At the present moment, I can only announce the project as a stimulus to
unemployed aspirants, and as a hint to fortunate collectors, to prepare
for an exhibition of their cryptic treasures.--On a future occasion I
shall describe the plan of construction which seems more eligible--shall
briefly notice the scattered materials which it may be expedient to
consult, whether in public depositories, or in private hands--and shall
make an appeal to those whose assistance may be required, to enable a
competent editor to carry out the plan with credit and success.
On the prevalence of anonymous writing, on its occasional convenience,
and on its pernicious consequences, I shall make no remarks. Facts,
rather than arguments, should be the staple commodity of an instructive
miscellany.
BOLTON CORNEY.
Barnes Terrace, Surrey,
29th Oct., 1849.
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NOTES FROM FLY-LEAVES.--NO. 1.
Many scholars and reading-men are in the habit of noting down on the
fly-leaves of their books memoranda, sometimes critical, sometimes
bibliographical, the result of their own knowledge or research. The
following are specimens of the kind of Notes to which we allude; and the
possessors of volumes enriched by the Notes and memoranda of men of
learning to whom they formerly belonged, will render us and our readers
a most acceptable service by forwarding to us copies of them for
insertion.
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