2. New and corrected editions of works already known and esteemed;
critical editions, for instance, of such well-known writers as Fox,
Fuller, Burnet, and Strype: and the completion, by way of "posting up,"
of such as have become defective through lapse of time, like Le Neve's
_Fasti_, Godwin's _De Presulibus_, &c.

3. The compilation of such original works as may be considered
desiderata. A General Church-History on such a scale, and so far
entering into details as to interest a reader, is not to be found in our
language; nor has the Church of England any thing like the _Gallia
Christiana_ or _Italia Sacra_. We mention these merely as instances,
referring, of course, for further illustration to the pamphlet itself,
merely quoting the following paragraph:--

"But on the subject of publication, I must add one thing more,
which appeals to me to be of vital importance to the
respectability and efficiency of such a Society. It must not
build its hopes, and stake its existence, on the cupidity of
subscribers--it must not live on appeals to their
covetousness--it must not be, nor act as if it were, a
joint-stock company formed to undersell the trade. It must not
rest on the chance of getting subscribers who will shut their
eyes, and open their mouths, and take what is given them, on a
mere assurance that it shall be more in quantity for the money,
than a bookseller can afford to offer."

DR. MAITLAND's fourth section, on the _Discovery of Materials_, tempts
us to further extracts. After remarking that