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An Act for Disafforesting and Allotting the Uninclosed Portion of " The Forest in the Isle of Man. Douglas printed (by Authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, 13 King Street. 1860. Royal octavo. Pp. 24.
Promulgated the 13th November 1860, at St. John’s, being the first act of the present Lieutenant-Governor, F. Pigott, Esq.
The Douglas Middle School Magazine. No. 1, January 1860. Douglas : printed by H. Curphey, Manx Sum Office. Foolscap octavo. Pp. 40.
Only three numbers (for January, February, and March 1860) of this Magazine were published.
Letters, Descriptive, Reflective, and Humorous, on the Isle of Man. By J. S. Supposed to be addressed to a friend in the South. Douglas : printed by R. Fargher, 9 Mona Terrace. 1860. Small octavo. Pp. 32.
Popular Tales of the West Highlands, orally collected, with a translation. By J. F. Campbell Edinburgh : Edmon ston and Douglas. 1860. Small octavo. 4 vols.
In the first volume of these interesting Tales, Mr. Campbell has given in the Introduction, p. xl. and pp. 1. to lv., specimens of many Tales picked up during a visit to the Island in April 1860. Also in the fourth volume, p. 299 and p. 386, respecting the Legs of Man.
Charge delivered to the Convocation held at Bishop’s Court, Thursday, May 31, 1860. By the Bishop of Sodor and Mann. Liverpool : Adam Holden, 48 Church Street; London : Rivingtons. 1860. Octavo. Pp. 30.
Observations on the State and Condition of the present Friendly Societies ; and Proposal for the Formation of a Friendly Society on Improved Principles. Castletown: printed by M. J. Backwell, Malew Street. 12mo. Pp. 10.
These "Observations " are signed by Mark H. Quayle, J. Gell, R. T. Quayle, and J. T. Clucas. Dated "Castletown, 1st May 1860.
An Act to Provide for Paving, Cleansing, and Lighting the Streets of the Town of Douglas, and for making and keepng in repair Public Sewers therein, and otherwise improving the said Town. Douglas : printed (by Authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1860. Royal octavo. Pp. 30.
Legislation by Three of the Thirteen Stanleys, Kings of Man, —Acts of Sir John Stanley, A.D. 1417-1430 ; Legislation of the seventh Earl of Derby,A.D. 1627-1647, and his Letter, as published in Peck’s " Desiderata Curiosa ; " Acts re ferring to the Clergy and Landowners, by the tenth Earl of Derby, 1703. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by the Rev. Wm. Mackenzie, Member of the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh. Douglas, Isle of Man : printed for the Manx Society. 1860. Octavo. Pp. 224.
The Third Volume of the Manx Society’s Publications.
Monumenta de Insula Manniae, or a Collection of National Documents relating to the Isle of Man. Translated and Edited, with Appendix, by J. R. Oliver, Esq., M.D.
Douglas, Isle of Man : printed for the Manx Society. 1860. Octavo. Vol. i. pp. 244.
This forms the Fourth Volume of the Manx Society’s Publications.
Vol. ii. 1861 . Pp. 250. With a Map, entitled " Mona Caesaris." The Seventh Volume of the Manx Society’s Publications.
Vol. iii. 1862. Pp. 272. With a Copious Index to the three volumes. The Ninth Volume of the Manx Society. These volumes contain a vast mine of information for the Historian, consisting of copies of Charters and other important documents, as well as numerous extracts from various authors who make mention of the Isle of Man.
Kneale’s Guide to the Isle of Man, comprising an Account of the Island, Historical, Physical, Archaeological, and Topographical, and all the information desirable for Visitors and Tourists ; to which is appended a collection of entertaining Manx legends. Illustrated with numerous engravings. Douglas : W. Kneale, 37 Duke Street. Small octavo. Pp. 224. A carefully compiled and excellent Guide to the Isle of Man.
A Second Edition was published in 1866. Small octavo.
Pp. 222.
Chronica Regum Manniae et Insularum. The Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys, edited from the Manuscript Codex in the British Museum, with Historical Notes, by P. A. Munch, Professor of History in the Royal University of Christiania ; Hon. F.R.A.S.S. To accompany the " Index Scholarum " of the University for the year 1857. Second Season. Christiania, 1860. Printed by Brogger and Christie. Octavo, Preface, pp. iii.-xxxiv., dated Rome, Oct. 4, 1859. Chronica, pp. 1-31. Notes, pp. 32-151.
Appendix, pp. 152-191. A plate of Runic Inscriptions.
The Appendix contains copies of many documents from the Archives in the Vatican, etc. etc.
This has been reprinted, with additional documents, edited by the Right Rev. Dr. Goss. Manx Society series, vols. xxii. and xxiii.
