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COINS OF THE ROMANS RELATING TO BRITAIN, Described and Illustrated. By J. Y. AKERMAN, F.S.A. SECOND EDITION, greatly enlarged, 8vo, with plates and woodcuts. 10s. 6d.

The "Prix de Numismatique" was awarded by the French Institute to the author for this work.

"Mr. Akerman's volume contains a notice of every known variety, with copious illustrations, and is pub

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lished at a very moderate price; it should be consulted, not merely for these particular coins, but also for facts most valuable to all who are interested in the RomanoBritish History."—Archæological Journal.

UMISMATIC ILLUSTRATIONS of the Narrative Portions of the NEW TESTAMENT. By J. Y. AKERMAN. 8vo, numerous woodcuts from the original coins in various public and private collections,

Archæology is under a peculiar obligation to Mr. Akerman. To him more than to any other living man, is due the praise of having converted multitudes to the love of antiquarian research. To him we all owe the pleasant debt of an instructive acquaintance, not only with the beautiful money of Ancient Greece and Rome, but with the once barbarous, though not less interesting, coins of our earliest history. And to him now especially, the cause of religion can bring its tri

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bute of commendation for light thrown upon Holy Writ, through the medium of "the unrighteous Manimon." The New Testament has, it appears, in the compass of the Gospels and Acts, no less than 32 allusions to the coinage of Greece, Rome, and Judæa; and these beautifully engraved, and learnedly described, give Mr. Akerman an opportunity of serving the good cause of truth in the way of his peculiar avocation."-Church of England Journal.

NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE AND JOURNAL OF THE

NUMISMATIC SOCIETY. Edited by J. Y. AKERMAN.

at 3s. 6d. per Number.

This is the only repertory of Numismatic intelligence ever published in England.

It contains papers on coins and medals, of all ages

Published Quarterly

and countries, by the first Numismatists of the day,
both English and Foreign.
Odd parts to complete sets.

LIST OF TOKENS ISSUED BY WILTSHIRE TRADESMEN,

in the Seventeenth Century, By J. Y. AKERMAN. 8vo, plates, sewed.

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LECTURES ON THE COINAGE OF THE GREEKS AND
ROMANS, Delivered in the University of Oxford. By EDWARD CARDWELL, D.D.,
Principal of St. Alban's Hall, and Professor of Ancient History. 8vo, cloth.
(original price 8s. 6d.)

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A very interesting historical volume, and written in a pleasing and popular manner. N OLLA PODRIDA, or Scraps Numismatic, Antiquarian, and Literary. By RICHARD SAINTHILL, Esq., of Cork. Royal 8vo, many plates and portraits, a handsome volume, PRIVATELY PRINTED, cloth. £1. 11s. 6d.

Containing Letters on the coinage of 1816; Memoir of Thomas Wyon, jun.; on the Coronation and Guildhall Medals; Russian Medals; Coins found at Beaworth; Short and Long-Cross Pennies of Henry VII; Dublin Groats; Three Crowns, the ancient Arms of

Ireland; Coins of the Mint of Exeter; Coins of Henry III; Saxon and Anglo-Norman Coins; attempt to locate Coins unappropriated by Ruding; and other papers on Coins and Topographical and Genealogical subjects.

OBSERVATIONS ON A UNIQUE CUFIC GOLD COIN of the

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Fatimite Dynasty. By L. LOEWE. 8vo, engraving, sewed. 1s.

TAND-BOOK OF ENGLISH COINS, from the Conquest to Victoria. By L. JEWITT. 12mo, 11 plates, cloth. 1s.

HISTORY OF THE COINS OF CUNOBELINE and of the ANCIENT

BRITONS. By the Rev. BEALE POSTE. 8vo, with numerous plates and woodcuts, cloth. In the Press.

Topography.

JOURNEY TO BERESFORD HALL, IN DERBYSHIRE,

the Seat of CHARLES COTTON, Esq., the celebrated Author and Angler. By W. ALEXANDER, F.S.A., F.L.S., late Keeper of the Prints in the British Museum, Crown 4to, printed on tinted paper, with a spirited frontispiece, representing Walton and his adopted Son Cotton in the Fishing-house, and vignette title page, cloth. 5s.

Dedicated to the Anglers of Great Britain and the various Walton and Cotton Clubs; only 100 printed.

GRAPHIC AND HISTORICAL SKETCH of the Antiquities of Totnes, Devon. By W. COTTON, F.S.A. Small 4to, fine woodcuts, cloth.

