the Reformers and most eminent Ministers of the
Church of Scotland" in 1834-45 (2 vols.). Dauncey's Ancient
Scottish Melodies in 1838. Sir Bevis of Hamtoun in the same
year, the Metrical Romance of Lancelot du Lak in 1839;
Wodrow's Analecta, or Materials for a History of Remarkable
Providences, in 1842-3 (4 vols.). Henry Laing's Descriptive
Catalogue of Ancient Seals, in 1850. The Club was closed in
1859.

_The Abbotsford Club_ was founded in honour of Sir Walter
Scott in 1834, by Mr. W.B.D.D. Turnbull. The first book
(issued in 1835) was a volume of "Ancient Mysteries from the
Digby MS."; "Arthur and Merlin, a Metrical Romance," was
printed in 1838; "Romances of Sir Guy of Warwick and Rembrun
his Son," in 1840; "The Legend of St. Katherine of
Alexandra," in 1841; "Sir Degaree, a Metrical Romance of the
end of the nineteenth century," in 1849. The Club was closed
in 1866.

These Printing Clubs were select in their constitution, and
the books being printed for the members in small numbers,
they are difficult to obtain and their price is high.

With the foundation of the Camden Society an entirely new
system was adopted, and the general body of book lovers,
poor as well as rich, were appealed to with great success,
and valuable books were supplied to the subscribers at a
price which would have been impossible without such means.
The Camden Society is entitled to this honour on account of
the general interest of its publications, but the Surtees
Society was actually the first to inaugurate the new system.
The subscription fixed was double that which the founders of
the Camden Society adopted, but it was, perhaps, a bolder
step to start a Society, appealing to a somewhat restricted
public with a two guinea subscription, than to appeal to the
whole reading public with a subscription of one pound.
Before saying more of the Surtees and Camden Societies, it
will be necessary to mention some other printing clubs which
preceded them.

_The Oriental Translation Fund_ was established in 1828,
with the object of publishing Translations from Eastern MSS.
into the languages of Europe. When the issue of books was
discontinued, the stock of such books as remained was sold
off, and many of these can still be obtained at a cheap