based on a diligent and careful
examination of his voluminous writings--for Cardan reckoned that he had
published one hundred and thirty-one books, and left in MS. nearly as
many--but also a striking picture of the age in which he lived; and the
work, which is one of great interest to the general reader, is made still
more valuable to the literary antiquary by the accuracy with which Mr.
Morley quotes his authorities.

Some interesting manuscripts were sold by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson on
Wednesday, the 22nd ultimo, including original letters by Blake, Penn,
Monk, Nelson, and other of our most renowned admirals; and of Charles I.
and Charles II., Oliver and Richard Cromwell, Desborough; and numerous
autographs of Commonwealth celebrities. The chief lot was a letter from
Cromwell to Pastor Cotton, in New England, written shortly after the battle
of Worcester, in which he alludes to the difficulties he has experienced in
treating with some of the Scotch party. Mr. Carlyle had not seen the
original, but used the copy among the Arundel MSS. It was knocked down to
Mr. Stevens, the American agent, for 36l. A printed broadsheet of the Peace
of Breda sold for 3l. 7s. A letter of Richard Cromwell brought 4l. An
autograph of Queen Bess brought 2l.; and one of Edward VI. brought 2l. 8s.
Autographs of Mary are less common: one in this collection realised 3l. 7s.
One of Nelson's letters to Lady Hamilton brought 2l. 2s. Altogether, the
prices realised were good.

BOOKS RECEIVED.--_Lives of The Queens of England_, by Agnes Strickland,
Vol. III. This new volume of the cheaper edition of Miss Strickland's
popular regal biographies comprises the Lives of Jane Seymour, Anne of
Cleves, Katherine Howard, Katherine Parr, and Mary.--_The Works of the Rt.
Hon. Joseph Addison, with Notes by Bishop Hurd_, Vol. II., is the new
volume of Bohn's _British Classics_, and comprises Addison's contributions
to the _Tatler_ and _Spectator_.--In the same publisher's _Standard
Library_, we have the third volume of his edition of Southey's _Works and
Correspondence of Cowper_, which embraces his Letters between the years
1783 and 1788.--_Cyclopaedia Bibliographica_, Part XVIII., which extends
from _Shepherd (Rev. E. J.)_ to _Surtees (Rev. Scott F.)_.--_Whitaker's
Educational Register_, 1854. The work, which has undergone some
modifications, is now confined altogether to Educational Statistics, of
which it is a most valuable compendium.--_Remains of Pagan