An alphabetical catalogue of some principal families in Naples will be found at p. 624 of the second edition of Royal Genealogies; or, The Genealogical Tables of Emperors, Kings, and Princes from Adam to these Times,' by James Anderson, D.D., London, 1738. The catalogue has references to tables in the same work giving pedigrees of some of the families. Genealogical accounts and pedigrees of some Neapolitan families will also be found in Genealogiæ in Italia,' by Jacob William Imhoff, Amsterdam, 1710. WILLOUGHBY A. LITTLEDALE. native island, and in his will, dated at a minor in 1739. who m. Frances, dau. and coh. of Francis 3. James, d. 1770, aged 48, M.I. at Okeford Fitzpain, Dorset (284 Trevor). 4. Rev. Duke, Rector of Okeford Fitzpain, who was father of Billie Butler and others. The arms on the Dorset monument are: of the first. [MR. W. ROBERTS also refers to the Annuario.'] TOLSEY AT GLOUCESTER (10 S. x. 469).— In the Transactions of the Bristol and Glouces-Or, a chief indented sa., three covered cups tershire Archæological Society, vol. xix. pp. 142-58, will be found an excellent account of the Gloucester Tolsey by Mr. M. H. Medland, illustrated by photographs and drawings. An account of the remains of All Saints' Church is also given, with drawings. The Gloucester Journal of 13 Aug. and 15 Oct., 1892, gives an interesting account of the Tolsey. ROLAND AUSTIN. Public Library, Gloucester. In Lewis's Topographical Dictionary' it is stated that the Tolsey stands 66 on the site of a church dedicated to All Saints," at the angle formed by Westgate and Southgate Streets, and that it was erected for the transaction of the municipal affairs of the city in pursuance of an Act of Parliament passed in 23 George II. Dr. James Dugdale in his 'British Traveller' says that "Tholsey is an appellation supposed to have been derived from the toll which was received in it, by the lords of the manor, from the fairs and market." The building had at that time (ie., the beginning of last century) been altered since its erection, about the latter end of the reign of George II." 66 J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL. [MR. HARRY HEMS also refers to Lewis.] BILLY BUTLER THE HUNTING PARSON (10 S. x. 310, 395, 453).—As this worthy's ancestry appears to be unknown I give a few facts. A certain Capt. Tho. Butler of the Island of Nevis, planter, in his will, dated 2 Dec., 1687, proved 17 Oct., 1688 (P.C.C. 134 Ent.), names his four William, Duke, Thomas, and James; also four daughters, but no other relative. Thomas, the third son, a colonel of Militia and merchant, acted for many years as Agent in London for his There were many Butlers in the West Indies, and Major Wm. Butler, Speaker of Nevis in 1697, was not apparently related to Capt. Thos. Butler of 1687. V. L. OLIVER. There is a small mural tablet on the south wall of Frampton Church, Dorset, bearing the following inscription :— In memory the Revd William Butler, LL.B. who departed this life aged 81. R. VAUGHAN GOWER. CAROLINE AS A MASCULINE NAME (10 S. x. 450).-Col. Caroline Scott entered the service 66 CARDINAL OF ST. PAUL'S (10 S. x. 85, 173, 235, 273).-A deed of 1393 on the Husting Rolls of London (R. 122, memb. 7, dors. 53) makes mention of Martin Elys and John Lynton as "cardinals " of the cathedral. Neither of these clerics is named by Hennessy in his succession of the cardinals before alluded to. He, however, includes Elys in his list of unplaced minor canons, and tells us that he was Rector of St. Faith's and Vicar of St. Giles, Cripplegate; while Lynton is doubtless one with the John de Lynton who was Chamberlain and Minor Canon of St. Paul's, and Rector of St. Dunstan-in-theEast and of St. Vedast, Foster Lane, &c., about the same period. WILLIAM MCMURRAY. MITRED ABBOTS AND PRIORS (10 S. x. 410, 455).-In Rites of Durham,' ch. XXV., we read that Robert Berrington of Walworth, Prior 1374-91, first obtained the use of the mitre with the crutch or staff. The primary authorities for this are William de Chambre in Scriptores Tres,' 136, and documents there referred to. Durham. J. T. F. R. B. has omitted Chertsey. The abbots, though mitred and having large possessions, do not appear to have been called to sit in Parliament, although some histories say so. F. TURNER. LE BLON MEZZOS IN FOUR COLOURS (10 S. x. 450). Surely MR. HAYES is wrong in suggesting that these are printed in red, blue, green, and yellow. The fact is that Le Blon, alone of the colour-printers of the eighteenth century, recognized that with the three primary colours any tints could be produced. The green in the plates mentioned is without doubt composed of the blue and yellow impressions. MR. HAYES asks further what the discoveries of the last three hundred years amounted to." I think he must recognize that in the application of photography to illustration, and in its combination with the modern scientific three-colour process, a degree of accuracy is obtained which is far beyond anything that could have been produced in the eighteenth century. I may add that a full and accurate account of Le Blon's work may be found in No. 