CATALOGUES RECEIVED.--B. Quaritch's (16. Castle Street, Leicester Square) Cheap Book Circular, and Catalogue of Books in all Languages; J. Russell Smith's (4. Old Compton Street, Soho) Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts on Vellum and Paper; Deeds, Charters, and other Documents relating to English Families and Counties; Hebrew Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, &c. * * * * * BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE. COMENII (JOAN. AMOS) UNIUS NECESSARII, Amst. 1668, 4to. ---- DE INDEPENDENTIA, Amst. 1661, 12mo. ---- RAYMONDI SEBUNDI THEOLOGIA NATURALIS, Amst. 1661, 12mo. ---- DE REGULA FIDEI, Amst., 1658, 12mo. ---- DE NATURA CALORIS ET FRIGORIS, Amst., 1660, 12mo. (COMENII (J. A.) SED ANON.) CARTESIUS CUM SUA PHILOSOPHIA EVERSUS, 12mo. RIPAMONTII (JOS.) HISTORIA MEDIOLANENSIS, Mediol., 1648, 5 Vols. fol. MARESII (SAML.) ANTIRRHETICON CONTRA J. A. COMENIUM, Groning, 4to. ERASTI (THOMAE) DE AURO POTABILI, Basil, 1578, 8vo. ---- DISPUTATIONES DE MEDICINA PHILIPPI PARACELSI, 4 Parts, 4to., Basil, 1572. VARRO (TERENT.) DE LINGUA LATINA CUM NOTIS G. SCIOPPII, Ingolds., 1665, 8vo. EPISTOLA NOBILISSIMI ET LITERATISSIMI VIRI (i.e. DANL. EREMITAE) PATAVIO AD GASPAREM SCIOPPIUM ROMAM SCRIPTA, 1610, 4to. MACRI (NICODEMI) CUM NICOLAO CRASSO DISCEPTATIO DE PARAENESI CARDINALIS BARONII AD REMPUB. VENETAM, Venet., 1607, 8vo. POMPOMATII (PETRI) OPERUM NOMENCLATOR EX BIBLIOTHECA JO. BOURDELOTII, Paris, 1633, 8vo. LICETI (FORTUN.) DE PROPRIORUM OPERUM HISTORIA, PATAV. 1634, 4to. SCALIGERI (JUL. CAES.) ORATIO DE OPTIMO DICENDI GENERE CONTRA ERASMUM, Lutet., 1537, 8vo. PUTEANI (ERYCII) POMPA PROSPHONETICA, Lovan., 1639, 8vo. WOTTONI (HEN.) EPISTOLA DE GASPARE SCIOPPIO, Amberg., 1613, 8vo. LAVANDAE (EUGENII) GRAMMATICUS PAEDICUS, 1638, 12mo. ---- GRAMMATICUS PALAEPHATIUS, 1639, 12mo. ---- NOTAE ASTRUM INEXTINCTUM, 1641, 8vo. SPECTATOR NEWSPAPER, No. 1102. for Sept. 11th, 1847. (Ten Shillings will be given for a clean copy.) GRETSER (JACOBUS) OPERA OMNIA DE SANCTA CRUCE ACCURATE RECOGNITA MULTIS PARTIBUS LOCUPLETATA ET UNO IN VOLUMINE EDITA. Folio, Ingolst. 1616. MICHAEL DRAYTON'S WORKS, 4 Vols. 8vo. 1753. *** 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. M. A. H. "_A Skeleton in every House._" _This saying doubtless had its origin in an Italian Story. See our Second Vol.,_ p. 231. L. J., _who inquires about the name_ Rotten Row, _is referred to our Second Vol._, p. 235. J. N. CHADWICK. "_A Rowland for an Oliver_" _is explained in our Second Vol._, p. 132; _and "As Lazy as Ludlam's Dog," which is a kindred proverb, to his "Lazy as Hall's Dog," in_ Vol. i., p. 475.; Vol. ii., p. 42.