POPE FELIX.

"De corio notissimum, post obitum, ne quid asini unquamconquiescat, foraminibus delacerari, indeque factis cribris, assiduÃ¦ inservire agitationi; unde dicebat Apuleius: cedentes hinc inde miserum corium, nec cribris jam idoneum relinquunt. Sed et Albertus pollicetur asinorum corium non solum utile esse ad soleas calceorum faciendas, sed etiam quÃ¦ ex illa parte fiunt, in qua onera fuerunt, non consumi, etsi ille qui utitur, eis continuo peregrinando in lapidibus portaverit, et tandem ita indurare ut pedes sustinere nequeant."â€”De Quadruped., p. 351.

T. J.

Four Popes of the name have filled the chair of St. Peter.

The first suffered martyrdom under Aurelian. He is honoured with a festival at Rome on the 29th May.

The second also received the crown of martyrdom, under Constantine. His festival is kept on the 29th July.

The third is commemorated as a holy confessor on the 25th February. He was a collateral ancestor of Pope St. Gregory the Great, who mentions him in his writings.

Gregory had three aunts by the father's side, who all became nuns. One of them, Tarsilla, a lady of pious and beatified life, and of very advanced age, had one night a vision of Pope Felix, who was then dead. He seemed to point towards the mansions of eternal glory, and to invite her to enter. She soon after sickened, and her end visibly approached. While a number of her friends were standing around her couch, she suddenly exclaimed, looking upwards, "Stand aside, stand aside, Jesus is coming;" and with a look of ineffable love, she presently expired. This story is related by St. Gregory.

This Pope is the best known of the four on account of his relationship to St. Gregory.

The fourth of the name was also a confessor. His festival occurs on the 30th January.

J. A. S.

Edinburgh, May 27. 1850.

I beg to offer the following remarks in reply to the numismatic queries of E. S. T. (Vol. i., p. 468.):â€”

1. I can only account for the Macedonian coin being struck in lead, by supposing it to be the work of an ancient forger.

2. Third brass coins of Tiberius are not uncommon; I have one in my cabinet of the sort described. Obv. head of Tiberius,TI. CAESAR. DIVI. AVG. F. AVGVSTVS; Rev. the altar of Lyons,ROM. ET. AVG.

3. The coin of Herennia Etruscilla is probably a base or plated denarius, the silver having been worn off. Silver coins sometimes acquire a black tarnish, so that they are not to be distinguished from brass without filing the edge, or steeping them in acid. If a genuine brass coin, it should have the S. C. forSenatus Consultum.

4. The coin of Macrinus was struck at Antioch in Syria, of which famous city there exists a regular series of imperial coins from Augustus to Valerian. One in my possession has Î” above theS. C., and Î• below for Î”Î—ÎœÎ‘Î¡Î§. Î•ÎžÎŸÎ¥Î£Î™Î‘Î£,Tribunitia Potestate. May not these be the letters described by E. S. T. asL. C.?

J. C. Witton.

Coins of Constantius II.â€”Can any numismatist kindly inform me by what marks the coins of Constantius II., the son of Constantine the Great, are distinguished from those of Constantius Gallus, his nephew? Mr. Akerman, in hisRare and Inedited Roman Coins, gives the following titles as common to both, but does not afford any rule for appropriating their coins:â€”

CONSTANTIVS. NOB. CAES.FL. IVL. CONSTANTIVS. NOB. CAES.D. N. CONSTANTIVS. NOB. C.D. N. CONSTANTIVS. NOB. CAES.

J. C. Witton.

(Vol. i., p. 382.)

I feel obliged by the extract from theDoctorgiven by J. M. B. (Vol. i., p. 475.), though it only answers by a kind of implication the Query I proposed. That implication is, that, instead of Ludlum and his dog being personages of distinction in their own way and in their own day, the proverb itself is merely one framed on the principle of alliteration, and without precise or definite "meaning." This is very full of meaning, as anyone may convince himself by observing the active energy of every muscle of all dogs in the act of barking. What can typify "laziness" more emphatically than a dog that "lays him[self] down to bark?"

Ajingleof some kind is essential to a proverb. If a phrase or expression have not this, it never "takes" with the masses; whilst, having this, and being capable of any possible and common application, it is sure to live, either as a proverb or a "saw," as the case may be. Alliteration and rhyme are amongst the most frequent of these "jingles;" and occasionally a "pun" supplies their place very effectively. We find these conditions fulfilled in the proverbs and saws of every people in the eastern and western world, alike in the remotest antiquity and in our own time. But are they therefore "without meaning?" Do not these qualities help to give them meaning, as well as to preserve them through their long and varied existence?

