we revere_]

A reduced facsimile of the first page of the
Manuscript of _Saint James_ will be found
facing the present page.

LINES. [_May the Lord God preserve us from 310
evil birds three_]

LINES. [_A handless man a letter did write_] 312

There is a copy of the First Edition of _The Bible in Spain_ in the
Library of the British Museum. The press-mark is 1369.f 23.

[Picture: Manuscript of The Hymn to St. James]

(9) [REVIEW OF FORD'S "HAND-BOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN SPAIN": 1845]

Art.--Hand-book for Travellers in Spain. London: 2 Vols. / post 8vo.
1845.

Collation:--Folio, pp. 12. There is no Title-page proper, the title, as
above, being imposed upon the upper portion of the first page, after the
manner of a 'dropped head.' The head-line is _Spanish Hand-book_
throughout, upon both sides of the page. There is no printer's imprint.
There are also no signatures; but the pamphlet is composed of three
sheets, each two leaves, making twelve pages in all.

Issued stitched, and without wrappers. The leaves measure 13.5 x 8.5
inches. The pamphlet is undated. It was printed in 1845.

This _Review_ is unquestionably the rarest of the First Editions of
Borrow's Works. No more than two copies would appear to have been struck
off, and both are fortunately extant to-day. One of these was formerly
in the possession of Dr. William I. Knapp, and is now the property of the
Hispanic Society, of New York. The second example is in my own library.
This was Borrow's own copy, and is freely corrected in his characteristic
handwriting. A greatly reduced facsimile of the last page of the
pamphlet is given herewith.

In 1845 Richard Ford published his _Hand-Book for Travellers in Spain and
Readers at Home_ [2 Vols. 8vo.], a work, the compilation of which is said
to have occupied its author for more than sixteen years. In conformity
with the wish of Ford (who had himself favourably reviewed _The Bible in
Spain_) Borrow undertook to produce a study of the _Hand-Book_ for _The
Quarterly Review_. The above Essay was the result.

But the Essay, brilliant though it is, was not a 'Review.' Not until
page 6 is the _Hand-Book_ even mentioned, and but little concerning it
appears thereafter. Lockhart, then editing the _Quarterly_, proposed to
render it more suitable for the purpose for which it had been intended by
himself interpolating a series of ex