Vestigia Insulae Manniae Antiquiora ; or a Dissertation on the Armorial Bearings of the Isle of Man, the Regalities and Prerogatives of its Ancient Kings, and the Original Usages, Customs, Privileges, Laws, and Constitutional Government of the Manx People. By H. R. Oswald, Esq., F.A.S., L.R.C.S.E., Member of the Council of the Manx Society.
" Re tam vetustate deficile dictu est."
Douglas, Isle of Man : printed for the Manx Society. 1860. Octavo. Preliminary Observations, etc., pp. ix. Armorial Bearings, etc., pp. 218.
This forms the Fifth Volume of the Manx Society’s Publications, and is illustrated with numerous seals of arms and other antiquities connected with the Isle of Man, which have been most ably discussed in this work.
Isle of Man Agricultural Society. Rules of the Society, Minutes of Annual General Meeting, Cash Account, List of Subscribers, etc. etc. Isle of Man : printed by John Hampton, Post-Office, Ramsey. 1861. 12mo. Pp. 12.
Sketch of the Origin, Progress, and present Position of Christian’s Endowed National School, and Bishop Wilson’s Infant School, Peel, Isle of Man. By Robert J. Moore, H. B. of Peel, one of the Trustees of the School premises. Douglas : printed by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1861. Octavo. Pp. 15.
The New Schoolhouse was opened on Friday, 28th June 1861.
Feltham’s Tour through the Isle of Man in 1797 and 1798. Comprising Sketches of its Ancient and Modern History, Constitution, Laws, Commerce, Agriculture, Fishery, etc., including whatever is remarkable in each Parish, its Population, Inscriptions, Registers, etc. Edited with Notes, by the Rev. Robert Airey, Curate of Braddan for St. Luke’s, Baldwin, and Cronkbourne. Douglas, Isle of Man : printed for the Manx Society. 1861. Octavo. Pp. 272.
This is the Sixth Volume of the Manx Society, and contains the Map and Plates of the original edition of 1798.
The Isle of Man. A Guide to the Isle of Man, with the means of access thereto, and an introduction to its Scenery. Containing also a general synopsis of its Constitution ; Climate ; Language ; Population ; Manners and Customs ; Topography ; Civil and Ecclesiastical History ; Agriculture ; Fisheries ; Mines ; Minerals Manufactures ; Antiquities ; Botany ; Geology and Zoology. By the Rev. Joseph George Cumming, M.A., F.G.S., late Warden of Queen’s College, Birmingham, and formerly Vice-Principal of King William’s College, Isle of Man. London : Edward Stanford, 6 Charing Cross. 1861. Post octavo. Preface, etc., pp. xvi. Guide, pp.230. A Map.
An Act to provide an Asylum for Lunatics and Insane Persons. Douglas : printed (by Authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, 13 King Street. 1861. Royal octavo. Pp. 43.
A New Map of the Isle of Man, shewing the local Divisions, Roads, and Geographical features of the Island. Together with the precise site and entire extent of the Forest Wall or Mountain Hedge, laid down from accurate Surveys.' May 1861. 25 + 31 inches.
The Disafforesting Commissioners’ Map.
A Letter to His Excellency Francis Pigott, Lieut.-Governor of the Isle of Man. And a Defence in reply of Certain Charges made by the Bishop of Sodor and Man. By the Rev. J. H. Gray, M.A., Incumbent of St. Barnabas. Douglas : printed and published by Robert H. Johnson, Isle of Man Weekly Advertising Circular Office. 1861. Octavo. Pp. 24.
Isle of Man Disafforesting Commission. Declaration of the Boundaries of the Lands in " The Forest," uninclosed or which ought to be uninclosed, as determined by the Commissioners appointed under an Act of Tynwald passed in the Twenty-fourth year of the Reign of Queen Victoria, and entituled " An Act for Disafforesting and Allotting the uninclosed portion of ‘ The Forest,’ in the Isle of Man." Printed by order of the Commissioners. 1861. London printed by Jas. Wade, Brydges St., Strand. Folio. Pp. 22. Dated Ramsey, 24th August 1861.
Signed by George Wingrove Cooke, N. Wetherell, J. H. Patterson. Witnessed by Hans Busk, Secretary to the Commissioners.
Memoir of Edward Forbes, F.R.S., late Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh. By George Wilson, M.D., F.R.S.E., late Regius Professor of Technology in the University of Edinburgh, and Director of the Industrial Museum of Scotland ; and Archibald Geikie, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. MacMillan and Co., Cambridge and London. Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh. 1861. Octavo. Pp. 589. Portrait.
Professor Forbes was a native of the Isle of Man, and the first chapter gives a short account of him. Dr. Wilson died before the work was finished, and Mr. Geikie completed it.