2 of a series of articles entitled 'Some Notes on the History of Printing in Colours,' which appeared in The British and Colonial Printer for 2 July, 1903. R. A. PEDDIE. St. Bride Foundation, Bride Lane, E.C. BELL CUSTOMS AT SIBSON, LEICESTERSHIRE (10 S. x. 430). The evening Angelus or Curfew bell was rung at Baldock from March to October at 8 P.M., but at Hitchin it was rung at the same time from September to March. Both these, and that at Sibson, are probably survivals of pre-Reformation days when the canonical hours were observed. the bells being rung by clerics in minor orders. The alteration to an earlier hour on Saturdays may be a later innovation for some special local reason. The Matins bell was rung at 7 A.M. at Much Hadham, St. Stephens, St. Albans, Tring, and Watford; while not fewer than thirty-three churches in Herts had the bell rung one hour later. Mr. North ('Church Bells of Hertfordshire,' 1886) suggests that this 8 o'clock "Sermon bell" (as it is locally known) originated in the days of Elizabeth, when for a time many churches were served by Readers," who were strictly forbidden to preach, and this early bell announced a sermon by a priest licensed by the bishop. of the diocese. It seems more probable that it is a survival of days when the morning service was held at an earlier hour. Our forefathers were more robust, and to a man who habitually rose at 4 or 5 A.M. the Church's service at the hours named was quite fit and proper. W. B. GERISH. Bishop's Stortford. JOANNA SOUTHCOTT'S CELESTIAL PAssPORTS (10 S. x. 405).-In Devon Notes and Queries, October, 1903, p. 241, I believe there is an account of one of these passports which was then in existence. I have not the book by me, so cannot give any details. EDWARD PEACOCK. PALL MALL, No. 93 (10 S. x. 425).-Thesale of William Upcott's library and collections was conducted by Messrs. Sotheby at "the rooms of Messrs. Evans, 106, New Bond Street," not 93, Pall Mall. Had not Evans left the latter address before 1846 ? The sale was transferred to Messrs. Sotheby because they had been specifically named by Upcott in his will, dated 25 Aug., 1832 :— "The rest of my printed books, books of prints, and cabinets of coins and medals I desire may be publicly sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Sons in Wellington Street.” BISHOP SAMPSON OF LICHFIELD (10 S. x. 429).-Though I cannot tell MR. PIGOTT the parentage of the Bishop, I would suggest that his birthplace was at or near Pattingham, co. Staff., for his brother William mar- There was excellent reason for this inried at that place, 28 July, 1577, Joane, struction. During 1819-20, when he was daughter of Walter Northwood, and widow assistant to R. H. Evans, then at 26, Pall of Thomas Hardwycke, to whom she was Mall, his diary constantly refers to the married in 1533. Both these were of Patting-supposed hardships he suffered and the bad EGLANTINE. business principles of his employer. This ham. "Amongst the numerous monumental records is an inscription, painted on a black board, placed at a great height, near the east end of the middle aisle of this church, in memory of the British Aristophanes, Samuel Foote, who died at The Ship Tavern' in this town, on his way to France (whither he was going for the recovery of his health), and was here buried." The above was published in 1829. The black board with its inscription is not now in St. Mary's Church, having probably been removed in the rebuilding of 1843; but at the west end of the south aisle, affixed in the wall, is a large plain stone with this inscription :— Sacred to the memory of Samuel Foote, Esq., He departed this life Oct. 21, 1777 (on his journey friend Mr. William Jewell. The wall in which this stone is fixed was erected at the rebuilding of 1843. Dover. JOHN BAVINGTON JONES. 66 PARCEL POST IN 1790 (10 S. x. 450).— It is evident from quotations in the 'N.E.D.' that formerly there was a parcel post in existence early in the eighteenth century. The passage in 'The Adventuress' is Jack Spavin bolted an old apple-woman into the parcel-post at Cripplegate,' and the context shows it was the act of a reckless horseman, who in his wild career frightened an old woman, and caused her to seek shelter in an enclosed place, here called a parcelpost.' Under "post," 5, the 'N.E.D.' gives a quotation from Chamberlayne's Present State of England,' iii. (ed. 22), 444, in 1707 :— "There is establish'd another Post, called the Penny-Post, whereby......any Letter or Parcel...... is......conveyed to, and from Parts......not conveniently served by the General-Post." Then under "parcel," 7, there is a quotation from The London Gazette in 1715 :— "The General Penny Post Office......where Letters and Parcels will be taken in as usual." These two quotations show that there was an office for the reception of letters and parcels, and it is possible that the two branches were distinct, and that the old woman bolted into an office at Cripplegate to get out of the way of the "road-hog of that period. AYEAHR. RATTLESNAKE COLONEL: CATGUT RUFFLES (10 S. x. 189).