Notes and Queries, Number 71, March 8, 1851

"It is perhaps hardly necessary to observe that this work is of an archæological, not of a theological character; the Editor has not considered it his business to examine into the truth or falsehood of the legends of which he narrates the substance; he gives them merely as legends, and in general so much of them only as is necessary to explain why particular emblems were used with a particular saint, or why Churches in a given locality are named after this or that saint."—Preface.

John Henry Parker, Oxford and London

THE FAMILY ALMANACK AND EDUCATIONAL REGISTER FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1851. Containing, in addition to the usual Contents of an Almanack, a List of the Foundation and Grammar Schools in England and Wales; together with an Account of the Scholarships and Exhibitions attached to them. Post 8vo. 4s.

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OUTLINE SKETCHES OF OLD BUILDINGS IN BRUGES. By E. S. Cole. 15 Plates.

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THE SEVEN PERIODS OF ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE. Defined and Illustrated by Edmund Sharpe, M.A., Architect, M.I.B.A. An Elementary Work showing at a single glance the different Changes through which our National Architecture passed, from the Heptarchy to the Reformation. Twelve Steel Engravings and Woodcuts.

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The First, or Saxon Period, contains so few buildings of interest or importance, as to render its comparative illustration unnecessary, if not impossible.

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A TABLE OF ANTI-LOGARITHMS. Containing to Seven Places of Decimals, natural Numbers, answering to all Logarithms from 0001 to 99999; and an improved Table of Gauss's Logarithms, by which may be found the Logarithm to the sum or difference of Two Quantities where Logarithms are given: preceded by an Introduction, containing also the History of Logarithms, their Construction, and the various Improvements made therein since their invention. By Herschell E. Filipowski. Second edition, revised and corrected.

The publisher, having purchased the copyright and stereotype plates of these tables, (published a few months ago at 2l. 2s.,) is enabled to offer a corrected edition at the above reduced price.

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"The table of Anti-Logarithms is, I think, all that could be wished, in extent, in structure, and in typography. For its extent it is unique among modern Tables. Of accuracy I cannot speak, of course; but this being supposed, I have no hesitation in recommending it without qualification.

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George Bell, 186. Fleet StreetChoice Engravings, Drawings, and Paintings

PUTTICK AND SIMPSON, Auctioneers of Literary Property, will SELL by AUCTION, at their Great Room, 191. Picadilly, on THURSDAY next, March 13, and following day, a collection of choice engravings, mostly of the English School, the property of a gentleman, comprising choice proofs of Woollett; a series of the works of Joshua Reynolds, all brilliant proofs; Müller's Madonna di San Sisto, a very early proof; Charles II. by Farthorne, extra rare, a splendid proof; and many other choice proofs of the works of English and Foreign Artists. Catalogues will be sent on application.

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ILLUSTRATIONS OF MEDIEVAL COSTUMES in England, collected from MSS. in the British Museum, Bibliothèque de Paris, &c. By T. A. Day and J. B. Dines. To be completed in Six Monthly Parts.