But there is another principle equally essentialto the constitution of a legitimate and lasting proverb; or rather two conjointly,metreandeuphony. These may be traced in the proverb as completely as in the ballad; and precisely the same contrivances are employed to effect them in both cases where any ruggedness in the natural collocation of the words may present itself. For instance, change in the accent, the elision or the addition of a letter or syllable, the lengthening of a vowel, transposition, and a hundred other little artifices. The euphony itself, though sometimes a little imperfect, is also studied with the same kind of care in the older and purer proverbs of all languages.

Attention to metre and euphony will generally enable us to assign, amongst the forms in which we pick up and note any particular proverb, the original and legitimate one; especially when combined with brevity and "pith." As a case in point, our friend Ludlum will serve our purpose for comparison. Who does not see at a glance, taking account of the principles which govern the construction of a proverb, that the Sheffield version, as I gave it,must bemore genuine than Southey's version, quoted by J. M. B.? Besides this, I may add, that a friend, whose early days were spent in Sheffield, has told, me (since the Query was proposed) that he has heard his mother tell some legend of "the fat Miss Ludlum." After all, therefore, the proverb may be founded on a fat old maid and her fat poodle. I can hardly, then, deem my inquiry answered.

J. M. B. quotes two others from theDoctor; one for the purpose, as would appear by his marking the words, to illustrate the alliterative principle. The following are variations which I have heard:â€”"As proud as the cobbler's dog, that took [orastookâ€”the most general vernacular form, for the sake of euphony] the wall of a dung-cart, and got crushed for his pains." "As queer as Dick's hatband as went nine times round and wouldn't tie."

On these I will only remark, that few persons would pronounce dung-cart as J. M. B. implies, even for alliteration; and, indeed, when so even marked to the eye, it is not without an effort that we can read accordingly. As to Dick's hatband, it is expressed in a peculiarly clumsy and round-about manner by Southey.

One word more. J. M. B. quotes as aproverbâ€”one of those without meaningâ€”"As busy as Batty;" and says, "no one knows who Batty was." Surely, the inference that Batty was not a real personage in some distant ageâ€”that he was a mere mythâ€”must be anon sequiturfrom the premises before us. Perhaps Mr. Batty was a person of notable industryâ€”perhaps remarkable for always beings in a "fluster"â€”perhaps the rural Paul Pry of his day and district. He has left, too, a large progeny; whether as regards the name alone, or whichever of the characters he bore.

This jingle upon words partakes largely of the character of thepun. It, however, reminds me of a mode of speech which universally prevailed in the north of Lincolnshire thirty years ago, and which probably does so yet. A specimen will explain the whole:â€”"I'm as throng as throng." "He looks as black as black." "It's as wet as wet." I have heard this mode used so as to produce considerable emphasis; and it is more than possible, that some of the jingles have thus originated, and settled into proverbs, now without any obvious meaning, but originally very forcible ones.

D. V. S.

Shooter's Hill, May 18.

Lord John Townshend's Poetical Works(Vol. ii., p. 9.)â€”were never, I believe, collected, nor indeed distinctly known, though they well deserve to be. He told me himself that he wrote "Jekyl," in what is calledThe Rolliad; and he mentioned some other of his contributions; but I did notmake a note, and regret that I can say no more. Mr. Rogers or Lord Lansdowne might.

When Easter ends.â€”Mr. H. Edwards, in this day's number (No. 31., p. 9.), asks when Easter ends. I fancy this question is in some degree answered by remarking, that it, together with other festivals of the Church, viz. The Nativity, &c., are celebrated for eight days, which is the octave. The reason, says Wheatley, of its

"Being fixed to eight days, is taken from the practice of the Jews, who, by God's appointment, observed the greater festivals, some of them for seven days, and one, the Feast of Tabernacles, for eight days. And therefore the Primitive Christians lengthened out their higher feast to eight days."

If this be true, Easter will end on the conclusion of the Sunday after Easter day; but whether our present Parliament is sufficiently Catholic to admit this, in the interpretation of the Act, is questionable.