-The expression a Rattlesnake Colonel" is singular, and the present writer is unable to suggest its meaning or origin. Though MR. MALLESON fails to mention where Mrs. Browne met Col. Crisop," yet a guess may be hazarded as A parcel post was established in London to his identity. He was doubtless Col. as far back as April, 1680, but was disThomas Cresap, who, born in Yorkshire, continued in 1765. (The first use of postemigrated before 1737 to America, became marks was made also in 1680 by Dockwra.) a noted man, was a friend of Washington, For further details consult Joyce's History and died at the advanced age of 106. There of the Post Office from its Establishment are constant allusions to him during the down to 1836' (London, 1893), chaps. v. war with the French that took place while and xi. Mrs. Browne was in America. He was Upton. R. B. F. HOWARD COLLINS. FLEET PRISON (10 S. x. 110, 258, 478).If Q. V. will visit the Manuscript Department of the British Museum, he will find there the original work of Fleta among the Cottonian MSS. (Julius B. viii.), Of course, in the words of Q. V., "there ain't no sich person now; but that his identity is concealed under the name of "Fleta is unquestioned. Under this name the Latin textbook of English law is supposed to have been projected by one of the corrupt judges whom Edward I. imprisoned (cf. the D.N.B.,' to which I am myself referred). The work is constantly quoted by compilers of law-books-among others, by J. J. S. Wharton in his Law Lexicon,' and Cowel in his Interpreter.' J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL. Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, &o. The Oxford Thackeray. With Illustrations. Edited' by George Saintsbury. Vols. VII.-XVII. (Oxford University Press.) All SINCE our notice of the first six volumes of this edition (ante, p. 259), two more batches of books have appeared, which complete the whole issue of seventeen volumes. Readers can now secure at a moderate cost an edition which is well printed, well edited, and exceptionally well provided with illustrations, and abundance of those pictures which Thackeray threw off in his inimitable style. the volumes are priced at two shillings net, though in older days publishers would have had no hesitation in charging more for, say, 'The Virginians' and 'The Newcomes,' which both run to over 1,000 pages of Introduction, Text, and Appendix. The last feature is one of special interest, for it gives us the passages which Thackeray thought it well to reject in his latest revision. Among the illustrations must be mentioned the charming initial letters with which Thackeray adorned his chapters. Many artists have tried their hand on Becky Sharp, but none has come up to Thackeray, who is seen here as his own best illustrator, though Dicky Doyle is his equal in "The Newcomes,' and reigns unsurpassable in 'The Rose and the Ring." Prof. Saintsbury's introductions are full of knowledge and enthusiasm for his author. He seems to us to spend too much time and energy in refuting opinions and views which are not seriously regarded, and he often adopts an exaggerated strain. which provokes combat. We wish, too, that he would write more intelligibly for the average reader; we should prefer to see in plain English such a sentence as this: "But variations from the blue bed to the brown' like 'infantile' for 'infantine' are hardly tanti." It is right that an admirer should edit a great author, even if he is apt to strike, rather than listen to, detractors. The sort of knock-down blow which indicates that if any one disapproves of such-and-such a work, he knows nothing about it, and should not be heeded, is a handicap to proper criticism, and is occasionally to be discovered here. But as a whole the Professor is admirable in his appreciations, especially of the big novels, which are the eternal delights of the world of men and the in his use of slang, and of daring and unusual world of letters alike. He is singularly unacademic words, such as "triplicity" and "triumfeminate"; but he achieves a pungency of expression which, perhaps, justifies his boldness. Such things are understandable, but the wit which depends on references to funny stories and allusions which are dragged into their context is unnecessary. When he writes in a straightforward and unadorned style about Becky Sharp or Ethel New- come, he pleases us best, and we want no further critic to enlighten us as to their real significance. There are some parts of Thackeray's work which show obvious deficiencies in point of view, or even distortions of fact. On referring to the Introduction to The Four Georges' and The English Humourists, we find a recognition of their faults, and a suggestion that there is more than a sufficient balance to credit. We agree; but we cannot regard truth as historical presentment, such as 'The Four Georges.' "rather a minor" matter in any The Professor refers to N. & Q.' in his Introduction to 'The Virginians.' That same book contains, as reference to the First Series of N. & Q.,' which was pointed out in our columns, a was also one of Thackeray's sources for 'Denis Duval.' In fact, in almost every blue or grey volume of our recent Series which we have taken up, we have found references to the author of 'Vanity Fair' which any commentator would gain by consulting. The present edition is not, of course, an annotated text, but the editor has dealt with many points of textual interest. He must, we think, regret the conclusion of a labour which has evidently given him delight, but he can assure himself that he has added much to the pleasure with which a crowd of readers will welcome this admirable edition. It has an excellent index to every separate item of verse and prose, and a remarkable collection of portraits of Thackeray. