYAGES, &C. 29 
 
 being itself no more than a compilation from books 
 that are open to every one, but still it is a curiosity, 
 from its wonderful fidelity not only to the old style, 
 but to the manner of thinking which characterized that 
 period — Vernon's Letters during the Reign of William 
 the Third ;^^ The Duchess of Marlborough's Private 
 Correspondence;'^'^ Walpole's Letters in six volumes,*^ 
 his Correspondence in four,*^ and a last series of the 
 same extent ;" Lady M. W. Montague's Letters,** 
 edited by Lord WharnclifFe ; The Chatham Papers*^ — 
 under which title the reader has the correspondence of 
 William Pitt, the great Earl of Chatham — Madame 
 D'Arbley's Diary *^ — which though full to overflowing 
 of vanity and egotism, yet presents a very tolerable pic- 
 ture of her many eminent cotemporaries — and lastly. 
 Lady C. Bury's Diary of the Times of George the 
 Fourth,*'' a work which supplies some details not very 
 creditable to the monarch who is the subject of it. 
 
 Travels, Voyages, &c. 
 
 Closely allied to the two foregoing subjects come 
 Travels and Voyages, from which again Geography 
 AND Statistical Accounts can hardly be divided. 
 And first, of the Travels and Voyages, in regard to 
 which we cannot do better than commence with Cap- 
 tain Cook,^ the most intrepid and sagacious of disco- 
 verers, and Basil Hall's Fragments of Voyages,^ the 
 two affording a striking contrast between the state of 
 ancient and modern navigation. Still more valuable 
 to the student will be found Dr. Clark's Travels,^ which 
 
 ^'■' Three vols. 8vo. 15s. ^" Two vols. 8vo. 14*. 
 
 ■•^ Price, 3/. 3s. "^ Price, 21. 8s. "* Price, 2/. 8s. 
 
 ** Three vols. 1/. Is. ^ Four vols. 8vo. \L 5s. 
 
 *« Five vols. 9.1. i2s. 6d. "^ Four vols. 1/. Is. 
 
 ' Two vols, super royal, 8vo. many illustrations, 11. \Gs. 
 
 * Three series in one vol. 13s. ^ Eleven vols. 8vo. 41. 4s.
 
 30 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 extend to Russia, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, and the 
 Holy Land, and are replete with useful information, 
 though they have little of the interest that belongs to 
 early adventure and enterprise. On the same shelf, 
 however different in style, may stand Craivford's His- 
 tory of the Indian Archipelago ; * it gives a complete 
 account of by far the largest group of islands on the 
 globe, detailing the arts, manners, languages, religions, 
 institutions, and commerce of their various inhabit- 
 ants, partly from the author's own observation during 
 a nine years' residence in the countries described, and 
 partly from old Purchas, Marco Polo, Dampier, Mars- 
 den, Raffles, and others. Of the East itself the ac- 
 counts are very numerous, and from these the col- 
 lector cannot do better than select Martin's Antiquities 
 and Topography of Eastern India ;^ Mundy's Pen and 
 Pencil Sketches,^ being the journal of a tour in India ; 
 Burnes' Travels in Bokhara ; '' Masson's Journey in Ba- 
 lochistan, Afghanistan, and the Punjab f Sir John Mal- 
 colm's Sketches of Persia,^ one of the most delightful of 
 modern narratives ; Davis' Sketches of China ;^'^ and 
 Fellowes' Journal in Asia Minor ; " and Polock's Manners 
 and Customs of the New Zealanders,^^ may also come 
 under the same head. Harris' Highlands of JEthi- 
 opia;^^ Hoskin's Visit to the Great Lybian Desert;^* 
 Wilkinson's Ancient Egyptians ; '^ and Lane's Manners 
 and Customs of the Modern Egyptians ,'^^ belongto another 
 quarter of the globe, though of the same class. In re- 
 gard to Europe, we have Leake's Travels in the Morea ; ' '' 
 
 ■• Three vols, maps and numerous plates, 1/. lis. 6d. 
 
 ^ Three vols, 8vo. II. 4.s. " Two vols. 8vo. 16*5. 
 
 <■ Second edition, 3 vols. 18s. * Three vols. 2^.2."!. 
 
 ^ Two vols, post 8vo. IZ. \s. '° Two vols. 9s. 
 
 " Imp. 8vo. \l. 85. '" Two vols, crown Svo. &s. 
 
 '■■* Three vols. Svo. <2l. 2s. " Octavo, 10.?. Gd. 
 
 ^^ Two series, 3 vols. 8vo. 3/. 3s., each. 
 
 '* Two vols, printed to match VVilkinson, ISs. 
 
 '^ With 30 maps, 3 vols. 8vo. 1/. 8s.
 
 TRAVELS, VOYAGES, &C. 31 
 
 GelV s Pompeii \^^ Burrow's Elgin Marbles '^ Wiih. an his- 
 torical and topographical account of Athens ; Hope's 
 Costume of the Ancients, ^° — which is illustrated by three 
 hundred and twenty-one plates, not only of Greek and 
 Roman, but also of Egyptian, habits — Eustace's Classi- 
 cal Tour,^^ — who may be almost said to have travelled 
 Italy with the classic authors in his hand, illustrating 
 the ground and antiquities as he goes on from their 
 writings — Bremner's Denmark ; ^'^ Bremner\s Russia ; " 
 Pardoe's City of the Magyars,"^^ comprehending an ac- 
 count of Hungary and its institutions ; Borrow's Bible 
 in Spain,^* — under which quaint title is given a very 
 lively narrative, descriptive of Spanish scenes and man- 
 ners, and more particularly of the gipsies, with w^hose 
 language the traveller pretends to be familiar, though 
 many have doubted the veracity of his statements — 
 Howitt's Visits to Remarkable Plains in England, 
 Old Battle Fields, Sfc. ; " Howitfs Rural and Domestic 
 Life in Germany ; ^® Back's Journal of an Expedition in 
 the Terror ;" Barrow's Tour round Ireland in 1835 ; " 
 and Knight's London,^^ which is somewhat superficial. 
 Turning to the New World, the most prominent 
 works that offer themselves of recent date, are Murray's 
 Travels in North America ; ^^ Catlin's Maimers and 
 Customs of the North American Indians ; ^' Bucking- 
 ham's America, ^'^ viz. Northern — Eastern and Western 
 
 '* Gell and Gandy's Pompeii, up to 1819, 100 engravings, 2 vols. 
 8vo. 3/. 3s. ; Cell's Pompeii, from 1819, 117 plates, 2 vols. 4to. 
 3/. I3s.6d. 
 
 '** With 40 outline plates, 8vo. 6s. 
 
 *" With 321 plates, 2 vols, new edition, 9,1. 12s. 6d. 
 
 2' Tliree vols, post 8vo. lOs. 6d. " Two vols. 8vo. 12s. each. 
 
 ^ Three vols. 8vo. 10s. 6d. 
 
 ■^ First edition, 3 vols. 1/. lis. Qd. ; second, 1 vol. 18mo. 5s. 
 
 ^ Two series, \l. Is. each. ^ One vol. 8vo. \l. \$. 
 
 ^ Octavo, \Os.Qd. ^ Post 8vo. 10s. 6d. 
 
 ^ With manv hundred engravings, 6 vols, in 3, 2/. 12s. 6d. 
 
 ^ Two vols. Svo. U. 8s. • 
 
 '^ With 400 engravings, 2 vols. 8vo. 2/. 10s. 
 
 ^- Nine vols. 8vo. 3/. 3s.
 
 32 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 — Southern, or Slave States — Canada, Nova Scotia, 
 and Neiv Brunswick ; and KohVs Works,^^ comprehend- 
 ing Russia and the Russians, Austria, Ireland, Scotland, 
 England and Wales, each of which may be procured 
 separately. But even these will not supersede the ne- 
 cessity of having some of the collections of voyages and 
 travels, such as the Edinburgh Cabinet Library /^ Con- 
 
 ^^ Each comjjlete in one volume, lis. 
 
 ^ Illustrated with numerous engravings on Steel and Wood, 
 Maps, &c complete in 38 volumes, small 8vo. 61. 
 
 The various Works may also be had separately, 4s. 6d. per vol, 
 
 1. Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and 
 
 Regions. By Sir J. Leslie, Professor Jameson, 
 and Hugh Murray. 
 
 2. Discovery and Adventure in Africa. By Hugh 
 
 Murray, F.R.S.E., Professor Jameson, and James 
 Wilson, 
 
 3. Ancient and Modern Egypt. By the Right Rev. 
 
 Michael Russell. 
 
 4. Palestine, or the Holy Land. By the Right Rev, 
 
 Michael Russell. 
 
 5. Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish and Dampier ; 
 
 including a History of the Buccaneers. 
 6, 7, 8. British India. By Hugh Murray, 3 vols. 
 
 9. Progress of Discovery on the more Northern Coasts 
 of America. By Patrick Fraser Tytler and James 
 Wilson. 
 
 10. Travels and Researches of Alexander Von Hum- 
 
 boldt. By W. Macgillivray. 
 
 11. Life of Sir Walter Raleigh. i3y Patrick FraserTy tier. 
 
 12. Nubia and Abyssinia. By the Right Rev. Michael 
 
 Russell. 
 13, 14. Arabia, Ancient and Modern. By Andrew Crichton, 
 2 vols. 
 1.5. Persia, comprising Affghanistan and Beloochistan, 
 By J, Baillie Fraser. 
 
 16. Lives of Eminent Zoologists. By W. Macgillivray. 
 
 17. History and Present Condition of the Barbary States. 
 
 By the Right Rev. Michael Russell. 
 18, 19, 20. China. By Hugh Murray, 3 vols. 
 
 21. The Circumnavigation of the Globe, and Progress of 
 
 Discovery in the Pacific Ocean, from the Voyage 
 of Magellan to the Death of Cook. 
 
 22. Life of King Henry the Eighth. By Patrick Fraser 
 
 Tytler.
 
 TRAVELS, VOYAGES, &C. 33 
 
 der's Modern Traveller ; ^* Lardner's Cyclopaedia ; ^^ 
 Murray'' s Home Colonial Library /^ and an interesting 
 selection in one volume with the title of Voyages and 
 Travels,^^ which contains " Anson's Voyage round the 
 World ;" " Stephens' Travels in Greece, Turkey, 
 Russia, and Poland ;" Stephens' Travels in Egypt, 
 Arabia, Petrsea, and the Holy Land ;" and *' Bligh's 
 Mutiny of the Bounty." 
 
 The concluding branch of this division will be Geo- 
 
 23, 24. Scandinavia, Ancient and Modern. By Andrew 
 Crichton, and Henry Wheaton, 2 vols. 
 25, 26, 27. British America. By Hugh Murray, 3 vols. 
 
 28. Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands. 
 29, 30, 31. Italy and the Italian Islands. By William Spalding, 
 3 vols. 
 
 32. Mesopotamia and Assyria. By J. BaillieFraser. 
 
 33. Polynesia : or an Historical Account of the Principal 
 
 Islands in the South Sea, including New Zealand. 
 By the Right Rev. Michael Russell. 
 
 34. Voyages round the World, from the Death of Captain 
 
 Cook to the Present Time. 
 35, 36, 37. The United Stites of America, their History from the 
 Earliest Period. By Hugh Murray, 3 vols. 
 38. Travels of Marco Polo. By Hugh Murray. 
 ^' Modern Traveller ; a Description, Geographical, Historical, 
 and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe, con- 
 taining : Palestine, or the Holy Land ; Syria ; Asia Minor, or Na- 
 tolia ; Arabia; E^ypt ; Nubia; Abyssinia; India; Birmah ; Siam ; 
 Anam ; Persia ; China ; Turkey; Greece ; Russia ; Spain ; Portugal ; 
 Africa ; North America, United States and Canada ; Mexico and 
 Guatimala; Columbia; Peru an>l Chili ; Brazil and Buenos Ayrcs. 
 and Italy. 33 volumes, 41. 
 
 The following Countries may be had separately at 3s. per vol. 
 Africa, 3 vols. Mexico and Guatimala, 2 vols. 
 
 America, 2 vols. Palestine, or the Holy Land, 1vol. 
 
 Arabia, 1 vol. Persia and China, 2 vols. 
 
 Birmah, Siam, and yVnam, 1 vol. Peru and Chili, 1 vol. 
 Brazil and Buenos Ayres, 2 vols. Russia, 1 vol. 
 Columbia, 1 vol. Spain and Portugal, 2 vols. 
 
 Greece, 2 vols. Syria and Asia Minor, 2 vols. 
 
 India, 4 vols. Turkey, 1 vol. 
 
 ^^ Now publishing, at 2s. 6d. a nimil)er. 
 ^« Imp. 8vo. lOs.^Cd. 
 
