ll Arts and Sciences ... by the most Eminent
Printers, Rob. Steph., Morell, Aldus, Elzevir, Caxton, Wynkyn de Worde,
&c. &c. Also a very curious Collection of old English Romances, and old
Poetry; with a great number of scarce Pamphlets during the Great
Rebellion and the Protectorate.' Various portions of the Luttrell
collections were bought by Messrs. Heber and Bindley. The greater part
of those purchased by Mr. Bindley were eventually acquired by the
British Museum at the Duke of Buckingham's sale in 1849, while those
which belonged to Mr. Heber are now to be found on the shelves of the
Britwell library. Dibdin informs us that 'a great number of poetical
tracts was disposed of, previous to the sale, to Dr. Farmer, who gave
not more than forty guineas for them.' Two Caxtons in the sale--the
_Mirrour of the World_ and _Caton_--fetched respectively five guineas
and four guineas, and a collection of plays, in twenty-one volumes, by
Gascoigne, Dekker, etc., sold for thirty-eight pounds, seventeen
shillings.

[Illustration: SIR HANS SLOANE, BART.]

Luttrell compiled a chronicle of contemporary events, which was
frequently quoted by Lord Macaulay in his _History of England_. This
remained in manuscript for many years in the library of All Souls'
College, Oxford, but in 1857 it was printed in six volumes by the
Delegates of the University Press under the title of _A Brief Historical
Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714_. He also
left a personal diary in English, but whimsically written in Greek
characters, consisting principally of entries recording the hours of his
rising and going to bed, the manner in which he spent his time, what
friends called to see him, the sermons he heard, where and how he dined,
and the occasions, which were not infrequent, when he took too much
wine. This manuscript is preserved in the British Museum (Add. MS.
10447).

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 54: _Notes and Queries._ Second Series. Vol. xii., page 78.]

[Footnote 55: See _London Gazette_, October 16-19, 1693.]

SIR HANS SLOANE, BART., 1660-1753

Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., was born on the 16th of April 1660 at
Killileagh, County Down, Ireland. His father, Alexander Sloane, was a
Scotchman, who had settled in Ireland on his appointment to the post of
receiver-general of the estates of Lord Claneboy, afterwards Earl of
Clanricarde.[56] Hans Sloane gave early indications of unusual ability,
and as soon as his health,