esented to the members by the Earl
of Powis; "Inventaire de tous les meubles du Cardinal
Mazarin," edited and presented by H.R.H. the Duke d'Aumale;
"Memoires de la Cour d'Espagne sous la regne de Charles II.,
1678-82," edited and presented by William Stirling
(afterwards Sir William Stirling Maxwell); "The Biography
and Bibliography of Shakespeare," compiled and presented by
Henry G. Bohn; "Analyse des Travaux de la Societe des
Philobiblon de Londres," par Octave Delepierre.

_The Ossianic Society_ was instituted at Dublin in 1853 for
the preservation and publication of manuscripts in the Irish
Language, illustrative of the Fenian period of Irish
history, etc., with literal translations and notes.

_The Warton Club_ was instituted in 1854 and issued four
volumes, after which it was dissolved.

_The Manx Society_ was instituted at Douglas, Isle of Man,
in 1858, for the publication of National Documents of the
Isle of Man.

All the Societies mentioned above are registered in Henry Bohn's Appendix
to Lowndes's Bibliographer's Manual, and lists of the publications up to
1864 are there given. Most of them are also described in Hume's "Learned
Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom" (1853). Since,
however, the publication of these two books, a considerable number of
important Printing Societies have been formed, and of these a list is not
readily obtainable, except by direct application to the respective
Secretaries.

The newly printed General Catalogue of the British Museum in the Reading
Room however contains a full list of the publications of the various
Societies under the heading of _Academies_.

The foundation of the _Early English Text Society_ in 1864
caused a renewed interest to be taken in the publications of
the Printing Clubs. The origin of the Society was in this
wise. When the Philological Society undertook the formation
of a great English Dictionary, the want of printed copies of
some of the chief monuments of the language was keenly
felt. Mr. F.J. Furnivall, with his usual energy, determined
to supply the want, and induced the Council of the
Philological Society to produce some valuable texts. It was
found, however, that these publications exhausted much of
the funds of the Society, which was required for the
printing of the papers read at the or