the strings; she heard Though there was neither tons not word. For past our hearing was the air, Speaking what it bars. No. 2018. This Poem appeared in the Universal Review for October, 1889. [See page 141.] A RECORD OF THE PRICES AT WHICH BOOKS HAVE BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION, FROM OCTOBER, 1910, TO AUGUST, 1911, 8644 V. 25 THE SECOND INDEX TO Book - Prices Current Volumes XI. to XX. For the Years 1897-1906. By WILLIAM JAGGARD, F.R.S.A., M.B.S., etc. FORMING A KEY TO THE TEN VOLUMES AND, INCIAND SUPPRESSED LITERATURE, WITH A SUPPLEMENT OF BIBLIOPHILES AND BIBLIOPOLES. DENTALLY, ΤΟ ANONYMOUS, PSEUDONYMOUS, Uniform with "Book-Prices Current." Demy 8vo, pp. xx.-1058. Buckram gilt, £2 2s. net. The Clique says :-" In the course of testing a great number of references, to see whether we could discover any errors, we are glad to say that we can find none. This is high praise when the author says in his preface, 'This Index contains about one hundred thousand entries, while the numerals employed, which closely approach a million, almost defy counting.' Among the great advantages of the Index may be mentioned the promptitude with which the reader may now find and compare the relative value of any book during the decade covered (bringing to a point the various copies sold), enabling him to ascertain whether its value has increased or dimished during the period. . . . The Second Index is so superior to the former one that the permanent value of B.P.C.' as a bibliographer's guide is increased fourfold. This index is one of the largest ever compiled, and it represents three years' work." The Library Association Record says:— "This volume is indispensable to every reference library, and adds considerably to the reputation of English Bibliography." LONDON: ELLIOT STOCK, 62, Paternoster Row, E.C. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE INTRODUCTION. THOUGH fewer sales appear in this volume of BOOK PRICES CURRENT than in the one immediately preceding, their quality is noticeably higher, the average sum per lot being £2 145. 5d., as against 2 9s. 1d. assigned to the season 1909-10. This increase is due to several unusually-important sales which will be found reported very fully in the following pages, as, for example, those of the libraries of Mr. L. J. Berger, Mr. Charles Butler, Mr. S. R. Crockett, the Rev. J. H. Dent, Sir Theodore Martin, Captain Douglas, and Dr. Payne, as well as of a number of miscellaneous collections of unusual interest. The library of Captain Douglas consisted entirely of books, pamphlets, and other works illustrated by George Cruikshank, and if the report of his sale is read in conjunction with that of the late Mr. Edwin Truman, reported in the 20th volume of BOOK PRICES CURRENT, p. 285 et seq., a very comprehensive survey of the activities of the great master of English pictorial satire will be obtained with a minimum of trouble, both collections being arranged alphabetically throughout. Of the two collections, that formed by Captain Douglas was the better, though both alike were worthy in their several ways of the fullest recognition, as having necessitated great ability as well as the expenditure of an immense amount of labour in their construction. The greatest sale which has so far been held in any country -that of the library of the late Mr. Robert Hoe, at the time of writing but partly dispersed—will be found referred to on page 491. It has not been thought necessary to report this in full for the |