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AMBRIDGE.-Historia Collegii Jesu Cantabrigiensis à J. SHERMANNO, olim præs. ejusdem Collegii. Edita J. O. HALLIWELL. 8vo, cloth. 2s.

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ISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES of the County of Hereford. By the Rev. JOHN DUNCUMB. 2 vols, 4to, portraits and plates, bds. £1. 4s. (original HELPS TO HEREFORD HISTORY, Civil and Legendary, in an Ancient Account of the Ancient-Cordwainers' Company of the City, the Mordiford Dragon, and other Subjects, By J. D. DEVLIN. 12mo, cloth (a curious volume). 3s. 6d. "A series of very clever papers."-Spectator.

"A little work full of Antiquarian information, presented in a pleasing and popular form."-Nonconformist.

HISTORY OF PORTSMOUTH, PORTSEA, LANDPORT,

SOUTHSEA, and GOSPORT. By HENRY SLIGHT, Esq. 8vo, Third Edition,

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NOTES ON THE CHURCHES in the Counties of KENT, SUSSEX, and

SURREY, mentioned in Domesday Book, and those of more recent date, with some Account of the Sepulchral Memorials and other Antiquities. By the Rev. ARTHUR HUSSEY. Thick 8vo, FINE PLATES, cloth. 18s.

KENTISH CUSTOMS.-Consuetudines Kancise. A History of GAVELKIND,

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HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF RICHBOROUGH,

RECULVER, AND LYMNE, in Kent. By C. R. ROACH SMITH, Esq., F.S.A., Small 4to, with many engravings on wood and copper, by F. W. FAIRHOLT, cloth. £1. ls. "No antiquarian volume could display a trio of names more zealous, successful, and intelligent, on the subject of Romano-British remains, than the three

here represented-Roach Smith, the ardent explorer; Fairholt, the excellent illustrator; and Rolfe, the indefatigable collector."-Literary Gazette.

HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF DARTFORD, in Kent with incidental Notices of Places in its Neighbourhood. By J. DUNKIN, Author of the "History of the Hundreds of Bullington and Ploughley, in Oxfordshire;" "History of Bicester;" "History of Bromley," &c. 8vo, 17 plates, cloth. Only 150 printed.

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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF GRAVESEND, in Kent, and of the Port of London. By R. P. CRUDEN, late Mayor of Gravesend. Royal 8vo, 37 fine plates and woodcuts, a very handsome volume, cloth. 10s. (original price £1. 8s.) ́

ACCOUNT OF THE ROMAN AND OTHER ANTIQUITIES discovered at Springhead, near Gravesend, Kent. By A. J. DUNKIN. 8vo, plates,

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HISTORY OF ROMNEY MARSH, in Kent, from the time of the Romans

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serious errors throughout. It may be considered as an indispensable companion to his volume, containing a great deal of extra information of a very curious kind."-Art-Union.

FOLKESTONE FIERY SERPENT, together with the Humours of the

DOVOR MAYOR; being an Ancient Ballad, full of Mystery and pleasant Conceit, now first collected and printed from the various MS. copies in possession of the inhabitants of the South-east coast of Kent; with Notes. 12mo. 1s.

HAND-BOOK OF LEICESTER. By JAMES THOMPSON.

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HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ISLE OF AXHOLME,

in Lincolnshire. By the Venerable ARCHDEACON STONEHOUSE. Thick 4to, FINE PLATES 18s. (original price £3. 38.)

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HI [ISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF GAINSBOROUGH, in Lincolnshire. By ADAM STARK. Thick 8vo, SECOND EDITION, GREATLY ENLARGED, cloth. 9s. (original price £1. 1s.)—LARGE PAPER, royal 8vo, cloth. 14s.

HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE TOWN OF LAN

CASTER. Compiled from Authentic Sources. By the Rev. ROBERT SIMPSON. 8vo, cloth. 88.

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EMORIALS OF THE VICARAGE HOUSE AND GARDEN OF ALL SAINTS, King's-Lynn; with a List of the Vicars, and a quantity of other useful information. By J. N. CHADWICK. 8vo, four engravings, sewed. 2s. 6d.

DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE RUINS OF LIVEDEN,

near Oundle, Northamptonshire; with Historical Notices of the Family of Tresham, and its connection with the Gunpowder Plot. By THOMAS BELL Four plates and Tresham Pedigree. 4to. 6s.

REPRINTS OF RARE TRACTS, and Imprints of Ancient Manuscripts, &c.,

chiefly illustrative of the History and Biography of the Northern Counties. BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED on thick paper, with facsimile titles, initial letters in colours, &c., FORMING 7 VOLS., post 8vo, COMPLETE, with general titles and contents, bds. £5. 5s. (original price £7. 78.)

