is charge: which both the one and other had been bound to do, if they
had been set forth by the same authority which the Liturgy was. Besides
you may observe, that they are never printed with the Liturgy or Bible,
nor ever were; but only bound up, as the stationers please, together
with it," &c.

J. SANSOM.

_Aristophanes on the Modern Stage_ (Vol. iii., p. 105.)--Moliere has
availed himself in the comedy of the _Bourgeois Gentilhomme_ very liberally
of the comedy of the _Clouds_. The lesson in grammar given to Monsr.
Jourdain is nearly the same as that which Socrates gives to Strepsiades.

W. B. D.

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Miscellaneous.

NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC.

The last number of the _Gentleman's Magazine_ contains a very important
paper upon the limited accessibility of the State Paper Office to literary
inquirers, and the consequent injury to historical literature. But not only
is the present system illiberal; it seems that it has been determined by
the Lords of the Treasury that the historical papers anterior to 1714 shall
be transferred from the State Paper Office to the new Record Office, which
is now rising rapidly on the Rolls Estate. Under present circumstances,
this is a transfer from bad to worse. Our contemporary shows the absurdity
and injustice to literature of such a determination in a very striking
manner. We cannot follow him through his proofs, but are bound as the organ
of literary men to direct attention to the subject. It is most important to
every one who is interested--and who is not?--in the welfare of historical
literature. {199}

The _Unpublished Manuscripts on Church Government_ by Archbishop Laud,
stated to have been prepared for the education of Prince Henry, and
subsequently presented to Charles I., which we mentioned in our sixty-ninth
number, was sold by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, on the 24th ultimo, for
Twenty Guineas. And here we may note that in the Collection of Autographs
sold by the same auctioneers on Friday last, among other valuable articles
was a Letter of Burke, dated 3rd Oct. 1793, from which we quote the
following passage, which will be read with interest at the present time,
and furnishes some information respecting Cardinal Erskine--the subject of
a recent Query:--"I confess, I would, if the matter rested with me, enter
into much more distinct and avowed political connections with the Court of
Rome than hither