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'A mind content both crown and kingdom is.'"(Works, ii. 288., ed. Dyce.)

'A mind content both crown and kingdom is.'"

(Works, ii. 288., ed. Dyce.)

It will be observed that no mention is here made of the copy in Breton's tract; therefore this summary gains from both the correspondents of "NOTES AND QUERIES"—an addition from the one, a corroboration from the other.

R.A.

Gesta Grayorum(No. 22. p. 351.).—"J.S." is informed that copies of theGesta Grayorumare by no means uncommon. It was originally printedforone shilling; but the bibliomaniac must now pay fromtwentytothirty shillingsfor a copy. The original, printed in 1688, does not contain the second part, which was published by Mr. Nichols for the first time. Copies are in the Bodleian, and in the University Library, Cambridge.

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

Marylebone Gardens(No. 24. p. 383.).—These gardens were finally closed in 1777-8. It is not generally known that, previous to the year 1737, this "fashionable" place of amusement was enteredgratisby all ranks of people; but the company becoming more "select," Mr. Gough, the proprietor, determined to charge a shilling as entrance money, for which the party paying was to receive an equivalent in viands.

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

Mother of Thomas à Becket(No. 26. p. 415.).—An inspection of some of the numerous legends touching the blessed martyr, St. Thomas of Canterbury, would probably supply many interesting particulars concerning the story of his father's romantic marriage. But the most important narrative is that of Herbert Bosham, Becket's secretary, who, it will be remembered, was present at his martyrdom. Bosham'sVita et Res Gestæ Thomæ Episcopi Cantuariensisis published in theQuadrilogus, Paris, 1495. Consult also the French translation of Peter Langtoft, and the English one by Laurence Wade, a Benedictine monk of Canterbury. Robert of Gloucester's metricalLegend of the Life and Martyrdom of Thomas Beket, published by the Percy Society, under the editorial care of Mr. W.H. Black, fully confirms the "romance;" as also do the later historians, Hollingshed, Fox, and Baker.

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

Dr. Strode's Poem(no. 10. p. 147.).—Dr. Strode's poem, beginning—

"Return my joys, and hither bring—"

which Dr. Rimbault does "not remember to have seen in print," is in Ellis'sSpecimens, iii. 173. ed. 1811. He took it fromWit Restored, p. 66. ed. 1658, or i. 168. reprint. It is the second poem mentioned by Dr. Bliss,A.O.iii. 152., as occurring with Strode's name in MS. Rawl. 142.

R.A.

"All to-broke" (No. 25. p. 395.).—Surely the explanation of Judges, ix. 53, is incorrect. Ought not the words to be printed "and all-to brake his scull," where "all-to" = "altogether"?

R.A.

Woolton's Christian Manual(No. 25. p. 399.).—There is a copy in the Grenville Collection.

NOVUS.

Tract by F.H.(No. 25. p. 400.).—"J.E." may advance his knowledge about F.H. slightly, by referring to Herbert'sAmes, p. 1123.

NOVUS.

Duke of Marlborough(No. 26. p. 415.).—Your correspondent "BURIENSIS" is referred to the Trial of William Barnard, Howell'sState Trials, xix. 815-846.; the case of Rexv.Fielding, Esq., Burrow'sReports, ii. 719. and Lounger'sCommon Place Book, tit. Barnard, William. The greater part of this latter article is in Leigh Hunt'sOne Hundred Romances of Real Life, No. 1.

C.H. COOPER.

Cambridge, April 29. 1850.

["C.I.R." refers "BURIENSIS" to Burke'sCelebrated Trials connected with the Aristocracy, London, 1848; and "J.P. Jun." refers to Leigh Hunt'sLondon Journal, No. 1. p. 5., No. 3. p. 24.]

Lord Carrington or Karinthon(No. 27. p. 440.).—The nobleman about whom "C." inquires, was Sir Charles Smith, created an English baron 19 Charles I., by the title of Lord Carrington, and afterwards advanced to the dignity of an Irish Viscount under the same name. These honours were conferred upon him for his services to the King in the time of his majesty's great distresses.

