We have on several occasions called the attention of our readers to the Collection of Proclamations in the possession of the Society of Antiquaries, and to the endeavours making by that learned body to secure as complete a series as possible of these valuable but hitherto little used materials for English History. Some contributions towards this object have, we believe, been the results of our notices; and we have now to state, that at the opening meeting on Thursday the 17th, it was announced that William Salt, Esq., F.S.A., had presented to the library two volumes of Proclamations of the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. Great as is the pecuniary value of this munificent donation, it is far exceeded by its importance in filling up a large gap in the existing Series. A _Catalogue Raisonnee_ of the whole collection is in preparation by Robert Lemon, Esq., of the State Paper Office, a gentleman well qualified for the task, and its early publication may, we trust, be received as an evidence of the beneficial influence which the Society of Antiquaries is hereafter destined to exercise on the historical literature of England. * * * * * BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE. WHITTINGHAM'S POETS. Illustrated Edition. FORD'S HANDBOOK OF SPAIN. 1st Edition. *** Letters, stating particulars and lowest price, _carriage free_, to be sent to MR. BELL, Publisher of "NOTES AND QUERIES." 186. Fleet Street. Particulars of Price, &c. of the following Books to be sent direct to the gentlemen by whom they are required, and whose names and addresses are given for that purpose: THE HIVE. 3 Vols. London, 1724. THE FRIENDS. 2 Vols. London, 1773. LONDON MAGAZINE. 1732 to 1779. Wanted by _J. Dinsdale_, Leamington. * * * * * DILLWIN'S BRITISH CONIFERAE. 4to. 115 Coloured Plates. London. 1809. (SCIOPPIUS) SCALIGER HYPOBOLYMAEUS, h.e. Elenchus Epistolae Josephi Burdonis Pseudo-Scaligeri de Vetustate et Splendore Gestis Scaligeri. 4to. Mainz, 1607. Wanted by _Williams and Norgate_, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. * * * * * BOYDELL'S SHAKSPEARE, with the Subscriber's Medal accompanying it. CARPENTER'S GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY. 8vo. BARRETTI'S ENGLISH AND ITALIAN DICTIONARY. 2 Vols. 8vo. Wanted by _Mr. Hayward_, Bookseller, Bath. * * * * * ASTRO-METEOROLOGICA: OR APHORISMS AND DISCOURSES OF THE BODIES CELESTIAL, by the Rev. John Goad. London. Folio. 1686. ASTRO-METEOROLOGICA SANA. By the same Author. 1690. LEYDEN'S POETICAL WORKS. 1 Vol. 8vo. London. 1806. Wanted by _Rev. W. Ewart_, Pimperne, Blandford, Dorset. * * * * * Notices to Correspondents. _In consequence of the vast number of_ REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES _waiting for insertion, we have been obliged to postpone many interesting papers which are in type and our_ NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.