med
Church of Scotland, and named after the Rev. Robert Wodrow.
Among its publications are, "Autobiography and Diary of
James Melvill," "Correspondence of the Rev. R. Wodrow" (3
vols.), "History of the Reformation in Scotland, by John
Knox" (2 vols.). The Society was dissolved in 1848.

_The AElfric Society_ was founded in 1842 for the publication
of those Anglo-Saxon and other literary monuments, both
civil and ecclesiastical, tending to illustrate the early
state of England. The publications, which were not numerous,
were edited by Benjamin Thorpe and J.M. Kemble, and the
Society was discontinued in 1856.

_The Chetham Society_, founded at Manchester in 1843, for
the publication of Historical and Literary remains connected
with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, was
named after Humphrey Chetham (born 1580, died 1653). The
Society, which still flourishes, has now produced a very
long series of important works, and the volumes, which are
not often met with, keep up their price well.

_The Sydenham Society_ for reprinting Standard English Works
in Medical Literature, and for the Translation of Foreign
Authors, with notes, was founded in 1843. After printing a
number of important works, the Society was dissolved in
1858, and was succeeded by _The New Sydenham Society_.

_The Spottiswoode Society_ was founded at Edinburgh in 1843,
for the revival and publication of the acknowledged works of
the Bishops, Clergy, and Laity of the Episcopal Church of
Scotland, and rare, authentic, and curious MSS., Pamphlets
and other Works illustrative of the Civil and Ecclesiastical
State of Scotland. It takes its name from John Spottiswoode,
the first duly consecrated Scottish Archbishop after the
Reformation (born 1566, died 1639.) The late Mr. Hill Burton
gives an amusing account of the foundation of this Society
in his delightful _Book-Hunter_. He writes: "When it was
proposed to establish an institution for reprinting the
works of the fathers of the Episcopal Church in Scotland, it
was naturally deemed that no more worthy or characteristic
name could be attached to it than that of the venerable
prelate, who by his learning and virtues had so long adorned
the Episcopal Chair of Moray and Ross [Robert Jolly], and
who had