On the 20th Feb., 1655, whilst travelling in France, Lord Carrington was barbarously murdered by one of his servants for the sake of his money and jewels, and buried at Pontoise. (Bankes'Dormant and Extinct Peerage, vol. iii. p. 155.) The title became extinct circiter 1705.

BRAYBOOKE.

Lord Monson presents his compliments to the Editor of "NOTES AND QUERIES," and has the pleasure of answering a Query contained in this day's Number, p. 440.; and takes the liberty of adding another.

The English nobleman murdered at Pontoise was Charles Smith, Viscount Carrington of Barrefen, Ireland, and Baron Carrington of Wotton Warem, co. Warwick; the date in the pedigrees of the murder is usually given 1666, probably March 1665-6.

The last Lord Carrington died 17 May, 1706: the estates of Wotton came to Lewis Smith, who married Eliz., daughter of William Viscount Monson, and relict of Sir Philip Hungate. His son Francis Smith Carrington died in 1749, and left one daughter and heir. What relation was Lewis Smith to the Smiths Lord Carrington? No pedigree gives the connection.

Dover, May 4. 1850.

["J.M.W." has kindly answered this Query; so also has "W.M.T.," who adds, "Lord Carrington, previously Sir Charles Smith, brother to Sir John Smith, who fell on the King's side at Alresford in 1644, being Commissary-General of the Horse. By the way, Bankes says it was hissonJohn who fell at Alresford, but it is more likely to have been, as Clarendon states, his brother, unless he lost there both a brother and a son."]

Esquires and Gentlemen.—I would ask your correspondent (No. 27. p. 437.), whether he has ascertainedthe grounds of distinctionmade in the seventeenth and in the early part of the eighteenth century, betweenesquiresandgentlemen, when both were landed proprietors? We find lists of names of governors of hospitals, trustees, &c., where this distinction is made, and which, apparently, can only be accounted for on this ground, that the estates of the gentleman were smaller in extent than those of the esquire; and, consequently, that the former was so far a person of less consideration. Had the bearing of coat armour, or a connection with knighthood, any thing to do with the matter?

J.H. MARKLAND.

Bath, May.

Early Inscriptions.—The excellent remarks by "T.S.D." on "Arabic Numerals, &c." (No. 18. p. 279.) have put me in mind of two cases which in some degree confirm the necessity for his caution respecting pronouncing definitively on the authenticity of old inscriptions, and especially those on "Balks and Beams" in old manorial dwellings. The house in which I spent the greater portion of my youth was a mansion of the olden time, whose pointed gables told a tale of years; and whose internal walls and principal floors, both below and above stairs, were formed of "raddle and daub." It had formerly belonged to a family of the name of Abbot; but the "last of the race" was an extravagant libertine, and after spending a handsome patrimonial estate, ended his days as a beggar. Abbot House was evidently an ancient structure; but unfortunately, as tradition stated, a stone, bearing the date of its erection, had been carelessly lost during some repairs. However, in my time, on the white wainscot of a long lobby on the second floor, the initials, "T.H. 1478," were distinctly traced in black paint, and many persons considered this as nothing less than a "true copy" of the lost inscription. Subsequent inquiry, however, finally settled the point; for the inscription was traced to the rude hand of one of the workmen formerly employed in repairing the building, who naively excused himself by declaring that he considered it "a pity so old a house should be without a year of our Lord."

The second instance is that of the occurrence of "four nearly straight lines" on one of the compartments of a fine old font in Stydd Church, near Ribchester, which many visitors have mistaken for the date "1178." A closer scrutiny, however, soon dispels the illusion; and a comparison of this with similar inscriptions on the old oak beams of the roof, soon determines it to be nothing more than a rude, or somewhat defaced, attempt to exhibit the sacred monogram "I.H.S."

J.W.

Burnley, April 27. 1850.

American Aborigines called Indians(No. 16. p. 254.).—I believe the reason is that the continent in which they live passed under the name ofIndia, with the whole of the New World discovered at the close of the fifteenth century. It is, of course, unnecessary to dwell upon the fact of Columbus believing he had discovered a new route to India by sailing due west; or upon the acquiescence of the whole world in that idea, the effects of which have not yet passed away; for we not only hear in Seville, even now, of the "India House" meaning house of management of affairs for the "New World," but we even retain ourselves the name of the West Indies, given as unwarrantably to the islands of the Caribbean Sea. It is needless to do more than allude to this, and to other misnomers still prevalent, notwithstanding the fact of the notions or ideas under which the names were originally given having long since been exploded; such as the "four quarters of the globe," the "four elements," &c. If your correspondent searches for the solution of his difficulty on different grounds from those I have mentioned, it would not satisfy him to be more diffuse; and if the whole reason be that which I conceive, quite enough has been said upon the subject.

