The Percy Society have just issued _A New and Mery Enterlude called the Triall of Treasure_, from the edition printed at London by Thomas Purfoote, 1567, edited by Mr. Halliwell. The other works issued by the Society since May last (when the year's subscription became due) have been _A Poem_ (satirical) _of The Times of Edward II_., edited by the Rev. C. Hardwick, from a MS. at St. Peter's College, Cambridge, of which a less perfect copy from an Edinburgh MS. was printed by Mr. Wright, in the volume of _Political Songs_, edited by him for the Camden Society; _Notices of Fugitive Tracts and Chap-Books, printed at Aldermary Churchyard, Bow Churchyard, &c._ by Mr. Halliwell; _The Man in the Moone, or The English Fortune Teller_, edited by the same gentleman, from the unique copy printed in 1609, now in the Bodleian; and lastly, _The Religious Poems of William de Shoreham, Vicar of Chart-Sutton in Kent, in the Reign of Edward II_., edited by Mr. Wright, from a contemporary manuscript. It is doubtful whether Mr. Shaw's skill as an artist, fidelity as a copyist, or taste in the selection of his subjects, entitle him to the higher praise. We leave to those who are familiar with his _Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages_, and other admirable productions, the settlement of this point. He has just published the first number of a new work, _The Decorative Arts of the Middle Ages_, the object of which is to exhibit the peculiar features and general characteristics of decorative art, from the Byzantine or early Christian period to the decline of that termed the _Renaissance_. This beautiful work--for beautiful it is--is extremely well timed, as it appears at a moment when our manufacturers who desire to display their skill at the great exhibition of 1851, must be most anxious to see "the principles by which our ancestors controlled their genius in producing articles of taste and beauty, from the precious metals, from enamels, from glass, from embroidery, and from the various other textures and materials on which they delighted to lavish their skill and ingenuity (both for the various services of the Church, and also as accessories to the luxuries of the wealthy of all classes)." The present number contains: 1. "An exquisite Cup, designed by Holbein for Queen Jane Seymour;" 2. "Stained Glass of the 13th Century, from the Cathedral of Chartres;" 3. "An exquisite Specimen of Embroidery (of the date of 1554), from a picture of Queen Mary belonging to the Society of Antiquaries;" and, 4. "Iron-work from the Tomb of Eleanor of Castile." It will be seen, from this enumeration of them, how varied and well selected are the subjects of this new work of Mr. Shaw, and how well they are adapted to answer the end which he has in view.