BOOKS RECEIVED.--_On the Archaic Mode of expressing Numbers in English, Saxon, Friesic, &c._, by E. Thomson, Esq.; a learned and ingenious tract, written originally for insertion in "N. & Q.," but which fact ought not to prevent our speaking of it in the terms which it deserves.--_A Few Words in Reply to the Animadversions of the Rev. Mr. Dyce on Mr. Hunter's "Disquisition on the Tempest," 1839, and his "New Illustrations of the Life, Studies, and Writings of Shakspeare," 1845, &c._ A short but interesting contribution to Shakspearian criticism, by one who has already done good service in the same cause. If we cannot agree with Mr. Hunter in all that he seeks to establish, we can admire his knowledge of Elizabethan literature, and appreciate the spirit in which he writes.--_The Antiquary._ This is the first number of a small work consisting of reprints of proclamations, curious advertisements from early newspapers, and such odd matters as paint more forcibly than the gravest historian, the colours of the times. * * * * * BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE. THE COMPLAYNTS OF SCOTLAND. 8vo. Edited by Leyden. 1804. SHAKSPEARE'S PLAYS. Vol. V. of Johnson and Steeven's edition, in 15 vols. 8vo. 1739. CIRCLE OF THE SEASONS. 12mo. London, 1828. (Two Copies.) JONES' ACCOUNT OF ABERYSTWITH. Trevecka, 8vo. 1779. M. C. H. BROEMEL'S FEST-TANZEN DER ERSTEN CHRISTEN. Jena, 1705. COOPER'S ACCOUNT OF PUBLIC RECORDS. 8vo. 1832. Vol. I. PASSIONAEL EFTE DAT LEVENT DER HEILIGEN. Basil, 1522. LORD LANSDOWNE'S WORKS. Vol. I. Tonson, 1736. JAMES BAKER'S PICTURESQUE GUIDE TO THE LOCAL BEAUTIES OF WALES. Vol. I. 4to. 1794. WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY. Vol. II. 4to. 1832. WALKER'S PARTICLES. 8vo. old calf, 1683. WARNER'S SERMONS. 2 Vols. Longman, about 1818. AUTHOR'S PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSISTANT. 12mo., cloth, 1842. SANDERS' HISTORY OF SHENSTONE IN STAFFORDSHIRE. J. Nichols, London. 1794. Two Copies. HERBERT'S CAROLINA THRENODIA. 8vo. 1702. THEOBALD'S SHAKSPEARE RESTORED. 4to. 1726. *** _Correspondents sending Lists of Books Wanted are requested to send their names._ *** Letters, stating particulars and lowest price, _carriage free_, to be sent to MR. BELL, Publisher of "NOTES AND QUERIES," 186. Fleet Street. * * * * * Notices to Correspondents.