at a Meeting of the Sette held at Limmer’s Hotel, on Friday, December
7th, 1890. (pp. 81.) Presented to the Sette by Bro. WILLIAM MANNING.
Edition limited to 205 copies.
=25.= =Scottish Witchcraft Trials.=
By Bro. J. W. BRODIE INNES, Master of the Rolls to the Sette of Odd
Volumes. Read before the Sette at a Meeting held at Limmer’s Hotel,
on Friday, November 7th, 1890. (pp. 66.) Presented to the Sette by
Bro. ALDERMAN TYLER.
Edition limited to 245 copies.
=26.= =Blue and White China.=
By Bro. ALEXANDER T. HOLLINGSWORTH, Artificer to the Sette of Odd
Volumes. Delivered at a Meeting of the Sette held at Limmer’s Hotel,
on Friday, February 6th, 1891. (pp. 70.) Presented to the Sette by
Bro. ALEXANDER T. HOLLINGSWORTH.
Edition limited to 245 copies.
=27.= =Reading a Poem.=
A Forgotten Sketch by WM. M. THACKERAY. Communicated by Bro. CHAS.
PLUMPTRE JOHNSON, Clerke-atte-Lawe to the Sette of Odd Volumes, to
the Sette at Limmer’s Hotel, on Friday, May 1st, 1891. (pp. xi and
66.) Presented to the Sette by Bro. CHAS. PLUMPTRE JOHNSON.
Edition limited to 321 copies.
=28.= =The Ballades of a Blasé Man=,
to which are added some Rondeaux of his Rejuvenescence, laboriously
constructed by the Necromancer to the Sette of Odd Volumes. (pp. 88.)
Presented to the Sette by Bro. EDWARD HERON-ALLEN, in October, 1891.
Edition limited to 99 copies.
=29.= =Automata Old and New.=
By Bro. CONRAD W. COOKE, Mechanick to the Sette of Odd Volumes. Read
before the Sette at a Meeting held at Limmer’s Hotel, on Friday,
November 6th, 1891. (pp. 118.) Presented to the Sette by Bro. CONRAD
W. COOKE.
Edition limited to 255 copies.
=30.= =Ye Magick Mirrour of Old Japan.=
By Bro. SILVANUS P. THOMPSON, D.Sc., F.R.S., Magnetizer to the Sette
of Odd Volumes. Read before the Sette at Limmer’s Hotel, on Friday,
December 2nd, 1892. (pp. 96.)
Edition limited to 97 copies.
[Illustration]
YEAR-BOKES.
=I.= =The Year-Boke of the Odd Volumes: An Annual Record of the
Transactions of the Sette. Eleventh Year, 1888-9.=
Written and compiled by Bro. W. MORT THOMPSON, Historiographer to
the Sette. Issued November 29th, 1890.
=II.= =The Year-Boke of the Odd Volumes: An Annual Record of the
Transactions of the Sette. Twelfth Year, 1889-90.=
=III.= =The Year-Boke of the Odd Volumes: An Annual Record of the
Transactions of the Sette. Thirteenth Year, 1890-1.=
Compiled mainly from the Minute Book of the Sette, and imprynted for
private circulation only.
Edition limited to 133 copies.
=IV.= =The Year-Boke of the Odd Volumes, 1891-2.=
_In the Press._
[Illustration]
FOLIA.
ORIGINATED BY BROTHER HOLME, _Pilgrim_, WHO PRESENTED EACH BROTHER WITH
A SPECIAL PORTFOLIO.
=1.= =The Victualling Crew.= Presented by Bro. HENRY MOORE, A.R.A.,
_Ancient Mariner_.
=2.= =Proud Maisie=, from a drawing by Frederick Sandys. Presented by
Bro. TODHUNTER, _Playwright_.
=3.= =A Rainy Day in Hakone, Japan.= Presented by Bro. ALFRED EAST,
_Landscape Painter_.
=4.= =The Shelley Memorial.= Photogravure from the original Statue.
Presented by E. ONSLOW FORD, A.R.A., _Sculptor_.
[Illustration]
MISCELLANIES.
=1.= =Inaugural Address=
of His Oddship, W. M. THOMPSON, Fourth President of the Sette of Odd
Volumes, delivered at the Freemasons’ Tavern, Great Queen Street, on
his taking office on April 13th, &c. (pp. 31.) Printed by order of Ye
Sette, and issued on May the 4th, 1883.
Edition limited to 250 copies.
=2.= =Codex Chiromantiae.=
_Appendix A._ Dactylomancy, or Finger-ring Magic, Ancient, Mediæval,
and Modern. (pp. 34.) Presented on October the 12th, 1883, by Bro.
