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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Notes and Queries, Number 214, December 3, 1853 + A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, + Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. + +Author: Various + +Editor: George Bell + +Release Date: October 24, 2008 [EBook #27011] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NOTES AND QUERIES *** + + + + +Produced by Charlene Taylor, Jonathan Ingram, Keith Edkins +and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images +generously made available by The Internet Library of Early +Journals.) + + + + + + +</pre> + +<table border="0" cellpadding="10" style="background-color: #ccccff;"> +<tr> +<td style="width:25%; vertical-align:top"> +Transcriber's note: +</td> +<td> +A few typographical errors have been corrected. They +appear in the text <span class="correction" title="explanation will pop up">like this</span>, and the +explanation will appear when the mouse pointer is moved over the marked +passage. +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p><!-- Page 533 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page533"></a>{533}</span></p> + +<h1>NOTES AND QUERIES:</h1> + +<h2>A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, +GENEALOGISTS, ETC.</h2> + +<h3><b>"When found, make a note of."</b>—<span class="sc">Captain Cuttle</span>.</h3> + +<hr class="full" /> + + +<table width="100%" class="nomar" summary="masthead" title="masthead"> + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left; width:25%"> + <p><b>No. 214.</b></p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:center; width:50%"> + <p><b><span class="sc">Saturday, December 3. 1853.</span></b></p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right; width:25%"> + <p><b>Price Fourpence.<br />Stamped Edition 5<i>d.</i></b></p> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>CONTENTS.</h2> + + +<table width="100%" class="nomar" summary="Contents" title="Contents"> + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left; width:94%"> + <p><span class="sc">Notes</span>:—</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right; width:5%"> + <p>Page</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Peter Brett</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page533">533</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Richard's "Guide through France," by Weld Taylor</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page534">534</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Women and Tortoises</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page534">534</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Weather Rules, by W. Winthrop</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page535">535</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Occasional Forms of Prayer, by Rev. Thomas Lathbury</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page535">535</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Minor Notes</span>:—Chair + Moving—Epitaph on Politian in the Church of the Annunciation at + Florence—Epitaph in Torrington Churchyard, Devon—The + early Delights of Philadelphia—Misapplication of + Terms—"Plantin" Bibles in 1600—Ancient Gold Collar found + in Staffordshire</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page537">537</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Queries</span>:—</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Pictures in Hampton Court Palace</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page538">538</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Minor Queries</span>:—Helmets—The + Nursrow—City Bellmen—Pope's Elegy on An Unfortunate + Lady—"Too wise to err, too good to be unkind"—Passage in + the "Christian Year"—David's + Mother—Emblems—"Kaminagadeyathooroosoomokanoogonagira"—"Quid + facies," &c.—Will of Peter the Great—H. Neele, Editor + of Shakspeare—MS. by Rubens on Painting—Peter + Allan—Haschisch or Indian Hemp—Crieff + Compensation—Admission to Lincoln's Inn, the Temple, and Gray's + Inn—Orders for the Household of Lord Montagu</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page538">538</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Minor Queries with Answers</span>:—Cateaton + Street—Portrait of Lee, Inventor of the + Stocking-Frame—Cocker's Arithmetic—Lyke Porch or Litch + Porch—Henry Burton—British Mathematicians—"Les + Lettres Juives"</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page540">540</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Replies</span>:—</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Attainment of Majority</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page541">541</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Lord Halifax and Mrs. Catherine Barton</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page543">543</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Milton's Widow, by T. Hughes</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page544">544</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Anticipatory Use of the Cross, by J. W. Thomas and Eden + Warwick</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page545">545</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Decorative Pavement Tiles from Caen, by Albert Way and Gilbert J. + French</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page547">547</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Mottos of the Emperors of Germany</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page548">548</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Photographic + Correspondence</span>:—Simplicity of Calotype + Process—Albumized Paper—New Developing + Mixture—Queries on the Albumenized Process</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page548">548</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Replies to Minor Queries</span>:—Poems in + connexion with Waterloo—Richard Oswald—Grammont's + Marriage—Life—Muscipula—Berefellarii—Harmony + of the Four Gospels—Picts' Houses and Argils—Boswell's + "Johnson"—Pronunciation of "Humble"—Continuation of + Robertson—Nostradamus—Quantity of Words—"Man + proposes, but God disposes"—Polarised Light</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page549">549</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p><span class="sc">Miscellaneous</span>:—</p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Notes on Books, &c.</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page552">552</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Books and Odd Volumes wanted</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page553">553</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Notices to Correspondents</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page553">553</a></p> + </td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td style="text-align:left"> + <p>Advertisements</p> + </td> + <td style="text-align:right"> + <p><a href="#page554">554</a></p> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Notes.</h2> + +<h3>PETER BRETT.</h3> + + <p>Your correspondent T. K. seems to think that Scotchmen, and Scotch + subjects, have an undue prominence in "N. & Q.:" let me therefore + introduce to your readers a neglected <i>Irishman</i>, in the person of + Peter Brett, the "parish clerk and schoolmaster of Castle-Knock." This + worthy seems to have been a great author, and the literary oracle of the + district over which he presided, and exercised the above-named important + functions. His <i>magnum opus</i> appears to have been his + <i>Miscellany</i>; a farrago of prose and verse, which, to distinguish it + from the herd of books bearing that title, is yclept, <i>par + excellence</i>, Brett's <i>Miscellany</i>. When Mr. Brett commenced to + enlighten the world, and when his candle was snuffed out, I know not. My + volume of the above work purports to be the fifth:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Containing above a hundred useful and entertaining Particulars, + Divine, Moral, and Historical; chiefly designed for the Improvement of + Youth, and those who have not the Opportunity of reading large Volumes. + Interspersed with several Entertaining Things never before printed. + Dublin, 1762."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The parish clerk's <i>bill of fares</i> is of the most seductive kind. + Under all the above heads he has something spicy to say, either in prose + or verse; but the marrow of the book lies in the Preface. To say that a + man, holding the important offices of parish clerk and schoolmaster, + could be charged with conceit, would be somewhat rash; if, therefore, in + remarking upon the rare instance of a parish clerk becoming an author, he + lets out that "whatever cavillers may say about his performance, they + must admit his extensive reading, and the great labour and application + the concoction of these books has cost him," he is but indulging in a + feeling natural to a man of genius, and a pardonable ebullition of the + <i>amour propre</i>. Mr. Brett seems to have been twitted with the charge + of taking up authorship as a commercial spec; he sullenly admits that his + book-making leaves him something, but nothing like a recompense, and + draws an invidious comparison between one Counsellor Harris and himself; + the <!-- Page 534 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page534"></a>{534}</span>former having received 200<i>l.</i> per + annum for collecting materials for the <i>Life of King William III.</i>, + while he, the schoolmaster of Castle-Knock, scarcely gets salt to his + porridge for his <i>Collections and Observations for perpetuating the + Honour and Glory of the King of Kings</i>.</p> + + <p>Peter farther boasts that these his volumes</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Contain the juice and marrow of many excellent and learned authors, + but compacted after such an ingenious manner, that the learned would find + it a great difficulty to show in what authors they are to be found!"</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>A plan for which, I think, the learned would award him the + <i>birch</i>. Mrs. Brett is no less a genius than her husband; and she + takes advantage of the publication of the <i>Miscellany</i>, to stick the + following little bill upon the back of the title:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Ann Brett, wife of the said Peter, at the sign of the <i>Shroud</i> + in Christ Church Lane, opposite to the Church, makes and sells all Sorts + of Shrouds, draws all Sorts of Patterns, does all manner of Pinking, and + teaches Young Misses Reading and Writing, Arithmetic, and Plain Work. The + Dublin Society," she adds, "was pleased to honour her with a handsome + Present for her Curious Performance with the Pen."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author">J. O.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>RICHARD'S "GUIDE THROUGH FRANCE."</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Translated from the French on the 12th edition. +Paris: Audin, 25. Quai des Augustins.)</p> + + <p>As we are not supposed to be sensible of our own failings, I should + much wish to know whether any English-French exists equal to some + French-English I know of, and inclose a specimen. <span class="sc">Mr. P. + Chasles</span> has played the critic so well with the English tongue, + that perhaps he can find us a few specimens. Without doubt, it will be a + wholesome correction to the Malaprop spirit if she is shown up a little; + and I regret extremely that <span class="sc">Mr. P. Chasles</span> was + not invited to correct the proofs of the <i>Itinéraire de France</i>. + Here we are posting with M. Richard:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The courier à franc-étrier cannot use bridle of their own, they must + not outrun the postilion who leads them, and the post master if they + might arrive at, without their postillion, must not give them horse + before this last is come. The supply-horses, according to the number of + persons, shall be put to carriages as much as the disposition of the + vehicles will admit. For example, three horses shall be put to + cabriolets, and till six to the berline, but as it should not be + possible, to put a horse en arbalête (cross-bow) without notable + accidents, either to caleches with two horses or to the limonieres; they + shall be obliged to pay the charge for supply horse."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Here we are in a steamer, p. 52.:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The sea is smooth, the sky pure, the air calm, everything promises a + happy navigation, our boat is in a very favourable position in the middle + of the Seine, on the right hand the hills of Honfleur, on the left the + coast of Ingouville, let us pause a little more on these shores we are + going to leave: behold on the east the fortifications of Havre, small + seats! clusters of trees! this is the village of l'Eure threatened by the + sea of an entire destruction. We must not pass over this green hill so + delightful to view, standing on the opposite shore seamen would not + forgive my silence, among these high trees stands a chapel dedicated to + Notre-Dame-de-Grace. Ingouville is of 4,800 inhabitants, among which a + great many Englishmen live there as in their own country, having their + particular churchyard, physicians, and many occasions of hearing from + England, which they can perceive from their pavilions. The traveller can + go to Elbeuf by land or water. The lover of the scenes of nature will + enjoy very romantical prospects, a new kind of view will strike his + sight, a long train of rocks called D'Orival, the most part steep, + covered with evergreen trees, which seem shoot out, with difficulty, of + their craggings."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>He tells us Soissons (p. 102.) "has a college, a pretty theatre, and a + bishoprick-sec, from the Cradle of Christianity into the Gauls." At + Coulommières (Seine et Marne), "the sciences are not cultivated, but the + inhabitants know pretty well how to play at nine pins." At Fontaines les + Cornues, "the inhabitants of Paris with a small expense can procure to + himself a scenery scarecely to be found in the other quarter of the + globe!" At Chatillion-sur-Seine, "the streets are neat and well aired." + At Arles, p. 361., a head of a goddess carved in marble:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The way in which the neck and left shoulder are ended, points out + that the head is <i>related</i> to a figure in drapery cut in another + block."</p> + + <p>"The merchant of Bordeaux is distinguished by his noble easy and + pompous manner, he makes himself easily forgiven a sort of boasting, + which is the foible of the country."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>How the ladies bathe at Mont d'Or, p. 218.:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"At five in the morning bathing begins. Two hardy Highlanders go and + fetch in a kind of deal boxes the fashionable lady, who when in town + never quits her bed-down before noon, the annuitant, the rich man, are + all brought in the same manner in these boxes. It is one of the most + pleasant bathing establishments; it offers a peristyle, a small + resting-room, a warming-place for linen, with partitions to prevent its + mixture."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The work consists of 446 mortal pages though I am bound to say a + portion here and there is respectably written.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Weld Taylor.</span></p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>WOMEN AND TORTOISES.</h3> + + <p>I had intended sending you a paper on Bishop Taylor's <i>Similes</i>, + with Illustrative Notes on some Passages in his Works; but I soon found + that your utmost indulgence could not afford me a tithe of <!-- Page 535 + --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page535"></a>{535}</span>the space I + would require. Instead, therefore, send you an illustration of a single + simile, as it is short, and not the least curious in the lot:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"All <i>vertuous women</i>, <i>like tortoises</i>, carry their house + on their heads, and their chappel in their heart, and their danger in + their eye, and their souls in their hands, and God in all their + actions."