G.W.

89. Hamilton Terrace, St. John's Wood.

"Northman" is informed, that on the discovery of America by Columbus, when he landed at Guanahani (now called Cat Island), he thought, in conformity with his theory of the spherical shape of the earth, that he had landed on one of the islands lying at the eastern extremity of India; and with this belief he gave the inhabitants the name of Indians. The following quotations will perhaps be interesting:—

"America persæpe dicitur, sed improprie, Indiæ Occidentales,les Indes Occidentales, Gallis,West Inde, Belgis: Non tantum ab Hispanis, qui illam denominationem primi usurparunt, sed etiam a Belgis, Anglis, et aliquando a Francis, quod eodem fere tempore detecta sit ad occidentem, quo ad Orientem India reperta est."—Hofmanni Lexicon Univ.1677, sub titulo "America.""At eadem terra nonnullisIndia Occidentalis, nuncupatur, quia eodem tempore, quo India Orientalis in Asia, hæc etiam delecta fuit; tum quod utriusque incolis similis ac pene eadern ivendi ratio: nudi quippe utrique agunt."—P. Clurerii Introduct. in Univ. Geographiam, Cap. xi (iv.) 1711."The most improper name of all, and yet not much less used than that ofAmerica, is theWest Indies:West, in regard of the western situation of it from these parts of Europe; andIndies, either as mistook for some part of India at the first discovery, or else because the seamen use to call all countries, if remote and rich, by the name ofIndia."—Heylyn's Cosmography, 1677, Book iv., sub initio.

"At eadem terra nonnullisIndia Occidentalis, nuncupatur, quia eodem tempore, quo India Orientalis in Asia, hæc etiam delecta fuit; tum quod utriusque incolis similis ac pene eadern ivendi ratio: nudi quippe utrique agunt."—P. Clurerii Introduct. in Univ. Geographiam, Cap. xi (iv.) 1711.

"The most improper name of all, and yet not much less used than that ofAmerica, is theWest Indies:West, in regard of the western situation of it from these parts of Europe; andIndies, either as mistook for some part of India at the first discovery, or else because the seamen use to call all countries, if remote and rich, by the name ofIndia."—Heylyn's Cosmography, 1677, Book iv., sub initio.

It is almost needless to mention, that India receivedits name from the riverIndus; and thatIndusand [Greek: Indos] are the Roman and Greek forms ofSindo, the name it was known by among the natives.

HENRY KERSLEY.

Corpus Christi Hall, Maidstone.

[We have received many other replies to this Query, referring "NORTHMAN" to Robertson'sHistory of America, and Humboldt'sAspects, &c., vol. ii. p. 319.]

Vox Populi Vox Dei(No. 20. p. 321.).—Your correspondent "QUÆSITOR" asks for the origin of the sayingVox populi Vox Dei. Warwick, in hisSpare Minutes(1637), says—

"That the voice of the common people is the voice of God, is the common voice of the people; yet it is as full of falsehood as commonnesse. The cry before Pilate's judgement-seat, 'Let him be crucified,' wasvox populi, 'the cry of all the people.' How far was it the voice of God?"

[Mr. G. Cornewall Lewis, in his valuableEssay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion, p. 172., has some very interesting remarks upon this proverb, which, "in its original sense, appears to be an echo of some of the sentences in the classical writers, which attribute a divine or prophetic character to common fame or rumour." See pp. 172, 173., and the accompanying Notes.]

Dutch Language(No. 24. p. 383.).—"E.V." will find Holtrop'sDictionaryin 2 vols. one of the best. Werninck'sPocket Dictionaryis very good: also Tauchnitz'sDutch and French(pocket): also Picard'sEnglish and Dutch. Jansen's is not bad. Swier'sGrammaris a good one; but I do not know whether there is any late edition. See Williams and Norgate, or Quaritch.