In the Spanish Church Easter continues till the feast of Whitsuntide is past; and during this period all fasts are forbidden.

The Romish Church has ten high festivals having octaves.

I trust this slight sketch may in some way help Mr. Edwards to a conclusion.

R. J. S.

When does Easter end?(Vol. ii., p. 9.).â€”In the case stated, at 12 o'clock on the night of Easter Sunday.

Holdsworth and Fuller.â€”In A. B. R.'s communication (Vol. i., p. 484.) some symptoms of inaccuracy must be noted before a satisfactory reply can be given to his Query.

1. He has erred in adopting the spelling of Holdsworth's name (viz. Holsworth) which appears in the title-page ofThe Valley of Vision. 2. This work is very incorrectly styled "the sermon," inasmuch as it consists of twenty-one sermons. 3. My copy bears date 1661, not 1651. 4. If Holdsworth's hand was "legible only to himself," we may sincerely commiserate the misfortune of his nephew, Dr. Richard Pearson, who had to prepare for the press 737 folio pages of hisPrÃ¦lectiones TheologicÃ¦, &c.: Lond. 1661. 5. There is not the smallest reason for thinking it "probable" that Dean Holdsworth "preached other men's sermons." Respecting our great Caroline divines it would seldom have been right to sayâ€”

"Quos (Harpyiarum more)Convectare juvat prÃ¦das, et vivere rapto."

Now, as to what Dr. Holdsworth really wrote, and with regard to that for which he is not responsible, it is to be observed, that he was so averse to the publication of any of his works, that he printed but a single sermon (on Psalm cxliv. 15.), and that not until he had been three times urged to the task by his royal master King Charles I. The pagination of this discourse is quite distinct from that of the twenty unauthentic sermons which follow it in the quarto volume, and which commence at signatureB. These are thus described by Dr. Pearson,ad Lectorem: "CÃ¦terÃ¦ quÃ¦ prostant AnglicÃ¨ venales, Ã prÃ¦done illo stenographico tam lacerÃ¦ et elumbes, tam miserÃ¨ deformatÃ¦ sunt, ut parum aut nihil agnoscas genii et spiritÃ»s Holdsworthiani."

R. G.

Gookin(Vol. i., pp. 385, 473, 492.).â€”Vincent Gookin was nominated by Cromwell one of the six representatives of Ireland in the Barebones Parliament; and he was returned for Bandon and Kinsale (which together sent one member) in each of the three subsequent Cromwellian Parliaments.

Lord Orrery, writing to the Duke of Ormond, June 15, 1666, speaks of Captain Robert Gooking, as one of the chief persons in the west of Cork county, and describes him as rich and having good brains, loyal, and ready to fight against French or Irish, as every thing he has depends on his new title. (Orrery'sState Letters, ii. p. 13. Dublin edition.) A little further on (p. 43.), Lord Orrery names the same Robert Gooking as recommended by the chief gentlemen in the west of Cork to be captain of a troop of horse in the militia.

CH.

"Brozier" (Vol. i., p. 485.), "Sock," "Tick."â€”I well remember the phrase, "brozier my dame," signifying to "eat her out of house and home." I had forgotten that a boy at Eton was "brozier," when he had spent all his pocket-money. As a supplemental note, however, to Lord Braybrooke's remarks upon this latter signification, I would remind old Etonians of a request that would sometimes slip out from one in a "broziered" state, viz. that a schoolfellow wouldsockhim,i.e.treat him tosockat the pastrycook's; and this favour was not unfrequently grantedon tick, i.e.on credit with the purveyor of sweets.

In reply to your noble correspondent's Query, I beg to say that Halliwell, in hisDictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, both spells and defines thus: "Brosier. A bankrupt.Chesh." Mr. H. says no more; but this seems to decide that the word does not exclusively belong to Eton. I could have fancied that on such classic ground it might possibly have sprung from Î²ÏÏŽÏƒÎºÏ‰, fut. -ÏƒÏ‰],to devour.

Issockonly a corruption ofsuck, indicating a lollipop origin? or what is its real etymological root?

Richardson most satisfactorily says, that to "go ontick" is to give a note orticketinstead of payment.

Alfred Gatty.

Ecclesfield, May 27. 1850.

This Eton phrase, the meaning of which is very correctly explainedLord Braybrooke(Vol. i., p. 485.), appears to be connected with the Cheshire provincialism, which is thus interpreted in Wilbraham'sCheshire Glossary:â€”

"'Brosier,s.a bankrupt.' It is often used by boys at play, when one of them has nothing further to stake."