—<i>Life of Christ</i>, Part I. s. ii. 4.</p> + + <p>"<i>Phidias made the statue of Venus at Elis with one foot upon the + shell of a tortoise</i>, to signify two great duties of a virtuous woman, + which are to keep home and be silent."—<i>Human Prudence</i>, by W. + De Britaine, 12th edit.: Dublin, 1726, 12mo., p. 134.</p> + + <p>"Vertuous women should keep house, and 'twas well performed and + ordered by the Greeks:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg1">' . . . mulier ne qua in publicum</p> + <p>Spectandam se sine arbitro præbeat viro:'</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Which made Phidias, belike, at Elis paint <i>Venus treading on a + tortoise</i>: a symbole of women's silence and housekeeping.... I know + not what philosopher he was, that would have women come but thrice abroad + all their time, to be <i>baptized</i>, <i>married</i>, <i>and buried</i>; + but he was too straitlaced."—Burton's <i>Anat. Mel.</i>, part iii. + sec. 3. mem. 4. subs. 2.</p> + + <p>"<i>Apelles us'd to paint a good housewife upon a snayl</i>; which + intimated that she should be as slow from gadding abroad, and when she + went she shold carry her house upon her back: that is, she shold make all + sure at home. Now, to a good housewife, her house shold be as the sphere + to a star (I do not mean a <i>wandring</i> star), wherin she shold + twinckle as a star in its orb."—Howell's <i>Parly of Beasts</i>: + Lond. 1660, p. 58.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The last passage reminds us of the fine lines of Donne (addressed to + <i>both</i> sexes):</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Be then thine own home, and in thyself dwell;</p> + <p class="i1">Inn anywhere;</p> + <p>And seeing the <i>snail</i>, which everywhere doth roam,</p> + <p>Carrying his own home still, still is at home,</p> + <p>Follow (for he is easy-paced) this <i>snail</i>:</p> + <p>Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Eirionnach</span>.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>WEATHER RULES.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. vii., pp. 373. 522. 599. 627.)</p> + + <p>J. A., Jun., being desirous of forming a list of weather rules, I send + the following, in the hope that they may be acceptable to him, and + interesting to those of your readers who have never met with the old + collection from which they are taken.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i4"><i>English.</i></p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>In April, Dove's-flood is worth a king's good.</p> + <p>Winter thunder, a summer's wonder.</p> + <p>March dust is worth a king's ransom.</p> + <p>A cold May and a windy, makes a fat barn and findy.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i4"><i>Spanish.</i></p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>April and May, the keys of the year.</p> + <p>A cold April, much bread and little wine.</p> + <p>A year of snow, a year of plenty.</p> + <p>A red morning, wind or rain.</p> + <p>The moon with a circle brings water in her beak.</p> + <p>Bearded frost, forerunner of snow.</p> + <p>Neither give credit to a clear winter nor cloudy spring.</p> + <p>Clouds above, water below.</p> + <p>When the moon is in the wane do not sow anything.</p> + <p>A red sun has water in his eye.</p> + <p>Red clouds in the east, rain the next day.</p> + <p>An eastern wind carrieth water in his hand.</p> + <p>A March sun sticks like a lock of wool.</p> + <p>When there is a spring in winter, and a winter in spring, the year is never good.</p> + <p>When it rains in August, it rains wine or honey.</p> + <p>The circle of the moon never filled a pond, but the circle of the sun wets a shepherd.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i4"><i>Italian.</i></p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Like a March sun, which heats but doth not melt.</p> + <p>Dearth under water, bread under snow.</p> + <p>Young and old must go warm at Martlemas.</p> + <p>When the cock drinks in summer, it will rain a little after.</p> + <p>As Mars hasteneth all the humours feel it.</p> + <p>In August, neither ask for olives, chesnuts, nor acorns.</p> + <p>January commits the fault, and May bears the blame.</p> + <p>A year of snow, a year of plenty.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i4"><i>French.</i></p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>When it thunders in March, we may cry Alas!</p> + <p>A dry year never beggars the master.</p> + <p>An evening red, and a morning grey, makes a pilgrim sing.</p> + <p>January or February do fill or empty the granary.</p> + <p>A dry March, a snowy February, a moist April, and a dry May, presage a good year.</p> + <p>To St. Valentine the spring is a neighbour.</p> + <p>At St. Martin's winter is in his way.</p> + <p>A cold January, a feverish February, a dusty March, a weeping April, a windy May, presage a good year and gay.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author"><span class="sc">W. Winthrop.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Malta.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>OCCASIONAL FORMS OF PRAYER.</h3> + + <p>I now send you a list of Occasional Forms of Prayer in my own + possession, in the hope that the example may be followed by other + individuals.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>A Fourme to be used in Common Prayer table twise a Weke, and also an + Order of Publique Fast to be used every Wednesday, &c. during this + time of Mortalitie, &c. London, 1563.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This was the first published occasional form of the reign of + Elizabeth.</p> + +<p><!-- Page 536 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page536"></a>{536}</span></p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>A Fourme to be used in Common Prayer every Sunday, Wednesday, and + Friday throughout the whole Realme: to excite and stirre up all Godly + People to pray for the Preservation of those Christians and their + Countreys that are now invaded by the Turke in Hungary or elsewhere. Set + fourthe by The Reverend Father in God, Matthew, Archbishop of Cantaburie. + Imprinted by Richarde Jugge and John Cawood. 4to.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>There is no date; but it is ascertained that this form was put forth + in the year 1566.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>The Order of Prayer and other Exercises upon Wednesdays and Fridays, + &c. 4to. Christopher Barker. 1580.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This was put forth in consequence of an earthquake.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Prayers. 1584.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>They consist of "A Prayer for all Kings," &c., "A Prayer for the + Queene," &c., and "A Prayer in the Parliament onely." They are + appended to <i>Treasons of Pary</i>, forming part of the volume.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>An Order for Prayer and Thanksgiving for the Safety of Her Majesty. + 1594.</p> + + <p>Certaine Prayers set forth by Authoritie to be used for the Prosperous + Successe of her Majesties Forces and Navy. 4to. The Deputies of + Christopher Barker, 1597.</p> + + <p>An Order for Prayer and Thanksgiving (necessary in these dangerous + Times) for the Safety of her Majestie and the Realme. 4to. The Deputies + of C. Barker. <i>No date.</i></p> + + <p>An Order for Publike Prayers within the Province of Canterbury. No + date. By the Queen's Printer.</p> + + <p>Prayers for the Queen's safe Deliverance, London, 1605.</p> + + <p>Form of Prayer, &c. Nov. 5. London, 1605.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The original edition.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Form of Prayer, &c., Nov. 5. London, 1620.</p> + + <p>Form, &c. for the 5th of August, being the Day of His Highnesse's + happy Deliverance from the Earle of Gowry. London, 1623.</p> + + <p>Form, &c. Fast during the Plague. 1625.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The "Prayer for the Parliament" appears for the first time in this + form.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Form, &c. Fast. War and Pestilence. 1626.</p> + + <p>Form, &c. Fast. War. 1628.</p> + + <p>Forme of Prayer, &c. for averting God's heauy Visitation, &c. + 1636.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This is the form which was attacked by Burton and Prynne, and on which + a charge was raised against Laud.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Form, &c. Fast. Plague. 1640</p> + + <p>Form, &c. Fast. War. Oxford, 1643.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This is the form authorised by Charles I. to be used at the + commencement of the war. It is frequently alluded to by the Parliamentary + writers of the period. The House of Commons had ordered a monthly fast, + and Charles commanded that the second Friday in every month should be set + apart for the same purpose. This form was to be used on such + occasions.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Form, &c. Fast. Oxford, 1643.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The same as the preceding, but a different edition, one being in + black-letter, the other in Roman. Both were printed in Oxford, and in the + same year.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>A Collection of Prayers and Thanksgivings used in His Majesties Chapel + and in his Armies, upon occasion of the late Victories against the + Rebels. Oxford, 1643.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This was reprinted at York in 1644.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>The Cavaliers' New Common Prayer Booke, unclasp't. Reprinted at + London, with some briefe and necessary Obseruations to refute the Lyes + and Scandalls that are contained in it. 1644.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This is a reprint of the preceding form, with a scurrilous preface and + observations. The prayers are given as they stand in the Royal form, but + with parenthetical sentences of a most abusive character after almost + every paragraph. Thus, after the clause, "Pity a despised Church," the + authors add, "You mean the prelates and their hierarchy." After the next + clause, "and a distracted State," they add, "made so by your wicked + party." In one of the thanksgivings, after "Glory be to God," we have, + "Your mock prayers defraud Him of His glory." Then, after the words "We + praise thee, we bless thee," &c., from the Communion Office, we have, + "Softly, lest you want breath, and thank the old Common Prayer Book for + that."</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Private Forms for these Sad Times. Oxford, 1645.</p> + + <p>A Form of Thanksgiving, to be used the Seventh Day of September, + thorowout the Diocese of Lincoln, and in the Jurisdiction of + Westminster.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This remarkable form has no date, but it was put forth by Williams, + then Bishop of Lincoln and Dean of Westminster, in the year 1641. The + House of Commons had ordered a day of Thanksgiving; but they were greatly + offended with Williams, on account of this form, and, instead of going to + St. Margaret's Church as usual, where it was ordered to be read, they + attended divine service, after their own fashion, in the chapel of + Lincoln's Inn.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>A Supply of Prayers for the Ships of this Kingdom that want Ministers + to pray with them agreeable to the Directory, &c. London. Published + by authority.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>A Presbyterian form, and the only one ever published by men who + decried all forms. It was put forth, as the preface admits, because the + sailors clung to the Book of Common Prayer.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Prayers to be used in the Armies. 1648.</p> + + <p>A Form of Prayer used at His Majesties Chapel at the Hague. 1650.</p> + + <p>Prayers for those who mourn, &c. 1659.</p> + + <p>Form of Common Prayer, to be used on the Thirtieth of January, &c. + 1661.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This form differs materially from that subsequently put forth by + Convocation, with the revised Prayer Book of 1662. There was also another + form still earlier, in the year 1661, in which some singular and + obnoxious petitions relative to Charles I. were found. <!-- Page 537 + --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page537"></a>{537}</span></p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>A Form of Prayer with Thanksgiving, to be used on the 29th of May, + 1661.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The original edition. It differs from that which was sanctioned by + Convocation and published in 1662.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Form of Prayer, &c. June 12. Fast during a Dearth. 1661.</p> + + <p>Form, &c. Fast during a Sickness. 1661.</p> + + <p>Form, &c. Fast, to implore a Blessing on the Naval Forces. April + 5, 1665.</p> + + <p>Form, &c. Thanksgiving for Victory by Naval Forces. July 4, + 1665.</p> + + <p>Form, &c. Fast, on occasion of the Fire of London, 1666.</p> + + <p>Form, &c. Thanksgiving for Victories at Sea. 1666.</p> + + <p>Form, &c. Fast. 1674.</p> + + <p>Form, &c. Fast. 1678.</p> + + <p>Form, &c. Fast. Dublin, 1678.</p> + + <p>Form, &c. Fast. Dublin, 1679. To seek Reconciliation with God, and + to implore Him that he would infatuate and defeat the Counsels of the + Papists our Enemies. By the Lord Lieutenant.</p> + + <p>Form, &c. Fast. 1680.</p> + + <p>Form, &c. Thanksgiving. 1683. For the discovery of Treason.</p> + + <p>Form, &c. Thanksgiving. 1685.</p> + + <p>Form of Prayer with Thanksgiving for 29th May, 1685.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>First edition of this reign. It was altered by the authority of the + Crown.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Form of Prayer, &c. January 30, 1685.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>First edition of this reign.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Form of Prayer, &c. February 6, 1685.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The accession service of James II.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>A Form or Order of Thanksgiving, to be used, &c. in behalf of the + King, the Queen, and the Royal Family, upon occasion of the Queen's being + with Child. 1687.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This form was the occasion of much comment at the time.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>A Form of Prayer with Thanksgiving, &c., for the Birth of the + Prince. 1688.</p> + + <p>A Form, &c. Fast. 1689.</p> + + <p>A Form, &c. Fast. 1690.</p> + + <p>A Form, &c. Fast. 1694.</p> + + <p>A Form, &c. Fast. 1714. Thanksgiving on the Accession of George + I.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Thomas Lathbury.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Bristol.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Minor Notes.</h2> + + <p><i>Chair Moving.</i>—Recent occurrences made me look back at + Glanvill's <i>Blow at Modern Sadducism</i>, and I observed that in his + account of the "Dæmon of Tedworth," who was supposed to haunt the house + of Mr. Mompesson, and who was the original of Addison's "drummer," it is + stated that on the 5th November, 1662, "in the sight and presence of the + company, the chairs walked about the room," p. 124.</p> + + <p class="author">N. B.</p> + + <p><i>Epitaph on Politian in the Church of the Annunciation at + Florence.</i>—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Politianus in hoc tumulo jacet Angelus, unum</p> + <p>Qui caput, et linguas (res nova) tres habuit."—From <i>Travels of Sir John Reresby</i>.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author">Y. B. N. J.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[The following translation of this epitaph is given in the <i>Ency. + Britannica</i>, but it is there stated to be in St. Mark's, Florence:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Here lies Politian, who, things strange indeed,</p> + <p>Had, when alive, three tongues, and but one head."]</p> + </div> + </div> +</div> + + <p><i>Epitaph in Torrington Churchyard, Devon.