F.S.A.

"It supplies what was much wanted--a regular and progressive
account of English legal institutions. The result is, a correction
of many errors, an addition of much new information, and a better
general view of our strictly legal history than any other jurist,
historian, or biographer, had heretofore attempted to
give."--_Examiner_

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, and LONGMANS.

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BOOK-BUYERS. There are some very cheap and good library books, purchased
during the last month, in Part VII. for 1849 (out to-day) of JOHN
RUSSELL SMITH'S Catalogue. It may be had gratis on application, or sent
by post on receipt of a postage label. 4, Old Compton Street, Soho,
London.

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Published by GEORGE BELL, 186. Fleet Street.

Now ready, folded in a folio case, price 30s.

A CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHIC DRAWING OF THE PAINTED CEILING IN THE NAVE OF
PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL, coloured as in the original, by G. STRICKLAND.
This curious relic of Ecclesiastical Decoration of The Twelfth Century
is considered to be the finest specimen of its character and period in
Great Britain; it is in a high state of preservation and no
representation of it exists. The Drawing is six feet long, and its
details all bear the same relative proportions as the original.

On a large sheet, price 7s. 6d. plain, 15s. richly coloured; in case,
10s. 6d. plain, 18s. coloured.

A CHART OF ANCIENT ARMOUR FROM THE ELEVENTH TO THE SEVENTEENTH
CENTURIES: containing Eighteen Figures, with a Description and a Sketch
of the Progress of European Armour. By JOHN HEWITT.

"A graphic outline of the subject of military costume during the
period of its greatest interest to the English antiquary. The author
has made a judicious selection of examples, chiefly from the rich
series of monumental effigies; and, in the brief text which
accompanies these illustrations, a useful resume will be found of a
subject which, not many years since, was attainable only through
the medium of costly publications"--_Archaeological Journal._

Publishing in Parts, impl. 4to. price 3s., tinted, 4s.

RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE. From Drawings by JOHN
JOHNSTON, Architect, F.S.A. Lithographed by ALFRED NEWMAN.

This work is intended to embrace a series of examples of Ecclesiastical,
Collegiate, and Domestic Architecture. It will be comple