We doubt not that many of our readers share our feeling as to the importance of children's books, from the influence they may be destined to exercise upon generations yet unborn. To all such we shall be doing acceptable service by pointing out Mrs. Alfred Gatty's little volume, _The Fairy Godmothers and other Tales_, as one which combines the two essentials of good books for children; namely, imagination to attract, and sound morals to instruct. Both these requisites will be found in Mrs. Gatty's most pleasing collection of tales, which do not require the very clever frontispiece by Miss Barker to render the volume an acceptable gift to all "good little Masters and Mistresses." {382} Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson (3. Wellington Street, Strand) will commence on Monday a six-days' Sale of most interesting Autograph Letters, Historical Documents, and original MSS. of distinguished writers, as that of _Kenilworth_ in the Autograph of Sir W. Scott, of _Madoc_ in that of Southey, unpublished poems by Burns, and _Le Second Manuscrit venu de St. Helene_. One of the most curious Lots is No. 1035, Shakspeare's play of _Henry IV._, two parts condensed into one,--a contemporary and unique Manuscript, being the only one known to exist of any of the productions by the Sweet Bard of Avon. It is presumed to be a playhouse copy with corrections in the Autograph of Sir Edward Deering of Surrenden, in Kent, (who died in 1644); and, as no printed copy is known to contain the various corrections and alterations therein, is supposed to have been so corrected for the purposes of private representation, it being well known that theatricals formed a portion of the amusements in vogue at that baronet's country seat during the early portion of the reign of James I. Our readers will remember that the Shakspeare Society showed their sense of its value by printing it under the editorship of Mr. Halliwell. CATALOGUES RECEIVED.--Emerson Charnley's (45. Bigg Market, Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Catalogue Part IV. of Books Old and New; W. Brown's (46. High Holborn) Catalogue Part LIII. of Valuable Second-hand Books. * * * * * BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE. DIANA (ANTONINUS) COMPENDIUM RESOLUTIONEM MORALIUM. Antwerp.-Colon. 1634-57. PASSIONAEL EFTE DAT LEVENT DER HEILIGEN. Folio. Basil, 1522. CARTARI--LA ROSA D'ORO PONTIFICIA. 4to. Rome, 1681. BROEMEL, M. C. H., FEST-TANZEN DER ERSTEN CHRISTEN. Jena, 1705. THE COMPLAYNT OF SCOTLAND, edited by Leyden. 8vo. Edin. 1801. THOM'S LAYS AND LEGENDS OF VARIOUS NATIONS. Parts I. to VII. 12mo. 1834. L'ABBE DE SAINT PIERRE, PROJET DE PAIX PERPETUELLE. 3 Vols. 12mo. Utrecht, 1713. CHEVALIER RAMSAY, ESSAI DE POLITIQUE, ou l'on traite de la Necessite, de l'Origine, des Droits, des Bornes en des differentes Formes de la Souverainete, selon les Principes de l'Auteur de Telemaque. 2 Vols. 12mo. La Haye, without date, but printed in 1719.