The nounbrosier, as Mr. Wilbraham indicates, seems to be derived from the old wordbrose, or, as we now say,bruise. Abrosierwould therefore mean a broken-down man, and therefore a bankrupt. The verbto brosier, as used at Eton, would easily be formed from the substantive. In the mediÃ¦val Latin,rupturaandruptuswere used to signifybankruptcyand abankrupt. See Duncange,Gloss.in vv.

Etoniensis.

The wordbrozier, or (as I always heard it pronounced)brosier, does not, or did not exclusively belong to Eton. It was current at Hackney School, an establishment formerly on the site of the present Infant Orphan Asylum, and had the precise meaning attributed to it by Lord Braybrooke. It was used both as a verb and as a substantive, but of its origin and etymology I am ignorant. The last master of Hackney School was the Rev. Dr. Heathcote, who died, I believe, about 1820. The schoolhouse was a very large and a very old building. May I take this opportunity of asking if anything is known of its history? There was a tradition prevalent among the boys, that it had been an hospital in the time of the Plague.

I recollect there was another singular wordcurrent at Hackney, viz. "buckhorse," for a smart box on the ear.

C. M.

[Buckhorse was a celebrated bruiser, whose name has been preserved in this designation of a blow, in the same way as that of his successor "Belcher" has been in that of the peculiar style of silk handkerchief which he always wore.]

Symbols of Four Evangelists.â€”Among the several replies toJartzberg'sQuery (Vol. i., p. 385.), I do not observe any notice of Sir T. Brown's account of the symbols of the four Evangelists. I will therefore copy part of a note I have on the subject, though see it is unfortunately without any other reference than thenameof the author.

After givingJonathan'sopinion of the four principal or legionary standards among the Israelites, Sir T. Brown adds:

"But Abenegra and others, besides the colours of the field, do set down other charges,â€”in Reuben's, the form of a man or mandrake,â€”in that of Judah, a lion,â€”in Ephraim's, an ox; in Dan's, the figure of an eagle. And thus, indeed, the four figures in the banners of the principal squadrons of Israel are answerable unto the Church in the vision of Ezekiel, every one carrying the form of all these.... And conformable hereunto, the pictures of the Evangelists (whose Gospels are the Christian banners) are set forth with the addition of a man or angel, an ox, a lion, and an eagle. And these symbolically represent the office of angels and ministers of God's will, in whom is required, understanding as in a man, courage and vivacity as in a lion, service and ministerial officiousness as in the ox, expedition or celerity of execution as in the eagle."

J. Sansom.

Catacombs and Bone-houses(Vol. i. p. 171.).â€”Part I. of aHistory of the Hundred of Rowellby Paul Cypher (published by J. Ginns, Rowell,) has recently fallen in my way, and as I understand the writer is a medical gentleman residing in the village (or town), I condense from the account of the "Bone Caverns," p. 39-42., such particulars as may answer the Query of Rev. A. Gatty.

The number of skeletons, as is asserted by those who have taken the trouble to calculate, is 30,000. The vault in which they are deposited is a long cryptiform structure, with a low groined roof, and the bones are carefully packed in alternate strata of skulls, arms, legs, and so forth. They seem to have been discovered by a gravedigger about 150 years since. Nothing is known with certainty respecting the date of this vast collection. Some conjecture that the remains here deposited are the consequence of a sanguinary battle in very early times, and profess to discover peculiarities in the osseous structure, showing a large proportion of the deceased to have been natives of a distant land; that all were in the prime of life; and that most of the skulls are fractured, as though with deadly weapons. Others, again, say they are the remains of the slain at Naseby.

"I have examined carefully and at leisure the crania, and can discover none but the mesobreginate skulls common to these islands.... I have discovered more than one skull, in which the alveolar sockets were entirely absorbed,â€”an effect of age rarely produced under eighty years, I should imagine. And as to the marks of injury visible on some, they will be attributed, I think, by the impartial observer, rather to the spade and foot of the sexton, than the battle-axe and stout arm of the ancient Briton."

As to the supposition that these relics were brought from Naseby, it is sufficient to observe that the number of the slain in that engagement did not exceed one thousand.