ED. HERON-ALLEN.
Edition limited to 133 copies.
=3.= =A President’s Persiflage.=
Spoken by His Oddship W. M. THOMPSON, Fourth President of the Sette
of Odd Volumes, at the Freemasons’ Tavern, Great Queen Street, at the
Fifty-eighth Meeting of the Sette, on December 7th, 1883. (pp. 15.)
Edition limited to 250 copies.
=4.= =Inaugural Address=
of His Oddship EDWARD F. WYMAN, Fifth President of the Sette of Odd
Volumes, delivered at the Freemasons’ Tavern, Great Queen Street, on
his taking office, on April 4th, 1884, &c. (pp. 56.) Presented to the
Sette by His Oddship EDWARD F. WYMAN.
Edition limited to 133 copies.
=5.= =Musical London a Century Ago.=
Compiled from the Raw Material, by Brother BURNHAM W. HORNER,
F.R.S.L., F.R. Hist. S., Organist of the Sette of Odd Volumes,
delivered at the Freemasons’ Tavern, Great Queen Street, on June 6th,
1884. (pp. 32.) Presented to the Sette by His Oddship EDWARD F. WYMAN.
Edition limited to 133 copies.
=6.= =The Unfinished Renaissance=;
Or, Fifty Years of English Art. By Bro. GEORGE C. HAITÉ, Author of
“Plant Studies,” &c. Delivered at the Freemasons’ Tavern, Friday,
July 11th, 1884. (pp. 40.) Presented to the Sette by His Oddship
EDWARD F. WYMAN.
Edition limited to 133 copies.
=7.= =The Pre-Shakespearian Drama.=
By Bro. FRANK IRESON. Delivered at the Freemasons’ Tavern, Friday,
January 2nd, 1885. (pp. 34.) Presented to the Sette by His Oddship
EDWARD F. WYMAN.
Edition limited to 133 copies.
=8.= =Inaugural Address=
of His Oddship, Brother JAMES ROBERTS BROWN, Sixth President of the
Sette of Odd Volumes, delivered at the Freemasons’ Tavern, Great
Queen Street, on his taking office, on April 17th, 1885, &c. (pp.
56.) Presented to the Sette by His Oddship JAMES ROBERTS BROWN.
Edition limited to 133 copies.
=9.= =Catalogue of Works of Art=
Exhibited at the Freemasons’ Tavern, Great Queen Street, on Friday,
July 11th, 1884. Lent by Members of the Sette of Odd Volumes.
Presented to the Sette by His Oddship EDWARD F. WYMAN.
Edition limited to 255 copies.
=10.= =Catalogue of Manuscripts and Early-Printed Books=
Exhibited and Described by Bro. B. QUARITCH, the Librarian of the
Sette of Odd Volumes, at the Freemasons’ Tavern, Great Queen Street,
June 5th, 1885. Presented to the Sette by His Oddship JAMES ROBERTS
BROWN.
Edition limited to 255 copies.
=11.= =Catalogue of Old Organ Music=
Exhibited by Bro. BURNHAM W. HORNER, F.R.S.L., F.R.Hist.S., Organist
of the Sette of Odd Volumes, at the Freemasons’ Tavern, Great Queen
Street, on Friday, February 5th, 1886. Presented to the Sette by His
Oddship JAMES ROBERTS BROWN.
Edition limited to 133 copies.
=12.= =Inaugural Address=
of His Oddship Bro. GEORGE CLULOW, Seventh President of the Sette of
Odd Volumes, delivered at the Freemasons’ Tavern, Great Queen Street,
on his taking office, on April 2nd, 1886, &c. (pp. 64.) Presented to
the Sette by His Oddship GEORGE CLULOW.
Edition limited to 133 copies.
=13.= =A Few Notes about Arabs.=
By Bro. CHARLES HOLME, Pilgrim of the Sette of Odd Volumes. Read at a
Meeting of the “Sette” at Willis’s Rooms, on Friday, May 7th, 1886.
(pp. 46.) Presented to the Sette of Odd Volumes by Bro. CHAS. HOLME.
Edition limited to 133 copies.
=14.= =Account of the Great Learned Societies and Associations, and
of the Chief Printing Clubs of Great Britain and Ireland=
Delivered by Bro. BERNARD QUARITCH, Librarian of the Sette of Odd
Volumes, at Willis’s Rooms on Tuesday, June 8th, 1886. (pp. 66.)
Presented to the Sette by His Oddship GEORGE CLULOW.
Edition limited to 255 copies.
