tany_, _Zoology_.

_Painters._--A General Dictionary of Painters.... By Matthew
Pilkington, A.M. A new edition, corrected and revised by R.
A. Davenport. London, 1852. 8vo.

---- A Catalague Raisonne of the Works of the most eminent
Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters, ... to which is added a
Brief Notice of the Scholars and Imitators of the Great
Masters of the above schools. By John Smith. London,
1829-42. 9 parts. Roy. 8vo.

---- The Picture Collector's Manual, adapted to the
Professional Man and the Amateur; being a Dictionary of
Painters ... together with an alphabetical arrangement of
the Scholars, Imitators, and Copyists of the various
masters, and a Classification of Subjects. By James R.
Hobbes. London, 1849. 2 vols. 8vo.

_Peerage._--Courthope's "Historical Peerage," founded on Sir
Nicholas Harris Nicolas's "Synopsis of the Peerage," is an
indispensable work, but it only refers to English Titles.
Mr. Solly's "Index of Hereditary Titles of Honour" contains
the Peerage and Baronetage of England, Scotland, and
Ireland.

---- The Official Baronage of England, 1066 to 1885, by
James E. Doyle (vols. 1-3. 4to.), has just appeared.

_Peerage._--Of the current peerages, Burke's, Dod's,
Debrett's, and Foster's, all have their points of merit.

_Periodicals._--Catalogue of Scientific Serials of all
countries, including the Transactions of Learned Societies
in the Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences,
1633-1876. By Samuel H. Scudder. Library of Harvard
University, 1879. 8vo.--In this valuable list of
periodicals, which is arranged geographically according to
countries with an alphabet under each country, transactions
and journals are joined together in the same arrangement. At
the end there are an Index of Towns, an Index of Titles, and
an Index of Minor Subjects.

---- An Index to Periodical Literature. By Wm. Fred. Poole.
New York. Roy. 8vo. 1st ed. 1843; 2nd ed. 1848; 3rd ed.
1882.

---- Catalogue of Scientific Papers (1800-1863). Compiled
and published by the Royal Society of London. London,
1867-72. 6 vols. 4to. (1864-73.) Vol. 7, 1877; Vol. 8,
1879.--Vol. 1, A-Clu; Vol. 2, Coa-Gra; Vol. 3, Gre-Lez; Vol.
4, Lhe-Poz; Vol. 5, Pra-Tiz; Vol. 6, Tka-Zyl; Vol. 7, A-Hyr;
Vol. 8, I-Zwi.