without having felt a strong desire to learn the history of that venerable pile, and the stirring tales which its grey walls could tell. What so many must have wished done, has at length been accomplished by Mr. James Grant, the biographer of Kirkaldy of Grange, the gallant governor of that castle, who was so treacherously executed by the Regent Morton. His work, just published under the title of _Memorials of the Castle of Edinburgh_, contains its varied history, ably and pleasantly narrated, and intermixed with so much illustrative anecdote as to render it an indispensable companion to all who may hereafter visit one of the most interesting, as well as most remarkable monuments of the metropolis of Scotland. The lovers of fine engravings and exquisite drawings will have a rare opportunity of enriching their portfolios in the course of the next and following week, as Messrs. Leigh Sotheby and Co., of Wellington Street, commence on Monday a nine days' sale of a magnificent collection of engravings, of the highest quality, of the ancient and modern Italian, German, Dutch, Flemish, French, and English schools, which comprises some superb drawings of the most celebrated masters of the different schools of Europe. We have received the following Catalogues:--Bernard Quaritch's (16. Castle Street, Leicester Square) Catalogue of Oriental and Foreign Books, comprising most Languages and Dialects of the Globe; and John Miller's (43. Chandos Street) Catalogue, Number Four for 1850, of Books, Old and New. * * * * * WANTED TO PURCHASE. Odd Volumes. CREVIER--HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS, 8vo. London, J. and P. Knapton, 1744, Vols. I. and II. Plate 2, to the 11th chapter of Vol. III of STUART'S ATHENS. JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, from 1660 to 1688. 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. _As we have been again compelled to omit many articles which we are anxious to insert, we shall next week give an enlarged Number of 24 pages, instead of 16, so as to clear off our arrears._ Arnot's Physics. _A copy of this work has been reported to Mr. Bell: will our correspondent who wishes for it forward his name and address?_ * * * * * PUBLIC RECORDS MONUMENTA HISTORICA BRITANNICA. Just published, folio, 5 guineas half-bound (printed by Her Majesty's command). MATERIALS for the HISTORY of BRITAIN, from the earliest period. Vol. I, extending to the Norman Conquest. "Sir Robert Inglis remarked, that this work had been pronounced, by one of our most competent collegiate authorities, to be the finest work published in Europe."--_Proceedings in Parliament_, March 11. 1850. HENRY BUTTERWORTH, Publisher to the Public Record Department, 7. Fleet Street.