=15.= =Report of a Conversazione=
Given at Willis’s Rooms, King Street, St. James’s, on Tuesday, June
8th, 1886, by his Oddship Bro. GEORGE CLULOW, _President_; with a
summary of an Address on “LEARNED SOCIETIES AND PRINTING CLUBS,”
then delivered by Bro. BERNARD QUARITCH, _Librarian_. By Bro. W. M.
THOMPSON, _Historiographer_. Presented to the Sette by His Oddship
GEORGE CLULOW.
Edition limited to 255 copies.
=16.= =Codex Chiromantiae.=
_Appendix B._--A DISCOURSE CONCERNING AUTOGRAPHS AND THEIR
SIGNIFICATIONS. Spoken in valediction at Willis’s Rooms, on October
the 8th, 1886, by Bro. EDWARD HERON-ALLEN. (pp. 45.) Presented to the
Sette by His Oddship GEORGE CLULOW.
Edition limited to 133 copies.
=17.= =Inaugural Address=
of His Oddship ALFRED J. DAVIES, Eighth President of the Sette of Odd
Volumes, delivered at Willis’s Rooms, on his taking office on April
4th, 1887. (pp. 64.) Presented to the Sette by His Oddship ALFRED J.
DAVIES.
Edition limited to 133 copies.
=18.= =Inaugural Address=
of His Oddship Bro. T. C. VENABLES, Ninth President of the Sette of
Odd Volumes, delivered at Willis’s Rooms, on his taking office on
April 6th, 1888. (pp. 54.) Presented to the Sette by His Oddship T.
C. VENABLES.
Edition limited to 133 copies.
=19.= =Ye Papyrus Roll-Scroll of Ye Sette of Odd Volumes.=
By Bro. J. BRODIE-INNES, Master of the Rolls to the Sette of Odd
Volumes, delivered at Willis’s Rooms, May 4th, 1888. (pp. 39.)
Presented to the Sette by His Oddship T. C. VENABLES.
Edition limited to 133 copies.
=20.= =Inaugural Address=
of His Oddship Bro. H. J. GORDON ROSS, Tenth President of the Sette
of Odd Volumes, delivered at Willis’s Rooms, King Street, St. James’s
Square, on his taking office, April 5th, 1889.
Edition limited to 255 copies.
[Illustration]
WORKS DEDICATED TO THE SETTE.
=The Ancestry of the Violin.=
London, 1882. EDWARD HERON-ALLEN.
=An Odd Volume for Smokers.=
London, 1889. WALTER HAMILTON.
=The Blue Friars.=
London, 1889. W. H. K. WRIGHT.
=Quatrains.=
London, 1892. W. WILSEY MARTIN.
[Illustration]
Ye Sette of Odd Volumes.
Original 1878. BERNARD QUARITCH, _Librarian_, 15, Piccadilly,
Member. W. (President, 1878, 1879, and
1882).
Original 1878. EDWARD RENTON, _Herald_ (Vice-President,
Member. 1880; Secretary, 1882).
Original 1878. W. MORT THOMPSON, _Historiographer_, 16,
Member. Carlyle Square, Chelsea, S.W. (Vice-President,
1882; President, 1883).
Original 1878. CHARLES W. H. WYMAN, _Typographer_, 103,
Member. King Henry’s Road, Primrose Hill,
N.W. (Vice-President, 1878 and 1879;
President, 1880).
Original 1878. EDWARD F. WYMAN, _Treasurer_, Nirvâna,
Member. Bellaggio, East Grinstead (Secretary,
1878 and 1879; President, 1884).
Original 1878. ALFRED J. DAVIES, _Attorney-General_,
Member. Fairlight, Uxbridge Road, Ealing, W.
(Vice-President, 1881; Secretary, 1884;
President, 1887).
1878. G. R. TYLER, Alderman of the City of
London, _Stationer_, 17, Penywern Road,
South Kensington, W. (Vice-President, 1886).
1879. T. C. VENABLES, _Antiquary_, 9, Marlborough
Place, N.W. (President, 1888).
1879. JAMES ROBERTS BROWN, F.R.G.S., _Alchymist_,
44, Tregunter Road, South Kensington,
S.W. (Secretary, 1880; Vice-President,
1883; President, 1885).
1880. BURNHAM W. HORNER, _Organist_, 29, Redcliffe
Gardens, South Kensington
(Vice-President, 1889).
1882. WILLIAM MURRELL, M.D., _Leech_ (President),
17, Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square,
W. (Secretary, 1883; Vice-President, 1885).
1883. HENRY GEORGE LILEY, _Art Director_, Radnor
House, Radnor Place, Hyde Park, W.
