The Surtees Society, for the publication of inedited MSS.
illustrative of the intellectual, moral, religious, and social
condition of those parts of the United Kingdom which constitute the
ancient kingdom of Northumberland, has been remodelled. The
subscription for the year is one guinea, and the works in immediate
preparation are, 1. "The Injunctions and other Ecclesiastical
Proceedings of Richard Barnes, Bishop of Durham (1577-87);" and, 2.
"The Anglo-Saxon Hymnarium."
We have great pleasure in directing attention to the _Exhibition
of Works of Ancient and Mediæval Art_ which is to be opened in
the Adelphi next month.
This is a great opportunity for forming an Exhibition of a novel and
most interesting kind, one which is calculated both to interest and
amuse the archæologist and the public, and to instruct the artizan
and the manufacturer. We sincerely hope possessors of articles
suitable for exhibition, will not fail to take advantage of it. They
should immediately enter into communication with the Honorary
Secretary to the Exhibition, at the rooms of the Society of Arts, or
they will be too late.
The _Gentlemen's Magazine_ realizes all our anticipations. The
Reviews are of a very superior order. Justice is done _to_ as
well as _upon_ the authors who have come under notice, and the
original articles are of high value; those upon the _Dea
Sequana_ and the _History of Words_ are especially worthy of
notice. Mr. Waller's papers upon _Christian Iconography_
promise to be of the highest value. A new career of usefulness and
honour has been opened up to Sylvanus Urban, who seems determined to
merit the addition lately made to his title, and to become what is
really a desideratum in English Literature--a good "_Historical
Review_."
Messrs. Sotheby and Co. will sell, on Thursday and Friday next, a
very choice Selection of Magnificent Books and Pictorial Works from
the Library of an eminent Collector, including large paper copies of
the Antiquarian Works of Visconti, Montfaucon, &c.; the first four
editions of Shakspeare, and other works of similar high character.