Index to all the Statute or Tynwald Laws of the Isle of Man, being a combination of all the. separate Indexes to the Volumes edited by Messrs. Burman, Gell, Jeffcott, and Geneste, with a New Index to that of Mr. Mills, by A. W. Adams, Crown Solicitor ; together with an Abstract by Mr. Burman, Secretary to the Governor and Council, of all the recent Acts of Tynwald, and a Table of the Dates of all the Statute Laws of the Island. By Rev. William Mackenzie, Annotator on " The Stanley Legislation of Man." Douglas : W. Kneale, Duke Street. 1861. Royal octavo. Preface, dated 5th March 1861, pp. vii. Index, etc., pp. 87.
Bibliotheca Monensis : A Bibliographical Account of Works relating to the Isle of Man. By William Harrison, Esq., Member of the House of Keys. Douglas, Isle of Man:printed for the Manx Society. 1861. Octavo. Pp. 208. The Eighth volume of the Society’s publications.
Chit Chat on the Isle of Man, with Notices on the Natural History, and a list of Entomology in the Island. By the Rev. A. H. Stowell, Dhoon Chapel in the Zoologist, vol xx. Pp. 7848-9.
Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Charles II. 1663-1664. Preserved in Her Majesty’s Public Record Office. Edited by M. A. E. Green. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. 1862. Royal octavo.
Various Petitions of Wm. Christian (Illiam Dhone), Edward Christian, and George Christian ; also other papers connected with this case.
The Voice of the Pious Dead. A Funeral Sermon for the late Mr. James Dalrymple (of the Union Mills), by the Rev. John Chater. Douglas. 1862.
The proceeds of the sale of this Sermon will be given to the House of Industry and the Isle of Man Hospital.
The Queen v. John Edward Corkhill. From the Manx Sun of March 1st, 1862. Printed by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, Douglas. Folio. Pp. 3.
A Sketch of the Isle of Man ; an Unrivalled Watering Place, By Col. Johnson. Liverpool : printed by Harris and Co., Drury Lane. 1862. 32mo. Pp. 30. A Small Map.
An amended edition to the one which appeared in 1851.
Statute Laws of the Isle of Man, promulgated from the Year 1853 to the Year 1861 inclusive : with a short Appendix containing the Rules of the Chancery and Exchequer Courts, made during that period, etc. etc. Published under the Patronage of His Excellency Francis Pigott, Esquire, Lieutenant - Governor, the Council, Deemsters, and Keys of the Isle of Man. By John Corlett Lamothe, Student-at-Law. Douglas : printed and published by Harriet Curphey, Sum Office, King Street : also published by John Mylrea, Duke Street. 1862. Royal octavo. Pp. 403.
History, Topography, and Directory of the Isle of Man. Sheffield Publishing Co., Sheffield. 1862.
Form of Prayer to be used by the House of Keys at the commencement of each Session. Isle of Man. 1863. Castletown : M. J. Backwell, Printer, Malew Street. 24mo. Pp. 6.
Prayers were for the first time read in the House of Keys on the assembling of the House, on Tuesday, 28th April 1863, by the Rev. E. Ferrier, who was appointed Chaplain.
Roundabout Notes chiefly upon the Ancient Circles of Stones in the Isle of Man, from rough pencillings dotted down in the Summer of 1862, by J. O. Halliwell London: John Russell Smith. 1863. Small quarto. Pp. 24. 100 Copies.
He considers Glen Helen, with its waterfall, Rhenass, near St. John’s, " as perfect Isle of Man." " And take the Isle of Man altogether, it bears away the bell as an Island of Great Britain."
Isle of Man Agricultural Society. Rules and Prize List, Rules of the Society, Minutes of Annual General Meeting, Cash Accoutit, List of Subscribers, etc. etc. Exhibition to be held at Ramsey, about the first week of August 1863. Ramsey : printed at the General Printing and Bookbinding Office of J. Hampton, Parliament Street. 1863. 12mo. Pp. 18.
Instructive, Amusing, and entirely Original. Everybody’s New Guide, Companion, and Associate (for both Summer and Winter) to the Isle of Man : With a Sail round the Coast, a visit to the Twelve Chasms, a Walk round the Island, and a circumstantial narrative of the prevalent Superstitions. Also, the History (Civil and Ecciesiastical), Constitution, Climate, Natural Productions, Com merce, Herring Fisheries, Mines, Ascents of Mountains, Antiquities, Customs of the Manx, Notes of Where to go, What to see, Routes, Distances, the Hotels ; with personal Adventures, Anecdotes, and an account of Curious Characters whom I met. By William F. Peacock. Price Sixpence. Manchester : John Heywood, 143 Deansgate. Liverpool : W. Gilling, J. Vaughan, E. Raven-hall. Douglas : J. Mylrea, Duke Street. Ramsey : J. Hampton, Post Office. Peel : E. R. Allpress. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. ; and all Booksellers. Post octavo. Pp. 72.
Dedicated to Wm. Milner, Esq., of Liverpool. Introductory Chapter dated " Manchester 1863."
