surplus copies of Works from the Library of Harvard University." Some of the more startling prices obtained are added to a few titles in the order in which they appear. "Cartesii Principia Philosophiae. 4to. 1672, Elzevir Edition." 60 cents. "The Bible in the Indian Language. Eliot's Translation." $1.10. "Sir Walter Raleigh's Historie of the World. fol. 1614." $1.80. "The Bishops Bible, fol., Black-Letter, wants the title-page and some leaves at the end." $1.70. "The Protestant religion maintained and the churches of New England defended against the calumnies of one George Keith, a Quaker. By the Ministry of Boston. 24mo. 1690." 15 cents. It will be remembered that five copies of this defence against Keith were offered in the catalogue of ten years later for the sum of twenty-five cents each. "New England's Duty and Interest; an election sermon May 25, 1698. By Nich. Noyes, Minister of Salem.” 15 cents. "Dissenting Gentleman's Letters to Mr. White. 12mo. Boston, 1768." 20 cents. 66 "Second Volume of Hakluyt's Voyages. fol. Black-Letter." $1.00. Cluverii Introductio in Universam Geographiam. 12mo. 1651, printed by Elzevir." 10 cents. The present worth of these books I need not state in this presence. By the following extract from his will, we are reminded of the narrow escape of these catalogues containing Dr. Bentley's notes. His bequest to this Society of all my German books, New England printed books, manuscripts not of my own hand and cabinet with all it contains and all my paintings and engravings," was followed by a recommendation "to my nephew to destroy all the writings of every name in my own hand and to accept what remains for his services, and I constitute W. B. Fowle Sole Executor." We may well be grateful to the sole executor, a worthy member of this Society until his death in 1865, who not only failed to carry out his uncle's recommendations, but bequeathed to us what he had retained of this singularly valuable collection. 66 It would be interesting to know what prices were attached to that first English catalogue, printed in 1595, by John Wendel for Andrew Maunsell of London. In his quaint dedication he says "I have thought good in my poor estate to undertake this most tiresome businesse, hoping the Lord will send a blessing upon my labours taken in my vocation: thinking it as necessarie for the bookseller (considering the number and value of them) to have a catalogue of our English bookes, as the Apothecarie his dispensatorium or the Schoolmaster his dictionary." In closing, two paragraphs are quoted from the pen of Hon. John Davis in his report for the Council April 30, 1851, as they may indicate, to a certain extent, the steady but, possibly, too quiet and contented spirit which pervades our beloved Society to-day. Governor Davis said: "Its affairs have at all times been quietly, nay, almost silently conducted. No temporary expedients, no artificial stimulants have been employed to give it a factitious importance. Nor has prosperity been sought through any means except that voluntary support which is yielded from a conviction that we are engaged in a meritorious work deserving encouragement." Respectfully submitted, EDMUND M. BARTON, Librarian. Donors and Donations. FROM MEMBERS. ALDRICH, Hon. P. EMORY, Worcester.-His " Equity Pleadings and Practice in the Courts of Massachusetts"; and his "Sketch of the Professional and Judicial Character of Chief Justice Shaw." BARTON, Mr. EDMUND M., Worcester. Ten pamphlets; and one hundred photographs. BELL, Hon. CHARLES H., Exeter, N. H.-His Memorial of John Taylor Gilman, M.D. BREVOORT, Hon. JAMES CARSON, Brooklyn, N. Y.-One hundred and three volumes, of great rarity and value, relating to Japan. BRINTON, DANIEL G., M.D., Philadelphia, Pa.—Four of his pamphlets relating to the American languages. BROCK, ROBERT A., Esq., Richmond, Va.-His "Early Iron Manufacture in Virginia, 1619-1776.” CHANDLER, GEORGE, M.D., Worcester.-Three pamphlets; and a file of the Deseret News, Salt Lake City. CHASE, CHARLES A., Esq., Worcester.-A cabinet photograph of himself. DAVIS, ANDREW MCF., Esq., Cambridge.-One pamphlet. DAVIS, Hon. EDWARD L., Worcester.-Twelve books, chiefly historical; forty-three pamphlets; and a photograph of Hunt's portrait of Chief Justice Shaw. DAVIS, HON. HORACE, San Francisco, Cal.-Three lithographs. DEANE, CHARLES, LL.D., Cambridge.-His Memoir of the Hon. Richard Frothingham, LL.D.; and thirteen numbers of the Society's Proceedings. DEVENS, Hon. CHARLES, Worcester.-His Two Addresses Commemorative of General Grant. DEXTER, Prof. FRANKLIN B., New Haven, Conn. His "Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History, October, 1701-May, 1745"; The Hundredth Anniversary of the City of New Haven, containing his "New Haven in 1784"; and his "History of Connecticut as Illustrated by the Names of her Towns." EDES, Mr. HENRY H., Charlestown.-Services at the Dedication of a Mural Monument to James Walker, D.D., in the Harvard Church, Charlestown, Mass., containing Mr. Edes's remarks; and one pamphlet. ELLIS, Rev. GEORGE E., D.D., Boston.