"That most of these bodies were lying in the earth for a number of years is proved, I think, by these several circumstances: First, a careful examination of the interior of many of the skulls, shows that roots have vegetated within them, the dry fibres of which I have often observed; next, the teeth are nearly all absent, and it is notoriously one of the first effects of inhumation upon the osseous system, by which the teeth are loosened; and lastly, we have two sources from which bodies may have been exhumed and reinterred beneath the mother church; and those are the Chapel of the Virgin and that moiety of the original graveyard, which has evidently at some long distant time, been taken from the church."

Human bones have been dug up in front of Jesus Hospital, to the south-east of the church-yard. At the eastern extremity of the cavern is a rude sketch apparently intended to represent the Resurrection.

Arun.

Tace Latin for a Candle(Vol. i., p. 385).â€”I am not aware of "Tace is Latin for a candle" in any earlier book than Swift'sPolite Conversation; but it must have been threadbare in his time, or he would not have inserted it in that great collection of platitudes:â€”

"Lord Smart.Well, but after all, Tom, can you tell me what is Latin for a goose?"Neverout.O, my Lord, I know that; why, Brandy is Latin for a goose, andTaceis Latin for a candle."

"Lord Smart.Well, but after all, Tom, can you tell me what is Latin for a goose?

"Neverout.O, my Lord, I know that; why, Brandy is Latin for a goose, andTaceis Latin for a candle."

H. B. C.

Members for Durhamâ€”why none prior to1673-4 (Vol. ii., p. 8.).â€”Because Durham was an episcopal palatine, which had jurisdictions, and even, in olden times, a Parliament of its own. Several bills were brought in between 1562 and 1673, to give M.P.'s to both county and city; but an act was only passed in the latter year. The first writ was moved, it is said, in 1675; but the first return is dated in Whitworth, 1679. (Oldfield'sParl. Hist., iii. 425.)

"A Frog he would,"&c.â€”I am in my sixth decade, and pretty far on in it too; and I can recollectthis jingle as long as I can recollect anything. It formed several stanzas (five or six at least), and had its own tune. There was something peculiarly attractive and humorous to the unformed ear and mind in the ballad, (for as a ballad it was sung,) as I was wont to hear it. I can therefore personally vouch for its antiquity being half a century. But, beyond this, I must add, that my early days being spent in a remote provincial village (high up the Severn), and the ballad, as I shall call it, beinguniversally known, I cannot help inferring that it is of considerable antiquity. Anything of then recent date could hardly be both generally known and universally popular in such a district and amongst such a people. Whether it had a local origin there or not, it would be difficult to say but I never heard it spoken of as having any special application to local persons or affairs. Of course there are only two ways of accounting for its popularity,â€”either its application, or its jingle of words and tune. If I may venture a "guess," it would be, that it had originally a political application, in some period when all men's minds were turned to some one great politico-religious question; and this, not unlikely, the period of the Cavaliers and Roundheads. We know how rife this kind of warfare was in that great struggle. Or again, it might be as old as the Reformation itself, and have a reference to Henry the Eighth and Anna Boleyn.

"The frog he would a-wooing go,Whether his mother would let him or no,"

would not inaptly represent the "wide-mouthed waddling frog" Henryâ€”"mother church,"â€”and the "gleesome Anna" would be the "merry mouse in the mill." It may be worth the while of gentlemen conversant with the ballad literature and political squibs of both the periods here indicated, to notice any traces in other squibs and ballads of the same imagery that is employed in this. It would also be desirable, if possible, to get a complete copy of these verses. My own memory can only supply a part, or rather disjointed parts: but I think it probable that it may be easily obtained by persons resident in the counties bordering on North Wales, especially in Shropshire or Herefordshire, and perhaps in Cheshire or Staffordshire.

I should not have thought of troubling you with my own reminiscences as an answer to an antiquarian question, but for the fact that even these go further back than any information that has been sent you.

T. S. D.

Shooter's Hill, June 7.

Cavell(Vol. i., p. 473.).â€”To cast cavells,i.e.to cast lots, is in constant every-day use in Northumberland. The Teutonic derivation given is correct.

To endeavour Ourselvesâ€”The Homilies.â€”Perhaps your correspondents G. P. (Vol. i., p 125.), and C. I. R. (Vol. i., p. 285) may, from the following passages, conclude that "ourselves", is the object of the verb "endeavour."