</i>—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"She was—my words are wanting to say what.</p> + <p>Think what a woman should be—she was that."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Which provoked the following reply:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"A woman should be both a wife and mother,</p> + <p>But Jenny Jones was neither one nor t'other."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Balliolensis.</span></p> + + <p><i>The early Delights of Philadelphia.</i>—In Gabriel Thomas's + <i>Description of the Settlement of Philadelphia</i> occurs the following + passage:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"In the said city are several good schools of learning for youth, for + the attainment of arts and sciences, also reading and writing. Here is to + be had, on any day in the week, cakes, tarts, and pies; we have also + several cook-shops, both roasting and boiling, as in the city of London: + happy blessings, for which we owe the highest gratitude to our plentiful + Provider, the great Creator of heaven and earth."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Is not this a superb jumble?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">A Leguleian.</span></p> + + <p><i>Misapplication of Terms.</i>—<i>Legend</i> is a thing "to be + read" (<i>legendum</i>), but it is often improperly applied to traditions + and <i>oral</i> communications. Of this there have been some instances in + "N. & Q." One has just turned up, Vol. v., p. 196.: "I send you these + legends <i>as I have heard them from the lips</i> of my nurse, a native + of the parish."</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">J. W. Thomas.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Dewsbury.</p> + + <p><i>"Plantin" Bibles in 1600.</i>—While looking over the + "Stackhouse Library" (see "N. & Q.," Vol. viii., p. 327.), I observed + on the fly-leaf of an Hebrew Bible, 1600 (<span class="scac">A</span>. + 100 in catalogue), a short MS. memorandum, which I think worth + preserving. It ran as follows:</p> + +<table class="nobctr"> +<tr><td> </td><td align="right"><i>£</i></td><td align="right"><i>s.</i></td><td align="right"><i>d.</i></td></tr> +<tr><td>"Plantin Heb. Bible, interlineing costes </td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td></tr> +<tr><td> Plantin in octavo</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr> +<tr><td> Buxtorf's Biblia in two vols.</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td></tr> +<tr><td> Hebw Bible, 4to. 2 vols.</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr> +<tr><td> Inne 16<sup>o</sup> 8 vols.</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td>"</td></tr> +</table> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">R. C. Warde.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Kidderminster.</p> + + <p><i>Ancient Gold Collar found in Staffordshire.</i>—It may + probably interest some of your readers to <!-- Page 538 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page538"></a>{538}</span>know that a very + ancient golden collar was lately found in the village of Stanton, + Staffordshire, which is about three miles north of Ashbourne.</p> + + <p>A labourer digging up a field, which had not been ploughed or dug up + in the memory of man, turned up the collar, which, being curled up at the + time, sprang up, and the labourer taking it for a snake, struck it out of + his way with his spade: the next morning it was discovered not to be a + snake. Unfortunately the blow had broken off a small piece at one end. + The collar is now in the possession of the person with whom the curate of + Stanton lodges. The description given to me is, that it is about two feet + long, and formed of three pieces of gold twined together, and, with the + above exception, in a very good state of preservation.</p> + + <p>I hear that there is a similar collar in the British Museum, that was + found in Ireland, but none that was found in England; and that the + authorities of the Museum have been informed of this collar, but have + taken no steps to obtain possession of it.</p> + + <p class="author">S. G. C.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[Our correspondent is under an erroneous impression as to gold torques + not being found in England. Several are figured in the + <i>Archæologia</i>, and we have some reason to believe that the torque + now described, and of which we should be glad to receive any farther + particulars, resembles one which formed part of the celebrated Polden + find described by Mr. Harford in the fourteenth volume of the + <i>Archæologia</i>, and figured at p. 90.; and also that found at Boyton + in Suffolk in 1835, and engraved in the <i>Archæologia</i>, vol. xxvi. p. + 471.—<span class="sc">Ed.</span>]</p> + +</div> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Queries.</h2> + +<h3>PICTURES IN HAMPTON COURT PALACE.</h3> + + <p>There are two or three of these concerning which I should be obliged + to any reader of your publication who would satisfy my Queries.</p> + + <p>No. 119., "The Battle of Forty," by P. Snayers. This seems a kind of + <i>combat à outrance</i> of knights <i>armés de pied en cap</i>. Where + can I find any account or detail of it?</p> + + <p>No. 314., "Mary of Lorraine, mother of Mary Queen of Scots." This is a + very pleasing picture, in good preservation, and as it was not in its + present position two years ago, I conclude it has recently been added. + She was ninth child of Claude de Lorraine, first Duc de Guise, born in + 1515, and married in 1538 to James V. of Scotland, and she died in the + forty-fifth year of her age, 10th June, 1560. There are the arms of the + Guise family in the right-hand corner, with a date of 1611. Pray by whom + was it painted, and where can find any notices respecting it?</p> + + <p>No. 166., "George III. reviewing the 10th Light Dragoons, commanded by + the Prince of Wales." This picture was considered the <i>chef + d'œuvre</i> of Sir William Beechey, and was painted in 1798; and it + has been supposed the likeness of the Duke of York was the best taken of + that Prince. Could any reader inform me on what day this review took + place?<a name="footnotetag1" href="#footnote1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></p> + + <p>When one sees a picture of Shakspeare, No. 276., and more especially + in the palace of his cotemporary sovereigns, one is naturally led to + inquire into its authenticity. I am therefore desirous to obtain some + information relative to it.</p> + + <p>In "N. & Q.," vol. vi., p. 197., you had several correspondents + inquiring concerning the custom of royalty dining in public: perhaps it + may interest them to know that there are two very attractive pictures of + this ceremony in this collection, numbered 293 and 294: the first is of + Charles I. and Henrietta Maria; the other Frederick V., Count Palatine + and King of Bohemia, who married Elizabeth, daughter of James I. These + two pictures are by Van Bassen, of whom, perhaps, some correspondent may + be enabled to give an account.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="grk">Φ</span>.</p> + + <p class="address">Richmond, Surrey.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <a name="footnote1"></a><b>Footnote 1:</b><a + href="#footnotetag1">(return)</a> + <p>George III. had one or two copies of this picture taken for him; and + there is a curious circumstance relative to one of these, which Lady + Chatterton mentions in her <i>Home Sketches</i>, published in three vols. + 8vo., 1841: "In one respect the picture (which George III. gave to Lord + Sidmouth, and which the latter had put up at the stone lodge in Richmond + New Park) differs from the original at Hampton Court: it is singular + enough that in this copy the figure of the Prince is omitted, <i>which + was done by the King's desire</i>, and is a striking and rather comical + proof of the dislike which he felt towards his son. When the Prince + became King, he dined here, and remarked to Lord Sidmouth that his + portrait had been omitted, and hinted that it ought to be restored. This, + however, was evaded, and the copy remains in its original + state."—Vol. i. pp. 18, 19.</p> + +</div> +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Minor Queries.</h2> + + <p><i>Helmets.</i>—What is the antiquity of the practice of placing + helmets over the shields of armorial bearings; and what are the varieties + of helmets in regard to the rank or degree of persons?</p> + + <p class="author">S. N.</p> + + <p><i>The Nursrow.</i>—What is the origin of the word + <i>Nursrow</i>, a name applied by Plott, in his <i>History of + Staffordshire</i>, to the shrew mouse, and by the common people in + Cheshire at the present day to the field-mouse; or rather, perhaps, + indiscriminately to field and shrew mice?</p> + + <p class="author">N. R.</p> + + <p><i>City Bellmen.</i>—When were city bellmen first established? + By whom appointed? What were their duties? What and how were they paid? + What have been their employment and duties down to the present day?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Crito.</span></p> + +<p><!-- Page 539 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page539"></a>{539}</span></p> + + <p><i>Pope's Elegy on an Unfortunate Lady.</i>—In the new editions + of Pope's <i>Works</i>, in course of publication, edited by Mr. + Carruthers, Inverness, it is conjectured that the poet threw "ideal + circumstances" into his most pathetic and melodious elegy, and "when he + came to publish his letters, put wrong initials, as in other instances, + to conceal the real names" (Pope's <i>Poet. Works</i>, Ingram, Cook, and + Co., vol. ii. p. 184.). The initials are Mrs. W., niece of Lady A. I have + always thought that a clue might be obtained to the name of this lady, by + following up the hints in Pope's printed correspondence. Mrs. or Miss W. + is mentioned or alluded to by Craggs and Pope, in connexion with the + characters in the <i>Rape of the Lock</i>. One suggests the other. + Inquiry should be directed to the families of Fernor of Tusmore, Lord + Petre, and Sir George Brown. But I have heard a tradition in a Catholic + family in the north of England that the lady was a Blount; probably one + of the Blounts of Soddington, or of some one of the numerous branches of + that ancient family.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">An Inquirer.</span></p> + + <p><i>"Too wise to err, too good to be unkind."</i>—In what author + may this passage be found?</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Too wise to err, too good to be unkind."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author">E. P. H.</p> + + <p class="address">Clapham.</p> + + <p><i>Passage in the "Christian Year."</i>—In the beautiful lines + on Confirmation in this work, the following verse occurs:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Steady and pure as stars that beam</p> + <p class="i1">In middle heaven, all mist above,</p> + <p>Seen deepest in the frozen stream:—</p> + <p class="i1">Such is their high courageous love."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>I should be grateful for an explanation of the <i>third</i> line.</p> + + <p class="author">A. A. D.</p> + + <p><i>David's Mother.</i>—I used to think it was impossible to + ascertain from the Old Testament the name of David's mother. In the + <i>Genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures</i>, by J. S. (usually + assumed to stand for John Speed, the historian and geographer), the name + of the Psalmist's mother is given "Nahash." Can this be made out + satisfactorily? Will the text 2 Sam. xvii. 25., as compared with 1 Chron. + ii. 15., warrant it?</p> + + <p class="author">Y. B. N. J.</p> + + <p><i>Emblems.</i>—Can any of your readers inform me what are the + emblematic meanings of the different precious stones, or of any of them? + or in what work I shall find them described?</p> + + <p class="author">N. D.</p> + + <p><i>"Kaminagadeyathooroosoomokanoogonagira."</i>—In an appeal to + the Privy Council from Madras, the above unparalleled long word occurs as + the descriptions of an estate. I believe that its extreme length and + unpronounceable appearance is without an equal. Can any of your readers + acquainted with Indian literature translate it? if so, it would greatly + oblige</p> + + <p class="author">F. J. G.</p> + + <p><i>"Quid facies," &c.</i>—I have lately met with the + following curious play on words in an old MS. book. Can any of your + correspondents give any account of it?</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Quid facies, facies Veneris si veneris ante?</p> + <p class="i1">Ne pereas, per eas; ne sedeas, sed eas!"</p> + </div> + </div> + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Balliolensis.</span></p> + + <p><i>Will of Peter the Great.</i>—M. Lamartinière, in a French + pamphlet on the Eastern question, gives a document in several articles + containing advice with respect to the policy of his successors on the + throne of Russia, in which he advises her to make great advances in the + direction of Constantinople, India, &c., and advocates the partition + of Poland. Upon what authority does this document rest? and who is M. + Lamartinière?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">R. J. Allen.</span></p> + + <p><i>H. Neele, Editor of Shakspeare.</i>—In the preface to + <i>Lectures on English Poetry, being the Remains of the late Henry + Neele</i> (Lond. 1830), mention is made of a new edition of Shakspeare's + dramatic works, "under the superintendence of Mr. Neele as editor, for + which his enthusiastic reverence for the poet of 'all time' peculiarly + fitted him, but which, from the want of patronage, terminated after the + publication of a very few numbers." These very few numbers must have + appeared about 1824-1827; yet the answer to my repeated inquiries after + them in London is always "We cannot hear of them." Can any one give me + farther information?—From the <i>Navorscher</i>.</p> + + <p class="author">J. M.</p> + + <p><i>MS. by Rubens on Painting.</i>—May I inquire of <span + class="sc">M. Philarète Chasles</span> whether he ever saw or heard of a + manuscript said to be written in Latin by Rubens, and existing in the + <i>Bibliothèque Nationale</i> at Paris? One or two fragments have + occasionally been quoted: I think one may be found in Sir Joshua + Reynolds' <i>Discourses</i>, and the same is used by Burnet in his work + on painting; but no authority is given as to the source of the + information.<a name="footnotetag2" + href="#footnote2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></p> + + <p>If such a work can be found, it would confer a great boon upon the + profession of the fine arts, if it were brought to light without + delay.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Weld Taylor.</span></p> + +<div class="note"> + <a name="footnote2"></a><b>Footnote 2:</b><a + href="#footnotetag2">(return)</a> + <p>[This may probably be Rubens's MS. Album, of which an account is given + in Vertue's <i>Anecdotes of Painting</i>, vol. ii. pp. 185, + 186.—<span class="sc">Ed.</span>]</p> + +</div> + <p><i>Peter Allan.</i>—Will some correspondent of "N. & Q." + afford information as to the exact date and place of birth of the + celebrated Peter Allan, whose cave at Sunderland is regarded as one of + the principal curiosities of the north of England? <!-- Page 540 --><span + class="pagenum"><a name="page540"></a>{540}</span>What is known of his + general history; and is any member of his family now living?</p> + + <p class="author">E. C.</p> + + <p><i>Haschisch or Indian Hemp.</i>—I have been for some time + trying to procure some of the <i>Haschisch</i>, or Indian hemp, about + which Dr. Moreau has published such an amusing book, <i>Du Haschisch et + de l'Aliénation Mentale</i>, Par. 1845.—Can any of your readers + tell me where I can get any? The narcotic effects of the common hemp + plant are well known in our country districts: where, under its ironical + alias <i>Honesty</i>, the dried stalk is often smoked, but the tropical + variety appears to be infinitely more powerful in its operation.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">V. T. Sternberg.</span></p> + + <p><i>Crieff Compensation.