ly representing the seasons and a curiously
wood-cut astrologer introducing "den Almanak." A rather square-toed kind
of a little volume, neatly bound in grey boards, and very nicely printed,
having altogether an effect of housewifely cleanliness, is the "Verslag
van den Toestand der Gemeente Haarlem over het jaar 1894. Door
Burgemeester en Wethouders Uitgebracht aan den Gemeenteraad; imprint
Gedrukt bij Gebr Nobels, te Haarlem."

The language of Great Britain's municipal documents is lofty: "The Royal
Burrough of Kensington, Minute of His Worship the Mayor (Sir H. Seymour
King, K.C.I.E., M.P.) for the year ending November, 1901." (Here is
imprinted the design of a quartered shield containing a crown, a Papal
hat, and two crosses, and, beneath, the motto: "Quid Nobis Ardui.")
"Printed" (continues the reading) "by order of the Council, 30th,
October, 1901. Jas. Truscott and Son, Printer, Suffolk Lane, E.C." And
in the following there is something of the rumble of the history of
England:

"Addresses
Presented from the
Court of Common Council
to the
King.

On his Majesty's Accession to the Throne,
And on various other Occasions, and his Answers,
Resolutions of the Court,
Granting the Freedom of the City to several
Noble Personages; with their Answers,
Instructions at different Times to the
Representatives of the City in Parliament.
Petitions to Parliament for different Purposes,
Resolutions of the Court,
On the Memorial of the Livery, to request
the Lord Mayor to call a Common Hall;
For returning Thanks to Lord Chatham,
And his Answer;
For erecting a Statue in Guildhall,
to
William Beckford, Esq.; late Lord Mayor,
Agreed to between the 23d October, 1760, and the
13th. October, 1770
Printed by Henry Fenwick, Printer to the Honorable
City of London."

Henry Fenwick, Esq., takes himself with dignity.

But to turn from the pomp of state, to peep for a moment at the intimate
life of the people of England a couple of centuries ago, few things could
be better than "The Constable's Accounts of the Manor of Manchester,"
from which a few items of "Disbursements" are cited;

"Pd. Expences apprehending two Felons.... -/1/-
"Pd. Expences maintaining them two Nights
in the Dungeon ...................... -/2/-
"To Ann Duncan very ill to take her over into
Ireland ............................. -/4/-
"To Straw for the Dungeon ............