AREDJID KOOEZ.

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"Salting."—Salt is said by all writers upon magic to be particularly disagreeable to evil spirits; and it is owing to this noxious substance being dissolved in holy water, that it has such power in scaring them away. Query, did not salt acquire this high character, and its use in all sacrifices, from its powers of resisting corruption?

Salt is used emblematically in many of our foreign universities. There is a book published at Strasburg as late as 1666, containing twenty plates, illustrating the several strange ceremonies of the "Depositio." The last representsthe giving of the salt, which a person is on a plate in his left hand; and, with his right hand, about to puta pinch of itupon the tongue of eachBecanusor Freshman. A glass, probably holding wine, is standing near him. Underneath is the following couplet:—

"Sal Sophiæ gustate, bibatis vinaque læta,Augeat immensus vos in utrisque Deus!"

"Sal Sophiæ gustate, bibatis vinaque læta,

Augeat immensus vos in utrisque Deus!"

A copy of this rare book was sold in the Rev. John Brand's collection. I have never seen it, and know it only from a MS. note in one of Brand's Common Place Books now in my possession.

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

Vincent Gookin(No. 24. p. 385.).—Your querist "J." is referred to Berry'sKentish Pedigrees, where, at pp. 60. 195. 202. 207. and 113., he will find notices and a pedigree of the familyGookin; and therein it is shown that Vincent Gookin was the fourth son of John Gookin of Replecourt, co. Kent, by Katherine, dau. of William Dene of Kingston.

In the early part of the 7th century, Sir Vincent Gookin, Knt. (why was he knighted?) was living at Highfield House, in the parish of Bitton, Gloucestershire. It appears by the register, that in 1635, Mary Gookin, Gentleman, and Samuel, son of Sir Vincent Gookin, Knt., were buried at Bitton.

In 1637, John Gookin of Highfield, age 11 years, was buried in the Mayor's Chapel, Bristol.

1637, Frances, dau. of Sir Vincent Gookin, Knt., and the Lady Judith, was baptized at Bitton.

1637, Feb. 13. "Sir Vincent Gookin, Knt., was buryed" at Bitton.

1642, May 2. "Judith, the Lady Gookin, was buryed" at Bitton.

There are no monuments remaining.

Highfield, with the manor of Upton Cheyney, was a considerable estate in 1627, where it was passed by fine from John and Mary Barker to Vincent Gookin, Esq.

In 1646, Vincent Gookin, Esq. (no doubt the knight'sson), and Mary his wife, and Robert Gookin their son, Gent., passed the same estates by fine to Dr. Samuel Bave, after which it is supposed the Gookins left the parish. In Sims'Indexare references to pedigrees underGokin, Kent. Any further notices ofSirVincent or his son would be acceptable to

H.T. ELLACOMBE.

Bitton, May 20, 1850.

Sneck up(No. 29, p. 467.)—All Shakspeareanstudents will be deeply indebted to you for giving insertion to articles on obsolete words and phrases, so many of which are to found in the pages of the great poet. The article by R.R. is very interesting, but I apprehend that the passage from Taylor, first quoted by Weber, is sufficient to show that the phrasesneck upwas equivalent tobe hanged! See Halliwell, p. 766, on the phrase, that writer not connecting it withsneck, to latch. Compare, also,Wily Beguiled,—"An if mistress would be ruled by him, Sophos might gosnick up." And theTwo Angry Women of Abingdon, 1599,—"If they be not, let them gosnick up,"i.e.let them go and be hanged! These passages will not be consistently explained on R.R.'s principle.

Hanap(No. 29. p. 477.).—I have a few notes by me relative to the drinking vessel, which may, perchance, be acceptable to some of your readers. It was similar to thestanding cupand grace cup, as these vessels were subsequently called, being raised from the table by a foot and stem, for the convenience of passing it round the table for the company to pledge each other out of; it was thus distinguished from thecup, which was smaller, and only used by one person. The hanap frequently occurs in wills and inventories of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries.

In the will of Lady Calre, 1355,—

"Je devise a ma joefne fille Isabel Bardolf en cide de lui marier unhanapplat door."