 D >
 
 34 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 GRAPHY and Statistics, the last of which may be con- 
 sidered as a purely modern science, and which even yet 
 can be scarcely said to be understood in this country. 
 Germany, if not its birth-place, is at all events the 
 land where it has been best and longest cultivated, nor 
 was it till within the last few years that it has obtained 
 any particular notice amongst us. Webster defines it 
 to be, "a collection of facts respecting the state of 
 society, the condition of a people in a nation or coun- 
 try, their health, longevity, domestic economy, arts, 
 property, and political strength, the state of the 
 country." This is much too wide and loose to be ac- 
 cepted as a definition for any logical or philosophical 
 purposes, but it may serve well enough to mark out 
 one of the divisions in a catalogue of this kind, where- 
 in mathematical precision is by no means requisite. 
 We shall, therefore, accept it without hesitation, and 
 observe that the principal works to be classed under 
 it, according to our design, are Martin's British Colo- 
 nies,^ an excellent work that includes a very complete 
 statistical, historical, and geographical account of all 
 the colonies of the British Empire, with maps and 
 plans; M'Culloch's Geographical, Statistical, and HiS' 
 torical Dictionary ; ^ Murray's Encyclopedia of Geo- 
 graphy,^ and Lyson's Magna Britannia,'^ which is a 
 concise topographical account of some of the English 
 counties, the work never having been completed ac- 
 cording to the full extent of the author's original 
 design. 
 
 ' Ten vols. fsc;ip. 8vo. 1/. lis. 6d. 
 ' Illustrated ■with maps, 2 thick vols. 8vo. 41. 
 •* New edition, with supplement, brought down to 1S43, with 82 
 raaps, and upwiirds of 1000 vt^ood engraving?, 1 vol. 3L 
 ■* Ten vols. 4to. bound in six, 41. 4s.
 
 BELLES LETTRES. 35 
 
 Belles Lettres. 
 
 We now come to the class of Belles Lettres, a very 
 comprehensive and miscellaneous title, and which 
 in point of fact might with equal justice be applied to 
 every work of a purely literary nature, or in which 
 science plays only a subordinate part. On the present 
 occasion, however, its meaning, or rather its use, will 
 be considerably restricted, those works only being in- 
 cluded in it, which could not well be brought under 
 any other head. In a matter so arbitrary and conven- 
 tional, it may be allowed us to be guided by expedi- 
 ence, if indeed it be not the best and safest rule to 
 follow in all such cases. 
 
 The very first w^ork that we shall name, w^ill go far to 
 show the extreme difficulty there is in attaining any- 
 thing like a precise or satisfactory classification. The 
 great Bacoii^ for instance, the author of the Novum 
 Organum, who took the opposite road to Plato, and 
 while the Greek philosopher v^aguely sought to raise 
 man above the necessities of his nature, endeavoured 
 with more practical aim to provide him with what he 
 required while continuing to be man, — such an one 
 has surely a fair claim to be placed under the head of 
 philosophy. And yet for the sake of greater simpli- 
 city, and to avoid the repetition of the same subjects, 
 we find ourselves compelled to give a place here to 
 his Essays and Advancement of Learning ;* but, wher- 
 ever this admirable work be found, it will not fail to 
 attract the attention of the judicious collector, whose 
 library, wanting this, would be shorn of its brightest 
 ornament. These Essays have been published sepa- 
 
 ' Complete in '2 vols, impl, 8vo. I/. 16$. 
 ^ With 34 woodcuts, l<3mo. 3*. 
 
 n 9.
 
 36 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 rately in a good edition by Dr. Taylor. Next to 
 him will come Edmund Buike,^ whose poUtical writ- 
 ings even now will be read with interest, though 
 his Essay on the " Sublime and Beautiful," which 
 may be termed a splendid fallacy, has lost much of 
 its original reputation ; Sir James Macintosh, how- 
 ever^ goes so far as to class him with Bacon and 
 Cicero, a singular prejudice, for he manifestly wants 
 the sound judgment of the one, and the pure elegance 
 of the other. Of equal merit, though of a very differ- 
 ent kind, are the Works of Oliver Goldsmith ;* no 
 scholar would choose to be without the Vicar of Wake- 
 field, or his two delightful poems, or even his comedies, 
 although so strongly verging on the confines of farce. 
 By his side no one is fitter to stand than Charles 
 Lamh,^ less versatile indeed, but in many respects, and 
 above all in simplicity and truth, a kindred spirit. 
 By him we may place the Works of Sir Walter Scott,^ 
 the greatness of whose genius could only be equalled 
 by its versatility ; his writings form of themselves a 
 complete library. Macauley's Essays^- — a delightful 
 collection both critical and political — and the Works 
 of Sidney Smith'^ must not be forgotten. Neither may 
 we omit the Recreations of Christopher North f these 
 beautiful essays, or rather communions with nature, 
 are the overflowings of a most poetical fancy. Leigh 
 Hunfs Wo7'ks,^'' though amongst the most agreeable 
 of modern writings, form both in style and in the way 
 of thinking a strong contrast to the preceding, while 
 
 ^ With a Biographical and Critical Introduction by Rogers, 2 
 vols, irapl. Svo. IZ. 10*. 
 
 ■• Including a variety of pieces now first collected, with bis life 
 by James Prior, 6 vols. Svo. 21. 5s. 
 
 ' Octavo, 6s. 
 
 * Twenty-eight vols, fcap, 71. ; 3 vols. imp. Svo. 31. 
 
 ' Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, 3 vols. IZ. IGs. 
 
 * Second edition, 3 vols. Svo. 1/. l6s. 
 
 » Tliree vols, post Svo. 1/. lis. 6(1. '" Octavo. 8s.
 
 SCIENCE, USEFUL ARTS, AND COMMERCE. 37 
 
 in Foster's Essays^ ^ the student will not fail to discover 
 that he is dealing with one of the most profound and 
 eloquent writers that modern England has produced. 
 Hannah Move's Works^'^ are chiefly calculated for serious 
 readers, and have been placed in the first rank of moral 
 writings by men of very different habits and charac- 
 ters ; Horace Walpole says of her that she " might be 
 one of the cleverest of women, if she did not prefer 
 being one of the best." To these authors may be 
 added a few miscellaneous collections, such as Elegant 
 Extracts ;^^ the Treasury of Knowledge i^'^ the Percy 
 Anecdotes ;^^ and the Library of Anecdote. ^^ In the last 
 of these are three distinct works, " Bucke's Book of 
 Human Character ;" " Bucke's Book of Table Talk ;" 
 and '' Sketches of Popular Tumults," a very interest- 
 ing publication ; it begins with the tumults of the 
 twelfth and thirteenth centuries, wherein the Jews 
 were plundered and massacred, and, after detailing 
 other scenes of riot, both at home and abroad, con- 
 cludes with the insurrections at Lyons in 1831 and 
 1834. 
 
 Science, Useful Arts, and Commerce. 
 
 Science, the Useful Arts, and Commerce, are now- 
 a-days so intimately connected, that they will be best 
 considered together. The field is indeed unbounded, 
 every month making such advances on the one pre- 
 ceding it, that if it only be possible to go on in this 
 way for a few years longer, the whole frame of society 
 
 " Eighteenth edition, 5s. 
 
 '^ The only complete edition is in 11 vols, post 8vo, 3/. 135. 6d. 
 " Six vols. 14s. 
 
 " One vol.lSmo. 10«. '^ Twenty vols. 3/. 10*. 
 
 '^ Five vols. 12mo. 10*. 6d., or the Table Talk separate^ "i vols. 
 45. 6d.
 
 38 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 must inevitably be subject to a complete change. 
 Nothing in fact is calculated to give us a higher idea 
 of the human intellect, and of what it may yet be ex- 
 pected to bring about, than the consideration of any 
 of the so-called sciences, and more particularly of 
 practical mechanics and chemistry. Such too is the 
 spread of information amongst all classes, that the 
 knowledge of these things is absolutely essential to all 
 in the higher spheres of life, if they would not be 
 laughed at for ignorance by the humblest operatives ; 
 Latin and Greek are no longer what they used to be 
 — education in the most comprehensive sense of the 
 term ; they are fast sinking into their proper rate of 
 estimation, and becoming the garnish to the dish in- 
 stead of being the dish itself, the world at last having 
 awaked to the wide difference that exists between 
 learning and knowledge. We shall therefore venture 
 to enter a little more at large into the character of 
 some of the more important works belonging to this 
 all-absorbing subject, and the rather as the cheapest 
 of them are, comparatively speaking, expensive. And 
 first of the department of Natural History. 
 
 The works on Natural History are almost as inex- 
 haustible as the subject itself, so that out of this great 
 storehouse we can only select a fev/ that seem in the 
 highest degree to combine utility and cheapness. 
 And first, of Lamarck's Conchology,^ translated by Ed- 
 mund Crouch, and illustrated with twenty-two highly- 
 finished lithographic plates, that comprize nearly four 
 hundred accurate figures of shells drawn by J, Mawe : 
 this excellent work will fully introduce the student to 
 the improved system of conchology, founded by the 
 eminent French naturalist Lamarck, containing, as it 
 does a complete translation of his descriptions of both 
 the recent and fossil genera : it should also be added, 
 that the plates are beautifully coloured, and have more 
 the appearance of finished drawings than of merely 
 
 ' Quarto, 9s., coloured, 1/. 7s.
 
 SCIENCE, USEFUL ARTS, AND COMMERCE. 39 
 
 tinted engravings. Sowerhy's Manual of Conchology^ 
 also gives a very comprehensive view of the same sub- 
 ject : it is illustrated by upwards of six hundred and 
 fifty figures of shells, etched on copper-plates, in which 
 the most characteristic examples are given of all the 
 genera established up to the present time. They are 
 arranged according to Lamarck's order, and are accom- 
 panied by copious explanations, observations respect- 
 ing the geographical distribution of each, tabular views 
 of the systems of Lamarck and De Blainville, a glos- 
 sary of technical terms, &c. ; it may be recommended 
 not only to those who would obtain an elementary ac- 
 quaintance with the subject, but also to the proficient 
 as a most useful book of reference. Less expensive 
 than either of these, but at the same time less compre- 
 hensive, is the Conchologisf s Book of Species,^ with a 
 glossary of terms, index to the genera, localities, &c. 
 In Ornithology we may as well adopt the old adage of 
 *' look first at home," and begin with Rohert Mudie's 
 History of British Birds* a work that has been uni- 
 versally admired as the most delightful production since 
 the days of Willoughby. Many have not hesitated to 
 place him on a par with Wilson or Audubon, or even 
 with our own Selby ; beyond all question, he is a most 
 accurate observer, and maybe said to paint while others 
 only describe. Yet beautiful as all these w^orks un- 
 questionably are, it may be doubted whether any of 
 them have the peculiar charni belonging to White's 
 Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, ivith the 
 Naturalist's Calendar;^ it stands alone, a book sui 
 generis, like Walton's Angler, and will amuse igno- 
 rance and learning alike ; Blythe's edition in small 
 octavo, with map and plates, is excellent. Perhaps 
 
 - Plates, plain, 1/. 55., coloured, 21. as. 
 ^ Coloured plates, crown 8vo. 55. 
 
 * With the plates beautifully coloured, 2 vols. po>-t Svo. \'2s. 
 
 * Oclavo, 185. j 18mo., 2^. 6d.
 
 40 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 too we maynow mention The Naturalist' s Library, ^con- 
 ducted bySirWilliam Jardine, for, since it is too various 
 in its subjects to come properly under any subdivision, 
 it may as well be noticed here as elsewhere ; it extends 
 to all countries, and to every division of the animal and 
 
 * Subjects of volumes published, each containing' a Portrait and 
 Memoir of some celebrated Naturalist, and from 30 to 40 coloured 
 plates. 
 
 Vols. 1 & 3. — Humming Birds, 68 coloured plates, portraits of 
 
 Linnaeus and Pennant. 
 2. — Monkeys, 32 coloured plates, with Portrait of Buffon. 
 4. — Lions,Tigers, &c., 38 coloured plates, with portrait of Cuvier. 
 5. — Peacocks, Pheasants, &c., 30 coloured plates, with portrait of 
 
 Aristotle. 
 6. — Birds of the Game kind, 30 coloured plates, with portrait of 
 
 Sir S. Baffles. 
 7 & 27. — Fishes, 65 coloured plates, with portraits of Sir J. 
 