-His Memoir of Nathaniel Thayer, A.M. FISCHER, Prof. HEINRICH, Freiburg, Baden. His "Ueber die NephritIndustrie der Maoris in Neuseeland." GREENE, J. EVARTS, Esq., Worcester. - Four colored photographs of Corean celebrities. GREEN, Hon. SAMUEL A., Boston.-His Groton Historical Series, No. VIII.; his remarks on the early appearance of Northern Lights in New England; Groton Public Library Catalogue of 1885, with an introduction by Dr. Green; Suffolk Deeds, Liber III.; Harvard Quinquennial, 1885; seven books; and fifty-six pamphlets. GREEN, Mr. SAMUEL S., Worcester.- His "Public Libraries and Schools"; and his report as Librarian of the Free Public Library, Worcester, 1885. GUILD, REUBEN A., LL.D., Providence, R. I.-His " Chaplain Smith and the Baptists: or Life, Journals, Letters and Addresses of the Rev. Hezekiah Smith, D.D." 66 HARDEN, WILLIAM, Esq., Savannah, Ga.-His "Suggestion as to the Origin of the Plan of Savannah." HITCHCOCK, EDWARD, M.D., Amherst. - His "Bodily Measurements and Tests of Amherst College Students, August, 1885"; and two pamphlets. HOAR, Hon. GEORGE F., Worcester.-His "Obligations of New England to the County of Kent," three copies; the Congressional Record, forty-nine volumes; Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, in continuation; one hundred and ten books; five hundred and fifty-three pamphlets; one gilt frame; one engraving; and one map. JONES, Hon. CHARLES C., Jr., Augusta, Ga.-Four of his own historical and biographical works. JONES, Hon. HORATIO G., Philadelphia, Pa.-Morgan Edwards's "Materials towards a History of the Baptists in Delaware State." LAMSON, Rev. CHARLES M., D.D., Worcester.-The Christian Examiner, sixty-seven numbers; Congregational Quarterly, fifteen numbers; The Nation, 1869-1881; Literary World, 1879-1883; and the Weekly London Times, for the year 1882. MCMASTER, Prof. JOHN B., Philadelphia, Pa.-His "History of the People of the United States from the Revolution to the Civil War," volume two. MERRIMAN, Rev. DANIEL, D.D., Worcester.-Proceedings of the American Congress of Churches at Hartford, May, 1885; and two historical pamphlets. MOORE, GEORGE H., LL.D., New York.-His "Final Notes on Witchcraft in Massachusetts"; and his "Prytaneum Bostoniense, Notes on the History of the Old State House." NOURSE, Hon. HENRY S.. Lancaster.-Eighty-nine Lancaster town documents; and fourteen selected pamphlets. PAINE, Rev. GEORGE S., Worcester.-A framed photograph of William Paine, M.D.; and colored theatrical broadsides, in continuation. PAINE, NATHANIEL, Esq., Worcester.-His Bibliography of Worcester History; and a Martin Luther medal of 1883. PEET, Rev. STEPHEN D., Clinton, Wis.-His American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal, in continuation. PÉREZ, Sr. ANDRES A., New York.-Three files of Mexican newspapers. PERRY, Rev. WM. STEVENS, D.D., Davenport, Ia.-His "History of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883"; nine miscellaneous books; and the Iowa Churchman, as issued. POOLE, WILLIAM F., LL.D., Chicago, Ill.-His report of 1885 as Librarian of the Chicago Public Library; The Dial, in continuation, containing articles by Dr. Poole; and four pamphlets. PUTNAM, Prof. FREDERICK W., Cambridge.-His "Remarks upon Chipped Stone Implements"; and his "Notice of the Pine Grove or Forest River shell heap." RAU, CHARLES, Ph.D., Washington, D. C.-His "La Stèle de Palenqué." SALISBURY, JAMES H., M.D., New York.-His Prize Essay on Malaria; two hundred and two pamphlets; and a framed photograph of his Cleveland residence. SALISBURY, STEPHEN, Esq., Worcester.-Family Memorials (including the Salisbury Family), a series of genealogical and biographical monographs by Edward Elbridge Salisbury, LL.D., two volumes, folio; Sibley's Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University, vol. three; ninety-eight copies of reprints from the Proceedings; forty books; one hundred and fiftyeight pamphlets; seven newspaper files, in continuation; six manuscripts; and two maps. SMUCKER, Hon. ISAAC, Newark, O.-The Magazine of Western History, and various newspapers containing articles by Mr. Smucker; and six Ohio pamphlets. SARGENT, JOSEPH, M.D., Worcester.-Worcester Directories, 1879-1883, in continuation. STEVENS, HENRY, Esq., London, G. B.-His Historical Nuggets, Vol. 3, Part 1. TRUMBULL, Hon. J. HAMMOND, Hartford, Conn.-Four numbers of the Sunday School Times, containing his articles on "The New England Primer" and on "Catechisms." WASHBURN, Hon. JOHN D., Worcester.-His Memoir of Hon. Stephen Salisbury, LL.D.; six files of insurance periodicals; one book; and thirty-nine pamphlets. WHITTLESEY, Col. CHARLES, Cleveland, Ohio.-His "Personnel of the first Geological Survey of Ohio." WILLIAMS, J. FLETCHER, Esq., Saint Paul, Minn.-Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1885. WINSOR, Mr. JUSTIN, Cambridge.-Harvard University Bulletin, as issued. FROM THOSE NOT MEMBERS. BAILEY, Mr. ISAAC H., Boston.-His Shoe and Leather Reporter, as issued. Their Daily and BATES, HON. THEODORE C., Worcester.-His address upon the tenth anniversary of the opening of the North-Brookfield Railroad, etc. BEERS, Rev. JOHN S., Natick.-Journals of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, for 1880 and 1883. |