2 NOVEMBER 1889, Page 45

Catalogue of the Barton. Collection. (Trustees of Boston [U.S.] Public

Library.)—The volume before us contains the second or "miscellaneous" portion of the Barton collection of books (the first is " Shakespearian ") belonging to the Public Library of Boston. Mr. Barton, who died in 1866, left his library, formed at a very large outlay, to his widow ; and she, knowing his inten- tions with regard to it, sold it to the Boston Library for something between six and seven thousand pounds, a price which meant a large sacrifice, and was, in fact, a liberal donation to the city. The Trustees have done well in publishing this handsome catalogue of the collection, which was acquired on the condition that it should be permanently kept together.