The Bibliographical Society, following the example of the Historical Association,
has taken over a privately owned periodical dealing with its special subject. The Library, founded and con- ducted for thirty years by Sir J. Y. W. MacAlister, will hence- forth appear quarterly as the Society's organ and include its Transactions, with such other matter as space allows. It will be sold to the public at half a guinea a year, unlike the more elaborate publications for which the Biographical Society is famous. The chief items in the first number of the new series are some interesting " Notes on two Early Romances, Huon de Bordeaux and Melusine," by Mr. F. W. Bourdillon, and a curious account by Mr. R. Farquharson Sharp of " Traves- ties of Shakespeare's Plays," the very number of which is at least evidence of Shakespeare's abiding popularity.
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