 Banks and Salviani. 
 8. — Coleopterous Insects (Beetles), 32 coloured plates, with 
 
 portrait of Kae. 
 9. — Coluaibidae (Pia,eons), 32 coloured plates, with portrait of 
 Pliny. 
 10. — British Diurnal Lepidoptera (Butterflies), 36 coloured 
 
 plates, with portrait of Werner. 
 11. — Ruminating Animals, (Deer, Antelopes, &c.) 35 coloured 
 
 plates, with portrait of Camper. 
 12. — Ruminating Animals, (Goats, Sheep, Cattle, &c.) 33 coloured 
 
 plates, with portrait of J. Hunter. 
 13. — Pachidermata, (Elephants, Rhinoceroses, &c.) 31 coloured 
 
 plates, with portrait or Sir Hans Sloane. 
 14. — British Nocturnal Lepidoptera, (Moths, Sj)hinxes, &c.,) 32 
 
 coloured i)lates, with portrait of Mdme. Meiian. 
 15. — Parrots, 32 coloured plates, with portrait of Bewick. 
 16'. — Whales, 32 coloured plates, with portrait of Lacepfede. 
 17 & 19. — Birds of Western Africa, 68 coloured plates, with 
 
 portraits of Bruce and Le Vaillant. 
 18. — Foreign Butterflies, 33 coloured plates, with portrait of 
 
 Lamarck. 
 20 & 24, — British Birds, 68 coloured plates, with portrait of Sir 
 
 R. Sibbald and W Smellie. 
 21. — Fly Catchers, 33 coloured plates, with portrait of Baron 
 
 Haller. 
 22. — British Quadrupeds, 36 coloured plates, with portrait of 
 
 U. AUirovandi. 
 23. — Amphibious Carnivora (Walrus, Seals, &c.) 33 coloured 
 plates, with portrait of F. I'cron.
 
 SCIENCE, USEFUL ARTS, AND COMMERCE. 41 
 
 vegetable world, so that to many it would be sufficient 
 in this branch of study without any other assistance. 
 The name of the editor is in itself a sufficient guaran- 
 tee for the character of this work, but a glance at the 
 list in the note below will show that it comprises 
 some of the most eminent writers, both at home and 
 abroad, in the field of natural history. To whatever 
 department of this science we refer it cannot be too 
 warmly recommended ; but they, who wish to push 
 their enquiries yet farther, may with great advantage 
 extend their fist by adding to it Jesse's Gleanings in Na- 
 tural History / and Van Voorst's Illustrated Series of 
 Works on British Natural History, including " Yar- 
 relVs British Birds''^ — which will form a handsome 
 collection as far as regards our own ornithology ; — 
 '' YarrelVs British Fishes r^ '' Bell's Quadrupeds;'"' 
 
 Contents of Naturalist's Library — continued. 
 
 25 & 28. — Dogs, 6'5 coloured plates, with portrait of Pallas and 
 D'Azara. 
 
 26. — Honey-Bees, 32 coloured plates, with portrait of Huber. 
 
 29. — Introduction to Entomology, 38 coloured plates, with por- 
 trait of De Geer. 
 
 30. — Marsupialia, or Pouched Animals, 36 coloured plates, with 
 portrait of Dr. Barclay. 
 
 31. — Horses, 35 coloured plates, with portrait of Gesner. 
 
 32. — Fishes of Guiana, 34 coloured plates, with portrait of 
 Schomburgh. 
 
 33. — Foreign Moths, 34 coloured plates, with portrait of Latreille. 
 
 34. — British Birds, 34 coloured plates, with portrait of Dr. 
 Walker. 
 
 36. — Introduction to the Mammalia. 
 
 36. — Sun Birds. 
 
 37. — British Birds, Part Fourth. 
 
 38. — British Fishes, Part First. 
 
 39. — British Fishes, Part Second. 
 
 40. — Fishes of British Guiana, Part Second. 
 Separate vols. 5s. Complete sets, 81. lOs. 
 ^ Foolscap 8vo. 6s. 6d. 
 
 ^ In 3 vols, demy 8vo. containing 520 Illustrations, 41. lOs. 
 ^ Two vols, demy 8vo. with 50O Illustrations, 3/. 
 ^'' One vol. demy 8vo. with 200 Illustrations, 1/. 8s.
 
 42 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 '' BelVs Reptiles ;'"^ and BelVs Crustacea:'''' In re- 
 spect to the New World, Wilson's American Orni- 
 thology,'^ with the Prince of Musignano's (Charles 
 Lucien Bonaparte) continuation, and edited by Sir 
 William Jardine, is absolutely indispensable. It con- 
 tains many valuable notes, a life of the author, and 
 ninety ■- seven plates, exhibiting three hundred and 
 sixty-three figures of birds, well engraved, and beau- 
 tifully coloured, on glazed drawing-paper. Altogether 
 this edition is far preferable to that originally pub- 
 lished in America, both from the superiority of the 
 engravings, and the many valuable notes that have been 
 added. As a companion to it, we have Lewin's Natu- 
 ral History of the Birds of New South Wales:"^ of 
 which Swainson, himself no mean authority, speaks in 
 the highest terms of eulogium ; amongst other things 
 he says, " admirable figures, full of truth and nature, 
 accompanied by valuable observations on the habits 
 and economy of birds." The last edition is greatly 
 improved, and has an index of the scientific names 
 and synonymes, up to 1838, contributed by Gould, 
 Eyton, and other men of science, the plates, which 
 are coloured, being twenty-seven in number. Buff on' s 
 Natural History ^'^ should also find a place even in a 
 small library, for though there are many things in it 
 more ingenious than true, and knowledge has made 
 large strides since the author's time, still it deserves 
 notice, from the agreeableness of its style, and from 
 its being one of the earliest attempts on a large scale, 
 and in modern times, to give form and consistency to 
 the subject. To those who prefer the exactness of 
 
 " In 1 vol. demy 8vo. Avitli more than 40 Illustraticms of the 
 species and varieties^ developenient and tranbforniation, 8s. Qd. 
 ^^ Now publishing on the same plan as the others. 
 '' Three vols. 8vo. half-bound morocco, 4/. As. 
 " Folio, hulf-bouiid morocco, 2L 25. 
 '^ In '^ZO vols. 8vo. with 600 plates. 5/. 5s.
 
 SCIENCE, USEFUL ARTS, AND COMMERCE. 43 
 
 science, Cuvier^s Animal Kingdoi'n}^ will prove one of 
 the most valuable works extant, and a new translation 
 may be had of it by Westwood, Mudie, Blythe, and 
 Dr. Johnstone,' accompanied by several hundred wood 
 engravings ; indeed, no one who has not studied Cuvier, 
 should flatter himself with being thoroughly master 
 of this branch of science. Waterton's Essays on Na- 
 tural History, ^^ are also deserving of attention, as con- 
 taining some curious facts from the author's personal 
 observation. But the list may be considerably in- 
 creased by reference to Lardner's Cyclopfsdia,^^ in which 
 there are nine different treatises by Swainson, on the 
 various branches of natural history, besides those by 
 Professor Henslow and Professor Phillips. Nothing 
 more need, we apprehend, be added to this subdivision, 
 unless perhaps it be a work, not exactly identical, but 
 closely connected with it, namely, Parkinson's Intro- 
 duction to the Study of Fossil Organic Remains. ^^ 
 This volume is more particularly devoted to the re- 
 mains in the British strata, and while offering to the 
 student an easy introductory manual, it supplies the 
 more advanced with a text-book of convenient reference. 
 
 ^^ One vol. 8vo. I85.; 16 vols. 8vo. with i)hites, 19,1. \9.s.6d., with 
 the plates coloured, 26/. 
 
 '^ Two vols, foolscap 8vo. 16s. 
 
 ^^ Works on Natural History from Lardner's Cyclopaedia, at Qs. 
 a vol. 
 Preliminary Discourse on Natural History, by W. Swainson. 
 On the Geography and Classification of Animals, by W. Swainson. 
 Natural History and Classification of Quadrupeds, by W. Swainson. 
 Animals in Menageries, by W . Swainson. 
 
 Natural History and Classification of Birds, by W. Swainson, 2 vols. 
 Natural History of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles, by W. 
 
 Swainson, 2 vols. 
 On the Habits and Instincts of Animals, by W. Swainson. 
 Treatise on Shells and Shell Fish, by \V. Swainson. 
 Taxidermy and Bibliography, by W. Swainson. 
 History of Insects, by W. Swainson and W. E. Shuckard. 
 Principles of Botany, by Professor Henslow. 
 Treatise on Geology, by Professor Phillips, 2 vols. 
 
 " With Illustrations of 220 fossil specimens, 3rd edit. 8vo. 85.
 
 44 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 Huber's Observations on Bees,^^ an admirable work, 
 will form no bad introduction to the subdivision of 
 entomology ; it is not a little strange that so accurate 
 and industrious an observer should have been blind, 
 and even now it is difficult to understand how he could 
 have carried on such enquiries. Yet it may be said that 
 he has taught us all, or nearly all, we know of the bee, 
 and its peculiar habits. By his side we should be in- 
 clined to place Drury's Illustrations of Foreign Ento- 
 mology ;" it exhibits upwards of six hundred exotic 
 insects, of the East and West Indies, China, New Hol- 
 land, North and South America, Germany, &c., very 
 few of which have been figured in any other collections. 
 In the new edition of this work many important ad- 
 denda have been made, viz. : the modern names ; 
 generic and specific characters ; synonymes of later 
 naturalists ; accounts of the economy, habitations, and 
 food, of many of the insects ; and scientific and alpha- 
 betical indexes. It is illustrated by one hundred and 
 fifty plates exquisitely coloured, and possessing a pecu- 
 liar beauty and lustre from the fineness of the paper 
 and a new kind of process to which it has been sub- 
 jected. Lastly, as regards this class, we shall recom- 
 mend two entomological works in quarto, the one 
 called British Moths, ^^ the other, British Butterflies and 
 their Transformations,'^^ with upwards of four hundred 
 and fifty figures, coloured from nature. 
 
 In the next subdivision of this prolific subject, the 
 two first works to be sought after are, Loudon's Ency- 
 clopcedia of the Hardy Trees and Shrubs of Great Bri- 
 tain,^* native as well as foreign, and Loudon's Ency- 
 clopcedia of Plants,^^ including all the plants found in, 
 or introduced into, Great Britain. In the sister branch 
 
 ^ With plates, 12mo. 3s. 6d. 
 
 '*' Three vols. 4to. half-bound morocco, 6/. iCs. 6rf. 
 
 ^' Quarto, 41. \0s. "^ Quarto, IZ. 18s. 
 
 ■* With 2000 wood- cuts, 8vo. 21. \0s. 
 
 ^* With nearly 10,000 wood cuts, 8vo. 3/. 13. Cd.
 
 SCIENCE, USEFUL ARTS, AND COMMERCE. 45 
 
 of science, the young student will do well to provide 
 himself with Lindley's Ladle's Botany.^^ It presents a 
 popular introduction to the study in a graceful and 
 familiar style, and, when read with a reasonable degree 
 of attention, will render any one, if not a learned 
 botanist, at least a proficient in all the fundamental 
 facts of the science. The plates are numerous, and 
 may be had either plain or coloured, though the latter 
 are much to be preferred, as impressing the flower 
 more accurately upon the mind than can be done by 
 mere light and shadow. 
 
 Geology will now close the kingdom of natural his- 
 tory, and in this our list will extend to three works 
 only, that is to say, LyelVs Principles of Geology,^^ 
 LyelVs Elements of Geology, ^^ and Dr. H. J. Boas&s 
 Treatise on Primary Geology.^^ They are all produc- 
 tions of great merit, and should form a connected 
 study, any one of them by no means superseding the 
 necessity of the others. 
 
 We now come to the last branches of this extensive 
 division of human knowledge, and which will not need 
 to detain us long, a few works only on these topics 
 being sufficient for all useful purposes. For instance 
 — The collection of various works on Natural Philo- 
 sophy in Dr. Lardner's Cyclop^sdia ;^° lire's Dictionary 
 
 ^^ New edition, 12mo. 7s. with the plates coloured, 125. 
 
 ^ Three vols. 12mo. 1/. \s. 
 
 ^* Two vols. 12mo. 165. 
 
 ^ With wood-cuts, 8vo. 5i'. 
 
 ^ Works on Natural Philosophy in Lardner's Cyclopffidia, 6«. 
 a vol. 
 Preliminary Discourses on Natural Philosophy, by Sir John 
 
 Herschel. 
 History of Natural Philosophy, by Professor Powell. 
 Treatise on Astronomy, by Sir John Herschel. 
 
 Arithmetic, by Dr. Lardner. 
 
 Geometry, by Dr. Lardner. 
 
 Mechanics, by Capt. Kater and Dr. Lardner. 
 
 Optics, by Sir David Brewster. 
 
 Heat, by Dr. Lardner.
 
 46 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines ; ^° Brande and 
 Cauvin's Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art,^^ 
 with numerous wood-cuts, and replete with miscel- 
 laneous information ; Copland's Dictionary of Practical 
 Medicine ;^^ Treatise on the Silk Manufacture hy Porter ; 
 
 AVorks on Natural Philosophy — continued. 
 Treatise on Chemistry, by Professor Donovan. 
 
 Hydrostatics and Pneumatics, by Dr. Lardner. 
 
 Essay on Probabilities, by Augustus de Morgan. 
 Electricity, Magnetism, and Meteorology, by Dr. Lardner and 
 Mr. U'alker, 2 vols. 
 