Manx Antiquities ; or Remarks on the present condition of the Antiquarian remains of the Isle of Man, especially those situated around its coast line (made during a Photographic Tour of the Isle in 1862). By Robert Paterson, M.D., F.R.C.P.E., F.S.S.A., etc. Cupar-Fife ; printed at the Office of the St. Andrews University Magazine. 1863. Octavo. Pp. 42.
With 12 Views.
The Gas Question. Address from the Douglas Town Commissioners to the Ratepayers and Gas Consumers of Douglas, including the report on the Supply and Price of Gas to the Town, as furnished by G. W. Stevenson, Esq., C.E., F.G.S. January 1863. (Douglas : printed by Harriet Curphey, Manx Sun Office. 1863.) 12mo. Pp. 12.
The Beauties of Port Erin, and the South of the Island. By Wm. F. Peacock. Price Sixpence. Manchester : John Heywood, Deansgate, etc. Post octavo. Pp. 46. Dated at the end " 14th August 1863."
The Manx Table Book and Keepsake : Curious, Interesting, Amusing, and Instructive Memoranda of the Isle of Man in times past and present. By Wm. F. Peacock. Price Sixpence. Manchester : John Heywood, Deansgate, etc. Post octavo. Pp. 65.
Manxland : a Tale. With an Introductory Sketch of Manx home Missions. By B. Stowell London : James Nisbet and Co., 21 Berners Street. 1863. Foolscap octavo. Pp. 199. 4 Plates.
This work of Miss Stowell’s gives an account of the Isle of Man Diocesan Association, founded in 1839, with a few rural sketches.
The Life of the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas Wilson, D.D., Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man. Compiled chiefly from Original Documents. By the Rev. John Keble, M.A., Vicar of Hursley.
"The care of discipline is Love."
Oxford : John Henry Parker. 1863. Octavo. In 2 Parts. Preface, pp. xvii. Life, etc., pp. 985.
An able Review of this work will be found in The Quarterly Review, No. 239, July 1866, pp. 171-198.
Disorder ! Disease ! ! and Death ! ! ! or Order ! Cleanliness!! and Health ! ! ! Being a report of the Proceedings of the Douglas Town Commissioners at their meeting held on Tuesday, March 15th, 1864. Reprinted (with corrections) from the Mona’s Herald of March 16th, 1864. Fargher, Printer, Mona’s Herald Office, Douglas. 24mo. Pp. 24.
Signed, " A Fellow Townsman."
A Short Treatise of the Isle of Man, digested into Six Chap-ters. By James Chaloner, one of the Commissioners under Lord Fairfax for settling the affairs in the Isle of Man in 1652 ; and afterwards Governor of the Island from 1658 to 1660. Originally published in 1656, as an Appendix to " King’s Vale Royal of England : or, the County Palatine of Chester, Illustrated." Edited, with an Introductory Notice and Copious Notes, by the Rev. J. G. Cumming, M.A., F.G.S., Rector of Mellis, Suffolk; late Warden and Professor of Classical Literature and of Geology, Queen’s College, Birmingham ; formerly Vice-Principal of King William’s College, Isle of Man. Doug-las, Isle of Man : printed for the Manx Society. 1864. Octavo. Pp. 138.
This forms the Tenth volume of the Manx Society’s publications, and contains copies of the Plates and Map which appeared in the original edition, with an extra portrait of Lord Fairfax. The Notes and Pedigree by the Editor add considerably to the value of this edition.
An Act for Supplying the Town of Peel with Water. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, 13 King Street. 1864. Octavo. Pp. 8.
Proceedings of the Manchester Numismatic Society. Manchester : A. Ireland and Co., Printers, Pall Mall Court. 1864. Small quarto.
In Part i. pp. 5 to 17, is a paper, " On the Brass, Copper, and other currency of the Isle of Man. By Charles Clay, M.D., President of the Manchester Numismatic Society."
This is illustrated with a Photographic Plate of Manx Coins, and 9 Woodcuts illustrative of the Paper.
An Act to enable the Trustees of the Peel Grammar School to make sale and dispose of the Old School-House and Pre mises in the Town of Peel, and to purchase other ground in lieu thereof, and to build a New School-House and Master’s residence thereon. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, 13 King Street. 1864. Octavo. Pp. 7.
An Act to further amend the Law relating to Weights and Measures. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1864. Oct avo. Pp. 8.
An Act for the Punishment of Larceny and Embezzlement in certain Cases. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office. 1864. Octavo. Pp. 8.
An Act for making Compensation for certain claims in regard to certain Lands affected by the Isle of Man Disafforesting Act, 1860. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1864. Octavo. Pp. 12.
An Act to amend an Act to Provide an Asylum for Lunatics and Insane Persons, and to provide a Temporary Lunatic Asylum. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1864. Octavo. Pp. 8.
The Petty Sessions Act, 1864 : being an Act to consolidate and amend the Acts regulating the proceedings and the Duties of Justices of the Peace. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1864. Octavo. Pp. 34.
An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to certain offences and other matters as to which Justices of the Peace exercise summary Jurisdiction, and to define and extend the Powers of the Justices. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1864. Octavo. Pp. 36.
