The Camden Society has, after a long silence, just issued a volume, _The
Camden Miscellany, Volume the Second_, which from the variety and interest
of its contents, cannot but be acceptable to all the members. These
contents are, I. _Account of the Expenses of John of Brabant, and Henry and
Thomas of Lancaster, 1292-93._--II. _Household Account of the Princess
Elizabeth, 1551-52._--III. _The Bequeste and Suite of a True-hearted
Englishman, written by William Cholmeley, 1553._--IV. _Discovery of the
Jesuits' College at Clerkenwell in March, 1627-28._--V. _Trelawny
Papers._--VI. _Autobiography of William Taswell, D. D._ This, which is the
first book for the year 1852-53, will be immediately followed by a volume
of _Verney Papers_, editing by Mr. Bruce; and this probably by _The
Domesday of St. Paul's_, editing by Archdeacon Hale, or _The Correspondence
of Lady Brilliana Harley_, editing by the Rev. T. T. Lewis. Early in the
ensuing Camden year, which commences on the 1st of May, two volumes of
considerable interest may be looked for, namely, _The Roll of the Household
Expenses of Richard Swinfield, Bishop of Hereford, in the years 1289-90,
with illustrations from other and coeval Documents_ by the Rev. John Webb;
and _Regulæ Inclusarum, The Ancren Rewle, A Treatise on the Rules and
Duties of Monastic Life, addressed to a Society of Anchorites by Simon of
Ghent_, a work valuable for philology, for it is written in the semi-Saxon
dialect of the thirteenth century, and curious for its illustration of
ancient manners. It will be accompanied by a translation by the Rev. James
Morton, the editor.
_The Architectural, Archæological, and Historic Society for the County,
City, and Neighbourhood of Chester_, has just published the Second Part of
its Journal, in which objects of local interest are made available for much
instructive information; and to accomplish which the conductors have, and
as we think wisely, preferred a great number of apt illustrations, executed
without any pretence to artistic skill, to a _few_ expensive and
highly-finished engravings.
Our Dutch neighbours seem to enjoy as much as ourselves the humour of
Charles Dickens. Not only is _Bleak House_ regularly translated as it
appears, but in a bookseller's circular which has just reached us, we see
announced translations of the _Sketches by Boz_, and of a _Selection from
Household Words_.
There is much tact required in writing for children, and no small share of
this is exhibited in a _History of France for Children_, which Viscount
Cranborne has just compiled for the use of his nieces. The principal events
are brought forward in succession, and related in a plain, unaffected
style, well calculated for youthful readers.
BOOKS RECEIVED.--_Joan of Arc, by Lord Mahon_, the new number of Murray's
_Railway Library_, is a reprint, from the noble author's _Historical
Essays_, of his careful summary of Joan's extraordinary
history.--_Cyclopædia Bibliographica, a Library Manual of Theological and
General Literature_, the fifth part of Mr. Darling's most useful guide for
authors, preachers, students, and literary men.--_Synodalia, a Journal of
Convocation_, Nos. 1. to 4.; four parts of a monthly periodical, instituted
not so much for the purpose of securing immediately synodical action in the
Church, as with the view of preparing the public mind for its
reception.--_Ferdinand I. and Maximilian II. of Austria, or a view of the
Religion and Political State of Germany after the Reformation._ An able and
instructive essay by Professor Von Ranke, well translated for _Longman's
Traveller's Library_ by Sir A. and Lady Duff Gordon.--_Kidd's Own Journal
for January, 1853_. The new number of a journal which deserves the notice
of all lovers of natural history and keepers of pets.--_Remains of Pagan
Saxondom, principally from Tumuli in England_, by J. Y. Akerman; Part III.,
containing _Beads, Crystal Ball, and Bulla_ from Breach Down, and _Glass
Vase_ from Cuddesden, drawn of their original size and coloured.
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