 ^ Third edition, illustrated by 1241 wood-cuts, 2/. 10*. "To 
 the manufacturing districts of England, to ])ra(.'tical engineers, 
 chemists, and inventors in all the branches of science, and, indeed, 
 to all classes concerned in industrial pursuits, this work promises 
 to be one of the most valuable epitomes of information that has 
 probably ever been publisl'.ed. . . . Dr. Ure is perhaps better quali- 
 fied than almost any other writer to render a work of this varied 
 and useful description every thing; that it ought to be ; and in the 
 part now before us he displays his qualitications in very clear and 
 full expositions of some highly important topics. ... It will form 
 an indispensable work of reference to men of science and manu- 
 facturers, for practical purposes, and to every reader who is inci- 
 dentally interested in any of the numerous subjects of which it 
 treats." 
 
 ^' One vol. 8vo. with wood-cuts, 3Z. "This Encyclopaedia, for 
 such it is indeed, is the production of an eminent literary corps, 
 whose compilations and treatises have been edited and arraniii;ed 
 by Mr. Brande, himself an extensive contributor. It will prove of 
 the greatest value as a book of reference, and deserves to find a 
 }dace on every library table. Clear and authentic, copious with- 
 out proli.\ity, it does not furnish a bald explanation of facts and 
 terms, but a development of principles, well illustrated and ex- 
 plained." 
 
 ^ Three vols. 8vo. 4Z. IO5. " This work is now in course of 
 publication in Parts, nine Parts, forming Vols. 1 and 2, having ap- 
 peared. It contains, in an abstract and condensed, yet compre- 
 hensive, form, the opinions and pr;ictice of the most experienced 
 writers, British and Foreign, so digested and wrought up with the 
 results of the Authoi-'s practice, that the Student and young Prac- 
 titioner will not be bewildered in the diversity of the opinions and 
 facts adduced for their instruction, but be guided in the difficult 
 patli on which they have entered, and enabh d, with a due exercise 
 of their powers of observation and discrimination, to arrive at just 
 coaciusions and successful practical results. To the experienced
 
 SCIENCE, USEFUL ARTS, AND COMMERCE. 47 
 
 On the Manufactures in Metal, by Holland ; On Porce- 
 lain and Glass, by Porter ; Donovan's Domestic Eco- 
 nomy, and from Lardner's Cyclopedia ;^^ Webster and 
 Parkes' Encyclopedia of Domestic Economy, ^'^ which 
 comprises every thing connected with furnishing, 
 housekeeping, cookery, and other similar details, be- 
 sides being illustrated by nearly a thousand wood-cuts. 
 In regard to commercial subjects, the collector cannot 
 do better than provide himself with M' Oullocli's Prac- 
 tical, Theoretical, and Historical Dictionary of Commerce 
 and Commercial Navigation ;^^ in addition to its being an 
 able and well digested treatise, it is supplied with maps 
 and plans elucidatory of the various subjects. As re- 
 spects rural affairs, in connection with science, we have 
 Loudon's Encyclopedia of Agriculture,^^ which com- 
 
 Practitioner, also, the work presents a diversified range of opin- 
 ions, methods of cure, and authorities, which Iiis matured judgment 
 will enable him to apply, in an appropriate manner, to particular 
 cases. It also comprises the complications and modified states of 
 Disease, which are even more frequently met with in practice than 
 those specific forms too often described by Nosologists as constant 
 and unvarying types, to which morbid actions, occurring under a 
 great variety of circumstances, can never closely adhere. When 
 discussing the methods of Cure, the Author gives Formula; of the 
 Medicines recommended, in the most efficient and improved forms 
 of combination. He likewise furnishes numerous References to 
 the best Works and Treatises on the topics discussed in each 
 article." 
 
 ^^ Six shillings per vol. 
 
 ^^ Illustrated with nearly 1000 wood-cuts, 8vo. 2/. lOs. 
 
 ^^ One very thick vol. 8vo. 21. lOs. " Without exaggeration 
 one of the most wonderful compilations of the age. The power 
 of continuous labour, the wide range of inquiry, and the power of 
 artistical finish, which have been brought into play by this work, 
 are probably unrivalled in the history of literature. Compared 
 with all previous attempts to compile a commercial dictionary, 
 Mr. M'CuUoch's appears as the realisation of an idea which former 
 projectors had conceived too vaguely to be able to carry into exe- 
 cution. It is superior to them all, quite as much for the spirit of 
 judicious selection brought by the author to his task, as for any 
 other quality." 
 
 ^° Witli 1100 engravings ou wood, 8vo. 21. lO.v. " Independently 
 of ]Mr. Lnudon's long practical experience, every available au-
 
 48 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 bines the theory and practice of cultivation with the 
 economy and management of farms, the whole being 
 illustrated by eleven hundred wood-cuts ; Johnson's 
 Farmer's Encyclopaedia and Dictionary of Rural Af- 
 fairs,^^ also with wood-cuts ; and Loudon's Encyclo- 
 pcedia of Gardening. ^^ As to the class of architecture 
 more peculiarly connected with these topics, much va- 
 luable information is in Gwilt's Encyclopcedia of Cottage, 
 Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture,^^ with 
 
 thority on agriculture, and works on other sciences in connection 
 with it, have been consulted, and the result is, one of the most 
 useful works on rural affairs either in our own or in any other 
 language." 
 
 ^'' With wood engravings, 8vo. 21. lOs. "A most useful publi- 
 cation, the appearance of which in this country might have been 
 looked for long ere the present time ; and due to the pen of a 
 writer who has been long and authoritatively conversant, as such, 
 with agricultural subjects, and who was consequently fully compe- 
 tent to undertake the difficult task of composing and compiling a 
 work of the kind. Within its extensive circle of information are 
 embraced all topics of interest to the British farmer, treated more 
 or less at length according to their practical importance, and in 
 the usual alphabetical arrangement of an encyclopaedia. The clear 
 unaffected character of Mr. Johnson's style will commend this 
 volume to the approbation of the class for whose more particular 
 use it is designed; It also contains the attraction of a most liberal 
 contribution of well-executed wood-cuts, representing the forms 
 of improved agricultural implements. The volume has been got 
 up in the most substantial manner in all its accessories of binding, 
 &c." 
 
 ^ With 1000 wood engravings, 8vo. 'il. lOs. " The object of 
 this Encyclopaedia is to present, in one systematic view, the His- 
 tory and present State of Gardening in all countries, and its Theory 
 and Practice in Great Britain. Under the term Gardening, we 
 include Horticulture, or all that relates to the kitchen-garden and 
 the orchard ; Floriculture, or all that relates to the flower-garden, the 
 botanic garden, the shrubbery, and the culture of flowers and orna- 
 mental shrubs and trees ; Arboriculture, or the formation of useful 
 and ornamental plantations, and the culture of the most valuable 
 timber trees ; and Landscape Gardening, or the art of laying out 
 grounds." 
 
 ^' One thousand wood engravings, 8vo. 9,1. 1^*. 6d. " In a work 
 whose object is to compress, within a comparatively restricted 
 space, so vast a body of information as is implied in an account of
 
 GREEK AND LATIN CLASSICS TRANSLATED. 49 
 
 one thousand wood-cuts ; Loudon's Encyclopedia of 
 Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture,*'^ 
 with two thousand three hundred wood-cuts ; and 
 there is a multitude of pubUcations by Robinson,*^ that 
 in themselves are quite enough to satisfy any but the 
 professors of the science without the help of other 
 works, while even the artist will find in them many 
 valuable hints. 
 
 Gre-ek AND Latin Classics translated. 
 
 A very large portion of the Greek and Latin authors 
 has been rendered accessible to the merely English 
 student by translations, and although something of 
 the original flavour and spirit, more particularly where 
 poetry is concerned, must necessarily be lost, still 
 
 what is known of historical, theoretical, and practical architecture, 
 it is of the highest importance to preserve a distinct and precise 
 arrangement of the subjects, so that they may be presented to the 
 reader in consistent order and unity. Without order and method, 
 indeed, the work, though filled with a large and valuable stock of 
 information, would be but a useless mass of knowledge. In treat- 
 ing the subject in detail, the alphabet has not been made to per- 
 form the function of an index, except in the glossary of the tech- 
 nical terms, which partly serves at the same time the purpose of a 
 dictionary and that of an index to the principal subjects noticed in 
 the work." 
 
 * With '2300 wood engravings, 8vo. 3/. 35. " The main object 
 of this Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture, is 
 to improve the dwellings of the great mass of society, in the 
 temperate regions of both hemispheres : a secondary object is to 
 create and diffuse among mankind, generally, a taste for archi- 
 tectural comforts and beauties." 
 
 ■" New Designs for Cottages and Villas, half mor. 1/. 17s. 6d. 
 
 Rural Architecture, royal 4to. 96 plates, by Harding and others, 
 4th edition, enlarged and uniform, half mor. 1/. 11*. 6d. 
 
 Village Architecture, 41 plates, half mor. 17 s. 6d. 
 
 Ornamental Villas, 96 plates, half mor. 11. lis. 6d. 
 
 Farm Buildings, 56 plates, half mor. 11. 6s. 
 
 Lodge and Park Entrances, 48 plates, half mor. 1/. 64". 
 
 E
 
 50 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 from the great compass and flexibility of the English 
 language, they have been made quite faithful enough 
 for all useful purposes. This is hardly perhaps the 
 place to dwell upon the utility even of a second-hand 
 acquaintance with the treasures of Greece and Rome, 
 but we may be allowed in passing to observe, that he 
 who has not read their poets has shut himself out 
 from one of the purest sources of literary enjoyment. 
 No man indeed of intellect and education can neglect 
 them in his younger days, without coming deeply to 
 lament it at some time of life. We have examples of 
 this in Schiller and Al fieri, the two great lights of 
 Germany and Italy, both of whom even at an advanced 
 period of life commenced the study of the Greek lan- 
 guage. Nor can we with any reason wonder at this 
 universal homage paid to the early poets ; we should 
 rather pause to admire at the fact of poetry never 
 having advanced a single step beyond its rude origin, 
 wdiile the arts and sciences of the moderns have left 
 the ancients so immeasurably behind them. After all 
 it would seem that the works of the imagination 
 were the only things of earthly origin that were im- 
 mutable. 
 
 As a matter of course, we begin with the father 
 of all Epic poetry, whose very existence has of late 
 been denied, and his works turned over to a set 
 of bards like the Minne-siingers of feudal Germany. 
 We see no reason, however, for joining in this spe- 
 cious theory, and pass therefore at once to the best 
 of his translators, — best at least so far as England is 
 concerned. We allude to Chapman's Homer's Iliad,^ 
 which possesses a great deal of the rough vigour and 
 homeliness of the original. A handsome edition of it 
 has been edited by Dr. Taylor, accompanied by Flax- 
 man's designs, and it certainly is much superior to 
 Pope's more recent version, so far at least as conveying 
 
 ' Two vols, post 8vo. 1G.V.
 
 GREEK AND LATIN CLASSICS TRANSLATED. 51 
 
 the sense and spirit of the original is concerned. The 
 modern bard has no doubt, as Bentley justly ob- 
 served, made a very " pretty book," but, unfortunately. 
 Homer is anything rather than a pretty poet. Still 
 no one in forming an English library would for a mo- 
 ment think of omitting from it Pope's Homer's Iliad j^ or 
 even the Odyssey,^ though the last translation is much 
 inferior from the help he received from Broome and 
 others, who if they possessed more Greek, assuredly had 
 less poetry than himself. There is another version of 
 the Iliad, but literal, and the same of the Odyssey, 
 books one to six. ^schylus has been much less for- 
 tunate in the attempts no render him into English, 
 very little of his wonderful force and sublimity remain- 
 ing in Potter's yEschylus,* though it is tolerably faith- 
 ful to the meaning. There is also another version of 
 this fine old dramatist with the title of JSschylus' Seven 
 Tragedies,^ but this, being merely literal, is only suited 
 to those who, having an imperfect knowlege of Greek, 
 wish to study the text with greater ease and certainty. 
 Of Euripides,^ four plays have been translated literally 
 in 12mo., and two, the Bacclice and Heraclidce,' also lite- 
 rally, in octavo, while there is the whole of Sophocles 
 by FranMin,^ and a second complete version, but lite- 
 ral, from the text of Wiinder,^ in a pocket form and 
 exceedingly cheap. The CEdipus Coloneus,^^ rendered 
 in the same way, may be had alone. But while 
 mentioning the tragic dramatists, we must not omit 
 their great comic rival Aristophanes, whose supreme 
 pleasure seemed to be the turning them and the 
 philosophers into ridicule ; we have a complete Eng- 
 lish edition of his Comedies by Wheelwright,^^ with 
 a dissertation from the German of Wacksmuth ; the 
 
 - Twenty-fourmo, 2.?. 6V/. '' Twenty-fourmo, 2s. 
 
 ' Twelvemo, 3s. * Octavo, 8s. 
 
 ® Twelvemo, 5s. ^ Octavo, 4s. 6rf. 
 
 ^ Twelvemo, 3s. Gd. ^ Twelvemo, 8s. 
 