Isle of Man. Papers relating to the Isle of Man (Mr. Wm. Ewart). Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, 28th July 1864. Folio. Pp. 70.
Nine Papers. Petitions on Harbours, Breakwater, Commons, etc.
An Act to further amend an Act to provide for the better Paving, Cleansing, and Lighting the Streets of the Town of Douglas, and for making and keeping in repair public sewers therein, and otherwise improving the said Town. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1864. Octavo. Pp. 34.
An Act to provide for the better Paving, Cleansing, and Lighting the Streets of the Town of Ramsey, and for making and keeping in repair Public Sewers therein, and otherwise improving the said Town. 1865. Douglas: printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1865. Octavo. Pp. 25.
An Act for Shortening the Language used in Acts of Tynwald. 1865. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1865. Octavo. Pp.4.
The District Drainage Act. 1865. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1865. Octavo. Pp. 15.
Session 1865. Isle of Man Railway. (No name of printer.) Octavo. Pp. 109.
Isle of Man Disafforesting Commission. First award of the Commissioners appointed under an Act of Tynwald, passed in the 24th year of the Reign of Queen Victoria, and intituled, " An Act for Disafforesting and allotting the uninclosed portion of the Forest in the Isle of Man." Printed by order of the Commissioners. 1865. Folio. Pp. 59. 3 Maps. Printed in London by J. Wade.
Trout Fishing in the Isle of Man ; where to go, and what baits to use, with a few practical hints on Trout Fishing in general. By Suetoriius M. Tod, Esq. Illustrated with Photographs by Lewis, Douglas. Douglas : Matthew Glove; 52 North Quay ; London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. ; Liverpool : G. Philip and Son. Small octavo. Pp. 62. Two Photographs.
This is the first printed Guide to Angling in the Streams of the Isle of Man.
A Description of the Isle of Man : with some useful and entertaining reflections on the Laws, Customs, and Manners of the Inhabitants. By George Waldron, Gent., late of Queen’s College, Oxon. Printed for the Widow and Orphans. 1731. Edited, with an Introductory Notice and Notes, by William Harrison, Esq., Member of the House of Keys, Author of " Bibliotheca Monensis." Douglas : printed for the Manx Society. 1865. Octavo. Introduction, pp. xxiii. Pp. 155. A Plate of Coins.
The Eleventh volume of the Manx Society’s publications.
An Act for the Incorporation, Winding up, and Regulation of Trading Companies and other Associations. 1865. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1865. Octavo. Pp. 93.
The Trustees Act. 1865. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sum Office, King Street. 1865. Octavo. Pp. 7.
Standing Orders of the Court of Tynwald with regard to Railway Bills, 1859 and 1863. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1865. Octavo. Pp. 14.
Orders, Bye-Laws, Rules, and Regulations, framed and made by the Douglas Town Commissioners, and confirmed by the Tynwald Court. Douglas, Isle of Man : printed (by authority) by James Brown, Times Office. 1865. Octavo. Pp. 30.
The Taverns Amendment Act, 1865. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1865. Octavo. Pp. 15.
An Act to alter the mode of Promulgating Acts of Tynwald, 1865. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1865. Octavo. Pp. 4.
An Act to provide additional Burial Ground for the Parish of Malew. 1865. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sum Office, King Street. 1865. Octavo. Pp. 11.
The Town Bye-Laws and Justices’ Jurisdiction Amendment Act, 1865. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1865. Octavo. Pp. 7.
An Act for the Well-ordering of Common Lodging Houses, 1865. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1865. Octavo. Pp. 12.
Saint Catharine’s Chapel ; or the Pretty Island Bay. By Edwin Waugh.
" ‘Tis Mona the lone, where the silver mist gathers."
Manchester : John Heywood, 143 Deansgate. Small duo-decimo. Pp. 32.
This is an account of Port Erin and neighbourhood. Mr. Waugh is the author of numerous Lancashire songs and sketches.
The Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the Isle of Man Diocesan Association. 1865. Douglas : R. H. Johnson, Printer and Stationer, Prospect Hill, office of the Weekly Advertising Circular. 1866. Octavo. Pp. 7.
The Star of Mona, and Monthly Temperance Advertiser. The organ of the Manx Union for the Promotion of Ternperance. Douglas : Isle of Man, April 12th, 1866. Folio.
No. 1, pp. 2 ; No. 2, pp. 4. May 10th. Printed by Matthew Glover, 52 North Quay, Douglas.
An Act, entituled the House of Keys Election Act, 1866, being an Act to render the House of Keys elective ; and for other purposes. Douglas : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, King Street. 1866. Octavo. Pp. 159.
Correspondence with reference to the Fiscal Changes in 1866. Douglas : printed (by authority) by James Brown and Son. Times Office. Dated " July 5th, 1866." Folio. Pp. 33.