"He did this to this intent, 'that the whole clergy, in the mean space, might apply themselves to prayer, not doubting but that all his loving subjects would occupy themselves to God's honour, and so endeavour themselves that they may be more ready,'" &c. &c.â€”Heylin,Hist. of the Reform. from an Act passed in Edward VI.'s Reign, 1548."Let us endeavour ourselves, both inwardly in our hearts, and also outwardly with our bodies, diligently to exercise this godly exercise of fasting."â€”Homily on Fasting(end)."Only show yourselves thankful in your lives, determine with yourselves to refuse and avoid all such things in your conversation as should offend his eyes of mercy. Endeavour yourselves that way to rise up again, which way ye fell into the well or pit of sin."â€”Hom. on the Resur.(near the end)."From henceforth let us endeavour ourselves to walk in a new life."â€”Hom. of Repentance, Pt. 2. (end).

"Let us endeavour ourselves, both inwardly in our hearts, and also outwardly with our bodies, diligently to exercise this godly exercise of fasting."â€”Homily on Fasting(end).

"Only show yourselves thankful in your lives, determine with yourselves to refuse and avoid all such things in your conversation as should offend his eyes of mercy. Endeavour yourselves that way to rise up again, which way ye fell into the well or pit of sin."â€”Hom. on the Resur.(near the end).

"From henceforth let us endeavour ourselves to walk in a new life."â€”Hom. of Repentance, Pt. 2. (end).

There are many other similar passages in the "Homilies". I have also noticed the following Latimer's Sermons:â€”

"The devil, with no less diligence, endeavoureth himself to let and stop our prayers."â€”Vol. i. p. 829. Parker Soc. edit."Every patron, when he doth not diligently endeavor himself to place a good and godly man in his benefice, shall make answer before God."â€”Vol. ii. p. 28."Let them endeavour themselves." [I have forgotten the reference in this case, but it is in vol. i.]"How much, then, should we endeavour ourselves to make ready towards this day, when it shall not be a money matter, but a soul matter." (ii. p. 62)

"The devil, with no less diligence, endeavoureth himself to let and stop our prayers."â€”Vol. i. p. 829. Parker Soc. edit.

"Every patron, when he doth not diligently endeavor himself to place a good and godly man in his benefice, shall make answer before God."â€”Vol. ii. p. 28.

"Let them endeavour themselves." [I have forgotten the reference in this case, but it is in vol. i.]

"How much, then, should we endeavour ourselves to make ready towards this day, when it shall not be a money matter, but a soul matter." (ii. p. 62)

As I am engaged on a work on the "Homilies," I should feel very grateful for any allusions to them in writers between 1600 and 1650, and for any notices of their being read in churches during that period. Can any of your readers inform me where the fullest account may be found of the state of preaching in England prior to the Reformation?

Thomas Cox.

Preston, May 25. 1850.

Three Dukes(Vol. ii., p. 9.).â€”The verses themselves called them "threebastarddukes;" but the only bastard duke I can find at that time was the Duke of Monmouth; all the other creations of the king's bastards were subsequent to that date. And even if, by poetical licence or courtly anticipation, they could be calleddukes, they were all too young to have any share in such a fray. I must further observe, thatEvelyn's Diaryis silent as to any such events, though he is, about that time, justly indignant at the immoralities of theCourt. The "park" referred to, but not named in the verses, is the disreputable place called "Whetstone Park," near Holborn.

Christabel(Vol. i., p. 262.).â€”After a long hunt among Manx and Highland superstitions, I have just found that the passage I was in search of belongs to "the Debateable Land."

"'Reverend father,' replied Magdalen, 'hast thou never heard that there are spirits powerful to rend the walls of a castle asunder when once admitted, which yetcannot enter the house unless they are invited, nay, dragged over the threshold? Twice hath Roland GrÅ“me been thus drawn into the household of Avenel by those who now hold the title. Let them look to the issue.'"â€”The Abbot, chap. 15., ad fin.,and note.

C. Forbes.

Temple, April 15.

Derivation of "Trianon"(Vol. i., p. 439.; vol. ii., p. 13.).â€”Your correspondentAredjid Kooesis certainly right: Trianon was thename of a village, which formerly stood on the site of these two chateaux. (See Vatout, and all the histories of Versailles.) I would take this occasion of suggesting, that it is essential to the value of your work that your correspondents should be careful not toleadus astray by mereguesses. What authority has your correspondent J. K. R. W. (Vol. ii., p. 13.) for asserting that "trianonis a word meaning apavilion?" And if, as I believe, he has not the slightest, I appeal to him whether it is fair to the public to assert it so confidently.