 '" Eighteenm;), 2s. " Two vols. 8vo. 8s. 
 E 2
 
 52 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 Clouds and Peace,^^ a literal version, by Rose ; and the 
 Acharnians, Knights, Wasps, and Birds, ^^ also literal, 
 in a single octavo volume. Of Pindar, the collector 
 will have to choose between the version by Laurent,^* 
 and a second pubhshed anonymously,'^ in which to his 
 odes are appended the poems of Anacreon ; and, as a 
 fit companion to them, Hesiod, Bion, Moschus, 
 Sappho, and the crabbed Lycophron,^^ may be had in 
 one volume. 
 
 In prose the supply is scarcely less ample, and for 
 the most part the dihgence of the translators has been 
 employed to better purpose. Old Hobbes' Thucy- 
 dides^^ will generally be read with pleasure, but if any 
 dislike his peculiar style, they may have recourse to 
 the more recent w^ork of Smith. Of the other great 
 Greek historian, Herodotus,^^ there is a fair translation 
 by Gaisford, re-edited by Laurent, originally published 
 at an exorbitant price, and even now it does not ap- 
 pear to have much sunk in marketable value. It is, 
 however, essential to a good English Hbrary, Hero- 
 dotus, with all his credulity and proneness to fable, 
 being a writer of so much repute in the classical 
 world. But our list of Greek writers need not go 
 much farther ; it may very well end with JEsop's 
 Fables ;^^ the literal translation of Lucian,^° or rather 
 of a very small part of Lucian, for the whole works of 
 that delightful author extend to many volumes, and 
 are to be had perfect only in the edition of Franklin, 
 which has grown both scarce and dear ; and Plato's 
 Apology, Crito, and Phado^^^ all in one volume, and 
 also literal, much to the advantage of the young stu- 
 dent, but by no means to that of the general reader. 
 
 In the poetical class of the Romans the list is scarcely 
 
 " Octavo, 6s. " Octavo, lOs. Gd. 
 
 " Two vols. \l. \s. '' Twelvemo. 3<, Qd. 
 
 " One vol. 2s, '^ Octavo, 155. 
 
 ^' Two vols. 8vo. \l. 4s. >* Illustrated, S-Zmo. 35. 6d. 
 
 "^ Twelvemo, S*. ^' One volume, 6s. 6d.
 
 GREEK AND LATIN CLASSICS TRANSLATED. 53 
 
 less copious. Of Juvenal there are two literal prose 
 translations, besides those of GiffordJ^^ and Badham,^^ 
 both in verse, and both combining with the great satirist 
 the crabbed works of Persius; of these versions Giftbrd's 
 is unquestionably the best ; he has more vigour, is less 
 diffuse, and altogether seems to possess a more kin- 
 dred spirit with the Roman poet than Badham, who 
 is eloquent and polished, but much too feeble and 
 florid to do justice to the terse satire of his original ; 
 in regard moreover to the notes, GifFord's contains a 
 vast fund of information, conveyed in a pure, nervous 
 style that in itself is worth studying, if it were only as 
 a model. This edition has of late years been re-edited 
 by Nuttall.^^ Horace too has been frequently trans- 
 lated, but we shall content ourselves with mentioning 
 Smart' 8^^ literal translation, published both with, and 
 without, the Latin text, and a third version, to which 
 Ph(Bdrus'^^ is appended. Ovid-^ appears in a yet better 
 form, by the joint labours of Dryden and Pope, the 
 the first of whom was beyond doubt the very best of 
 poetical translators. The few versions that he has 
 given from Horace, and which are scarcely to be found 
 now but in the collected editions of his works, are 
 amongst the finest specimens of English poetry. His 
 translation of the " Sic te diva potens Cypri," has 
 always struck us as being even superior to the ori- 
 ginal ; the ideas, it is true, are the same in both, but 
 the rhythm, the wonderful flow of words, all in short 
 that language can lend to thought, is decidedly in fa- 
 vour of the English poet, and that such a version 
 should remain comparatively unknown only helps to 
 prove how indifferent Englishmen are in general to 
 their own unrivalled literature. 
 
 In the department of history we have Tacitus ^^ com- 
 
 " Two vols. Svo. 15s. "^ Three shillings. ^ -^ 
 
 '^ Twelvemo, 2s. 6d. ^ Twelvemo, 3s. 
 
 ^® Two vols. 4s. " Two vols. 6s. 
 ^ Five vols. 13s. 6d.
 
 54 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 plete, by Murpliy ; of Sallust'^ we have two versions, one 
 being literal ; of Livy, we have Books 21 to 30,^" and 
 Books 1 and 3,^' both of which are translated Uterally ; 
 and of C(Bsar^^ also we have a similar version. Cicero 
 too has met with many translators, but they have 
 attempted parts only of his very voluminous works. 
 Thus, there are his Tiisculan Disputations,^'^ both as a 
 small pocket volume and in octavo, and also in a 
 literal version; Orations ;^^ Orations against Cati- 
 line,^^ &c. ; Offices,"^^ hteral ; On the Nature of the 
 Gods,^^ literal ; and On Oratory,^^ which closes the 
 division of the Classics. 
 
 The Drama. 
 
 This is a ground, which, we suspect, will be more 
 generally interesting than any we have yet gone over ; 
 the actual representations on the stage keep alive our 
 love and recollection of the drama itself, and there 
 seems to be much about the same sort of curiosity to 
 read what we have seen performed, as there is to look 
 at an actor off the stage, or to be familiar with the 
 red and blue coated heroes, of whom we have been 
 reading for a twelvemonth in the newspapers. It 
 may be love of truth, it may be curiosity, but the fact 
 is indisputable. And who would wish it otherwise ? 
 who would wish to destroy one of those few illusions 
 that delight us in youth, and beguile old age of a por- 
 tion of its weariness ? 
 
 England is pre-eminent in this branch of literature, 
 
 -9 Eighteenmo, 2s. 6(1. ^° Two vols, 8vo. Ss. 6d. 
 
 ^' Four shillings. ^- Eighteenmo, 2s. 
 
 =•' Twelvemo, 3s. ; 8vo. 3s. 6(1. ^' Eighteenmo, 6s. 
 
 ^^ Oetavo, 8a'. ^'^ Twelvemo, 4s. 
 
 ^'^ Twelvemo, 3s. 6d. ^® Twelvemo, 6s.
 
 THE DRAMA. 55 
 
 whatever may be said in respect to its other claims. 
 That its drama is not so fertile as that of Spain is un- 
 doubted, but what it wants in number, it more than 
 makes up for by its wonderful superiority in all the 
 first attributes of wit, pathos, character, and sublimity. 
 Unfortunately the old English drama is more talked 
 of than read, and more read than appreciated. In 
 pathos, we do not hesitate to say that Ford goes far, 
 very far beyond Euripides ; and even the pangs and 
 throes of Prometheus upon his rock, as painted by 
 ^schylus, cannot for a moment be placed in com- 
 parison with Marlowe's tremendous parting scene of 
 Faustus. And yet we have an author beyond the pa- 
 thetic Ford, the mighty Marlowe, the sublime Web- 
 ster, the humorous, graceful and flowing Beaumont 
 and Fletcher, or the stately, oratorical Massinger, who 
 always seems to be pleading at the bar of justice. With 
 us there is no difficulty in saying whom we ought to 
 commence with, when the drama is in question — 
 Shakspeare — Shakspeare, of course, — though it is not 
 quite so easy to make choice of an edition amongst 
 the numbers that are in the market. Upon the 
 whole perhaps that by Singer^ best fulfils all the con- 
 ditions, which we have chosen to consider as essential 
 to give any work a place in our Hand-book ; it is 
 cheap, w^ell got up, and, what is of more importance, 
 it is very fairly edited, the notes being few but excellent. 
 If cheapness be the principal thing required, there is 
 an edition in one volume octavo ; or if the purchaser 
 be more desirous of having a copy, adapted by its small 
 size to the pocket and convenient for travelling, there 
 is a Liliputian edition.^ The poet Campbell ^ has also 
 edited Shakspeare, with remarks on his life and writings, 
 but he has added nothing to his reputation by these 
 
 ^ Ten vols. ISmo. with plates, 9,1. 
 - One vol. Os.G'J. ; 8 vols. 3'3mo. l.S.s. 
 ^ Octavo, l6s.
 
 56 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 editorial labours. John Valpy, the printer, has also given 
 to the world what he calls Valpy' s Cabinet, Pictorial 
 Edition of Shakspeare's Plays and Poems,* this last is ac- 
 companied with a life, glossarial notes, and an historical 
 digest and argument prefixed to each play. As far as 
 regards externals, it is unobjectionable, the type being 
 large and clear, the paper good, and the whole more- 
 over illustrated by a hundred and seventy-one plates, 
 engraved on steel, including all those in Boydell's 
 edition. As to the text, John Valpy was neither a 
 critic nor an antiquarian, and therefore was unable to 
 amend it when corrupt, or to explain it when obscure, 
 but he has revised it with tolerable care from the best 
 authorities, that have gone before him. Knight in his 
 Pictorial Shakspeare,^ has attempted more, and perhaps 
 effected less ; he has thrown off the trammels of pre- 
 ceding and far better editors, to make room for his own 
 amendments and explanations, and it is not often that 
 they have been successful. J. Payne Collier's^ edition 
 is infinitely to be preferred ; it is true that he has not 
 shown himself very sagacious in amending errors of 
 the press, and that his ideas of dramatic versification 
 are altogether erroneous, but while he shares these 
 defects in common with Mr. Knight, he has the ad- 
 vantage of having dived well and deeply into old records, 
 and has brought much to light in regard to Shakspeare 
 that was never known before. No one who wishes to 
 know the life and manners of the great poet should be 
 without this edition ; the errors of the commentator 
 will mislead few, while the truly valuable information 
 that he offers, would in vain be sought elsewhere. Of 
 Shakspeare's friend, or, as some will have it, his ca- 
 lumniator, Be7i Jonson,^ there is a reasonably good edi- 
 tion, with a memoir, by Barry Cornwall, though it pre- 
 
 ^ Fifteen vols. fcap. 8vo. 2/. os. 
 
 * Eight vols. imp. 8vo. 71. Js. ; and 1 vol. 8vo. 17s. 
 
 " Eight vols. Svo. 41. \6s. 
 
 ' Royal Svo. 1/.
 
 POETilY. 57 
 
 sents nothing original, all the more valuable points being 
 borrowed from Gifford. The same may be said of the 
 edition of Massinger and Ford,^ by Hartley Coleridge, 
 and which on that very account is the more desirable. 
 Of Beaumont and Fletcher ^^ we have perhaps no better 
 edition than Barley's, in a cheap and compact form, 
 nor indeed any one in whatever shape that is deserv- 
 ing of more than a very qualified praise. Yet no 
 old writer has been more frequently edited. Seward 
 and Sympson tried their hands at it, and turned out a 
 work that was a perfect disgrace to the press ; Colman 
 was not more successful ; Weber, being a foreigner, 
 failed as a matter of course ; and Dyce has adventured 
 upon the same ground with more learning, but not a 
 jot more sagacity than his predecessors, so that as it is 
 only a choice amongst imperfections, the cheapest is 
 unquestionably the best, and that is the one first men- 
 tioned. Coming down to later times, Leigh Hunt has 
 given us in a single volume, with notes, critical and bio- 
 graphical, the complete works of Wycherley, Congreve, 
 Vanburgh, and Farqhuar,^^ while in Inchbald's New 
 British Theatre, ^^ the reader will find a collection of 
 one hundred popular plays, chiefly of the modern 
 school, preceded by remarks that at one time passed 
 for criticism. 
 
 Poetry. 
 
 For the greater convenience of reference, we have di- 
 vided poetry from the drama, though it is something 
 like the attempt to separate man and wife, and is 
 hardly to be tolerated. The mere naming of works 
 
 5 Royal 8vo. ]6s. ' Two vols, royal 8vo. 1/. 12s. 
 
 '^ Royal 8vo. Ids. '^ Twenty vols, royal 18mo. 3^.
 