</i>—During the rebellion in 1715, the + village of Crieff, Perthshire, was burnt by the Highland army, on account + of the attachment of its inhabitants to the royal cause. It has been + stated that, some years ago, the descendants of the sufferers received + from government a sum equivalent to a certain proportion of the loss + which had been sustained.</p> + + <p>Is there any official record in reference to this compensation?</p> + + <p class="author">D.</p> + + <p><i>Admission to Lincoln's Inn, the Temple, and Gray's + Inn.</i>—Have there ever been published, or do there exist anywhere + in MSS., lists of the persons who have been from time to time + matriculated as students of those inns of court?</p> + + <p>A publication of them would be of the greatest value to the + biographical department of literature.</p> + + <p class="author">G.</p> + + <p><i>Orders for the Household of Lord Montagu.</i>—The second + Viscount Montagu, grandson and heir of Anthony Browne, created Viscount + in 1554, ob. 1592, compiled a detailed code of regulations for his + family, thus entitled:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"A Booke of Orders and Rules established by me, Anthony, Viscount + Mountague, for the better direction and government of my howsholde and + family, together with the generall dutyes and charges apperteyninge to + myne officers and other servantes. Anno D<span class="over">n</span>i + 1595."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Has this curious illustration of ancient domestic manners ever been + published?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Albert Way.</span></p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Minor Queries with Answers.</h2> + + <p><i>Cateaton Street.</i>—I am anxious to ascertain the meaning + and derivation of this word: the London Cateaton Street, I believe, is + changed into Gresham Street. I have lately learnt that there is a + Cateaton Street in Liverpool also.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Etymo.</span></p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[Cateaton Street, or "Catteten Street," says Stow, "is a corruption of + Catte Street, which beginneth at the north end of Ironmonger Lane, and + runneth to the west end of St. Lawrence Church." In 1845, this street was + renamed Gresham Street.]</p> + +</div> + + <p><i>Portrait of Lee, Inventor of the Stocking-frame.</i>—In + Hatton's <i>History of London</i> (published in 1708), it is stated that + a picture (by Balderston) of Lee, the inventor of the stocking-frame, + hung in the hall of the Framework Knitters' Company. The inquirer wishes + to ascertain whether the picture is yet in existence or not; and, if + still in existence, where it can be seen.</p> + + <p class="author">M. E.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[In Cunningham's <i>Handbook of London</i>, p. 527., s. v. <i>Weavers' + Hall, Basinghall Street</i>, is a quotation from the <i>Quarterly + Review</i> for January, 1816, in which the picture is spoken of as then + existing in the Stocking Weavers' Hall.]</p> + +</div> + + <p><i>Cocker's Arithmetic</i> (Vol. iv., pp. 102. 149.).—Some + correspondence appears in "N. & Q." about the first edition of "Old + Cocker." I should be glad to ascertain the date of the latest + edition.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Tyro.</span></p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[The British Museum contains the following editions of Cocker's + <i>Arithmetic</i>:—the 20th, Lond. 1700; the 37th, perused and + published by John Hawkins (with MS. notes), Lond. 1720; 41st, Lond. 1724; + 50th, corrected by Geo. Fisher, Lond. 1746. Watt notices one revised by + J. Mair, Edinb. 1751. In Professor de Morgan's <i>Arithmetical Books</i>, + p. 56., where a full history of Cocker's book is given, mention is made + of an Edinburgh edition, 1765, and a Glasgow edition of 1777.]</p> + +</div> + + <p><i>Lyke Porch or Litch Porch.</i>—What is the proper name for + the porch found, not unfrequently, at the churchyard gate under which the + body was, I believe, supposed to rest before the funeral? Is it + <i>lyke</i> or <i>litch</i>? The derivation may be different in different + parts of England, as they were originally Saxon or Danish. <i>Lüg</i> + Dan., <i>lyk</i> Dutch, and <i>leiche</i> Ger., are all different forms + of the same word. The first two approach nearer to <i>lyke</i>, the + latter to <i>litch</i>.</p> + + <p class="author">J. H. L.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[In most works on ecclesiastical architecture it is called + <i>lich-gate</i>, from Anglo-Saxon <i>lich</i>, a corpse: hence + <i>Lich-field</i>, the field of dead bodies. In the <i>Glossary of + Architecture</i> we read "<i>Lich-gate</i>, or corpse-gate, + <i>leichengang</i>, Germ., from the Ang.-Sax. <i>lich</i>, a corpse, and + <i>geat</i>, a gate; a shed over the entrance of a churchyard, beneath + which the bearers sometimes paused when bringing a corpse for interment. + The term is also used in some parts of the country for the path by which + a corpse is usually conveyed to the church."]</p> + +</div> + + <p><i>Henry Burton.</i>—Henry Burton was born in 1579; studied at + Oxford, and was at one time minister of St. Matthew, Friday Street. In + 1636, he drew upon himself the vengeance of the Star-Chamber, by two + discourses in which he severely inveighed against the bishops. For this + offence he was fined, deprived of his ears, and sentenced to imprisonment + for life. He was liberated by <!-- Page 541 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page541"></a>{541}</span>the parliament in 1640, and died in 1648. + What theological works did he write?—From the + <i>Navorscher</i>.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Dionysius.</span></p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[Burton's pen was so prolific, that we cannot find room for a list of + his works; and must refer <span class="sc">Dionysius</span> to the + Bodleian Catalogue, where they fill nearly a column, and to Watt's + <i>Bibliotheca</i>, s.v.]</p> + +</div> + + <p><i>British Mathematicians.</i>—I am anxious to learn if there is + any book which contains an account of the lives and works of eminent + British arithmeticians and mathematicians?</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Euclid.</span></p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>[Consult the following:—<i>Biographia Philosophica</i>: being an + Account of the Lives, Writings, and Inventions of the most eminent + Philosophers and Mathematicians, by Benjamin Martin: London, 1764, 8vo. + There is also a Chronological Table of the most eminent Mathematicians + affixed to John Bossut's <i>General History of Mathematics</i>, + translated from the French by John Bonnycastle: London, 1803, 8vo. Some + notices of our early English mathematicians will also be found in the + <i>Companion to the Almanac</i> for 1837, and in the <i>Magazine of + Popular Science</i>, Nos. 18. 20. and 22.]</p> + +</div> + + <p><i>"Les Lettres <span class="correction" title="Original reads `Juices'." + >Juives</span>."</i>—Will any of your correspondents inform me who + is the author of <i>Lettres Juives</i>? The first volume of my edition, + in eight volumes 12mo., has the portrait of Jean Batiste B., Marquis de + ——, né le 29 Juin, 1704.</p> + + <p class="author">J. R.</p> + + <p class="address">Sunderland.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <p>["Par le Marquis D'Argens," says Barbier.]</p> + +</div> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Replies.</h2> + +<h3>ATTAINMENT OF MAJORITY.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. viii., pp. 198. 250.)</p> + + <p>In replying to Professor <span class="sc">De Morgan's</span> last + communication on this subject, it may be as well, in order to avoid + future misunderstanding, to revert briefly to my original question. I + pointed out Ben Jonson's assertion, through a character in one of his + plays, that about the beginning of the seventeenth century, it was the + custom to regard the legal rights of majority as commencing with six + o'clock <span class="scac">A.M.</span>, and I asked to have that + assertion reconciled with our present commencement at midnight, and with + the statement that the latter is in accordance with the old + reckoning.</p> + + <p>Thus I started with the production of affirmative evidence, to rebut + which I cannot find, in the replies of <span class="sc">Professor De + Morgan</span>, any negative evidence stronger than his individual + opinion, which, however eminent in other respects, has undoubtedly the + disadvantage of being two hundred years later than the contemporary + evidence produced by me. I afterwards cited Arthur Hopton as authority + that lawyers in England, in his time, did make use of a day which he + classifies as that of the Babylonians; but inasmuch as he apparently + restricts its duration to twelve hours, whereas all ancient writers + concur in assigning to the Babylonians a day of twenty-four hours, there + is evidently a mistake somewhere, attributable either to Hopton or his + printers.</p> + + <p>This mistake may have arisen either from a misprint, or from a + transposition of a portion of the sentence.</p> + + <p>The supposition of a misprint is favoured by the circumstance that + Hopton was, at the time, professing to describe natural days of + <i>twenty-four</i> hours; of these there are four great classes of + commencement, from the four principal quarters of the day; viz. from + midnight, from mid-day, from sun-setting and from sun-rising. Hopton had + already assigned three of them to different nations, and the fourth he + had properly assigned, so far as its commencement at sunrise was + concerned, to the Babylonians. What, then, can be more probable than that + he intended this day also, like the rest, to be of twenty-four hours' + duration; and that the words "holding till sun-setting" ought, perhaps, + to have been printed "holding till sun-<i>rising</i>?"</p> + + <p>This way of reconciling seeming anomalies, by the supposition of + probable misprints, receives great encouragement in the occasional + occurrence of similar mistakes in the most carefully printed modern + books. I lately noticed, while reading Sir James Ross's <i>Southern + Voyage of Discovery</i>, a work printed by the Admiralty, and on which + extraordinary typographical care had been bestowed, the following, at + page 121. of vol. ii.:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"It was full moon on the 15th of September, at 5·38 <span + class="scac">A.M.</span>"</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>But the context shows that "full moon" ought to have been printed + <i>new moon</i>, and that "5·38 <span class="scac">A.M.</span>" outlet to + be 5·38 <span class="scac">P.M.</span>: and what renders these two + mistakes the more remarkable is, that they have no sort of connexion, nor + is the occurrence of the one in any way explanatory of the other.</p> + + <p>Now, the misprint of "sun-setting" for <i>sun-rising</i>, which I am + supposing in Hopton's book, would be much more likely of occurrence than + these, because these form part of a series of carefully examined data + from which a scientific deduction is to be drawn, while Hopton's is a + mere loose description. And, moreover, a twenty-four hour day, commencing + and ending with <i>sunrise</i>, does not, after all, appear to be so + wholly unknown to English law as <span class="sc">Prof. De Morgan</span> + supposes, since Sir Edward Coke, to whom the professor especially refers, + describes such a day in these words:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Dies naturalis constat ea 24 horis et continet diem solarem et + noctem; and therefore in Inditements for Burglary and the like, we say in + nocte ejusdem diei. Iste dies naturalis est spatium in quo sol + progreditur ab oriente in occidentem et ab occidente iterum in + orientem."</p> + +</blockquote> + +<p><!-- Page 542 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page542"></a>{542}</span></p> + + <p>But there is another way of reconciling the discrepancy—Hopton + may not have intended the words "holding till sun-setting" to apply to + the Babylonians, but only to "the lawyers in England," whose day, he + says, <i>commenced</i> at the same time as the Babylonian day. The + transposition of the words in question to the end of the sentence would + give such a meaning, viz. "The Babylonians begin their day at sun-rising, + and so do our lawyers count it in England, holding till sun-setting." + Altered in this way, the latter clause does not necessarily apply to the + Babylonians.</p> + + <p>Here again we have a lawyers' day almost verbally identical with one + assigned to them by Sir Edward Coke: "Dies artificialis sive solaris + incipit in ortu solis et desinit in occasu, and of this the law of + England takes hold <i>in many cases</i>."</p> + + <p>Nor does Lord Coke strengthen or vary his description in the least, + when speaking of the day commencing at midnight; he uses again the same + expression with regard to it, "The Egyptians and Romans from midnight, + and so doth the law of England <i>in many cases</i>."</p> + + <p>Hence the authority of Chief Justice Coke, is at best only neutral; + for who will undertake to prove to which of these classes of "many cases" + Lord Coke meant to assign the attainment of majority?</p> + + <p>In support of Ben Jonson's testimony, it may be urged that the + midnight initial of the day was itself derived by us from the Romans; and + it is nearly certain that <i>they</i> did not perform any legal act, + connected with birthday, until the commencement of the <i>dies + solis</i>.</p> + + <p>A proof of this may be observed in the discussion by Aulus Gellius + (<i>Noct. Attic.</i>, iii. 2.) as to which day, the preceding or the + following, a person's birth, happening in the night, was to be + attributed. He quotes a fragment from Varro,—</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Homines qui ex media nocte ad proximam mediam noctem his horis <span + class="scac">XXIV</span> nati sunt, uno die nati dicuntur."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>On which Gellius remarks:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"From these words it may be observed that the arrangement of (birth) + days was such, that to any person born after sunset, and before midnight, + the day from which that night had proceeded should be the birthday; but + to any person born during the last six hours of the night, the day which + should succeed that night must be the birthday."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This explanation might seem almost purposely written in reply to some + such difficulty as occurred to <span class="sc">Professor de + Morgan</span> (<i>antè</i>, p. 250.), when he remarks that, if birthday + were to be confined to daylight, "a child not born by daylight would have + no birthday at all!" But since it was notorious amongst the Romans that + the civil day began at midnight, such a <i>quæri solitum</i> as this + could never have been mooted, if the birthday observance had not been + known and acknowledged to have a different commencement. In continuation + of the same subject, Gellius proceeds to quote another passage from + Varro, which I shall also repeat, not only as furnishing still farther + proof that the Romans did not regard the night as forming any part of the + birthday, but also as affording an opportunity of recording an opinion as + to the interpretation of Varro's words, which, in this passage, do not + appear to have ever been properly understood.</p> + + <p>After stating that many persons in Umbria reckon from noon to noon as + one and the same day, Varro remarks:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Quod quidem nimis absurdum est; nam qui calendarum hora sexta natus + est apud Umbros, dies ejus natalis videri debebit et calendarum + dimidiatus, et qui est post calendas dies ante horam ejusdem diei + sextam."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Now why should <i>beginning one's birthday at noon</i> appear so + absurd to Varro? Simply because the hours of the night were not then + supposed to be included in the birthday at all, and therefore Varro could + not <i>realize</i> the idea of a birthday continued through the + night.