1883. GEORGE CHARLES HAITÉ, F.L.S., and R.B.A.,
_Art Critic_, Ormsby Lodge, The Avenue,
Bedford Park, W. (Vice-President,
1887; President, 1891).
1883. EDWARD HERON-ALLEN, _Necromancer_ (Vice-President),
3, Northwick Terrace, N.W.
(Secretary, 1885).
1884. WILFRID BALL, R. P. E., _Painter-Etcher_,
4, Albemarle Street, W. (Master of
Ceremonies, 1890; Vice-President, 1891).
1884. DANIEL W. KETTLE, F.R.G.S., _Cosmographer_,
Hayes Common, near Beckenham,
Kent (Secretary, 1886).
1884. CHARLES WELSH, _Chapman_, The Poplars,
Forest Lane, Walthamstow (Vice-President,
1888).
1886. CHARLES HOLME, F.L.S., _Pilgrim_, The Red
House, Bexley Heath, Kent (Secretary,
1887; President, 1890).
1886. FREDK. H. GERVIS, M.R.C.S., _Apothecary_,
1, Fellows Road, Haverstock Hill, N.W.
1887. JOHN W. BRODIE-INNES, _Master of the
Rolls_, 15, Royal Circus, Edinburgh
(Secretary, 1888).
1887. HENRY MOORE, A.R.A., _Ancient Mariner_,
Collingham, Maresfield Gardens, N.W.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Supplemental Odd Volumes.
1887. JAMES ORROCK, R.I., _Connoisseur_, 48, Bedford
Square, W.C.
1888. ALFRED EAST, R.I., _Landscape Painter_,
4, Grove End Road, St. John’s Wood.
1888. WALTER HAMILTON, F.R.G.S., _Parodist_,
Keeper of the Archives, Ellarbee, Elms
Road, Clapham Common, S.W.
1888. DOUGLAS H. GORDON, _Remembrancer_
(Master of Ceremonies), 41, Tedworth
Square, S.W. (Secretary, 1889).
1888. ALEXANDER T. HOLLINGSWORTH, _Artificer_,
172, Sutherland Avenue, Maida Vale,
W. (Vice-President, 1890).
1888. JOHN LANE, _Bibliographer_, 37, Southwick
Street, Hyde Park, W. (Odd Councillor,
1891; Secretary, 1890; Master of
Ceremonies, 1891).
1888. JOHN TODHUNTER, M.D., _Playwright_ (Secretary),
Orchard Croft, The Orchard,
Bedford Park, W.
1889. FRANCIS ELGAR, LL.D., _Shipwright_, 113,
Cannon Street, E.C.
1889. WILLIAM MANNING, F.R.M.S., _Seer_, 21,
Redcliffe Gardens, S.W. (Secretary,
1891; Odd Councillor, 1892).
1890. SILVANUS P. THOMPSON, D.Sc., F.R.S.,
_Magnetizer_, Morland, Chislett Road, N.W.
1890. CONRAD W. COOKE, M.I.E.E., _Mechanick_,
The Lindens, Larkhall Rise, S.W.
1890. E. ONSLOW FORD, A.R.A., _Sculptor_, 62,
Acacia Road, N.W.
1891. CHARLES PLUMPTRE JOHNSON, _Clerke at
Law_, 8, Savile Row, W.
1891. FREDERIC VILLIERS, _War Correspondent_,
Mashrabeyah, 65, Chancery Lane,
W.C.
1891. MARCUS B. HUISH, LL.B., _Arts-man_, 21,
Essex Villas, Phillimore Gardens, W.
1892. W. WILSEY MARTIN, F.R.G.S., _Laureate_, 15,
Delamere Terrace, W.
1892. HERBERT WARD, _Vagabond_, Shepherd Hill
House, Harefield, Middlesex.
1892. FREDERIC YORK POWELL, _Ignoramus_, The
Comer, Priory Road, Bedford Park, W.
1892. ERNEST CLARKE, _Yeoman_, 10, Addison
Road, Bedford Park, W.
1892. PAUL BEVAN, _Ready Reckoner_ (AUDITOR), 46,
Queen’s Gate Terrace, S.W.
[Illustration]
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CHANCERY LANE.
FOOTNOTE:
[1] For some analyses of the metal see Appendix IV.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_.
Emboldened text is surrounded by equals signs: =bold=.
Superscripted text is preceded by a carat character: 5^e.
Letters with macrons are preceded by equals signs and are within
brackets: Bink[=o].
Text in Greek has been transliterated thus: [Greek: optikê].
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.
Archaic or alternate spelling which may have been in use at the time
of publication has been retained.