We recently called attention to Mr. Colburn's new Edition ofThe Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn. We have now to announce from the same publisher an inedited work by Evelyn, entitledThe History of Religion, to be printed from the original MS. in the Library at Wotton. The work, which it is said contains a condensed statement and investigation of the natural and scriptural evidences, is the result of an endeavour on Evelyn's part to satisfy himself amidst the startling manifestations of infidelity, fanaticism, and conflicting opinion by which he found himself surrounded.

Sir Fortunatus Dwarris has just put forth a privately printed Letter to J. Payne Collier, Esq., in which he endeavours to solve the great political Query of George the Third's time. His pamphlet is calledSome new Facts and a Suggested New Theory as to the Authorship of the Letters of Junius. Sir Fortunatus' theory, which he supports with a good deal of amusing illustration by way of proof, is, that Junius, to use the language of Mark Tapley, was "a Co.," "that the writer was one, but the abettors were many," that Sir Philip Francis was the head of the Firm, but that among the sleeping partners were Lords Temple, Chatham, and George Sackville, the three Burkes, Colonel BarrÃ©, Dyer, Loyd, Boyd, and others.

It can scarcely be necessary to remind our ArchÃ¦ological friends that the Annual Meeting of the Institute at Oxford will commence on Tuesday next. The selection of Oxford as the place of meeting was a most happy one, and from the preparations which have been made, both by the Heads of Houses and the Managers of the Institute, there can be little doubt of the great success of this Oxford Congress of ArchÃ¦ologists.

Messrs. Sotheby and Co. will commence on Monday, the 24th of this month, the Sale of the second portion of the valuable stock of Messrs. Payne and Foss, including an excellent collection of Classics, Philology, History, and Belles Lettres,â€”a recent purchase from the Library of a well-known collector,â€”and about fifteen hundred volumes bound by the most eminent binders. The sale of this portion will occupy nine days.

We have received the following catalogues:â€”John Russell Smith (4. Old Compton Street), A Rider Catalogue of Second-hand Books; John Miller's (43. Chandos Street) Catalogue, No. 7. for 1850, of Books Old and New; William Heath's (29-1/2. Lincoln's Inn Fields) Select Catalogue of Second-hand Books; and Bernard Quaritch's (16. Castle Street, Leicester Square) Catalogue No. 17. of Books, comprising Architecture, Fine Arts, Dialects, and Languages of Europe and Asia; and Cole's (15. Great Turnstile) List No. XXVI. of very Cheap Second-hand Books.

WANTED TO PURCHASE.

(In continuation of Lists in former Nos.)

Arcana of Science.1829.Andrew Stewart's Letters to Lord Mansfield on the Douglas Case.About 1793.Newman on the Arians.Lawson on the Hebrews.Westphalii Monumenta Inedita Rer. Germanicarum.Bircherodius de Cornibus Et Cornutis, 4to. HafniÃ¦.

Odd Volumes.

The first volume ofThe Works of Alexander Pope, Esq.London, printed in the year 1772. No publisher named.The third volume ofThe Works of Shakspeare, in Ten Vols. Edinburgh, printed by Marten and Wotherspoon. 1767.â‚ Letters, stating particulars and lowest price,carriage free, to be sent to Mr.Bell, Publisher of "NOTES AND QUERIES," 186. Fleet Street.

The first volume ofThe Works of Alexander Pope, Esq.London, printed in the year 1772. No publisher named.

The third volume ofThe Works of Shakspeare, in Ten Vols. Edinburgh, printed by Marten and Wotherspoon. 1767.

â‚ Letters, stating particulars and lowest price,carriage free, to be sent to Mr.Bell, Publisher of "NOTES AND QUERIES," 186. Fleet Street.

Chaucer's Tomb.WillJ. W. P.,who has forwarded to us a contribution to the Restoration of Chaucer's Monument, favour us with his name and address?

Title-Page and Index to Volume the First.The preparation of the Index with that fulness which can alone render it useful, has taken more time than was anticipated. It will, however, be ready very shortly.

Covers for the First Volume are preparing, and will be ready for Subscribers with the Title-Page and Index.