</p> + + <p>He says that, according to the Umbrian reckoning, a person born on any + day <i>after</i> the point of noon, would have only half a birthday on + that day; and for the other half, he would have to take the forenoon of + the following day. Varro had no notion of joining the afternoon of one + day to the forenoon of another, because he looked upon the unbroken + presence of the sun as the very essence of a natal day.</p> + + <p>Nothing can be plainer than that this was the true nature of the + absurdity alluded to; but it would not suit the prejudices of the + commentators, because it would compel them to admit that <i>sexta hora + must have been in the afternoon</i>, in opposition to their favourite + dogma that it was always in the forenoon.</p> + + <p>For if Varro had intended to represent sexta hora in the + <i>forenoon</i>, he would have said that the other half-day must be taken + from the <i>after</i>noon of the <i>pridie</i>, instead of saying, as he + does say, that it must be taken from the <i>fore</i>noon of the + <i>postridie</i> of the Calends.</p> + + <p>Consequently, Varro means by "qui Calendarum hora sexta natus est," a + person born in the sixth hour of the day of the Calends; the sixth hour + being that which immediately succeeded noon—the <i>media hora</i> + of Ovid. But what Varro more immediately means by it is, not any + particular point of time, but generally any time <i>after noon</i> on the + day of the Calends.</p> + + <p>That the true position of <i>sexta hora</i>, when implying duration, + was in the afternoon, has long been a conviction of mine; and I have + elsewhere produced undeniable evidence that it was so <!-- Page 543 + --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page543"></a>{543}</span>considered by + ancient authors. But this passage from Varro is a new and hitherto + unnoticed proof, and certainly it ought to be a most convincing one, + because it seems impossible to give Varro's words a rational meaning + without the admission of this hypothesis, while with it everything is + clear and consistent.</p> + + <p>The commentators, driven by the necessity I have just pointed out, + either to admit the afternoon position of <i>sexta hora</i>, or to + abstain from reading it as a <i>space</i> of time, have attempted to + force a meaning by reading <i>sexta hora</i> in its other sense, an + absolute mathematical point, the <i>punctus ipse</i> of noon.</p> + + <p>In so doing they have not scrupled to libel Varro's common sense; they + represent his idea of the absurd to consist in the embarrassment that + would be caused by the birth occurring at the critical moment of + change,—split as it were <i>upon the knife-edge of noon</i>; so + that, in the doubt that would arise as to which day it should belong, it + must be attributed partly to both!</p> + + <p>This interpretation is so monstrous, and so evidently wide of the + meaning of the words, that its serious imputation would scarcely be + believed, if it were not embalmed in the Delphin edition of Aulus + Gellius, where we read the following footnote referring to the + <i>argumentum ad absurdum</i> of Varro:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Infirmum omnino argumentum, et quod perinde potest in ipsum Varronem + retorqueri. Quid enim? Si quis apud Romanos Calendis hora vi. noctis + fuerit natus, nonne pariter dies ejus natalis videri debebit, et partim + Calendarum, et partim ejus dici qui sequetur?"</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>It is not worth while to inquire what may have been the precise + dilemma contemplated by the writer of this note, since most certainly it + is not a reflex of Varro's meaning. The word <i>dimidiatus</i> is + completely cushioned, although Gellius himself has a chapter upon it a + little farther on in the same volume.</p> + + <p>The anomaly that amused Varro was the necessity of piecing together + two halves not belonging to the same individual day and with the hiatus + of a night between them; a necessity that would assuredly appear most + absurd to one who had no other idea of birthday than the twelve + consecutive hours of artificial day, which he would call "the natural + day."</p> + + <p>This proneness of the Romans to look upon the <i>dies solis</i> as the + only effective part of the twenty-four hours, is again apparent in their + commencement of horary notation at sunrise, six hours later than the + actual commencement of the day. And in our own anomalous repetition of + twice twelve, we may still trace the remains of the twelve-hour day; we + have changed the initial point, but we have retained the measure of + duration.</p> + + <p>It is, however, certain that the two methods of reckoning time + continued for a long time to exist contemporaneously. Hence it became + necessary to distinguish one from the other <i>by name</i>, and thus the + notation from midnight gave rise, as I have remarked in one of my papers + on Chaucer, to the English idiomatic phrase "of the clock;" or the + reckoning of the clock, commencing at midnight, as distinguished from + Roman equinoctial hours, commencing at six o'clock <span + class="scac">A.M.</span> This was what Ben Jonson was meaning by + attainment of majority at <i>six o'clock</i>, and not, as <span + class="sc">Professor De Morgan</span> supposes, "probably a certain + sunrise." Actual sunrise had certainly nothing to do with the technical + commencement of the day in Ben Jonson's time. For convenience sake, six + o'clock had long been taken <i>as conventional sunrise all the year + round</i>; and even amongst the Romans themselves, equinoctial hours were + frequently used at all seasons. Actual sunrise, in after times, had only + to do with "hours inequall," which are said to have fallen into disuse, + in common life, so early as the fifth or sixth century.</p> + + <p>I trust I may now have shown reasonable grounds for the belief that + Ben Jonson may, after all, have had better authority than his license as + a dramatic poet, for dating the attainment of majority at six o'clock + <span class="scac">A.M.</span>; and that nothing short of contemporary + evidence directly contradictory of the custom so circumstantially alluded + to by him, ought to be held sufficient to throw discredit upon it. It is + one of the singular coincidences attending the discussion of this matter + by Gellius, that, at the conclusion of the chapter I have been + expatiating upon, he should cite the authority of Virgil; observing that + the testimony of <i>poets</i> is very valuable upon such subjects, even + when veiled in the obscurity of poetic imagery.</p> + + <p class="author">A. E. B.</p> + + <p class="address">Leeds.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>LORD HALIFAX AND MRS. CATHERINE BARTON.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. viii., p 429.)</p> + + <p>Your Correspondent <span class="sc">Prof. De Morgan</span> has so + ingeniously analysed the facts, which he already possesses, bearing on + the connexion of Sir Isaac Newton's niece with Lord Halifax, and her + designation in the <i>Biographia Britannica</i>, that I am tempted to + furnish him with some additional evidence. This question of Mrs. + Catherine Barton's widowhood has often been canvassed by that portion of + her relatives who do not possess the custody of Sir Isaac Newton's + private letters.</p> + + <p>The Montagues had a residence in the village of Bregstock in + Northamptonshire, where the Bartons lived. The Bartons were a family of + good descent, and had long been lessees of the crown with the Montagues + for lands near Braystock.</p> + + <p>There were several Colonel Bartons, whose respective ages and + relationship can best be <!-- Page 544 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page544"></a>{544}</span>exhibited by a short pedigree. Thomas + Barton had two sons, Thomas and Robert.</p> + + <p>Robert (born in 1630, and who died in 1693) married Hannah Smith, + Newton's half-sister, by whom he had Hannah (born 1678), Catherine (born + 1679, died 1739), Colonel Robert (born 1684).</p> + + <p>Thomas (born in 1619, died in 1704) married Alice Palmer, by whom he + had Thomas, who married Mary Dale, by whom he had Thomas (d. s. p.), + Colonel Matthew (born 1672), Colonel Noel (born 1674, died 1714). Thomas + had a second son, Geoffrey, who married Elizabeth ——, by whom + he had Charles (born 1700), Cutts (born 1706), Catherine (born 1709), + Montague (born 1717), and others.</p> + + <p>In a family paper written by a granddaughter of Colonel Noel Barton, + at her mother's dictation, it is stated that Colonel Matthew married a + relative of Sir Isaac Newton, and was Comptroller of the Mint; but this + paper is not very correct in its other statements.</p> + + <p>On the other hand, a connexion of the family who signs himself H. in + an old number of the <i>Gentleman's Magazine</i>, says of Newton:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"He had a half-sister, who had a daughter, to whom he gave the best of + educations, the famous witty Miss Barton, who married Mr. Conduit of the + Mint."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Mr. Conduit writes, that his wife lived twenty years before and after + her marriage with Sir Issac.</p> + + <p>I had always thought that Catherine Barton's brother Robert had died + too early to attain the rank of Colonel. In the British Museum, in the + Register, there is an account of a sermon preached at the funeral of + Robert Barton in the year 1703. I could not find the sermon.</p> + + <p>The famous Duchess of Marlborough thus satirises Mouse Montague:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"He was a frightful figure, and yet pretended to be a lover; and + followed several beauties, who laughed at him for it."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>It is worth mentioning that Colonel Noel Barton died in London in + 1714, while in attendance on his patron Lord Gainsborough, soon after he + had been appointed Governor of the Leeward Islands. This was the year + before Lord Halifax's <i>Life</i> was written, and possibly might have + been the cause of the designation "Widow" being applied to Catherine + Barton by mistake. Whatever the connexion of this lady with Lord Halifax + may have been, it does not seem to have given any offence to her + relatives. You will observe that Geoffrey Barton names his sons Charles + and Montague, and his daughter Catherine. Charles afterwards received the + rectory of St. Andrew's Holborn from the family of Montague; and Cutts + was Dean of Bristol under Bishop Montague. And Montague obtained + preferment from Mr. Conduit. Neither the family of Montague, nor that of + Barton, seem to have thought the connexion discreditable. Moreover, the + births of these children of Geoffrey Barton, a clergyman, occurred at the + very period when the name of Catherine should have been most distasteful, + had the intimacy been dishonourable.</p> + + <p>Mr. Conduit died in the year 1738, and Mrs. Conduit in the year 1739; + and Catherine Conduit did not become Lady Lymington till 1740. Probably + both Mr. and Mrs. Conduit made wills. Have they been examined at Doctors' + Commons?</p> + + <p class="author">J. W. J.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>MILTON'S WIDOW.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. viii., pp. 12. 134. 200. 375. 452. 471.)</p> + + <p>It is pleasing to find so much interest excited among the readers of + "N. & Q." relative to the parentage of this lady; and we may fairly + hope that the spirit of research which has thus been awakened, will not + die away until the last spark of error and mystery has been + extinguished.</p> + + <p>T. L. P. has favoured us with quotations from a little pamphlet, + entitled <i>Historical Facts connected with Nantwich and its + Neighbourhood</i>. Now, after giving this work a most careful perusal, I + cannot but think that the title of the book is, in this instance at + least, a misnomer. The authoress, for it was written by a lady long + resident in the vicinity, has evidently wrought upon the foundations of + others; and taking the veteran Ormerod as a sufficient authority, has + given full vent to her imagination, and pictured, with "no 'prentice + hand," the welcome visits of Milton to Stoke Hall, a place which, in all + probability, was never once honoured with the presence of this great man. + There is no evidence whatever adduced to give even the semblance of + colour to this unfortunate error; whereas, on the side of the Wistaston + family, the proofs of its identity as the family of Mrs. Milton are + numerous and, to my notion, incontrovertible.</p> + + <p>As if, indeed, to give us "confirmation sure" of the truth of this + position, our old friend <span class="sc">Cranmore</span> starts up, + "like a spirit from the vasty deep," and, after an absence of many months + from our ranks, pays off his ancient score by producing the evidence he + so long ago promised us. From it we gather that Thomas Paget, the father, + named his <i>cousin</i> Minshull, apothecary in Manchester, overseer of + his will; and that his son, Nathan Paget, eighteen years afterwards, + names in his will John Goldsmith and Elizabeth Milton as <i>his + cousins</i>, and makes bequests to them accordingly. Now, it so happens + that Thomas, son of Richard Minshull of Wistaston, was an + <i>apothecary</i>, and that he settled in <i>Manchester</i>, and + thereupon founded the family of Minshull of Manchester. This <!-- Page + 545 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page545"></a>{545}</span>gentleman + was doubtless the <i>cousin</i> referred to in the will of the elder + Paget. It farther happens, that Thomas Minshull, the grandfather of this + Manchester apothecary, married a daughter of Goldsmith of Nantwich. The + John Goldsmith of the Middle Temple would then doubtless be the nephew or + grand-nephew of this lady, and in either case a <i>cousin</i> of Thomas + Minshull of Manchester, and of Elizabeth Minshull of Wistaston. This is + another, if not a completing link in the genealogical chain, and + convinces me, now more than ever, of the correctness of my + conclusions.</p> + + <p>I may add that the whole of the deeds referred to by <span + class="sc">Mr. Singer</span> are now in the safe and worthy keeping of + Mr. J. Fitchett Marsh of Warrington; and that they are published <i>in + extenso</i>, together with a valuable essay on their historical + importance by their present possessor, in the first volume of + <i>Miscellanies</i> issued by the Chetham Society.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">T. Hughes.</span></p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>ANTICIPATORY USE OF THE CROSS.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. viii., pp. 132. 417.)</p> + + <p>I am not sure that any of your correspondents have noticed the + resemblance between the letter T t, especially in some of its ancient + forms, and the form of the cross. In the Greek, Etruscan, and Samaritan + forms of this letter, we have representations of the three principal + forms which the cross has assumed: <a href="images/tsquare.png"><img + src="images/tsquare.png" class="middle" style="height:1.5ex" alt="Tau + cross" /></a>, †, ×. It is also remarkable that in Ezekiel ix. 4. + 6.: "Set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry," + &c., the word rendered "mark" is <span lang="he" class="heb" + title="TW" ><bdo dir="rtl">תּו</bdo></span> + (<i>Tau</i>), the name of the Hebrew letter answering to the above: and + as the Samaritan alphabet, which the present Hebrew characters have + superseded, was then in use, it is highly probable that the "mark" + referred to in Ezekiel's vision was the Samaritan <i>Tau</i>, as seen on + ancient Hebrew shekels, resembling a St. Andrew's cross.</p> + + <p>A circumstance relating to the Paschal sacrifice mentioned by Justin + Martyr, in his conference with Trypho the Jew, and which he asserts + without contradiction from his learned opponent, is worthy of a note:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"This lamb, which was to be roasted whole, was a symbol of the + punishment of the cross, which was inflicted on Christ, <span title="To gar optômenon probaton, k.t.l." class="grk" + >Το γαρ + οπτωμενον + προβατον, + κ.τ.λ.</span> For the lamb which was roasted was so + placed as to resemble the figure of a cross; with one spit it was pierced + longitudinally, from the tail to the head; with another it was transfixed + through the shoulders, so that the forelegs became extended."