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 Saxondom_, by J. Y. Ackerman, Parts VIII. and IX. The contents of these numbers are:--Fragments from a Tumulus at Caenby, Lincolnshire; Fibula from Ingarsby, Leicestershire; Glass Drinking-vessels from Cemeteries in Kent; Fibulae from Rugby, Warwickshire. The great peculiarity of this Series is, that the objects are drawn of the size of the originals; thus affording great facilities for comparing them with remains of similar character. * * * * * {314} BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE. The Volume of the LONDON POLYGLOTT which contains the Prophets. Imperfection in other parts of no consequence. CARLISLE ON GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. THE CIRCLE OF THE SEASONS. London, 1828. 12mo. Two copies. *** Letters, stating particulars and lowest price, _carriage free_, to be sent to MR. BELL, Publisher of "NOTES AND QUERIES," 186. Fleet Street.