MEMOIRS OF THE DUKES OF URBINO (1440 to 1630). ByJames Dennistoun, of Dennistoun. With numerous Portraits, Plates, Facsimiles, and Woodcuts. 3 vols. square crown 8vo. 2l. 8s.

II.

SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY. From "The Spectator." With Notes, &c., byW. H. Willis; and Twelve fine Woodcuts from drawings byF. Tayler. Crown 8vo. 15s.; morocco, 27s.

III.

Mrs. JAMESON'S SACRED and LEGENDARY ART; or, LEGENDS of the SAINTS and MARTYRS. New Edition, complete in One Volume; with Etchings by the Author, and Woodcuts. Square crown 8vo. 28s.

IV.

Mrs. JAMESON'S LEGENDS OF THE SAINTS AND MARTYRS, as represented in the Fine Arts. With Etchings by the Author, and Woodcuts. Square crown 8vo. 28s.

THE CHURCH IN THE CATACOMBS: a Description of the Primitive Church of Rome. ByCharles Maitland. New Edition, with Woodcuts. 8vo. 14s.

VI.

Mr. MACAULAY'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND, from the Accession of James II. New Edition. Vols. I. and II. 8vo. 32s.

VII.

JOHN COAD'S MEMORANDUM of the SUFFERINGS of the REBELS sentenced to Transportation by Judge Jeffreys. Square fcap. 8vo. 4s. 6d.

VIII.

AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH ANTIQUITIES. Intended as a Companion to the History of England. BYJames Eccleston. With many Wood Engravings. 8vo. 12s.

IX.

Mr. A. RICH'S ILLUSTRATED COMPANION to the LATIN DICTIONARY and GREEK LEXICON. With about 2,000 Woodcuts, from the Antique. Post 8vo. 21s.

MAUNDER'S TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE and LIBRARY of REFERENCE: a Compendium of Universal Knowledge. New Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 10s.; bound 12s.

XI.

MAUNDER'S BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY; a New Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Biography; comprising about 12,000 Memoirs. New Edition, with Supplement. Fcap. 8vo. 10s.; bound, 12s.

XII.

MAUNDER'S SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY TREASURY: a copious portable EncyclopÃ¦dia of Science and the Belles Lettres. New Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 10s.; bound, 12s.

XIII.

MAUNDER'S HISTORICAL TREASURY: comprising an Outline of General History, and a separate History of every Nation. New Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 10s.; bound, 12s.

XIV.

MAUNDER'S TREASURY OF NATURAL HISTORY, or, a Popular Dictionary of Animated Nature. New Edition; with 900 Woodcuts. Fcap. 8vo. 10s.; bound, 12s.

XV.

SOUTHEY'S COMMON-PLACE BOOK.First Seriesâ€”CHOICE PASSAGES, &c.Second Edition, with Medallion Portrait. Square crown 8vo. 18s.

XVI.

SOUTHEY'S COMMON-PLACE BOOK.Second Seriesâ€”SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. Edited by theRev. J. W. Warter, B.D., the Author's Son-in-Law. Square crown 8vo. 18s.

XVII.

SOUTHEY'S COMMON-PLACE BOOK.Third Seriesâ€”ANALYTICAL READINGS. Edited by Mr.Southey's Son-in-Law, the Rev.J. W. Warter, B.D. Square crown 8vo. 21s.

XVIII.

SOUTHEY'S COMMON-PLACE BOOK.Fourth and Concluding Seriesâ€”ORIGINAL MEMORANDA, &c. Edited by the Rev. J. W.Warter, B.D., Mr.Southey'sSon-in-Law. Square crown 8vo. [Nearly Ready.]

XIX.

SOUTHEY'S THE DOCTOR. &c. Complete in One Volume, with Portrait, Bust, Vignette, and coloured Plate. Edited by the Rev. J. W.Warter, B.D., the Author's Son-in-Law. Square crown 8vo. 21s.

XX.

SOUTHEY'S LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE. Edited by his Son, the Rev. C. C.Southey, M.A.; with Portraits and Landscape Illustrations. 6 vols. post 8vo. 63s.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.

Printed byThomas Clark Shaw, of No. 8. New Street Square, at No. 5. New Street Square, in the Parish of St. Bride, in the City of London; and published byGeorge Bell, of No. 186. Fleet Street, in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West, in the City of London, Publisher, at No. 186. Fleet Street aforesaid.â€”Saturday, June 15. 1850.

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