This Collection comprises no less than 62 Tracts of the most interesting kind, edited by M. A. Richardson, assisted by several antiquaries in the northern counties. Only 100 copies of the Collection were printed, which are all sold by the printer.

RIVER TYNE.-Plea and Defence of the Mayor and Burgesses of Newcastle

against the Malevolent accusations of Gardiner, (author of "England's Grievance on the Coal Trade,") 1653; with Appendix of Unpublished Documents respecting the River Tyne. By M. A. RICHARDSON. 8vo, (only 150 printed.) 2s.

TOPOGRAPHICAL MEMORANDUMS for the County of Oxford. By

Sir GREGORY PAGE TURNER, Bart. 8vo, bds. 2s.

NOTICES OF THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF

ISLIP, Oxon. By J. O. HALLIWELL. 8vo, (only 50 printed,) sewed. 1s.

HISTORY OF BANBURY, in Oxfordshire; including Copious Historical and

Antiquarian Notices of the Neighbourhood. By ALFRED BEESLEY. Thick 8vo, 684 closely printed pages, with 60 woodcuts, engraved in the first style of art, by O. Jewett, of Oxford. 14s. (original price £1. 5s.)

"The neighbourhood of Banbury is equally rich in British, Roman, Saxon, Norman, and English Antiquities, of all which Mr. Beesley has given regularly cleared accounts. Banbury holds an important place in the history of the Parliamentary War of the Seventeenth Century, and was the scene of the great Battle of Edgehill, and of the important fight of Cropredy Bridge. Relating to the events of that period, the

author has collected a great body of local information of the most interesting kind. By no means the least valuable part of Mr. Beesley's work, is his account of the numerous interesting early churches, which characterize the Banbury district.". -The Archaologist.

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HISTORY OF WITNEY, with Notices of the Neighbouring Parishes and

Hamlets in Oxfordshire. By the Rev. Dr. GILES, formerly Fellow of C. C., Oxford. 8vo, plates, cloth, (only 150 printed.) 6s.

HISTORY OF THE PARISH AND TOWN OF BAMPTON,

in Oxfordshire, with the District and Hamlets belonging to it. By the Rev. Dr. GILES. 8vo, plates, SECOND EDITION, cloth. 7s. 6d.

FAUCONBERGE MEMORIAL.-An Account of Henry Fauconberge, LL.D.,

of Beccles, in Suffolk, and of the endowment provided by his will to encourage Learning and the Instruction of Youth; with Notes and Incidental Biographical Sketches. By S. W. RIX. Pot 4to, very nicely got up, with 30 engravings of Old Houses, Seals, Autographs, Arms, &c., bds. 5s.-LARGE PAPER, 7s. 6d. (VERY FEW COPIES PRINTED.), Contents.-Fauconberges of Olden Time. II. Fauconberge of Beccles. III. Fauconberge Endowment. IV. Fauconberge and Leman. V. Appendix, Pedigrees,

Memoir of Robert Sparrow, Esq. Memoir of Dr. Joseph Arnold (by Dawson Turner, of Yarmouth), Particulars of the Fauconberge Trust Estate, &c. &c.

SUSSEX ARCHEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS, illustrating the His

tory and Antiquities of the County, published by the Sussex Archæological Society. Svo, plates and woodcuts, cloth. Vol. I, 10s.; Vol. II, 15s.; Vol. III, 10s.; Vol, IV, 14s.; Vol. V, 14s.

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SUSSEX GARLAND; a Collection of Ballads, Sonnets, Tales, Elegies, Songs,

Epitaphs, &c., illustrative of the County of Sussex, with Notices, Historical, Biographical and Descriptive. By JAMES TAYLOR. Post 8vo, Engravings, cloth. 12s.

SUSSEX MARTYRS: their Examinations and Cruel Burnings in the time of

Queen Mary; comprising the interesting Personal Narrative of Richard Woodman, extracted from "Foxe's Monuments;" with Notes. By M. A. Lower, M.A. 12mo, sewed. 1s.

CHURCHES OF SUSSEX, drawn by R. H. NIBBS, with Descriptions.

84 plates, 4to, a handsome volume, cloth. £2, 2s.

HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ANCIENT PORT

AND TOWN OF RYE, in Sussex, compiled from Original Documents. By WILLIAM HOLLOWAY, Esq. Thick 8vo, (ONLY 200 PRINTED,) cloth. £1. 1s.