 58 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 of this kind, had we proposed giving a complete cata- 
 logue, would have occupied a volume, but to follow out 
 our design the list need not detain us long. We begin, 
 of course, with the elder poets, which in general will 
 be found synonymous with the better, and most as- 
 suredly such is the case of old Chaucer.^ A complete 
 collection of his works has not yet been given by any 
 modern editor, but this is the less to be regretted as 
 the very cream of his poetry is the Canterbury Tales, 
 and they have been most excellently edited by Tyrwhitt, 
 who to a profound knowledge of old English literature, 
 joined all the accomplishments of a classical scholar. 
 It would be difficult to say what he has not read ; at 
 every step one is perfectly astounded at the variety and 
 extent of his information, and that not only in the 
 usual round of literature, but in volumes, the very 
 names of which are new to us in their antiquity. 
 Spencer,^ of course, follows in the train of old Geof- 
 frey, and his works may be had in a single octavo 
 volume, founded chiefly on Todd's edition. Milton's 
 Poetical Works, ^ have also appeared in the same form, 
 thus completing the triad of the great English poets, 
 independent of the dramatists. Still there remain the 
 old ballads, those briefer records of past times, which 
 rude as they may seem to us now, breathe the genuine 
 spirit of poetry, and which no real lover of the na- 
 tional literature would choose to be without. The 
 earliest and most popular of these collections, the one 
 indeed that first drew public attention to this class of 
 writing, is Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry.* 
 The good Bishop has not been so faithful to his ori- 
 ginals as we could wish now-a-days, but it may be 
 questioned whether a more accurate transcript of the 
 old ballads would have been tolerated at the time he 
 wrote ; the public ear had been vitiated by long fami- 
 
 ' One vol. 8vo. IL - Octavo, Ss. ^ With 7 engravings, 6s, 
 
 ^ Three vols, small 8vo. 18s. ; 1 vol. 8vo. 7s. Qd.
 
 POETRY. 59 
 
 liarity with the too fastidious school of Pope and his 
 imitators, and would in all probability have been re- 
 volted by the manly, but somewhat rude strains of our 
 ancestors, who seem on all occasions to have infinitely 
 preferred sense to sound, and to have poured forth the 
 full tide of their feelings, totally unfettered by any re- 
 gard for rhyme or even rhythm ; if these accessories 
 came, well and good ; if not, they were never put out of 
 their way by the want of them ; on dashed the fine old 
 fellows, seizing the homeliest and strongest expressions 
 they could find, and though they w^ere minstrels, still 
 using in their song the familiar language of the peo- 
 ple ; in fact they sought for poetry in ideas and not 
 in words. Those who are the same way of think- 
 ing, will not fail to provide themselves, in addition 
 to Percy, with Evans' Collection of Old Ballads ;^ 
 they are both historical and narrative, and form an ex- 
 cellent preparatory study to the more difficult com- 
 pilations of Ritson and others. Still it cannot be 
 denied that the editor laboured under very great dis- 
 advantages ; coming after Percy into the field, he was 
 forced, in too many instances, to content himself with 
 ballads that have nothing except antiquity to recom- 
 mend them, while others are objectionable on the 
 score of delicacy. A yet greater fault, but one which 
 he shares with the bishop, is the introduction of mo- 
 dern songs, forgetting that imitations, however well 
 written, are but a poor substitute for originals. 
 
 In total opposition to this school we have the little bard 
 of Twickenham, Pope ^ whose reign seems to have been 
 first disturbed by Cowper/ the freer versification of the 
 latter finding its way into popular favour, though not till 
 after a considerable period of neglect ; a complete edition 
 of his works, with his life, is given by Southey, and 
 yet after all, it can at best be said of him that he had 
 
 * Four vols, post 8vo. 1/. 1a. '' Rojal 8vo. 14s. 
 
 ^ Fifteen vols. 18mo. '21. I2s. fJd. ; 1 vol. 8vo. 14.v.
 
 60 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 every qualification of a poet except genius. But, 
 prior to him in point of time, Gay's Fables^ should 
 have been remembered, and, taking another long leap, 
 we come down to him, who may well be pre-eminently 
 called the poet of Scotland, the inimitable Burns ;^ his 
 Complete Works have been published with his life 
 under the superintendence of Allan Cunningham, a 
 countryman of the immortal bard, and himself a very 
 tolerable poet, though his proper avocation is in the 
 studio of the sculptor ; his edition is valuable from its 
 including notes by many of the leading writers of the 
 day, and seldom has curiosity a more legitimate direc- 
 tion than when it seeks to know how men, themselves 
 so distinguished, have thought of their predecessors 
 in the ways of greatness. Following close upon the 
 heels of the Ayrshire bard, we have 8ir Walter Scott,^° 
 who was only a boy when the other was in his me- 
 ridian, and his great contemporaries, Byron,^^ Crahbe,^^ 
 Wordsivorth,^^ Moore,^^ Campbell,^^ and, — sed longo in- 
 tervallo — Southey,^^ Rogers,^^ and Mrs. Hemans,^^ the 
 gulf again between each of these being considerable. 
 Dibdin's Popular Songs,^^ though they no doubt have 
 lost much of the popularity that once belonged to 
 them, have still so much intrinsic merit, or at 
 all events appeal so strongly to national feelings 
 that they must find a place in every English li- 
 brary. The Popular Songs of Ireland ^^ have been 
 edited byT.Crofton Croker, and the Songs and Ballads 
 of Scotland ^' by Robert Chambers, each with an intro - 
 
 * Eighteenmo. Is. 6d. ' Royal 8vo. 10*. 
 
 ^" Twelvevols. 18mo. 31.; 6 vols. IStno. 1/. 4s. ; 1 vol. royal 8vo. 1/. 
 
 " Seventeen vols. ISmo. 41. hs. ; 1 vol. 8vo. ll. 
 
 ^' Eight vols. 18mo. 2/. '^ Six vols. 18mo. 1/. 10*. 
 
 " Ten vols. 18mo. 21. lOs. ; 1 vol. 8vo. 1^. 
 
 ^' Eighteenmo. 5s. 
 
 ^'^ Ten vols. 18mo. 21. lOs. ; 1 vol. Svo. II. 
 
 ^^ Italy and Poems, each with plates, 8vo. ll. Is., with cuts, 5.9. 
 
 '' With Life, 7 vols. 18mo. ll. 1.5s. ^"^ Small Svo. 5s. 
 
 *' With wood-cuts, 5s. 
 
 •' Three vols, post Svo. 12s.
 
 WORKS OF FICTION. 61 
 
 duction and notes, in the same form as Ritson's Collec- 
 tions of English and Scottish Songs, but not exactly in. 
 the same spirit. Dr. Syntax^^ must, we presume, be 
 named, since he has contrived to make himself so " gra- 
 cious in the city's eyes," though the real merits of his 
 poem are somewhat problematical, as indeed what could 
 be expected from rhymes made to order, like a pair of 
 boots, and intended to illustrate a set of engrav- 
 ings, instead of being illustrated by them. Be- 
 yond these, it will be only necessary to mention the 
 Elegant Extracts, ^'^ a collection, in which amongst some 
 trash, there is much that is valuable ; and the three 
 volumes of Smith's Standard Library,^* which are 
 made up of reprints and translations, but all being 
 works of a very high, and in some instances of the 
 highest order. 
 
 Works of Fiction. 
 
 It is usual in classing the products of the literary 
 world to consider Fiction as a title applicable only to 
 prose works, though it would be difficult to say why, 
 seeing that poetry and the drama have as good a claim 
 to be so called, as the most prosaic romance that ever 
 was written. Since, however, such is the custom, and 
 
 '^ With 80 engravings, by Crowquill, 7s. 
 -^ Six vols. 18mo. 14s. 
 ^ Three vols. li. Us. 6d. 
 
 Vol. T. — Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel ; Scott's Lady of the 
 Lake ; Scott's Marmion ; Crabbe's Borough ; Thompson's 
 Poetical Works ; Kirke White's Poetical Works ; Burns's 
 Poetical Works. 
 
 Vol. n. — JNJilton's Poetical Works ; Beattie's Poetical Works ; 
 Blair's Poetical Works ; Gray's Poetical Works ; CoUins's 
 Poetical Works ; Keats's Poetical Works ; Goldsmith's Poeti- 
 cal Works. 
 
 Vol. in. — Goethe's Faust ; translated by Lewis Filmore ; Schil- 
 ler's Piccolomini, and Death of Wallenstein, by S. T. Cole- 
 ridge ; La Fontaine's Fables, by E. Wright ; Ritson's Collec- 
 tion of Ballads relating to Robin Hood.
 
 62 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 it is generally understood, there will be more conveni- 
 ence in following, than in deviating from it, and accord- 
 ingly we commence with the English division, at the 
 head of which may be placed that w^ork without a 
 parallel, Robinson Crusoe;^ it is " nulli simile aut se- 
 cundum," and, unlike most original productions, may 
 be said to have left behind no progeny, those, w^ho 
 have attempted to imitate Defoe, having invariably 
 failed in the principal point, namely, that, of imparting 
 such verisimilitude to their stories as to make it a 
 matter of great difficulty to distinguish the false from 
 the real. There is an excellent edition of this work in 
 foolscap octavo, with a life of Defoe, engravings, and 
 the Farther Adventures, which are so frequently omit- 
 ted or abridged. Gulliver's Travels ^ cannot be had 
 separately in a better form than in Dr. W. C. Taylor's 
 edition ; it contains a life of the author, copious notes, 
 and an essay on satirical fiction, besides being illus- 
 trated by upwards of four hundred wood-cuts from 
 Grandville's designs. * There is also a partial collec- 
 tion of Sivift's Works hy Roscoe in tivo volumes,^ while 
 our other three great novelists. Fielding,'^ Smollett,^ 
 and Scott,^ may be had complete. The list of novels 
 of a yet more recent date is almost endless, there being, 
 besides perfect editions of the works of Dickens/ of 
 James,^ and of Sir E. L. Bulwer,^ no less than four 
 
 ^ With 46 wood-cuts, after designs by Harvey, fcap. 8vo. Qs. 
 ^ Royal 8vo. 12s. ^ Two vols, royal. 8vo. 1^ 4*. 
 
 * One vol. royal 8vo. 12s. * One vol. royal 8vo. 12s. 
 
 <* Forty-eight vols. 18mo. 12/. j 25 vols. 18nio. 5/. ; 5 vols. 8vo. .5/. 
 ^ Sketches by Boz, Svo. \l. Is. ; Pickwick Papers, 8vo. \l. Is. ; 
 Nicholas Nickleby, 8vo. H. Is. ; Humj)hry's Clock, 2 vols. 1/. Qs. ; 
 Martin Chuzzlewit, Svo. \l. Is. 
 
 ® Now Publishing in Svo. vols, at 9s. each. 
 " Bulwer's (Sir E. L.) Works, each complete in 1 vol. foolscap 
 Svo. cloth, 5s. per volume, 
 
 Rienzi ; Alice ; Paul Clifford ; Disowned ; Student ; England 
 and English ; Godolphin ; Ernest Maltravers ; Eugene Aram ; 
 Pelham ; Devereux ; Pilgrims of the Rhine ; Last Days of 
 Pompeii.
 
 WORKS OF FICTION. 63 
 
 Collections of novels and romances. First, there is 
 Bentley's Standard Novels '" in ninety-six volumes, 
 but which is much too multifarious to be select. 
 This, however, is of little consequence, as the pur- 
 chaser may have any volume separately, and thus 
 while he rejects the inferior works will be able to pro- 
 vide himself with a library of fiction entirely to his own 
 taste. In this collection he will find many of the lead- 
 ing modern novellists — Godwin, who may be said to 
 have created a new kind of romance — Victor Hugo, 
 
 '° In 18mo. at 6s. per volume. 
 1. The Pilot, by Cooper. 
 ■2. Caleb Williams, by Godwin. 
 
 3. The Spy, by Cooper. 
 
 4. Thaddeus of Warsaw, by Miss J. Porter. 
 
 5. St. Leon, by Godwin. 
 
 6. Last of the Mohicans, by Cooper. 
 
 7 and 8. The Scottish Chiefs, by Miss J. Porter. 
 9. Frankenstein, by Mrs. Shelley ; and Ghost Seer, vol. 1. by 
 Schiller. 
 
 10. Edgar Huntley, by Brockden Brown j and conclusion of 
 
 Ghost Seer. 
 
 11. Hungarian Brothers, by Miss A. M. Porter. 
 12 and 13. Canterbury Tales, by the Misses Lee. 
 
 14. The Pioneers, by Cooper. 
 
 15. Self-Control, by Mrs. Brunton. 
 
 16. Discipline, by Mrs. Brunton. 
 
 17. The Prairie, by Cooper. 
 
 18 and 19. The Pastor's Fire-side, by Miss J. Porter. 
 
 20. Lionel Lincoln, by Cooper. 
 
 21. Lawrie Todd, by Gait. 
 
 22. Fleetwood, by Godwin. 
 
 23. Sense and Sensibility, by Miss Austen. 
 
 24. Corinne, by Madame de Stael. 
 
 25. Emma, by Miss Austen. 
 
 26. Simple Story, and Nature and Art, by Mrs. Inchbald. 
 
 27. Mansfield Park, by Miss Austen. 
 
 28. Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion, by Miss Austen. 
 
 29. The Smuggler, by Banim. 
 
 30. Pride and Prejudice, by Miss Austen. 
 
 31. Stories of Waterloo, by Maxwell. 
 
 32. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo. 
 