And in that of the Earl of March, 1389,—

"Item. nous devisons a notre treschier friere Mons'r. Henri, unhanaperde tortelez ove un ostelle en le founce."

A very elegant specimen is described in the will of the Duchess of Gloucester, 1390,—

"Unhanappede Beril gravez de long taille, et assis en un peé d'or, ove un large bordur paramont, et un covercle tout d'or, ove un saphir sur le pomel du dit covercle."

In an inventory 19th Henry VI. we find—

"Une haute coupe d'argent enorrez appellezl'anapde les pinacles pois de troie vii lb pris la lb xl. Summa xiii li."

And temp. Edward II 1324,—

"Un hanap a pee de la veille fazon quillere et cymelle el founz du pois xxix, du pris xl."

In the same document several others are described having feet. I could give many other quotations, but will conclude with only one more, as in the last occurs the wordkyrymyry, of which I should like to know the derivation, if any of your readers can assist me:—

"Item, un hanap d ore covere del ovrage d unkyrymyryet iij scochons des armes d Engleterre et de Franuce en le sumet."

I have met with notices of cups "covered ofkerimerywork," and "chacez et pounsonez en lez founcez faitz dekermery;" and the following, from theVision of Piers Ploughman, would seem to indicate a sort of veil or net-work:—

"He was as pale as a pelet,In the palsy he semedAnd clothed in akaurymaury,I kouthe it nought diseryve."

"He was as pale as a pelet,

In the palsy he semed

And clothed in akaurymaury,

I kouthe it nought diseryve."

W.C.

Jun.

Bishop Burnet as an Historian.—Dr. Joseph Warton told my father that "Old Lord Barthurst," Pope's friend, had cautioned him against relying implicitly on all Burnet's statements; observing that the good bishop was so given to gossiping and anecdote hunting, that the wags about court used often to tell him idle tales, for the mischievous pleasure of seeing him make note on them. Lord Bathurst did not, I believe, charge Burnet with deliberate misrepresentation, but considered some of his presumed factsquestionable, for the reason stated.

ELIJAH WARING.

Dance Thumbkin.—In theBook of Nursery Rhymes, published by the Percy Society, there is a small error of importance, involving no less that the learned would call "a non sequitur," and which, if my correct-and-almost-unequalled nurse, Betty Richins, was alive, she would have noticed much sooner that the nurseling who now addresses you. (She died about the year 1796.) In the valuable and still popular nursery classical song, "Dance Thumbkin, dance," it is not only an error to say "Thumbkinhe candance alone" (let any one reader of the "NOTES AND QUERIES," male or female,only try), but it is not the correct text. Betty Richins has "borne me on her knee a hundred times" and sung it thus:—

Thumbkincannotdance alone.So1dance ye merry men, every one."

Thumbkincannotdance alone.

So1dance ye merry men, every one."

I scarcely need add, that if this be true of Thumbkin, it istruerof Foreman, Longman, Middleman, and Littleman.

R.S.S.

Footnote 1:(return)Orthen, meaning "for that reason."

Orthen, meaning "for that reason."

King's Coffee-house, Covent Garden.—As an addition to "Mr. RIMBAULT's" Notes on Cunningham'sHandbook, the following extract from Harwood'sAlumni Etonenses, p. 293., in the recount of the boys elected for Eton to King's College may be interesting:—

"A.D. 1713, 12.""Thomas King born at West Ashton in Wiltshire; went away scholar, in apprehension that his fellowshipwould be denied him, and afterwards kept that coffee-house in Covent Garden which was called by his own name."

"A.D. 1713, 12."

"Thomas King born at West Ashton in Wiltshire; went away scholar, in apprehension that his fellowshipwould be denied him, and afterwards kept that coffee-house in Covent Garden which was called by his own name."

J.H.L.

Spur Money(No. 23. p. 374, and No 28. p. 462.).—In a curious tract, published in 1598, under the title ofThe Children of the Chapel stript and whipt, we have the following passage:—

"Wee think it very necessarye that every quorister sholde bringe with him to churche a Testament in Englishe, and turne to everie chapter as it is daily read, or som other good and godly prayer-booke, rather than spend their tyme in talk and hunting afterspur-money, whereon they set their whole mindes, and do often abuse dyvers if they doe not bestowe somewhat on them."