HISTORY OF WINCHELSEA, in Sussex. By W. DURRANT COOPER, F.S.A.

fine plates and woodcuts, 7s. 6d.

CHRONICLE OF BATTEL ABBEY, in Sussex; originally compiled in

Latin by a Monk of the Establishment, and now first translated, with Notes, and an Abstract of the subsequent History of the Abbey. By MARK ANTONY LOWER, M.A. 8vo, with illustrations, cloth. 98.

"It will be found to contain a real and living pic ture of the manners and customs, the modes of thought and speech prevalent in the times of which it is the record. Mr. Lower has well discharged his office of translator and editor."-Guardian.

"In no respect less interesting than Jocelin de Brakelond's famous Chronicle of Bury St Edmund's Abbey."-Lit. Gaz.

"Mr. Lower has added to the completeness of the book by a summary sketch of the History of the Abbey, and its succession of Abbots from the time when the Chronicle terminates to the period of the dissolution. Various intelligent notes, as well as the general style of the translation, are highly creditable to his care and skill as editor.Gentleman's Magazine.

DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE ORIGINAL CHAR

TERS, GRANTS, DONATIONS, &c., constituting the Muniments of Battel Abbey, also the Papers of the Montagus, Sidneys, and Websters, embodying many highly interesting and valuable Records of Lands in Sussex, Kent, and Essex, with Preliminary Memoranda of the Abbey of Battel, and Historical Particulars of the Abbots. 8vo, 234 PAGES, cloth, ONLY 1s. 6d.

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AND-BOOK TO LEWES, in Sussex, Historical and Descriptive; with Notices of the Recent Discoveries at the Priory. By MARK ANTONY LOWER. 12mo, many engravings, cloth. Įs. 6d.

CHRONICLES OF PEVENSEY, in Sussex. By M. A. LOWER, 12mą,

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URSTMONCEUX CASTLE AND ITS LORDS. By the Rev. E. VENABLES. (Reprinted foom Vol. IV of the Sussex Archeological Collections.) Svo, many engravings, sewed, 3s.; cloth 4s.

NOTES ON THE ANTIQUITIES OF TREVES, MAYENCE,

WEISBADEN, NEIDERBIEBER, BONN, and COLOGNE. BY CHARLES ROACH SMITH, F.S.A. (Reprinted from Vol. II of the "Collectanea Antiqua.") 8vo, with many engravings. 7s. 6d.

ANNALS AND LEGENDS OF CALAIS; with Sketches of Emigré

Notabilities, and Memoir of Lady Hamilton. By ROBERT BELL CALTON, author of "Rambles in Sweden and Gottland," &c. &c. Post 8vo, with frontispiece and vignette, cloth.

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Principal Contents:-History of the Siege by Edward III. in 1346-7, with a Roll of the Commanders and their Followers present, from a contemporary MS. in the British Museum; The Allotment of Lands and Houses to Edward's Barons; Calais as an English Borough; List of the Streets and Householders of the same; Henry VIIIth's Court there; Cardinal Wolsey and his Expenses; the English Pale, with the Names of Roads, Farmsteads, and Villages in the English Era; the Siege of Therouenne and Tournai; the Pier of Calais; Pros and Cons of the Place; the Hôtel Dessin; Sternc's Chamber; Churches of Notre Dame and St. Nicholas; the Hôtel de Ville; Ancient Staple Hall, The Château and Murder of the Duke of Glou

cester; the Courgain; the Field of the Cloth of Gold;
Notice of the Town and Castle of Guisnes, and its sur-
prise by John de Lancaster; the town and Seigneurie
of Ardres; the Sands and Duelling; Villages and
Château of Sangatte, Coulonge, Mark, Eschalles and
Hammes; Review of the English Occupation of Calais;
its Re-capture by the Duke de Guise; the lower Town
and its Lace Trade; our Commercial Relations with
France; Emigré Notabilities; Charles and Harry
Tufton, Capt. Dormer and Edith Jacquemont, Beau
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tleroy, "Nimrod," Berkeley Craven, Mytton, Duchess
of Kingston; a new Memoir of Lady Hamilton, &c.
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John Russell Smith, 36, Soho Square, London.

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MONT SAINT-MICHEL.-Histoire et Description de Mont St. Michel en

Normandie, texte, par Hericher, dessins par Bouet publiés par Bourdon. Folio, 150 pp., and 13 beautiful plates, executed in tinted lithography, leather back, uncut. £2. 2s. A handsome volume, interesting to the Architect and Archæologist.

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ENOA; with Remarks on the Climate, and its Influence upon Invalids, By HENRY JONES BUNNETT, M.D. 12mo, clath. 48.

