ls its story well and
effectually, and furnishes a Caxton Memorial which will doubtless be very
acceptable to all those who remember, with the gratitude due to him, the
many precious volumes with which the learning of Caxton, no less than his
mechanical genius, enriched the literature of England.

Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson will sell on Monday next, and the two
following days, an interesting Collection of engraved British Portraits,
the property of the late Mr. Dodd, the author of the _Connoisseur's
Repertorium_. We may specify one lot as very interesting to lovers of
illustrated works, viz. a copy of Robert Smythe's _History of the Charter
House_, with two hundred and twenty-six sheets of prints illustrative of
the printed text.

We have received the following Catalogues:--Bernard Quaritch's (16. Castle
Street, Leicester Square) Catalogue, No. 20., of Books in European
Languages, Dialects, Classics, &c.; John Petheram's (94. High Holborn)
Catalogue, Part CXVII., No. 11 for 1850, of Old and New Books; John
Miller's (43. Chandos Street) Catalogue, No. 13. for 1850, of Books Old and
New.

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BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE.

BERRINGTON'S MISCELLANEOUS DISSERTATIONS, Historical, Critical, and
Moral. 8vo. 1751.

HARSENET'S DECLARATION OF POPISH IMPOSTURES. 1603 or 1605.

MAYER'S HISTORIA DIABOLI.

ANDREWE'S CONTINUATION OF HENRY'S GREAT BRITAIN. 2 vols. 8vo.

_Odd Volumes._

GIBBON'S DECLINE AND FALL, &c., 12 vols. 8vo. 1815. Vol. X.

JAMES' NAVAL HISTORY, 4 vols. Vol. IV.

DRYDEN'S WORKS, by SCOTT. 1808. Large paper. Vols. II., IV., VI.

*** Letters, stating particulars and lowest price, _carriage free_, to
be sent to Mr. BELL, Publisher of "NOTES AND QUERIES," 186. Fleet
Street.

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Notices To Correspondents.

H. A. B. _The superstition respecting the number thirteen in company most
probably arose from the Paschal Supper._ See Ellis' _Brand_, iii., p. 143.
ed. 1841.

E. M. (Darlington) _is thanked for his kind suggestion, which will not be
lost sight of._

F. G. (Edinburgh) _will find, upon reference to_ Vol. ii., p. 120., _that
the charade given in_ Vol. ii., p. 158. _had been answered in
anticipation._

_As we again propose this week to circulate a large number of copies of_
"NOTES AND QUERIES," _among members of the different provincial Literary
Institu