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland, or Topographical Dictionary of the British Islands, comprising above 30,000 names of towns, villages, parishes, hamlets, castles, seats, and other natural and political divisions; with a description of their churches, schools, antiquities, manufactures, progress, railways, etc. Compiled from the most recent and trustworthy sources, and corrected by local verification. Edited by N. E. S. A. Hamilton, Esq., F.R.S.L., etc., Assistant in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum. London : Virtue and Co. 1866.
This work was published in divisions, and was the cause of much annoyance and some litigation to the Manx subscribers. If the information relating to the other portions of Great Britain is drawn from similar trustworthy sources as that relating to the Isle of Man, we pity the student who places reliance on the work. It is amusing to find the following as specimens which the work contains respecting insular localities
" Baldwin, a village in the Isle of Man, 1 mile from Douglas."" Ballasalla, a village in the parish of Castletown, Sheading of Rushen, in the Isle of Man, 3 miles to the N.E. of Castletown."
" The Site (of the Abbey) now belongs to the Chief Deemster."
" Calf of Man. The island abounds with rabbits and solan geese, the pursuit and capture of which is the occupation of the islanders."
" Kirk Ballaugh, a parish in Michael Sheading, includes the village of Ballamoor, where is a brewery."
" Kirk Braddan, a parish in Middle Sheading, Isle of Man, 2 miles N.W. of Douglas." " The village, which is considerable, is situated in a pleasant spot."
The information about Castletown and Douglas is much after the same style of fact!
The Manx Dictionary, in Two Parts. First, Manx and English ; and the Second, English and Manx. Douglas: printed for the Manx Society. 1866. Octavo. Pp. 432.
This is the thirteenth volume issued by the Manx Society. The first part is from Dr. John Kelly’s Triglot Dictionary, from the MS. in the College Library, Castletown, edited by the Rev. William Gill of Malew ; the second part by the Rev. William Gill and the Rev. J. T. Clarke, of St. Mark’s, Isle of Man.
Observations on the Cattle Plague in Ireland, and the Cattle Disease in the Isle of Man. Reprinted from the Veterinarian. London : printed by J. E. Adlard, Bartholomew Close. 1866. Octavo. Pp. 29. Written by Professor Brown, Government Inspector.
That portion relating to the Island is entitled " The disease affecting Cattle in the Isle of Man." Pp. 21-29.
The Building News. August 17th, 1866.
At p. 546, Engravings, and a short description of St. Olave’s Chapel, Ramsey, Isle of Man.
The Great Stanley, or James VIIth Earl of Derby, and his Noble Countess, Charlotte de la Tremouille, in their Land of Man. A Narrative of the XVIIth Century. Interspersed with Notices of Manx Manners, Customs, Laws, Legends, and Fairy Tales. Copiously illustrated from Manx Scenery and Antiquities. By Alfred D. Lemon and J. T. Blight. By the Rev. J. G. Cumming, M.A., F.G.S., In-cumbent of St. John’s, Bethnal Green, London, late Warden of Queen’s College, Birmingham, and formerly Vice-Principal of King William’s College, Isle of Man. London : William Mackintosh, 24 Paternoster Row, E.C. 1867. Foolscap octavo. Preface, pp. viii. Pp. 279.
An Abstract of the Laws, Customs, and Ordinances of the Isle of Man. Compiled by John Parr, Esq., formerly one of the Deemsters of the Island. Edited, with Notes, by James Gell, Esq.,Attorney-General of the Isle of Man. Douglas : printed for the Manx Society. 1867. Octavo. Vol. I. Introduction, etc., pp. xvi. Abstract and Notes, pp. 241.
The Manx Society’s Twelfth volume.
The Fishers of Derby Haven. By the author of " The Children of Colverley," " Ferns Hollow," etc. London : The Religious Tract Society. Instituted 1799. Depositories, 56 Paternoster Row, 65 St. Paul’s Churchyard, and 164 Piccadilly, and sold by the Booksellers. N.D. Small octavo. Pp. 238. 4 plates.
Archaic Scuipturings of Cups, Circles, etc., upon Stones and Rocks in Scotland, England, and other Countries. By Sir J. Y. Simpson, Bart., M.D., D.C.L. Edinburgh : Edmonston and Douglas, Publishers to the Society of Antiquaries 1867. Small quarto. Pp. 200. Numerous plates.
The Isle of Man is alluded to in various instances :— Page 21. Circle at Oatlands—Cup markings on one of the Stones. Plate viii., fig. 1.
Page 131. Cist at Ballakelly, with a Cup Stone.
Page 56. Cup Stones in the Wood near the Churchyard at Braddan Plate
xxvi., fig. 4.
Page 56. Note. Stones, etc., at Kirk Maughold.
Page 69. At Ballaglonnay, etc., several Cup-marked Stones ; as also
near the parish church of Santon.
Page 150. Note on the Great Stone in Santon Church-yard.