In 1622, the dean of the Chapel Royal issued an order by which it was decreed—

"That if anie Knight, or other persone entituled to weare spurs, enter the chappell in that guise, he shall pay to y'e quiristers the accustomed fine; but if he command y'e youngest quirister to repeate hisGamut, and he faile in y'e so doing, the said Knight, or other, shall not pay y'e fine."

This curious extract I copied from the ancient cheque-book of the Chapel Royal.

Within my recollection, His Grace the Duke of Wellington (who, by the way, is an excellent musician) entered the Royal Chapel "booted and spurred," and was, of course, called upon for the fine. But His Grace calling upon the youngest chorister to repeat his GAMUT, and the "little urchin" failing, the impost was not demanded.

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

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A GLOSSARY to the OBSOLETE and UNUSUAL WORDS and PHRASES of the HOLY SCRIPTURES. With an Introductory History of the last English Version. By J. JAMESON.

London: WERTHEIM AND MACINTOSH. 24. Paternoster Row.

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THE FOLK-LORE of ENGLAND. By WILLIAM J. THOMS, F.S.A., Secretary of the Camden Society, Editor of "Early Prose Romances," "Lays and Legends of all Nations," &c. One object of the present work is to furnish new contributions to the History of our National Folk-Lore; and especially some of the more striking Illustrations of the subject to be found in the Writings of Jacob Grimm and other Continental Antiquaries.

Communications of inedited Legends, Notices of remarkable Customs and Popular Observances, Rhyming Charms, &c. are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully acknowledged by the Editor. They may be addressed to the care of Mr. BELL, Office of "NOTES AND QUERIES," 186. Fleet Street.

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THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES of ENGLAND; a series of Engravings upon Wood, from every variety of these interesting and valuable Memorials, accompanied with Descriptive Notices.

By the Rev. C. BOUTELI. M.A. Rector of Downham Market.

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MONUMENTAL BRASSES and SLABS: an Historical and Descriptive Notice of the Incised Monumental Memorials of the Middle Ages. With upwards of 200 Engravings.

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By the same Author, to be completed in Four Parts.

CHRISTIAN MOMUMENTS in ENGLAND and WALES; An Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the various classes of Momumental Memorials which have been in use in this country from about the time of the Norman Conquest. Profusely illustrated with Wood Engravings. Part I. price 7s.6d.; Part II 2s.6d.

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A DICTIONARY of ARCHAIC and PROVINCIAL WORDS, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Reign of Edward I. by JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, F.R.S.F.S.A. &c.

It contains above 50,000 Words (embodying all the known scattered glossaries of the English Language), forming a complete key to the reader of the works of our old Poets, Dramatists, Theologians, and other authors whose works abound with allusions, of which explanations are not to be found in ordinary dictionaries and books of reference. Most of the principal Archaisms are illustrated by examples selected from early inedited MSS, and rare books, and by far the greater portion will be found to be original authorities.

ANGLO-SAXON.—A DELECTUS in ANGLO-SAXON, intended as a First Class-book in the Language. By the Rev. W. BARNES, of St. John's College, Cambridge, Author of the Poems and Glossary in the Dorset Dialect. 12mo. cloth, 2s.6d.

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This new and much improved edition, besides a great enlargement of the chapters contained in the previous editions, comprises several that are entirely new, together with Notes on Scottish, Irish, and Norman Surnames. The "Additional Prolusions," besides the articles on Rebuses, Allusive Arms, and the Roll of Battel Abbey, contain Dissertations on Inn Signs, and Remarks on Christian Names; with a copious Index of many thousand names. These features render "English Surnames" rather a new work than a new edition.

THE CURIOSITIES of HERALDRY; with Illustrations from Old English Writers. By MARK ANTONY LOWER. With illuminated Title-page and numerous Engravings from Designs by the Author. 8vo., cloth, 14s.

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SHAKSPERE.—A New Life of Shakspere, including many particulars respecting the Poet and his Family never before published. By J.O. HALLIWELL, F.R.S. &c. One handsome vol., 8vo., illustrated with 76 Engravings on Wood, from Drawings by Fairholt, 15s.cloth.

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