 33. The Borderers, by Cooper. 
 
 34. Eugene Aram, by Bulwer.
 
 64 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 who to an unbounded fancy unites all the minute know- 
 ledge of an antiquary, and is just as familiar with the 
 Paris of two hundred years ago as he is with the Paris 
 of our own day — Gait, the very Wilkie of novellists, 
 under the magic of whose pen even tailors may become 
 heroes in the romance-meaning of the word — Morier, 
 whose Hajji Baba is an Eastern Gil Bias — Beckford, 
 with his splendid vision of Caliph Vathek — the rough 
 and sombre Banim — the powerful Mazoni — Marryat, 
 who, setting aside Tom Cringle's Log, stands unrivalled 
 
 Contents of Standard Novels — continued 
 
 35. Maxwell, by Theodore Hook. 
 
 36. Water Witch, by Cooper. 
 
 37. Mothers and Daughters, by Mrs. Gore. 
 
 38. The Bravo, by Cooper. 
 
 39. The Heiress of Bruges, by Grattan. 
 
 40. Red Rover, by Cooper. 
 
 41. Vathek, by Beckford; Castle of Otranto, by Horace Wal- 
 
 pole 3 and Bravo of Venice, by M. G. Lewis. 
 
 42. The Country Curate, by Gleig. 
 
 43. The Betrothed, by Manzoni. 
 
 44. Hajji Baba, by Morier. 
 
 45. Hajji Baba in England, by Morier. 
 
 46. The Parson's Daughter, by Theodore Hook. 
 
 47. Paul Clifford, by Bulwer. 
 
 48. The Younger Son, by Capt. Trelawny. 
 
 49. The Alhambra, by Washington Irving; the Last of the Aben- 
 
 cerrages, by Chateaubriand j and the Involuntary Pro- 
 phet, by Horace Smith. 
 
 50. The Headsman, by Cooper. 
 51 and 52. Anastius, by Hope. 
 
 53. Darnley, by James, 
 
 54. Zohrab, by Morier. 
 
 55. Heidenmauer, by Cooper. 
 
 56. De L'Orme, by James. 
 
 57. Headlong Hall, Nightmare Abbey, Maid Marian, and 
 
 Crotchet Castle, by Peacock. 
 
 58. Trevelyan, by the Author of "A Marriage in High Life." 
 
 59. Philip Augustus, by James. 
 
 60. Rookwood, by Ainsworth. 
 
 61. Henry Masterton, by James. 
 
 62. Peter Simple, by Marryat. 
 
 63. Jacob Faithful, by Marryat. 
 
 64. Japhet in search of a Father, by Marryat. 
 
 65. King's Own, by Marryat.
 
 WORKS OF FICTION^ 65 
 
 as the writer of nautical tales — the principal American 
 novelists, who, if they had no other merit, would al- 
 ways be interesting from their pictures of Indian habits, 
 and of the adventurous lives of the early settlers — the 
 celebrated Monk Lewis — Mrs. Shelley — the German 
 Schiller — Madame de Stael, and many other names, 
 hardly less distinguished, so that every class of 
 fiction, in all their divisions and subdivisions, have 
 here one or more adequate representatives. A 
 single glance at the list below will enable the 
 purchaser to make his own selection, assisted by the 
 
 Contents of Standard Novels — continued. 
 
 66. Mr. Midshipman Easy, by Marryat. 
 
 67. Newton Forster, by Marryat. 
 
 68. The Pacha of many Tales, by Marryat. 
 
 69. Ratlin the Reefer. 
 
 70. Captain Blake j or, My Life, by Maxwell. 
 
 71. Helen, by Miss Edgeworth. 
 
 72. The Last Days of Pompeii, by Bulwer. 
 
 73. The Bivouac, by Maxwell. 
 
 74. Precaution, by Cooper. 
 
 75. Jack Brag, by Theodore Hook. 
 
 76. Rory O'More, by Lover. 
 
 77. Ben Brace, by Capt. Chamier. 
 
 78. The Vicar of Wrexhill, by Mrs. Trollope, 
 
 79. The Buccaneer, by Mrs. S. C. Hall. 
 
 80. Tynley Hall, by Thomas Hood. 
 
 8L The Widow Barnaby, by Mrs. Trollope. 
 
 82. The Soldier of Lyons, by Mrs. Gore. 
 
 83. Marriage, by the Author of " The Inheritance," and 
 
 " Destiny." 
 
 84. The Inheritance. 
 
 85. Destiny. 
 
 86. Gilbert Gurney, by Theodore Hook. 
 
 87. The Widow and the Marquess, by Theodore Hook. 
 
 88. All in the Wrong ; or, Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 
 
 by Theodore Hook. 
 
 89. Homeward Bound, by Cooper, 
 
 90. The Pathfinder, by Cooper. 
 
 91. The Deerglayer, by Cooper. 
 
 92. Jacqueline of Holland, by T. C. Grattan. 
 
 93. Man at Arms, by James. 
 
 94. Two Old Men's Tales. 
 
 95. Two Admirals, by Cooper. 
 
 96. Richard Savage, by Whitehead, 
 
 F
 
 66 THE book-collector's hand-boor. 
 
 few hints that we have ventured to throw out for his 
 guidance, should he chance to be unacquainted with 
 any of the writers. Next we have Colhurn's Standard 
 Novelists^^ in twenty volumes ; the writers, that con- 
 tribute to make up this set are, for the most part, 
 the same as those in the preceding catalogue, but the 
 novels are different, and the purchaser has thus an op- 
 portunity, if he chooses, to complete the works of any 
 given author ; the collection, however, does not go 
 beyond twenty volumes. Thirdly, we have to notice 
 Blackwood's Standard Novels,^^ a more limited collec- 
 tion certainly, but by far the choicest of any ; there is 
 not in the whole set a single volume that a reader of 
 taste and judgment would wish to exclude from his 
 library, unless he set his face against works of fiction 
 altogether ; the very best of Gait's writings are to be 
 found in this collection, which embraces also Lock- 
 hart's romances, and the inimitable nautical stories of 
 
 *' This series comprises the following capital Novels, at 5s. a vol. 
 or the entire set, 31. 13s. 6d. 
 Tremaine, by Ward, 2 vols in 1. Frank Mildmay, by Marryat. 
 Sayings and Doings, by Hook. Richelieu, by James. 
 
 First Series. Brambletye House, by Horace 
 
 Ditto. Second Series. Smith, 2 vols, in 1. 
 
 Ditto. Third Series. Zillah, by ditto. 
 
 Gurney Married, by Hook. O'Donnel, by Lady Morgan. 
 
 Pelham, by Bulvver, 2 vols, in 1. Florence Macarthy, by ditto. 
 The Disowned, by ditto, 2 vols, in 1 . Granby, by Lister. 
 Devereux, by ditto. TheChelseaPensioners,byGleig 
 
 ^- Price 6s. each volume, handsomely bound in cloth, with a 
 beautifully engraved Frontispiece. 
 Adam Blair, and MatthewAVald. Valerius : A Roman Story. 
 Reginald Dalton. The Cruise of the Midge, by 
 
 The Annals of the Parish, and Michael Scott. 
 
 Ayrshire Legatees, by John Pen Owen. 
 
 Gait. The Provost, and other Tales, 
 
 Sir Andrew Wylie, by John Gait. by John Gait. 
 
 Tom Cringle's Log, by Michael Cyril Thornton. 
 
 Scott. The Entail, by John Gait. 
 
 The Man O'War's-man, by Bill The Subaltern. 
 Truck.
 
 WORKS OF FICTION. G7 
 
 Michael Scott, the author of " Tom Cringle's Log." 
 Lastly there is Smith's Standard Collection of Fiction ;'^ 
 it is in two volumes only, and, though not to be com- 
 pared with those already mentioned, is yet serviceable 
 from its containing works that do not exist in the 
 other collections. We must, however, caution our rea- 
 ders against the Undine in this set ; it is but indifferently 
 executed, and in the attempt to be faithful to the text 
 of the original, the translator has allowed much of the 
 spirit of the Baron de la Motte Fouque to evaporate. 
 But indeed a work of this very etherial nature required, 
 to execute it properly, more taste and fancy than are 
 often met with in translators. 
 
 We next come to a subdivision of our subject, for 
 hitherto, if we have spoken of works of fiction ren- 
 dered from other languages, it has only been as they 
 occurred in collections. We have now to consi- 
 der them as a class, and amongst the translated 
 works the first place must be given to the Arabian 
 Nights' Entertainments,^* as being a work universally 
 acceptable to all conditions ; the onward march of the 
 Utihtarians, though it has trampled on much that was 
 beautiful and delightful, has not hitherto being able to 
 drive the Forty Thieves and Aladdin out of the field ; 
 
 " Works of Fiction, 2 vols. 1/. Is. ' ^ 
 
 V^ol. 1. — Nature and Art, by Mrs. Inchbald. 
 Home, by Miss Sedgwick. 
 
 Knickerbocker's History of New York, byWashington Irving. 
 Paul and Virginia, by St. Pierre. 
 The Indian Cottage, by St. Pierre. 
 Elizabeth, by Madame Cottin. 
 The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith. 
 Tristram Shandy, by Laurence Sterne. 
 Vol. 2. — A Simple Story, by Mrs. Inchbald. 
 
 Picciola. From the French of X. B. Saintine. 
 The Linwoods, by Miss Sedgwick. 
 The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins. 
 Undine. From the German of Fouque. 
 " By Lane, with many hundred engravings, 3 vols. 2/. 2s.j 
 4 vols. 18mo. 10s. 6c/. j 8vo. 7*- 6rf. ; 3 vols. 24nio. 5s. 6d. 
 
 F 2
 
 68 THK book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 the Wonderful Lamp burns as brightly as ever on our 
 fancies, and dull indeed will be the day when it is ex- 
 tinguished. In the meantime Mr. Lane, who was for 
 many years resident in Arabia and Egypt, has pre- 
 sented us with a new version of the Sultana's stories, 
 accompanied by notes, illustrative of the language, 
 manners, and customs of the Egyptian- Arabs, and em- 
 bellished with more than one thousand wood-cuts after 
 designs by Harvey. This translation is much more 
 faithful to the original than that by Monsieur Galland, 
 who first introduced the Arabian Nights to the people 
 of Europe, but who unscrupulously adapted Eastern 
 names and manners to the French standard by a mul- 
 titude of very arbitrary deviations. Next we may men- 
 tion the Spanish novels, Do7i Quixote, ^^ Asmodeus, or 
 the Devil on two Sticks,^^ and Gil Blas,^'^ which in spite 
 of Le Sage, and all that his countrymen can say to the 
 contrary, we do verily believe to be Spanish, and shall 
 place accordingly. Of Jarvis' Don Quixote there is a 
 splendid edition which we cannot too strongly recom- 
 mend to the lovers of such bibliographical dainties ; 
 it is illustrated by at least eight hundred beautiful en- 
 gravings, after the designs of Tony Johannot, all of 
 the boldest and most masterly character, besides sixteen 
 plates by Cosmo Armstrong. But even beyond these 
 vivid delineations of Spanish character, though they 
 tend beyond measure to make the reader enter 
 into the spirit of his author, we prize the original 
 memoir of the life and writings of Cervantes. The 
 Asmodeus on our list is also a valuable publication, 
 presenting a new and improved version by Joseph 
 Thomas, and a biographical notice of the author, — or, 
 rather, we should say, of the reputed author, for Le 
 Sage has evidently fetched the devil from Spain as he 
 
 '* Two vols. imp. 8vo. II. 8s. 
 
 ^^ With "200 illustrations, by Tony Johannot, imp. 8vo. 6s. 
 
 ^^ With 5G0 illustrations, by Jean Gigoux, 2 vols. imp. 8vo. 1/, Is.
 
 SPORTING. • 69 
 
 did that amusing picaro, Gi] Bias. The biography, 
 however, acquires a pecuUar interest from its being the 
 production of the celebrated Jules Janin, the terror of 
 Parisian actors and dramatists. Tamely enough after 
 these splendid works come the Adventures of Tele- 
 macJius,'^^ which, — absit invidia dicto — we cannot help 
 thinking looks very like a sermon in the disguise of a 
 romance, eloquent if you please, and stuffed full of fine 
 moral things, but so dull withal, that, if Telemachus 
 had jumped from the cliffs to escape from Mentor, in- 
 stead of waiting to be pushed off by him, we should 
 by no means have been surprised ; indeed it may be 
 thought by many that the eternal preachings of such 
 a bore as Mentor go far to excuse the young gentle- 
 man for his manifest propensity to the society of Ca- 
 lypso and her ladies, notwithstanding their reputations 
 were somewhat damaged. To conclude, so far at 
 least as regards this section, there are the Works 
 of Frederika Bremer, ^^ translated from the Swedish, 
 and which at the present moment are exceedingly 
 popular among the sentimentalists of this country. 
 
 Sporting. 
 
 Under this head must be brought together things that 
 have rather an incongruous reality to those who give 
 themselves the trouble of reflection. Thus there is, 
 or at all events may be, sport to both sides in a game 
 of cricket, or foot ball, but what sport can there be to 
 the hare in being worried to death by dogs, or to the 
 bird in having its wing broken by a charge of shot, or 
 to the fish in being caught upon a hook, and dragged 
 out of the water, to be thereafter embowelled like 
 some unlucky gentleman, who has taken the losing 
 
 " With -zoo engravings, 8vo. Ha. " Two vols. 8vo. 1/. 4.v.
 
