aper differ.

For History, Genealogy, Topography, and well-nigh all other branches
of human science, the student finds himself referred to the
Middle-Hill Library, now in course of gradual dispersion; but this is
far richer in the manuscript than in the printed book department. He
may also profitably consult the catalogues of Mr. Hartley and Mr.
Tyrrell (City Remembrancer), of whom the second collected largely on
London.

Mr. Bolton Corney, Mr. Grenville, and Mr. Jadis made voyages and
travels, books relating to America, and the first-named literary
_adversaria_, distinct features in their enormous aggregate of
volumes.

Information on early English poetry and the drama may be sought in the
catalogues of Sykes, Perry, Caldecott, Heber, Chalmers, Jolley,
Wolfreston, Way, Daniel, Corser, Collier, Frere, Bliss, Bright,
Mitford, Ouvry, Bandinel, Halliwell-Phillipps, and of course Huth.

Mr. Brook Pulham concentrated his attention on the writings of George
Wither, Mr. Bragge on works illustrative of Smokers and Tobacco, and
Major Irwin on the occult and supernatural.

Mr. Henry Pyne during a long series of years made an extensive
collection, restricted to English books dated prior to the year 1600,
and as a rule, it must be added, to the commoner class of
publications.

CHAPTER V

Voyages and travels--Their strong American interest--Maryland and
Pennsylvania--New Plymouth--Sir John Mandeville--Columbus and
Vespucci--Early medical literature--Harvey and the circulation of
the blood--Occult literature--Phenomena--Technical works--The
paddle-wheel--Books printed in a special
manner--Chapbooks--Garlands--Ballads--Broadsides--Street
advertisements--General or miscellaneous collections--Omnivorous
buyers--Richard Heber, Sir Thomas Phillipps, James Crossley--A
moral deduced--Most interesting types of collector--Advantages
connected with restriction to personal tastes or wants--Dangers
of emulation and servility--Mr. Quaritch's _Dictionary of
Collectors_--Various sorts of genuine collector.

VOYAGES and Travels have always engaged a large share of attention and
study, and comprise the central and very interesting feature of almost
the entire body of early Americana, dealing with the discovery and
colonisation of that continent. This part of the subject before us has
received, owing to recent political occurrences, a further development
in the direction o