—Vid. + Just. Martyri <i>Opera</i>, edit. Oberther, vol. ii. p. 106.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Your correspondent H. N. appears to have fallen into several errors, + which (having appeared in "N. & Q.") ought not to pass unnoticed.</p> + + <p>1. He confounds the basilica with the cruciform cathedral, and with + "the plan of the Roman forum."</p> + + <p>Basilica (from Gr. <span title="Basilikê" class="grk" + >Βασιλικὴ</span>, a royal + dwelling) was the name given by the Romans to those public edifices in + which justice was administered and mercantile business transacted. + Several of these buildings, or the remains of them, still exist in Rome, + each forum probably having had its basilica. Vitruvius, who constructed + one at Fanum, says it ought to be built "on the warm side of the forum, + that those whose affairs call them thither might confer without being + incommoded by the weather." Yet H. N. says: "The basilica seems to have + originally been the architectural plan of the Roman forum." The most + perfect specimen of the antique basilica is that discovered at Pompeii, + on the south side of the form and at right angles with it. By consulting + a good plan of Pompeii, or glancing at a plan of its basilica, any one + may see that it was not cruciform, but "in the form of a long + parallelogram," with a central space and side porticoes, answering to the + nave and aisles of a church. The early Christians adopted the basilica + form for their churches: those built in the form of a Greek or Latin + cross are of much later date. Yet H. N.'s learned friend exclaims, when + viewing the temple of Muttra, "Here is the cross! the basilica carried + out with more correctness of order and symmetry than in Italy!"</p> + + <p>2. H. N. assumes that the Jews practised crucifixion as a punishment, + and "may have imitated the Assyrians, as crucifixion may have been + adopted long before that of Christ and the two thieves (Qy. robbers)." + Crucifixion appears to have been in use from a very remote period, but + was never adopted by the Jews. The Romans, who with all their greatness + were an atrociously cruel people, employed it as the peculiar and + appropriate punishment of delinquent slaves. Christ was "crucified under + Pontius Pilate," the Roman Procurator of Judea, at a time when that + country had become subject to the Romans, and its rulers could say, "It + is not lawful for us to put any man to death."</p> + + <p>3. When H. N. refers to "the advocates of conversion and their + itinerant agents," it is difficult to perceive exactly what he intends, + except "to hint a fault and hesitate dislike." But before a writer + undertakes to cast a reflection on those great societies who have been + labouring—not by coercion, but by instruction and persuasion, by + the circulation of the scriptures and the preaching of the + Gospel—to substitute Christianity for idolatry among those who are + under the government of Great Britain, he should well understand the + grounds of his censures, so as to be able "to explain to the + conversionists that, unless this doctrine be openly refuted, the + missionaries may in truth be fighting their own shadow." <!-- Page 546 + --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page546"></a>{546}</span></p> + + <p>How then has H. N. explained the doctrine which they are to + refute—the meaning of the "cross and basilica" in India? The only + witness in proof of it has disappeared "by falling into a volcanic + crater." He himself professes to be quite ignorant of cathedral + architecture and the English government, and English gentlemen generally, + who have shamefully secreted such a treasure, are equally ignorant. Why + had they not consulted the living Church of Hindooism, and shown it a + little sympathy and respect with a view to getting enlightened? Whereas + "the little they do know is derived from books." Farther, "the elder + civilians, men of ability, classical scholars, and first-rate Asiatic + linguists," when assembled in that very building, though they descanted + on the sanctity of the place, "not one of them knew nor remarked the + 'cross and basilica.'" And when visiting the great temple of Benares, + H. N. does not recollect that the cross was either noticed to him or by + him.</p> + + <p>It may be true that when the Hindoo "system of government existed in + efficiency, there was neither crime nor punishment"—a shadowy + tradition, I presume, of the state of innocence! It may also be true that + "the mythology of the Nile agrees with that of the Ganges." But it would + not follow that the cross is a myth derived from the mysteries of Egypt + or the astronomy of India. It would still remain an unquestionable fact, + that the cross, for ages an instrument of ignominious torture under Pagan + Rome, only ceased to be so when Christianity had won its way through all + ranks of society up to the imperial throne; then its employment was + abolished by Constantine, partly from the humanising influence of the new + faith, and partly out of reverence to Him who had suffered on it for the + world's redemption.</p> + + <p>The anticipations of Christianity supplied by Paganism, of which + Krishna "burnishing the head of the serpent" is a striking example, may + be easily accounted for, and their source pointed out. As a corruption of + the earliest revelation, Paganism contains, as might be expected, a + portion of truth blended with much error. Indeed, it would be no + difficult task to prove that classical and oriental mythology is in some + sense, and to a great extent, the shadow of biblical truth. What then? In + endeavouring to supplant idolatry in the Roman empire, were the Apostles + and first preachers of Christianity merely "fighting their own shadow?" + They recognised those truths which even heathens admit, but opposed and + overthrew the accumulated errors of ages. Yet there were some even then + who condemned the preaching of the cross as "foolishness," till success + demonstrated its wisdom.</p> + + <p>Lastly, H. N., having "travelled much in this country and on the + Continent," is convinced "that superstition prevails comparatively + <i>less</i> in Asia than in Europe," and that "the pages of 'N. & Q.' + abundantly corroborate the opinion."</p> + + <p>This is far more startling than the discovery of the "cross and + basilica" at Muttra. To admit it, however, would require us to disregard + the testimony of a cloud of witnesses, and to ignore all our former + reading. The vast systems of Asiatic superstition, it seems, are less + objectionable than our own folk lore; the tremendous shades of Brahma and + Budhu, of Juggernaut and the goddess Kali, with their uncouth images and + horrid worship, are harmless when compared with Puck, the Pixies, and + Robin Goodfellow; and Caste, Suttee, and Devil-worship<a + name="footnotetag3" href="#footnote3"><sup>[3]</sup></a> are evils of + less magnitude than cairns, kist-vaens, and cromlechs. The mental balance + must be peculiarly constructed that could lead to such a decision. + Certainly H. N. is no Rhadamanthus. "Dat veniam corvis, vexat censure + columbas."</p> + + <p>The appeal to "N. & Q." in corroboration of his opinion forms a + pleasant and suitable conclusion of the whole: for while in India + superstition still undeniably lives and "prevails," it is one special + object of "N. & Q." to embalm the remains of local superstitions in + Great Britain that have either breathed their last, or are <i>in + extremis</i>; to collect the relics of long-departed superstitions that + were once vigorous and rampant in our island, but are now in danger of + being lost and forgotten. Their very remnants and vestiges have become so + rare that they are unknown to the great mass of the community; and the + learned, therefore, especially those versed in ethology, are urged to + hunt them out wherever they exist in the different districts of the + country, before they fall into utter oblivion.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">J. W. Thomas.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Dewsbury.</p> + +<div class="note"> + <a name="footnote3"></a><b>Footnote 3:</b><a + href="#footnotetag3">(return)</a> + <p>For proof of the existence of Devil-worship, see <i>Yakkun + Nottanawa</i>, a Cingalese poem, translated by John Callaway, printed for + the Oriental Translation Fund: J. Murray, 1829.</p> + +</div> + <p>I would beg to suggest to H. N. that if his friend Count Venua saw in + the Hindoo temple at Muttra both the form of a perfect cross and of a + "basilica, carried out with more correctness of order and symmetry than + in Italy," he must have been so totally ignorant of early architecture as + to make his observations quite worthless, since there is no more + similitude between the cruciform church and the basilica than there is + between two parallel lines (=) and two lines crossing each other at right + angles (+).</p> + + <p>"The precise shape of the cross on the Temple of Serapis" can only be + inferred from the words of the historian cited, and the inference + therefrom is strong that it was the <i>crux ansata</i>.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Eden Warwick</span></p> + + <p class="address">Birmingham.</p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<p><!-- Page 547 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page547"></a>{547}</span></p> + +<h3>DECORATIVE PAVEMENT TILES FROM CAEN.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. viii., p. 493.)</p> + + <p>The tiles presented, in 1786, to Mr. Charles Chadwick, of + Mavesyn-Ridware, Staffordshire, are preserved in the church at that + place. They form two tablets affixed to the wall in the remarkable + sepulchral chapel arranged and decorated, at a great cost, by the + directions of that gentleman towards the close of the last century, when + the greater portion of the church was rebuilt. The north chapel, or + aisle, containing the tombs of the Mavesyns and the Ridwares, the ancient + lords of the estates which descended to Mr. Chadwick, was preserved; and + here are to be seen two cross-legged effigies, a curious incised + portraiture on an altar-tomb, representing Sir Robert Mavesyn, 1403, with + other incised slabs and interesting memorials; to which were added, by + Mr. Chadwick, a series of large incised figures, which surround the + chapel. These last are not shown in the view given in Shaw's <i>History + of Staffordshire</i>, vol. ii. p. 191., having been executed since the + publication of that work; and it is stated that they were engraved by the + parish clerk under Mr. Chadwick's direction, being intended to pourtray + the successive lords of the place from the Norman times to the sixteenth + century, each in the costume of his period. There are also numerous + atchievements and other decorations attached to the walls; amongst these + are the pavement tiles from Caen, one of which bore the same arms as are + assigned to the family of Malvoisin-Rosny, and on that account probably + Mr. Chadwick placed these relics from Normandy amongst the enrichments of + his mausoleum.</p> + + <p>In regard to <span class="sc">Mr. Boase's</span> first inquiry, "Who + was Charles Chadwick, Esq.?" it may suffice to cite the detailed account + of the family given by Shaw, and the short notice of that gentleman which + will be found in the <i>History of Staffordshire</i>, vol. ii. p. + 185.</p> + + <p>On a visit to Mavesyn-Ridware in 1839, I was struck with the + appearance of these tiles; their design and fashion at once recalled + those from Caen with which I had been familiar in Normandy. Having + ascertained their origin, I took occasion to state the fact of their + preservation at this church in the "Notes on Decorative Tiles," + communicated to Mr. Parker by me, and given in the fourth edition of his + useful <i>Glossary of Architecture</i>, in 1845: see p. 367.</p> + + <p>It should be observed that the number of tiles composing the two + tablets now to be seen is forty; whilst the number, as stated <i>Gent. + Mag.</i>, vol. lix. part i. p. 211., and in a second letter from Mr. + Barrett, in vol. lx. part ii. p. 710., not cited by <span class="sc">Mr. + Boase</span> in his Query, is twenty. <span class="sc">Mr. Boase</span> + is probably aware that the sixteen tiles from the Great Guard Chamber at + Caen, which supplied the subject of Mr. J. Major Henniker's memoir, were + presented by him to the Society of Antiquaries of London, and are now in + their museum, as noticed in the catalogue, compiled by myself, p. 30.</p> + + <p>A coloured drawing of an heraldic pavement at Caen, taken about 1700, + is preserved in a volume of the great collection formed by M. de + Gaignieres, and bequeathed by Gough to the Bodleian Library. It comprises + chiefly drawings of French sepulchral monuments, arranged by localities; + and there is one volume, entitled <i>Recueil de Tapisseries, d'Armoiries + et de Devises</i>, in which may be found the interesting memorial of this + decorative pavement of tiles, which was destroyed during the fury of the + Revolution.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Albert Way.</span></p> + + <p>Charles Chadwick, Esq., of Healy Hall, Lancashire, and + Mavesyn-Ridware, in the county of Stafford, to whom the monks of St. + Stephen, at Caen, presented, in the year 1786, a series of encaustic + tiles with heraldic devices taken from the floor of the (so called) + "Great Guard Chamber of the Palace of the Dukes of Normandy," died in + 1829. I infer that the tiles were brought to the Lancashire residence of + Mr. Chadwick because the description and the drawing for the engraving + were both supplied to the <i>Gentleman's Magazine</i> by a Lancashire + antiquary, Thomas Barnett, of Hydes Cross, Manchester: but as the + descendants of Mr. Chadwick no longer reside in Lancashire, the hall + being occupied by a woollen manufacturer, I have been unable to obtain + any information respecting the tiles, though long desirous to do so.</p> + + <p>I direct attention to another series of the same tiles, sixteen in + number, which were presented to the Society of Antiquaries through the + president, the Earl of Leicester, in 1788, by John Henniker, Esq., M.A., + F.R.S., S.A., and M.P., who afterwards took the additional name of Major. + This gentleman received the tiles from his brother, Captain Henniker, + then resident at Caen; and in 1794 he published an interesting account of + them with engravings, entitled <i>Two Letters on the Origin, Antiquity, + and History of Norman Tiles stained with Armorial Bearings</i> (London, + John Bell, Strand). The engravings both in this volume and in the + <i>Gentleman's Magazine</i> are indifferently executed, and too small in + scale to be of use. Mr. Henniker describes the colours of his tiles to be + "yellow and brown," while Mr. Barnett states that the tiles in Mr. + Chadwick's possession were "light grey and black;" a curious discrepancy, + seeing that in all other respects they were exactly similar. These tiles + are of so much heraldic and antiquarian interest that if either set could + be made available for the purpose, it is very desirable that they be + engraved of full size, and printed by the modern easy process to imitate + the colours.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Gilbert J. French.</span></p> + +<hr class="short" /> + +<p><!-- Page 548 --><span class="pagenum"><a name="page548"></a>{548}</span></p> + +<h3>MOTTOS OF THE EMPERORS OF GERMANY.</h3> + +<p class="cenhead">(Vol. viii., p. 170.)</p> + + <p>With your permission I shall enlarge the list of mottos of the German + emperors, as well by commencing with the Germano-Frankish era as by + supplying those omitted in the series given by <span class="sc">Mr. + Joshua G. Fitch</span>. My authorities are Reusneri <i>Symbola + Imperatoria tribus classibus Cæs. Rom. Italic., C. R. Græcorum, C. R. + Germanico</i>; and Sadeler, <i>Symbola divina et humana Pontificum, + Imperatorum, Regum</i>, &c.:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Caroli Magni. 752. <i>Christus regnat, vincit, triumphat.</i></p> + + <p>Ludovici Pii. 814. <i>Omnium rerum vicissitudo.</i></p> + + <p>Lotharii I. 840. <i>Ubi mel, ibi fel.</i></p> + + <p>Ludovici II. 855. <i>Par sit fortuna labori.