The Gentleman's Magazine Library. Edited by George Laurence Gomme, F.S.A.
"Bibliographical Notes," edited by A. C. Bickley. (Elliot Stock.)—How many volumes this library will consist of, the editor does not state; nor, indeed, does it greatly matter, since for the most part the volumes are distinct. The present volume, however, is "practically little more than a continuation of its pre- decessor;" but "whilst that chiefly dealt with book-making, selling, and storing, this endeavours to bring together particulars of the books themselves, and, in addition, to collect together information
on a variety of literary subjects which has only existed pre- viously in the disconnected form unavoidable in periodical publi-
cations." The Gentleman's Magazine from 1731 to 1868 is a mine
of literary and antiquarian wealth, and Mr. Gomme's collection of its principal contents in this Library will be of great service to students. A goodly portion of the present volume is devoted to old almanacs, newspapers, and playing-cards. There are also "Notes on Special Books," and among these " Notes " is one on an unknown poem by Michael Drayton, of which Mr. Bullen, who is so familiar with that fine old poet, does not seem to have taken account. It is entitled "Endimion and Phcebe," and is dedicated to the famous friend of poets, Lucy, Countess of Bedford, with whom Drayton seems ultimately to have quarrelled.
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