Heraldry, Genealogy, and Surnames. CURIOSITIES OF HERALDRY, with Illustrations from Old English

Writers. By MARK ANTONY LOWER, M.A., Author of "Essays on English Surnames;" with illuminated Title-page, and numerous engravings from designs by the Author. 8vo, cloth. 14s,

"The present volume is truly a worthy sequel (to the 'SURNAMES') in the same curious and antiquarian line, blending with remarkable facts and intelligence, such a fund of amusing anecdote and illustration, that the reader is almost surprised to find that he has learned so much, whilst he appeared to be pursuing mere entertainment. The text is so pleasing that we scarcely dream of its sterling value; and it seems as if, in unison with the woodcuts, which so cleverly explain its points and adorn its various topics, the whole design were intended for a relaxation from study, rather

than an ample exposition of an extraordinary and universal custom, which produced the most important effect upon the minds and habits of mankind.". Literary Gazette.

"Mr. Lower's work is both curious and instructive, while the manner of its treatment is so inviting and popular, that the subject to which it refers, which many have hitherto had too good reason to consider meagre and unprofitable, assumes, under the hands of the writer, the novelty of fiction with the importance of historical truth."-Athenæum.

PEDIGREES OF THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY OF HERT

FORDSHIRE. By WILLIAM BERRY, late, and for fifteen years, Registering Clerk in the College of Arms, author of the "Encyclopædia Heraldica," &c. &c. Folio, (only 125 printed.) £1. 5s. (original price £3. 10s)

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ENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE EXTINCT AND DORMANT BARONETCIES of England, Ireland, and Scotland. By J, BURKE, Esq. Medium 8vo, SECOND EDITION, 638 closely printed pages, in double columns, with about 1000 arms engraved on wood, fine portrait of JAMES I, and illuminated title-page, cloth. 10s. (original price £1. 8s.)

This work engaged the attention of the author for several years, comprises nearly a thousand families, many of them amongst the most ancient and eminent in the kingdom, each carried down to its represent

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ative or representatives still existing, with elaborate and minute details of the alliances, achievements, and fortunes; generation after generation, from the earliest to the latest period.

SURNAMES. An Essay on Family Nomenclature, Historical, Etymological, and Humorous; with several illustrative Appendices. By MARK ANTONY LOWER, M.A. 2 vols., post 8vo, THIRD EDITION, ENLARGED, woodcuts, cloth. 12s.

This new and much improved Edition, besides a great enlargement of the Chapters, contained in the previous editions, comprises several that are entirely new, together with Notes on Scottish, Irish, and Norman Surnames. The "Additional Prolusions," besides the articles on Rebuses, Allusive Arms, and the Roll of Battel Abbey, contain dissertations on Inn signs, and Remarks on Christian Names; with a copious INDEX of many thousand Names. These features render "English Surnames" rather a new work than a new edition.

"A curious, ingenious, and amusing book, Mr. Lower brings considerable knowledge to bear, both in his general history of the use of Surnames in England,

and in his chapters on the different ways in which particular classes of names have originated from names of places. occupations, dignities, offices, personal and mental qualities, &c."-Spectator.

"Mr. Lower has gone to work in the true spirit of antiquarian discovery, and a most amusing and instructive book he has produced.”—Brighton Herald.

"A curious work, and got up, moreover, with that commendable attention to paper and typography which is certain to make a book tak the eye.'. Mr. Lower has been at a great feast of languages, and has stolen more than the 'scraps.' He both instructs and entertains."-John Bull.

INDEX TO THE PEDIGREES AND ARMS contained in the Heralds*

Visitations and other Genealogical Manuscripts in the British Museum.

R. SIMS, of the Manuscript Department. 8vo, An indispensable work to those engaged in Genealogical and Topographical pursuits, affording a ready clue to the Pedigrees and Arms of nearly 40,000 of the Gentry of England, their Residences, &c. (distinguishing the different families of the same name in any county), as recorded by the Heralds in their Visitations between the years 1528 to 1686.

"This work will be very acceptable to all who have occasion to examine the MSS. alluded to, whether for

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closely printed in double columns, cloth. 15s, study, amusement, or professionally; those who have experienced the toilsome labour of searching, with the help only of the existing very imperfect Catalogues, can appreciate the perseverance and accurate examination necessary to produce such an Index as that just published by Mr. Sims; it will be an indispen sable companion to the Library table of all students in genealogical pursuits, and those engaged in the History of Landed Property." Journal of Archao, logical Institute for September, 1849.

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