</i></p> + + <p>Caroli II. (Calvi.) 875. <i>Justitiam injustitia parit.</i></p> + + <p>Caroli III. (Crassi.) 881. <i>Os garrulum intricat omnia.</i></p> + + <p>Arnulphi. 888. <i>Facilis descensus Averni.</i></p> + + <p>Ludovici III. 899. <i>Multorum manus, paucorum consilium.</i></p> + + <p>Othonis Magni. <i>Aut mors aut vita decora.</i></p> + + <p>Othonis III. <i>Unita virtus valet.</i></p> + + <p>Henrici II. (Claudi.) <i>Ne quid nimis.</i></p> + + <p>Friderici I. (Ænobarbi.) <i>Aliud. Qui nescit dissimulare nescit + imperare.</i></p> + + <p>Friderici II. <i>Minarum strepitus, asinorum crepitus.</i> The + following is the correct reading of the words given in Vol. viii., p. + 170.: <i>Cumplurium triariorum ego strepitum audivi.</i></p> + + <p>Adolphi. <i>Animus est qui divites facit.</i></p> + + <p>Alberti I. <i>Aliud. Quod optimum idem jucundissimum.</i></p> + + <p>Henrici VII. <i>Aliud. Fide et consilio.</i></p> + + <p>Ludovici IV. <i>Sola bona quæ honesta.</i><br /> + <i>Aliud. Deo et Cæsari.</i><a + name="footnotetag4" href="#footnote4"><sup>[4]</sup></a></p> + + <p>Caroli IV. <i>Optimum aliena insania frui.</i><br /> + <i>Aliud. Nullius pavet + occursum.</i></p> + + <p>Wenceslai. <i>Morosophi moriones pessimi.</i><br /> + <i>Aliud. Tempestati parendum.</i></p> + + <p>Sigismundi. <i>Aliud. Sic cedunt munera fatis.</i></p> + + <p>Alberti II. <i>Aliud. Fugam victoria nescit.</i></p> + + <p>Friderici III. <i>Rerum irrecuperabilium fœlix oblivio.</i><br /> + <i>Aliud. A. E. I. O. U.</i></p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>That these vowels are supposed to signify "Austriæ est imperare orbi + universo" has already been communicated in "N. & Q." Reusner has + given then another interpretation "Aquila electa iuste vincit omnia."</p> + + <p>"Aliud. Hic regit, ille tuetur. Leges et arma in promptu habes, illæ + regunt, hæc tuentur imperium. A Justiniano habet," &c.—Sadeler, + p. 43.</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>Maximiliani I. <i>Aliud. In manu Dei Regis est [cor].</i><br /> + <i>Aliud. Per tot discrimina.</i></p> + + <p>Caroli V. <i>Aliud. Nondum in auge [Sol].</i><br /> + <i>Aliud. Fundatori quietis + [laurea].</i></p> + + <p>Ferdinandi. <i>Fiat justitia aut pereat mundus.</i><br /> + <i>Aliud. A. I. P. Q. N. S. I. + A.</i></p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Accidit in puncto quod non speratur in anno;</p> + <p class="i1">Temporis in puncto qui sapit, ille sapit."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Maximiliani II. <i>Comminuam vel extinguam.</i><br /> + (<i>Puta semiplenam Turcarum + lunulam.</i>)</p> + + <p>Rudolphi II. <i>Aliud. Ex voluntate Dei omnia.</i><br /> + <i>Aliud. Sic ad astra.</i><br /> + <i>Aliud. Tu ne cede malis.</i></p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>In Reusner's work the mottos are accompanied by copious and erudite + comments; and in Sadeler's by engravings also; the devices or + achievements of distinguished men, denominated in the Italian language + <i>Imprese</i>, and in the Latin <i>Symbola Heroica</i>.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Bibliothecar. Chetham.</span></p> + +<div class="note"> + <a name="footnote4"></a><b>Footnote 4:</b><a + href="#footnotetag4">(return)</a> + <p>"Symbolum [aquila solem contrà tuens] quo jam se non tantum adversario + opponit sed cum Deo parum modestè ponit. Est quidem aquila Jovi sacra ut + ad fabulas rem revolvamus. Sed absit mihi omnis cum Deo + comparatio."—Sadeler, p. 39.</p> + +</div> +<hr class="short" /> + +<h3>PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE.</h3> + + <p><i>Simplicity of Calotype Process.</i>—The session of the + Photographic Society was commenced with a paper from our original + correspondent, <span class="sc">Dr. Diamond</span>, under the above + title. Our journal having led to such facilities of question and answer, + has induced many of our readers to ask upon several points additional + instructions, some of which we have ourselves thought might have been + made more clear and having written to <span class="sc">Dr. Diamond</span> + he has promised us a revised copy for our next Number. Replying to some + of our Querists, he says, "The plain photographic facts are correct; but + I wrote the paper on the morning of the day on which the Society met, and + was not aware it was to be printed in the <i>Journal</i> until I received + my copy."</p> + + <p><i>Albumenized Paper.</i>—As my only object writing on this + subject was to communicate to others the plan which <i>I</i> had found + <i>in practice</i> most successful, I think it necessary to correct some + points of misapprehension which it is evident your correspondent K. N. M. + has fallen into, Vol. viii., p. 501.</p> + + <p>In the process I recommended, the paper, if cockled up, readily + becomes flat and even if kept in a portfolio or any similar receptacle; + and as I <i>never float</i> my paper to sensitize it, I have not the + inconvenience of the silver solution becoming spoiled by particles of the + albumen. The 100 grains to the ounce for the solution I do not find more + extravagant when applied, as I have indicated, with a glass rod, than one + of 30 grains to the ounce when the paper is floated, because in the + former case I use only just enough to cover the paper, viz. forty-five + minims to a half-sheet of <!-- Page 549 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page549"></a>{549}</span>Canson's paper, and there is no loss from + any portion adhering to the dishes, evaporation, or filtering. This is + far more than would be imagined when only a sheet or two of paper is + required at one time. Lastly, with regard to the <i>strokes</i> being + visible after printing the positive, I do not find them so in general, + though occasionally such a thing does happen when sufficient care has not + been taken in the preparation; but I find striæ quite as visible on two + positives prepared by <span class="sc">Dr. Diamond</span> himself, which + he kindly gave me: however, I will forward a sample of my paper for your + judgment, and also a portion for K. N. M. if he will take the trouble of + trying the same.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Geo. Shadbolt.</span></p> + + <p><i>New Developing Mixture.</i>—Having for some months past used + the following developing mixture, and finding it very bright and easily + applied, I beg to offer it to your notice. It does not cost more than + three farthings per ounce, and therefore may be worth the consideration + of beginners. I do not know a better where the metallic appearance is not + desired.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>No. 1. Pyrogallic acid 2 grains.</p> + <p class="i3">Glacial acetic acid 1 drachm.</p> + <p class="i3">Water 1 oz.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>No. 2. Protosulphate of iron 10 grains.</p> + <p class="i3">Nitric acid 2 drops.</p> + <p class="i3">Water 1 oz.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>To six drachms of No. 2. add two of No. 1.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>I pour it on, but do not return it to the bottle, as it is apt to + spoil if so used.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">T. L. Merritt.</span></p> + + <p><i>Queries on the Albumenized Process.</i>—Allow me to put a few + questions through your valued paper.</p> + + <p>In the albumen process on glass, Messrs. Ross and Thomson, in + Thornthwaite's <i>Guide</i>, recommend 10 drops of sat. solution of + iodized potassa to each egg. Now is it meant <i>ten drops</i>, or <i>ten + minims</i>? If the former, a drop varies with the bottle and quantity of + liquid in it; and ten drops are nearly half the bulk of ten minims, + generally speaking. Then as to the egg: an egg in this country is only at + most 6 <a href="images/drachm.png"><img src="images/drachm.png" + class="middle" style="height:2ex" alt="drachm" /></a>; in England an egg + appears twice as large.—Could you state the general bulk of an egg + in England, and to what quantity by bulk or weight of albumen the 10 + drops or minims are to be applied? When I say an egg is only 6 <a + href="images/drachm.png"><img src="images/drachm.png" class="middle" + style="height:2ex" alt="drachm" /></a>, I mean the white of one.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">A Subscriber.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Bombay.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Replies to Minor Queries.</h2> + + <p><i>Poems in connection with Waterloo</i> (Vol. vii., p. 6.).—A + correspondent of the <i>Naval and Military Gazette</i> of November 19, + 1853, signing himself "M.A., Pem. Coll., Oxford," has pointed out an + error into which I had fallen "respecting the elm-trees at and connected + with Waterloo."</p> + + <p>I certainly was given to understand, when I received the monody, that + it was written by the public orator on the death of his son <i>who fell + at Waterloo</i>: whereas it clearly appears by the obituary in the + <i>Gentleman's Magazine</i>, that <i>Ensign William Crowe</i>, first + battalion, 4th foot, <i>son of the public orator</i> at Oxford, <i>was + killed at the attack</i> upon New Orleans Jan. 8, 1815.</p> + + <p>I hasten to acknowledge my mistake, though I am glad that the two + copies of verses found place in your columns.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Braybrooke.</span></p> + + <p><i>Richard Oswald</i> (Vol. viii., p. 442.)—Your Querist will + find many letters to and from him in Franklin's <i>Memoirs</i>. He was + for some years a merchant in the city of London. In 1759 he purchased the + estate of Auchincruive, in the county of Ayr, and died there in 1783. No + memoir of him has ever been published. He was for many years an intimate + friend of Lord Shelbourne, who sent him to Paris in 1782, and again in + 1783, to negotiate with Franklin, with whom he had been for some time + acquainted. During the Seven Years' War he acted as commissary-general to + the allied armies under the Duke of Brunswick, who said of him in the + official despatches, that "England had sent him commissaries fit to be + generals, and generals not fit to be commissaries."</p> + + <p class="author">J. H. E.</p> + + <p><i>Grammont's Marriage</i> (Vol. viii., p. 461.).—In one of the + notes to Grammont, originally, I believe, introduced by Sir W. Scott in + his edition, but which appears at p. 415. of Bohn's reprint, we are told + on the authority of the <i>Biographia Gallica</i>, vol. i. p. 202.:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The famous Count Grammont was thought to be the original of <i>The + Forced Marriage</i>. This nobleman, during his stay at the court of + England, had made love to Miss Hamilton, but was coming away from France + without bringing matters to a proper conclusion. The young lady's + brothers pursued him, and came up with him near Dover, in order to + exchange some pistol shot with him. They called out, 'Count Grammont, + have you forgot nothing at London?' 'Excuse me,' answered the Court + guessing their errand, 'I forgot to marry your sister; so lead on, and + let us finish that affair.'"</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>My object in this communication is to supply an omission in <span + class="sc">Mr. Steinman's</span> very interesting Notes, who does not + show, as he might have done, how the letters of M. de Comminges prove the + truth of this story. For, from the passage quoted by <span class="sc">Mr. + Steinman</span> from the letter to the king, dated Dec. 20-24, 1663, it + is evident that the count was about on that day to leave England "without + bringing matters to a proper conclusion;" while that he married the lady + within a day or <!-- Page 550 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page550"></a>{550}</span>two of that date may fairly be inferred + from the announcement on Aug. 29-Sept. 8, 1664, that "Madame la Comtesse + de Grammont accoucha hier au soir d'un fils." <span class="sc">Mr. + Steinman's</span> omission was probably intentional; I have supplied it + in the hope that the date and place of the marriage may now be + ascertained, and for the purpose of expressing my hope that we shall soon + be favoured by <span class="sc">Mr. Steinman's</span> return to this + subject.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Horace Walpole</span>, Jun.</p> + + <p><i>Life</i> (Vol. vii., p. 429.).—Let me give A. C. the + testimony of two poets and a philosopher in support of the "general + feeling" about the renewal of life, which will surely bear down the + authority of three writers mentioned by him.</p> + + <p>Cowper's notion may be gathered from the couplet:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"So numerous are the follies that annoy</p> + <p>The mind and heart of every sprightly boy."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Kirke White must have had a similar idea:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"There are who think that childhood does not share</p> + <p>With age the cup, the bitter cup, of care;</p> + <p>Alas! they know not this unhappy truth,</p> + <p>That every age and rank is born to ruth."</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>The next four lines may also be attentively considered. I quote from + his "Childhood," one of his earliest productions by the way—but + what production of his was not early?</p> + + <p>Still more decidedly, however, on the point speaks Cicero (<i>de + Senectute</i>):</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Si quis Deus mihi largiatur ut ea hâc ætate repuerescam, et in cunis + vagiam, <i>valde recusem</i>."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The following passage is also at A. C.'s service, provided you can + find space for it, and there are "no questions asked" as to its + whereabouts:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"I have heard them say that our childhood's hours are the happiest + time of our earthly race; and they speak with regret of their summer + bowers, and the mirth they knew in the butterfly chase; and they sorrow + to think that those days are past, when their young hearts bounded with + lightsome glee, when, by none of the clouds of care o'ercast, the sun of + their joy shone cheerily. But, oh! they surely forget that the boy may + have grief of his own that strikes deep in his heart; that an angry + frown, or a broken toy, may inflict for a time a cureless smart; and that + little pain is as great to him as a weightier woe to an older mind. Aye! + the harsh reproof, or unfavoured whim, may be sharp as a pang of a graver + kind. Then, how dim-sighted and thoughtless are those, who would they + were frolicsome children and free; they should rather rejoice to have + fled from the woes that hung o'er them once so heavily. In misfortune's + rude shocks the practised art of <i>the man</i> may perchance disclose + relief; but <i>the child</i>, in his innocence of heart, will bow 'neath + the stroke of a trifling grief."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p class="author">W. T. M.</p> + + <p class="address">Hong Kong.</p> + + <p><i>Muscipula</i> (Vol. viii., p. 229.—<i>The Name + Lloyd.</i>—Besides the translation of this poem by Dr. Hoadly, of + which a note in Dodsley informs us that the author, Holdsworth, said it + was "exceedingly well done," I have before me another, printed in London + for R. Gosling, 1715, with an engraved frontispiece, illustrative of the + triumphant reception of Taffy's invention. The depredations of the mouse + are illustrated in the various figures around, as cheeses burrowed + through, even the invasion of a sleeping Welshman's very <span + title="erkos odontôn" class="grk">ερκος + οδοντων</span>, &c. The title + is, <i>The Mouse-Trap, a Poem done from the original Latin in Milton's + Stile</i>:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Ludus animo debet aliquando dari,</p> + <p>Ad cogitandum melior ut redeat tibi"—<i>Phæd.</i></p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Both translations are in blank verse, but that of the latter is very + <i>blank</i> indeed, and possesses little in common with Milton's + <i>style</i>, except the absence of rhyme. It thus begins:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"The British mountaineer, who first uprear'd</p> + <p>A mouse-trap, and engoal'd the little thief,</p> + <p>The deadly wiles and fate inextricable,</p> + <p>Rehearse, my Muse, and, oh! thy presence deign,</p> + <p>Auxiliar Phœbus, mortal foe to mice:</p> + <p>Whence bards in ancient times thee Smintheus term'd," &c.