The question as to the meaning of these Cups and Circles is left unanswered. They were first noticed on the Cambrian Archaeological Association’s visit to the Island in the autumn of 1865.
The Manx Punch. Printed and published by the Proprietor, Thomas John Ouseley, of No. 6 Mona Terrace, Douglas, at his offices, No. 38 Prospect Hill, Douglas, Isle of Man. Quarto. Pp. 8. No. 1, July. Price One Penny. Published every Saturday. Woodcut Title.
After a few numbers it merged into an advertising circular.
The Stanley Papers. Part iii. Printed for the Chetham Society, 1867. 3 vols. Small quarto.
These volumes contain a Memoir of James, seventh Earl of Derby, with his Private Devotions. In the third volume, separately paged, 1 to 49, is "The History and Antiquities of the Isle of Man," as printed in Peck’s " Desiderata Curiosa," 1732, with a Portrait of Bishop Rutter. Many curious particulars are to be found in these volumes relating to the Isle of Man, from MSS. in the Knowsley Library.
Standing Orders of the House of Keys under the House of Keys Election Act, 1866. Adopted and Confirmed by the House on the 29th October 1867. Printed for the Use of the Members; Isle of Man : printed (by authority) by H. Curphey, Manx Sun Office, Douglas. 1867. Royal octavo. Pp. 24. With an Index of the Rules and Orders.
By the 55th Rule it is stated, " The Standing Orders to be printed, and a copy furnished to each of the present Members, and to every New Member upon his taking his seat." The Members of the Old House were never allowed to have a Copy of the Standing Orders.
Methodist Facts. The Rev. Theophilus Talbot’s Appointment to the Douglas Circuit. The doings of the Conference Stationing Committee, and other matters which should be known to all Wesleyans.
‘"Have I become your enemy because I tell you the truth?"
Douglas : James Brown, printer, Times Office, Wellington Street. Royal octavo. Pp. 8.
A New Atlas and Gazetteer of the Isle of Man, consisting of seventeen highly finished Maps, compiled from original and authentic sources, describing the Civil and Ecciesias tical Boundaries of each Parish, and the boundaries of the several Baronies, Freeholds, and Quarterlands, as well as the boundaries of the several farms as they are now held in possession. Appended is an elaborate and comprehen sive reference table, showing the name of every proprietor of Land in the Island, with the manorial description and extent of Land held by him ; together with an Appendix of useful and interesting information. By James Woods, Surveyor. London : Day and Son (Limited), 6 Gate Street. Isle of Man, Douglas : James Brown ; John Mylrea. Ramsey : John Hampton. Castletown : M. J. Backwell Peel : Thomas Carran.
Atlas, folio. Maps coloured. Pp. 51.
The Worthies of Cumberland. John Christian Curwen. William Blamire. By Henry Lonsdale, M.D., author of "The Life of Watson." London : George Routledge and Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate. 1867. Post octavo. Pp. 317.
Portrait of Mr. Curwen. Life of Curwen, pp. 1 to 204.
John Christian of Ewanrigg, Cumberland, and Milntown, Isle of Man, was born on the 12th July 1756, at Ewanrigg, and married his first wife, Margaret, daughter of John Taubman, Esq., of Castletown, at Kirk Maughold Church, in the Isle of Man, on the 10th September 1776, who died February 1778 at Peel, leaving issue one son, John Christian, who became Deemster of the Island, and father of the Rev. William Bell Christian of Milntown and Ewanrigg. Mr. Christian married for his second wife his cousin, Isabella Curwen, only child of Henry Curwen, Esq., of Workington Hall, at Edinburgh, on the 5th October 1782, and took the name of Curwen. He died on the 10th December 1828, having been a M.P. as well as a Member of the House of Keys.
Report of the Committee appointed by the Tynwald Court to consider the question of maintaining Telegraphic Communication between the Isle of Man and England. February 1868. Douglas : printed (by authority) by Harriet Curphey, King Street. 1868. Octavo.
Isle of Man ; its Antiquities, etc., with Excursions from Douglas to Peel, Ramsey, Castletown, Laxey, etc., and a paper by Suetonius M. Tod, Esq., on Sea Fishing. Price One Penny Manchester ; Abel Heywood and Son, 56 and 58 Oldham Street. London : Heywood and Co., 335 Strand. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers’ Hall Court. Foolscap octavo. Pp. 22.
Memorials of "God’s Acre," being Monumental Inscriptions ,in the Isle of Man, taken in the Summer of 1797. By John Feltham and Edward Wright. Edited, with an Introductory Notice, by William Harrison, Esq., Author of " Bibliotheca Monensis." Douglas : printed for the Manx Society. 1868. Octavo. Pp. 132.
Introductory Notice, etc., pp. xv. Illustrated with 18 Views of the Old Churches in the time of Bishop Wilson.
Poems from Manxland, with Legends and Translations from the Manx and German. By Elizabeth Cookson.
