Mulieribus," various editions of the fifteenth century; P. Grillandus, 1545; R. Scot, "Discovery of Witchcraft," 1584; Le Loyer, "Des Spectres," 1586; Wierus, “De Præstigiis Dæmonum," 1568; King James VI., "Demonologie," Edinburgh, 1597, London, 1603; James Mason, "Anotomie (sic) of Sorcerie," 1612; Delrio, "Disquisitiones," 1603; Perkins, "Witchcraft," 1609, 4to, 1610, 12mo; Julius Obsequens and P. Vergil, "De Prodigiis," Lyons, 1589; "Charmes. de Sorcellerie de Henri de Valois," 1589; Cornelius Agrippa, “La Philosophie Occulte," 1727, large paper, crimson morocco, by Derome, in his best style; Boguet, "Discours des Sorciers," 1610; Naudé, "Apologie Pour les Grands Hommes faussement soupçonnés de Magie," Paris, 1625, first edition, English translation, London, 1657, Amsterdam, 1712; Dufresnoy, "Traité sur les Apparitions," 1751; Dufresnoy, "Recueil de Dissertations sur les Apparitions," 1752; Calmet "sur les Apparitions," 1746; Agrippa, "Vanity of the Arts," London, 1575, black letter; John Aubrey, "Miscellanies," 1696, first edition; Glanville, "Sadduceeism," 1668; Glanville, On Witchcraft," 1700; Meric Casaubon, "A Treatise on Spirits and Witches," 1672; Dr. Dee, "On Spirits," 1659; Beaumont, "Treatise of Spirits," 1705; Bromhall, "Treatise of Spectres," 1658; Webster, "Displaying of Witchcraft," 1677; Wagstaffe, "Witchcraft Debated," 1671, and "Witchcraft Vindicated," 1679; Baxter, "Certainty of the World of Spirits," 1691; "Dr. Lamb Revived," 1653; Matthew Hopkins, "Discovery of Witches," 1647; "Advertisement-Instructions to the Jurymen of England touching Witches," 1653; "Witches of Essex," 1645; "Confession of Louis Gaufridy," 1612, black letter; "Pandemonium," 1684; "Narrative of the Sufferings of a Girl," Edinburgh, 1698; Tracts on the Case of Jane Wenham, 1712; Roe, "On Apparitions," 1698; "History of Monsieur Oufle," Amsterdam, 1710, London, 1711. The library also contains a collection of tracts and academic

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dissertations on magic, witchcraft, vampires, and related subjects, amounting in all to upwards of ninety separate numbers, and there is the work by Horst, "ZauberBibliothek," in six volumes. Among the modern histories is a copy of Eusebe Salverte's "Essai sur la Magie," first edition, privately printed, and the third edition of 1856.

The

As a supplement to the preceding is the collection of works on early physics and natural history, books of secrets, and other curious literature, including English works in black letter of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, several being now of great rarity. majority of these, together with a number of other books of the same kind, have been described by Professor Ferguson in a series of papers communicated recently to the "Archæological Society of Glasgow."

There are a number of bibliographical works of reference which simply represent the owner's needs and not bibliography as a whole. Hain's "Repertorium Bibliographicum," Sinker's "Fifteenth Century Books in Trinity College, Cambridge;" Beughem's "Incunabula," 1688; Petzholdt's "Bibliotheca Bibliographica," Vogt's "Catalogus Librorum Rariorum," Freytag's "Analecta Litteraria de Libris Rarioribus," and his "Aparatus Litterarius," Peignot's "Repertoire Bibliographique," 1812 (a large and thick paper copy); Peignot's "Dictionnaire des Livres Condamnés au Feu, 1806; Drujon's "Catalogue des Ouvrages Poursuivis," Kloss's "Bibliographie der Friemaurerei," Grässe's "Bibliotheca Magica et Pneumatica," Dufresnoy's Bibliography of Apparitions, Ladrague's Bibliography of the Occult Sciences (Ouvaroff Collection), Moscow, 1870; Arpe's "Theatrum Fati, sive Notitia Scriptorum de Providentia, Fortuna et Fato," Rotterdam, 1712; Dibdin's "Tours," "Decameron," etc.; Naudé's " Advis pour dresser une Bibliotheque," 1627, and the translation by Evelyn, London, 1661; the works of Lowndes, Teissier, Van der Linden, Ritson, Watt, Allibone,

Poggendorff, and the catalogues of several noted libraries form a list of some of the chief works in this section.