 70 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 side of a civil question, and been pronounced a traitor 
 by the law for his want of judgment ? Sports, never- 
 theless, they have been declared to be by one of the 
 parties concerned, and as this is the party that hap- 
 pens to have in their own hands the power of carrying 
 out their opinions, while the birds, beasts, and fishes, 
 have no voices in the matter — the question is as good 
 as settled ; the latter, being silent, must in legal 
 phrase suffer by default. 
 
 The anglers will of course look to old Isaac Walton,^ 
 that is to say if he like to fish after a quiet fashion in 
 the Thames and other peaceful rivers ; but if he wishes 
 to fish in troubled waters, and aspires to kill trout in 
 Derbyshire and the remoter parts of the country, he 
 will have recourse to Cotton ; both of these authors he 
 can have in a handsome volume, published by Major, 
 and embellished with numerous wood-engravings and 
 copper-plates. There is also a work on the same subject, 
 but of much less value, called Hofland's British Ang- 
 ler's Manual,^ and, what we should rather recommend, 
 Stephen Oliver's Scenes and Recollections of Fly -fish- 
 ing, in Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmore- 
 land ; ^ Fisher's Angler's Souvenir ; * and lastly the 
 Fly -fisher's Text-Book, which, if we may believe the 
 writer, is a complete guide to the science, — we never 
 knew it was a science before — of trout and salmon 
 fishing. It is the work of E. Chitty, a barrister, 
 but bears on the title page the assumed name of 
 Theophilus South — stat nominis umbra — as a coun- 
 terpart, it may be presumed, of the Christopher 
 North, or Christopher Wilson, of Blackwood's Maga- 
 zine. When the change of season brings round 
 the time for our sportsman to take up the gun, he 
 will of course consult Hauiker's Instruction to Young 
 Sportsmen ;^ the Colonel is considered by the learned 
 
 * By Major, new edition, with new plates, 12mo. l6s. 5 fcap. 8vo. 3s. 
 
 - Foolscap 8vo. 13a\ 
 
 ^ With numerous illustration?, l2mo. 5s. Qd. 
 
 ^ With 23 engravings, lOs, (id. ' Octavo, with plates, 1/. Is.
 
 DICTIONARIES AND LIBRARY TABLE-BOOKS. 7\ 
 
 in such matters to be a perfect oracle, his book not 
 only teaching him how to shoot, and what to shoot, but 
 containing also a multitude of useful recipes, medical as 
 well as culinary. Then there is Greene?^ on Gunnery,^ 
 an excellent work ; and Blaine's Encyclopcedia of Ru- 
 ral Sports/ which as its title explains, is a more gene- 
 ral view of the subject. As regards the chase, it will 
 be enough to point out The Noble Science of Fox- 
 Hunting, by Radcliffe/ though when, or how, the 
 killing of foxes became one of the sciences, is more 
 than we can say. It is a handsome volume, printed 
 uniformly with Scrope's Deer- Stalking,^ and Salmon 
 Fishing/^ to which it is a fit companion, and treats of 
 breeding, feeding, riding, hunting, and every detail 
 more or less connected with the amusement. Lastly, 
 we have to mention a work, that perhaps would have 
 come with more propriety under the head of Antiqui- 
 ties, namely, Strutt's Sports and Pastimes of the People 
 of England/^ with one hundred and forty engravings. 
 Strutt was an excellent antiquarian, and as little liable 
 to the charge of error as the best of his learned bro- 
 therhood. 
 
 Dictionaries and Library Table-Books. 
 
 This last is a convenient head for refractory works that 
 will not be comprehended under any more specific 
 title, and, as their numbers are small, the Dictionaries 
 have been sent to keep them company. But the 
 whole together need not detain us long, and with them 
 the catalogue of our library will be complete. 
 
 In maps, the first to be noticed is Lizar's General 
 
 '^ With numerous cuts, ISs, ' With 600 cuts, Svo. 2/. IO5. 
 
 ** Royal Svo. lOs. 6d. ^ Imperial Svo. plates, 2i. 2s. 
 
 '" Imperial Svo. plates, 2/.^25. " Octavo, 4i>. 6d.
 
 72 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 Atlas of the World,^ compiled from the latest sources, 
 including all the railroads in England, Scotland, and 
 Ireland, to which there is a copious index, so that 
 every city may be referred to without the trou- 
 ble of a long search. The maps, which are double, 
 and carefully coloured, are sixty-nine in number, those 
 of the New British Colonies being on an extra large 
 scale. Those who prefer a more expensive work, may 
 choose the Maps of the Society"^ for the Diffusion of 
 Useful Knowledge, also with an Index, and either plain 
 or coloured. As fit companions to these. The Edin- 
 burgh Gazetteer;^ Brooke's General Gazetteer ;^ and 
 Gorton's New and Complete Topographical Dictionary 
 of Great Britain and Ireland,^ with a volume of maps, 
 by Sydney Hall. 
 
 The Dictionaries, properly so called, form a longer 
 chapter, Johnson's^ in English taking the lead, upon 
 the principle of '* seniores priores ;" it may be had 
 in a small pocket form ; or in imperial octavo 
 printed verbatim from the last folio edition, even to 
 the examples, which are given at full length, and 
 which in our opinion are far from being the least im- 
 portant or valuable part of a lexicon ; context will 
 often show the meaning of words better than any ex- 
 planation, while the use of them can never be so well 
 learnt as from examples. 
 
 America has also contributed her quota to this 
 branch of knowledge, in Noah Webster's English Dic- 
 tionary,^ containing — 1. The Origin and Affinities of 
 every English word, with its signification as now gene- 
 rally established. — 2. The Orthography and Pronun- 
 ciation of Words, sanctioned by the best usage. — 
 
 ' Folio, half-bound morocco, 2/. Ss. 
 
 ^ Willi Index, folio, 61. 17s.; coloured, 9^. 14s. 
 
 ' Octavo, 8s, 6d. 
 
 * By Finley, with maps, 8vo. 10s. 6c?., and in miniature ISmo. 7i. 
 
 * Three vols. 8vo. 11. hs. 
 
 " Imperial 8vo. \l. As. ; 8vo. 8s. ; 18mo, 6s. 
 '' Two vols. 4to. 11. lis. 6d.
 
 DICTIONARIES AND LIBRARY TABLE-BOOKS. 73 
 
 3. Accurate and discriminating definitions of Techni- 
 cal and Scientific Terms, with authorities and illustra- 
 tions from the best authors. To these are prefixed an 
 Introductory Dissertation on the Origin, History, and 
 Connection of the languages of Western Asia, and of 
 Europe ; a Grammar, philosophical and practical, of 
 the English language ; and a Tabular Synopsis of words 
 differently pronounced, with references to six principal 
 orthoepists. In addition to this large bill of fare, the 
 work professes to contain many thousand more words 
 than are to be found in Todd's Johnson, or in any 
 other English dictionary yet published, a bold preten- 
 tion — if it only be a just one. It must, however, be 
 allowed that he has added some words and corrected 
 some errors, but in his attempt to give the derivation 
 and primary meaning of words, he has failed altoge- 
 ther. His qualifications for the task may be judged of 
 from the preface, wherein he describes Basque, as a pure 
 dialect of the old Celtic, though it is manifestly not 
 akin to the Celtic, nor to any other European family of 
 tongues, if we may be allowed the expression. Worse 
 than this, he owns that he " has no particular know- 
 ledge of the Norwegian, Icelandic, and the dialects or 
 languages spoken in Switzerland, farther than they 
 belong to the Teutonic or Gothic family," being as it 
 should seem in utter ignorance that Icelandic is the 
 parent of the whole Scandinavian tribe, and therefore 
 indispensable to the tracing of words to their origin. The 
 prefix A in awake, ashamed, he derives from the Anglo- 
 Saxon ge, though it has no more to do with it than with 
 the Greek omega, and then goes on to tell us that the 
 said ge is retained in Danish, and in some German and 
 Dutch words. — Some German ! when the past parti- 
 ciple is wholly formed by it ! while the few Danish 
 words, in which it is to be found, are one and all from 
 the low Saxon dialect. Still with all these faults, and 
 we were bound in conmion honesty to point them out, 
 it is a highly useful work, and is better adapted to the
 
 74 THE book-collector's hand-book. 
 
 generality of readers than the more recondite and ex- 
 pensive dictionary of Richardson, which has the disad- 
 vantage of a very small type, and of having the words 
 not wholly arranged in alphabetical order, but partly 
 according to the class they belong to from derivation. 
 Those who wish merely for a Pronouncing Dictionary, 
 can not do better than provide themselves with Walker, 
 of whose works three editions are in the market, — 
 one by Davis,^ — a second with a Key to Classical Pro- 
 nunciation,^ and a third by Davenport.^^ The admira- 
 ble Dictionary of Facciolati, as edited by Bailey, being 
 now quite out of the market, the Latin scholar who 
 does not understand Italian, or who does not choose 
 to go to the expense of the great edition in four folio 
 volumes, must content himself with Ainsworth, of 
 which there are two good editions, the one by Beatson 
 andEllis,^^ and another by Dr. Dymoch.^^ In addition 
 to some one of these Lempriere's Classical Dictionary^^ 
 will be found necessary as the best guide in the mazes 
 of Classical Literature, and this not so much from its 
 giving an accurate alphabetical account of all the men 
 and places that occur in the Greek and Latin writers, 
 as from its numerous references to the originals. Nutt- 
 alVs Classical Dictionary ,^* is good, but of less repute. 
 Nochden's German Dictionary^^ is a small pocket vo- 
 lume, compiled with great care and industry, and in- 
 deed, so far as it goes, altogether unobjectionable, but 
 the type, though clear, is small, and it wants examples, 
 that great inherent defect in all German Worterbilcher. 
 As regards the French language, it will be sufficient 
 to give the collector his choice of three dictionaries, 
 one by Boyer and Delatanville,^^ one by Nugent, ^'^ 
 and the other by Wilson,^^ which includes terms of art 
 
 ^ Octavo, 5$. ^ Octavo, 6s. '" Eighteenmo, 5s. 
 
 " Imperial 8vo. 1/. '^ Octavo, 7s. 
 
 " By Barker and Anthon, 8vo. 18s. By Park, 18mo. 7.f. 
 '^ Octavo, 7s. '° Eighteenmo, 7s. &d. "' Octavo, \1s. 
 
 ^^ Eighteenmo, (is. ^^ Inn)erial Svo. \l. 10s.
 
 DICTIONARIES AND LIBRARY TABLE-BOOKS. 75 
 
 and rules of pronunciation. For Spanish, we have 
 Meadow's Dictionary ,^^ while Petronj and Davenport^" 
 have given a triple lexicon of Italian, French, and En- 
 glish. This last work has been much praised, and not 
 undeservedly, for the plan is excellent; it gives, 1st. 
 The exact pronunciation of the double sound of the 
 e and o. — 2ndly. The place of the accent. — 3rdly. The 
 varieties of termination, and the other irregularities 
 of verbs. — 4thly. The various terminations of the 
 plurals of nouns. — 5thly. An appendix, containing in 
 alphabetical order, the irregularities of verbs, poetical 
 forms and locations, with numerous additions and cor- 
 rections, as proposed to the Crusca Academy, by the 
 celebrated Vincenzo Monti. 
 
 Our task is now concluded, and we have only again 
 to impress upon the reader, as we have already stated 
 in the introduction, that this little manual is by no 
 means intended to give the catalogue of a perfect En- 
 glish library ; our purpose, we repeat it, is of a much 
 more humble and unpretending character, being only 
 to assist the collector of moderate means and limited 
 opportunities for study, in forming with little trouble, 
 such a selection as may be supposed best suited to 
 his means and inclinations. Any thing beyond this 
 would, if properly executed, occupy many volumes, and 
 after all would be of no use in comparison to the time 
 and expense it would demand. The collector would 
 only be embarrassed by the multitude of volumes pre- 
 sented to his notice, a multitude so great that it would 
 cost no little time and labour to distinguish amongst 
 them, and the fortune of a Crcesus to realize the 
 choice when made, so rich is the English language be- 
 yond all others in standard works, whether of mere 
 amusement or of information. They, however, who 
 wish to extend their collections by the addition of the 
 more important modern publications will do well to 
 pin their faith on the Literary Register. They who 
 
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 on the other hand desire a more complete index to 
 the multifarious list of old authors must seek for it 
 in the pages of Doctor Dibdin, the most intelligent 
 and amusing of modern bibliographers, whose spirit 
 infuses life into the dryest subject, as the wind once 
 blew down upon the valley of dry bones and they 
 lived. Still even his " Library Companion," exten- 
 sive as it is, falls very short of being a full and per- 
 fect catalogue. 
 
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