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>Muscipula must have made some sensation to have been translated by two + different persons. <i>Welsh rabbits</i>, and their supposed general + fondness for <i>cheese</i>, have furnished many a joke at the expense of + the inhabitants of the principality. Among others the following quiz may + not be out of place on the famous Cambro-Britannic name of Lloyd:</p> + +<table class="nobctr"> +<tr><td>"Two gibbets dejected,</td><td>LL</td></tr> +<tr><td> A cheese in full view,</td><td>O</td></tr> +<tr><td> A toaster erected</td><td>Y</td></tr> +<tr><td> And a cheese cut in two,</td><td>D."</td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="2">Ballard MSS. in the Bodleian, vol. xxix. p. 80.</td></tr> +</table> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Balliolensis.</span></p> + + <p><i>Berefellarii</i> (Vol. viii., p. 420.).—<span class="sc">M. + Philarète Chasles</span> has misrepresented <span class="sc">John + Jebb's</span> Query and conjecture about <i>berefellarii</i> (Vol. vii., + p. 207.). He never spoke of these officers as "<i>half ecclesiastics</i> + (!), dirty, shabby, ill-washed attendants." They were priests of an + inferior grade, answering to the minor canons of cathedrals, and superior + to the vicars choral, who were also called <i>personæ</i> and <i>rectores + chori</i>. He has far too great a respect for collegiate foundations to + use such opprobrious terms when speaking of any class of ministers of + divine service. The only conjecture <span class="sc">J. Jebb</span> made + was, that the word might possibly have been a corruption (arising from + incorrect writing) of <i>beneficiarii</i>, which is continually used + abroad for the inferior clergy of collegiate churches, though not common + in <!-- Page 551 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page551"></a>{551}</span>England. It is just <i>possible</i>, + though not very probable, that this somewhat foreign word was misread, + and gave rise to a blundering corruption conveying ludicrous ideas, the + "turpe nomen" alluded to by the Archbishop of York tempore Ric. II. The + conjectural derivation of the word from Anglo-Saxon words was not my own, + but that of a subsequent correspondent. It is just one of those + conjectures which, like that of "Mazarinæus," may be quite as likely to + be false as true. I could suggest twenty that would be quite as likely; + such as <i>bier-followers</i> (attenders on funerals, as did the clerks + and inferior clergy in cathedrals), or <i>bury fellows</i> (query, + burying fellows), or <i>beer fellows</i> (like the <i>beerers</i> in Dean + Aldrich's famous catch), or <i>belly fillers</i>, &c., or lastly, + some corruption of <i>Beverly</i> itself. <i>Barefellows</i> is as likely + as any. Still I cannot think that these functionaries were low or + contemptible. Their position corresponded to a very honourable status in + cathedral churches.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">John Jebb.</span></p> + + <p><i>Harmony of the Four Gospels</i> (Vol. viii., pp. 316. 415.)—I + am greatly obliged to <span class="sc">Mr. Hardwick, Mr. Buckton</span>, + and J. M. for their valuable and satisfactory replies to my Query. To the + list of those Harmonies published since the Reformation, may be added + that of John Hind, 1632, under the title of</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The Storie of Stories, or the Life of Christ, according to the foure + holy Evangelists: with a harmonie of them, and a table of their chapters + and verses, collected by Johan Hind. London, printed by Miles Flesher, + 1632."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>It is dedicated to the "Lady Anne Twisden," with whom, and her son the + learned Sir Roger Twisden, this John Hind, "a German gentleman of + Mecklenburgh, a most religious honest knowing man, lived above thirty + years," &c.</p> + + <p>Surely Doddridge's <i>Family Expositor</i> should be added to the + list.</p> + + <p class="author">Z. 1.</p> + + <p><i>Picts' Houses and Argils</i> (Vol. viii., p. + 264.).—Malte-Brun, in his <i>Universal Geography</i>, English + translation, vol. vi. p. 387., has a passage in his description of Russia + which applies to this matter. The steppes of Nogay lie immediately to the + north of the peninsula of the Crimea, both being included in the Russian + government of Taurida, and both countries were formerly inhabited by the + Cimbri or Cimmerians. Malte-Brun says:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The colonists are in many places ill provided with timber for + building; they live under the ground, and the hillocks, which are so + common in the country, and which served in ancient times for graves or + monuments of the dead, are now converted into houses, the vaults are + changed into roofs, and beneath them are subterranean excavations. Kurgan + is the Tartar name for these tumuli; they are scattered throughout New + Russia; they were raised at different times by the different people who + ruled over that region. The Kurgans are not all of the same kind; some + are not unlike the rude works of the early Hungarians, others are formed + of large and thin stones, like the Scandinavian tombs. It is to be + regretted that the different articles contained in them have been only of + late years examined with care."</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>This does not establish the identity of the Argil and Kurgan, but I + think it shows more particular information is likely to be met with on + the subject. M. Malte-Brun, vol. vi. p. 152., in his description of + Turkey, mentions a curious town on the hills of the Strandschea, a little + to the west of Constantinople. It is called Indchiguis, and is inhabited + by Troglodytes; its numerous dwellings are cut in solid rocks, stories + are formed in the same manner, and many apartments that communicate with + each other.</p> + + <p class="author">W. H. F.</p> + + <p><i>Boswell's "Johnson"</i> (Vol. viii., p. 439.).—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"Crescit, occulto velut arbor ævo,</p> + <p>Fama Marcelli: micat inter omnes</p> + <p>Julium sidus, velut inter ignes</p> + <p class="i6">Luna minores."—Hor. <i>Carm.</i> <span class="scac">I</span>. xii. 45-48.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>F. C. has overlooked the <i>point</i> of Boswell's remark, viz. that + Johnson had been "inattentive to metre."</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">C. Forbes.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Temple.</p> + + <p><i>Pronunciation of "Humble"</i> (Vol. viii., p. 393.).—I + venture once more to trespass on your pages, in the hope of helping to + settle the right pronunciation of <i>humble</i>. In the controversy + respecting it, the derivation of the word should not be overlooked, as it + is a most important point; for I consider that the improper use of the + <i>h</i> has arisen from people not knowing from whence the word was + taken. Now, as I am of opinion that it will go far to prove that the + <i>h</i> should be silent in <i>humble</i>, by giving a list of the + radical words in the English language in which that letter is silent, and + their derivations, I beg to do so: premising that they are derived from + the Celtic language, in which the <i>h</i> is not used in the same manner + that it is in other languages:</p> + + <p><i>Heir</i>, from <i>oigeir</i>, i. e. the young man who succeeds to a + property: the word is pronounced <i>air</i>.</p> + + <p><i>Honest</i>, from <i>oinnicteac</i>, i. e. just, liberal, generous, + kind.</p> + + <p><i>Honour</i>, from <i>onoir</i>, i. e. praise, respect, worship.</p> + + <p><i>Hour</i>, from <i>uair</i>, pronounced <i>voir</i>, i. e. time + present, a period of time, any time.</p> + + <p><i>Humble</i>, from <i>umal</i>, i. e. lowly, obedient, + submissive.</p> + + <p><i>Humour.</i> The derivation of this word is obscure, but in the + sense of <i>mirth</i> it may be derived from <i>uaim-mir</i>, i. e. loud + mirth, gaiety.</p> + + <p>The compounds formed from these words have the <i>h</i> silent; and + every other word beginning with <!-- Page 552 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page552"></a>{552}</span>that letter should have it fully sounded. + Such being my practice, I cannot be accused of cultivating the <i>Heapian + dialect</i>, which I hold to be equally abominable with the improper use + of the letter <i>h</i>.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">Fras. Crossley.</span></p> + + <p>May not the following be the true solution of the question? All + <i>existing</i> humility is either pride or hypocrisy; pride aspirates + the <i>h</i>, hypocrisy suppresses it. I always aspirate.</p> + + <p class="author">M.</p> + + <p><i>Continuation of Robertson</i> (Vol. viii., p. 515.).—The + supplementary volume proposed by <span class="sc">Mr. Turnbull</span>, + which is wanted extremely, was never published, owing to the fact that + eighty subscribers could not be found to indemnify him for the expense of + printing.</p> + + <p class="author">G.</p> + + <p><i>Nostradamus</i> (Vol. vii., p. 174.).—My edition of + <i>Nostradamus</i>, 1605 (described in "N. & Q.," Vol. iv., p. 140.), + has the quotation in question; but the first line has "le sang du juste," + not "le sang du jusse."</p> + + <p>The ed. of 1605 is undoubtedly genuine. Besides the twelve centuries + of prophecies, it contains 141 "Presages tirez de ceux faits par M. + Nostradamus," and fifty-eight "Prédictions admirables pour les ans + courans en ce Siècle, recueillies des mémoires de feu M. Nostradamus," + with a dedication to Henry IV. of France, "par Vincent Seve, de + Beaucaire, 19 Mars, 1605."</p> + + <p class="author">R. J. R.</p> + + <p><i>Quantity of Words</i> (Vol. viii., p. 386.).—<span + class="sc">Anti-Barbarus</span> need not say we always pronounce Candace + long, for I have never heard it otherwise than short. Labbe says it + should be short, and classes it with short terminations in + <i>ăcus</i>; but I am not aware that there is any poetical + authority for it. <i>Canace</i> and <i>canache</i> are both short in + Ovid; all which may have helped to the inference for + <i>Candăce</i>. Facciolati has an adjective <i>candăcus</i>, + to which I refer your correspondent.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">W. Hazel.</span></p> + + <p><i>"Man proposes, but God disposes"</i> (Vol. viii., p. + 411.).—This saying is older than the age of Thomas à Kempis, who + was born about <span class="scac">A.D.</span> 1380. It probably + originated in two passages of Holy Scripture, on one or both of which it + may have been an ancient comment:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"Hominis est animam præparare, et Domini gubernare linguam." "Cor + hominis disponit viam suam, sed Domini est dirigere gressus + ejus."—Proverbs xvi. 1. 10.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>The sentiment in both is the same, and their pith is given in a still + more brief and condensed form in our own proverb. It is remarkable that + while Dr. A. Clarke, in his notes on Proverbs xvi., has quoted it without + reference to its authorship in the edition of Stanhope's version of <i>De + Imitatione Christi</i>, which I happen to have, it is not to be found; + but its place (according to your correspondent's reference) is occupied + by the <i>two texts</i> above quoted. The work referred to is asserted by + some to have been only translated or transcribed by à Kempis, and written + by John Gerson, Chancellor of the University of Paris, a great + theologian, who died in 1429. Be that as it may, I can assure your + correspondent A. B. C. that the saying in question <i>did not</i> + originate with the author of that work. In Piers Ploughman's + <i>Vision</i>, written <span class="scac">A.D.</span> 1362, it is thus + introduced:</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="hg3">"And <i>Spiritus justitiæ</i></p> + <p>Shall juggen, wol he nele he (<i>will he nil he!</i>)</p> + <p>After the kynges counseil,</p> + <p>And the comune like.</p> + <p>And <i>Spiritus prudentiæ</i>,</p> + <p>In many a point shall faille,</p> + <p>Of that he weneth will falle,</p> + <p>If his wit ne weere.</p> + <p>Wenynge is no wysdom,</p> + <p>Ne wys ymaginacion.</p> + <p><i>Homo proponit, et Deus disponit</i>,</p> + <p>And governeth alle good vertues."</p> + <p class="i1">Vol. ii. p. 427., ll. 13984-95. Ed. London: W. Pickering, 1842.</p> + </div> + </div> + <p>In the same way the author frequently introduces Latin texts from the + Bible, and other books of authority and devotion. In the notes the editor + generally refers to the place from whence the quotation is taken; but as + there is no reference in connexion with the present passage, I infer that + he was not aware of its source.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">J. W. Thomas.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Dewsbury.</p> + + <p><i>Polarised Light</i> (Vol. viii., p. 409.).—I am unable to + furnish H. C. K. with knowledge from the fountain-head touching this + phenomenon. On referring, however, to a little work, much valued in my + boyish days, I find it thus mentioned:</p> + +<blockquote class="b1n"> + + <p>"The blue light of the sky is completely polarised at an angle of + seventy-four degrees from the sun, in a plane passing through the sun's + centre."—P. 219. <i>Newtonian Philosophy</i>, by Tom Telescope: + Tegg, Lond. 1838.</p> + +</blockquote> + + <p>Surely the Herschels mention this.</p> + + <p class="author"><span class="sc">R. C. Warde.</span></p> + + <p class="address">Kidderminster.</p> + +<hr class="full" /> + +<h2>Miscellaneous.</h2> + +<h3>NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC.</h3> + + <p>The attempt to establish a <i>Surrey Archæological Society</i> has at + length proved successful. Upwards of one hundred and seventy Members have + already joined the Society. The Duke of Norfolk has accepted its + Presidency, and the Earl of Ellesmere, the Bishop of Winchester, and Lord + Viscount Downe, are among the number of its Vice-Presidents. The Society + has good work before it, and we trust will set about it in a way to <!-- + Page 553 --><span class="pagenum"><a + name="page553"></a>{553}</span>secure the success which we wish it. The + Honorary Secretary and Treasurer is George Bish Webb, Esq., of 46. + Addison Road North, Notting Hill; from whom gentlemen desirous of + enrolling themselves as Members may obtain copies of the Prospectus, + Rules, &c. of the Society.</p> + + <p>The mention of one county Society seems to call attention to another, + namely, the <i>Somersetshire Archæological and Natural History + Society</i>, the volume of whose Proceedings for 1852 is now before us, + and affords satisfactory proof that the zeal and energy of its members, + of which it numbers nearly five hundred, are by no means diminished. The + papers and the illustrations of the volume are highly creditable to all + concerned.</p> + + <p>The want of a collection of the early antiquities of this country has + long been the greatest reproach which foreigners have been able to make + against the British Museum. An opportunity of removing this has lately + presented itself by an offer to the trustees of the well-known and + probably unique collection, <i>The Faussett Museum</i>. Strange to say, + that offer was declined: but, as a communication from the Society of + Antiquaries strongly urging the propriety of a reconsideration of this + decision—so that an opportunity which may never recur may not be + lost—has been addressed to the trustees, we still hope that <i>the + Faussett Museum</i> will yet fill the empty cases at Great Russell + Street, and form, as it is well calculated to do, the nucleus of a + national collection of our own national antiquities. We understand Mr. + Wylie has most liberally offered to present his valuable Fairford + Collections to the Museum, if the Faussett Collection is secured for + it.</p> + + <p><span class="sc">Books Received.</span>—<i>The Life and Works of + William Cowper</i>, by Robert Southey, Vol. I. 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