Classical writers are fairly represented. We can only spare space for those in early or fine editions. Of Aeschylus, there is the editio princeps, Aldus,1518, and that printed by Stephanus in 1557; Anacreon, a London edition of 1742, and Bodoni's beautiful edition, 1784; Aratus, Morel's Paris edition, 1559; Plantin's edition of Aristaenetus, 1566; Froben's edition of the Hymns of Callimachus, 1532; the editio princeps of the Tragedies of Euripides, Aldus, 1503; the Odyssey, Aldus, 1504, and the Iliad, Aldus, 1524; Morel's edition of Nicander, 1557. Of the works ascribed to Orpheus, there is the fine Basil edition of 1523 (William Motherwell's copy), Heber's copy of Pindar, London, 1755, and a Frankfurt edition of 1542; the editio princeps of Sophocles, Aldus, 1502; the fine Foulis editions of Sophocles, 1745, and Tyrtaeus, 1759. Professor Ferguson has a number of books which belonged to Hadrian Beverland, all of them with manuscript notes by him, and several of them presentation copies either to or from that notable scholar. Among these are editions of Catullus, Celsus, Juvenal, and Martial. Of Aulus Gellius, there is an Amsterdam edition, 1666; Juvenal and Persius, Aldus, 1501; Wedderburn's Persius, Elzevier, 1664, and a Parisian edition, 1644. Of Tacitus, the Elzevier edition, 1621. Besides these there are working copies of Aristophanes, Homer, Herodotus, Xenophon, Cicero, Seneca, Horace, Virgil, and others. There are also translations into English and French, and commentaries, lexicons, and explanatory works relating to classical literature.

The library also contains many general works of reference which it is unnecessary to particularize. The biographical, historical, philosophical, philological, and other sections which might have been treated of in detail have been omitted to make room for the more

curious collections on alchemy and allied subjects. This library is of quite exceptional character, and one which it is difficult to deal with adequately. Few are sufficiently familiar with the subject of which the largest portion in it is so notable a feature as to be perfectly at ease in its treatment. But feeling that it would have been a misfortune if so remarkable a library had gone unmentioned, these pages have been written, and although the collection truly yet remains undescribed, some of its more prominent features have been roughly outlined.

CHAPTER XIV.

LIBRARY OF GEORGE GRAY, ESQ., CLERK OF THE PEACE FOR LANARKSHIRE AT GLASGOW, AND TOWN CLERK OF THE BURGH OF RUTHERGLEN.

Blairtum Park-The Library-A Rare CatechismWitchcraft-Poetry and the Drama-Scottish Poetry -The Production of Home's "Douglas" on the Edinburgh Stage-First, Second, and Third Editions of the Works of Burns-Splendid Collections of Scottish Family History and Scottish Topography-Other Works on Scotland-Proclamations, Dying Speeches, etc.-Controversy regarding the Election of Professor Leslie to the Mathematical Chair in the University of Edinburgh-Chap-books- Works relating to Glasgow -Fleming v. the Magistrates of Glasgow-Boyd's "Last Battell of the Soule in Death"-Large Collection of Trials-Burke and Hare, Dr. PritchardCollection of Indictments, Informations, etc.-Fine Art-Conclusion.

MR. GRAY lives at Blairtum Park, about a mile and a half to the south of the ancient royal burgh of

Rutherglen, of which he is the Town Clerk. The house is picturesquely set upon a hill, and commands a magnificent view of the country round about. To the west and north-west lie the great capital of the West, and its suburbs of Crosshill, Pollokshields, Strathbungo, Shawlands, and Pollokshaws, a vast sea of housetops; to the north, Rutherglen, with its wide Main Street and imposing Municipal Buildings; to the east, the rising and populous village of Cambuslang, and a long stretch of the valley of the Clyde; and to the south, the Cathkin Hills, extending from the Hill of Dechmont westwards to Cathcart. Capping the summit of the height, almost directly opposite, is the dozen or so of handsome residences which form the modern suburb of Burnside, their cold grey aspect forming a striking contrast to the bright green of the richly-wooded hollow.

Blairtum was built by Mr. Gray in 1878 on the lands of High Crosshill, and is in the Scottish baronial style of architecture. The library is situated in the square tower facing the south, and is a handsome, wellappointed room, but has grown too small for Mr. Gray's requirements. Its capacity has been strained to the utmost, almost every expedient known to librarians suffering from a want of shelf space having been resorted to, and supplementary bookcases erected in adjoining rooms to receive the overflow. The number of volumes may be set down at over five thousand. Reckoning by separate publications, the total would be much larger, as, for example, some of the volumes of chap-books contain as many as eighty different tractates, each published separately. The collection is richest in Scottish literature, although other departments of learning are well represented. For many years Mr. Gray has specially sought for works relating to Scotland, its history, its families and clans, its towns and counties, its famous trials and notable natives. Nearly five hundred topographical and historical works,