"Bannee-Jee-Shiu, Ellan Vannin."
London : Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row. 1868. Small octavo. Pp. 192.
Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861, etc. Edited by Arthur Helps. Second Edition. London : Smith, Elder, and Co. 1868.
Her Majesty did not land on the Isle of Man while her Yacht remained in Ramsey Bay, but the Prince Consort ascended the Hill overlooking the town and bay on the 20th of September 1847, on which spot the Albert Tower was afterwards built to commemorate the royal visit. The Island is alluded to at pp. 73, 74, and 94.
Antiquitates Manniae : or a Collection of Memoirs on the Antiquities of the Isle of Man. Edited for the Manx Society by the Rev. J. G. Cumming, M.A., F.G.S. London: printed for the Manx Society. 1868. Octavo. Pp. 140.
Plates and Woodcuts.
The Society’s Fifteenth volume. It consists wholly of the Memoirs read at the Douglas Meeting of the Cambrian Archaeological Association in 1865, and which were pub-lished in their Journal in 1866-7, with some new readings of Runic Inscriptions by Mr. Cumming, and a fuller Account of the Ancient Churches of Man by Dr. Oliver.
Mr. Cumming died in London on the 21st September 1868.
An Act to prevent the Destruction of Sea Gulls. Douglas printed (by authority) by Harriet Curphey, King Street. 1868. Royal octavo. Pp. 16 to 166.
Promulgated 6th July 1868.
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries. London. Octavo. May 14, 1868.
At pp. 123-124, Description of Two Swords of State belonging to the Isle of Man. It is thus noted :—" Henry Campkin, Esq., F.S.A., exhibited, by permission of J. Latham, Esq., two Swords of State belonging to the Isle of Man."
These Swords are mentioned in " Records of the Tynwald," pp. 20, 21 ; and photographs of the most ancient are given— Manx Society, vol. xix. 1871.
The Old Northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England, now first collected and deciphered by George Stephens, F.S.A., Professor of English in the University of Copenhagen. 1869. Folio. Pp. 1112.
Published in Two Parts, with numerous Engravings. A most complete account, and embracing those of the Isle of Man.
Mona Miscellany. A Selection of Proverbs, Sayings, Ballads, Customs, Superstitions, and Legends, peculiar to the Isle of Man. Collected and Edited by William Harrison, Author of " Bibliotheca Monensis." Douglas : Isle of Man : printed for the Manx Society. 1869. Octavo. Pp. 241. Preface, etc., xviii. pp.
The Sixteenth volume of the Society’s publications.
Currency of the Isle of Man, from its earliest appearance to its assimilation with the British Coinage in 1840 : with the Laws and other circumstances connected with its History. Edited by Charles Clay, M.D., Manchester, etc. etc. etc. The Articles on Paper Currency, Treasure Trove, etc., by J. Frissell Crellin, Esq., M.H.K., Orrysdale, Isle of Man. Douglas : printed for the Manx Society. 1869. Octavo. Pp. 215. Illustrated with four Photographic Plates of Manx Coins, and numerous Plates of Card Notes and Coins.
The Seventeenth volume of the Society’s publications.
The Lady of Latham ; being the Life and original Letters of Charlotte de la Trémoille, Countess of Derby. By Madame Guizot de Witt. With a Portrait. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 15 Waterloo Place. 1869. Octavo.
Preface, v.-vii. Pp. 299.
Portrait of the Countess of Derby, from a painting in the Derby collection at Knowsley, engraved by C. H. Jeens.
Many matters connected with the Isle of Man are mentioned, particularly in the Countess of Derby’s letters.
Ordnance Survey of the Isle of Man. Colonel Sir Henry James, R.E., F.R.S., etc., Superintendent of the Survey. The Maps of this Survey are on a scale of 25.344 inches to a mile. The length of each Sheet is 1½ mile, and the width 1 mile. The area of each Sheet is therefore 960 acres. To each parish is a Book of Reference, with the title, as :—Ordnance Survey of the Isle of Man; Book of Reference to the Plan of the Parish of German in Glenfaba Sheading, containing 11,678560 acres. Colonel Sir Henry James, R.E., F.R.S., M.R.I.A., F.G.S., etc., Superintendent of the Survey. London : printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. 1869. Price Three Shillings and Six-pence. Pp. 39.
The Maps are published at 2s. 6d. each Sheet. German contains 19 Sheets.
The Survey is also published on a Scale of six inches and one inch to a mile,
A Lay of Ancient Mona. The Battle of Sky Hill By Dr. M’Burney, F.S.A.S. Printed by John Christian Fargher, Mona’s Herald Office, Douglas. Small octavo. Pp. 12.
Grave Mounds and their Contents ; A Manual of Archaeology, etc. By Llewellyn Jewitt, F.S.A. London : Groombridge and Sons, 5 Paternoster Row. 1870. Octavo.
Isle of Man, pp. 76, 78, 274.
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