rate.

_The Iona Club_ was instituted in 1833, for the purpose of
investigating the History, Antiquities, and early Literature
of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, but little has
been done in the way of publication. The first book was
"Collectanea de Rebus Albanicis," and the second,
"Transactions of the Club," vol. i. in 4 parts. A second
volume was announced, but never appeared.

_The Surtees Society_ was founded at Durham in 1834 for the
publication of inedited Manuscripts, illustrative of the
moral, the intellectual, the religious, and the social
condition of those parts of England and Scotland included on
the East, between the Humber and the Frith of Forth, and on
the west, between the Mersey and the Clyde, a region which
constituted the ancient kingdom of Northumberland. The
Society is named after Robert Surtees, of Mainforth, author
of the "History of the County Palatine of Durham." Although
founded more than fifty years ago, the Society is still
flourishing, and carried on with the same vigour as of old.
The series of publications is a long one, and contains a
large number of most important works. The second book issued
was "Wills and Inventories, illustrative of the History,
Manners, Language, Statistics, etc., of the Northern
Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century downwards"
(Part 2 was issued in 1860); the third, "The Towneley
Mysteries or Miracle Plays"; the fourth, "Testamenta
Eboracensia: Wills illustrative of the History, Manners,
Language, Statistics, etc., of the Province of York, from
1300" (vol. 1). The second volume of this series was issued
in 1855. "Anglo-Saxon and Early English Psalter" was issued
in 1843-44 (2 vols.); "The Durham Household Book; or, the
Accounts of the Bursar of the Monastery of Durham, from 1530
to 1534," in 1844.

_The Camden Society_, instituted in 1838, has issued to its
subscribers a large number of books of the greatest interest
on historical and literary subjects. The set of publications
is so well known that it is not necessary to enumerate
titles here. Among the most valuable are the several volumes
devoted to the correspondence of certain old families, such
as the "Plumpton Correspondence" (1839), "Egerton Papers"
(1840), "Rutland Papers" (1842), and "Sa