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift. Edited by Temple Scott. Vol. XII. (Bell & Sons.) THIS Volume completes the edition of Swift's prose works, and "the publishers," in their prefatory note, hope that the value of the contents may compensate in some measure for the delay in its appearance." Their hope is fully justified by the excellence of this final volume. Indeed, the whole set of volumes constitutes an admirably equipped text of Swift, and will secure the permanent regard of readers for years to come. the death of Sir Frederick Falkiner, who conIt is sad to think of tributes here an able Essay on the Portraits of Swift,' and also of his gifted son C. Litton Falkiner, who was engaged on an edition of Swift's corre spondence to form a companion to the 'Prose Works." "It is hoped that this work may now be carried out by his friend and executor, Mr. F. Elrington Ball." This volume contains, besides the essay on the question of various presentments of Swift, another on 'The Relations between Swift and Stella,' by Dean Bernard, who holds that the two were married. All the available evidence is produced, and ingeniously worked up; but it is not of a character to make us certain one way or the other. No one can live in the world to manhood without having ample evidence of the extraordinary confidence with which mendacious gossip circulated. is Two more parts of this volume are of exceptional importance-a Bibliography of the Writings of Swift,' compiled by Mr. W. Spencer Jackson, and a thorough index to the whole twelve volumes by Miss Constance Jacob. No bibliography on such a scale has been attempted before, though Mr. Jackson had the advantage of using Dr. S. LanePoole's considerable notes in that way published in 1884. We have tested the index, and found it of a character which deserves special commendation. It is a real aid to the busy student. BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.-JANUARY. 224 contains Kay's 'Portraits,' 2 vols., 4to, morocco, 87. 10s.; Craig's Ground-Plan of the Proposed New MR. RICHARD CAMERON'S Edinburgh Catalogue Town of Edinburgh,' 1768, 3s. 6d.; a water-colour of the Canongate Tolbooth, 16s. 6d.; one of Lady Stair's house (now Lord Rosebery's), 158.; and win Brown's Glasgow School of Painters,' 1908, Bruce Home's Old Edinburgh Houses,' 54 plates, imperial 4to, 1907, 17. 58. 57. 58. There is a cheap copy of the Maclise Portrait Under Glasgow is BaldGallery, 9s. 6d. and a set of old copperplates of Under Scott are Henderson's edition of "The the Kings of Scotland and Mary, 1680, 17. 158. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border,' 4 vols., 17. 18.; : and a portrait after Sir Watson Gordon, 22 in. by 18 in., framed, 188. 6d. Under Scottish Folk-lore is Ancient Scottish Tales,' by Peter Buchan, now first printed, with introduction by Fairley, 1908, . 10s. 6d. books from the libraries of Augustus and Augustus: Mr. Bertram Dobell's Catalogue 168 contains. J. C. Hare. An album of water-colours and sketches is 31. 58.; and an album of photographic portraits and views, 2. 28. Under Drama is Rockstro's Otto Goldschmidt, 21.5s. There are three manuscript volumes relating to the family of Edward Stanley, 'Memoir of Jenny Lind,' presentation copy from Notes Year by Year,' in which there is much about Bishop of Norwich. The first contains A Parent's 4. 48. There are also two volumes of manuscript the Dean of Westminster when a child: this is priced poems by him and his brother Owen. We wonder if the writing of the future Dean is as mystical as it: became later. The Dean, at the instance of H. F. Turle, who succeeded Dr. Doran as editor of N. & Q.,' took our printing staff over the Abbey, and entertained them to tea in the Jerusalem. Chamber. In expressing the pleasure he felt at of The Athenaeum and N. & Q. were the only ones receiving them, he said the compositors and readers. who deciphered his writing, and had not to fill the proofs sent to him with queries. The general portion includes Milton's pamphlet on 'Church Discipline,' 281.; The Doctrine of Divorce,' 10s. 6d. ; and 'The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates,' 87. 10s. (all first editions); Paltock's Peter Wilkins,' first edition, 1858, 21. 28. and Shelley's Alastor,' 1816, 20%., and 1751, 57. 58.; first edition of Morris's Guenevere, are first editions of Ruskin and Thackeray, and a The Cenci, 1819, 287. (both first editions). There number of items about Scotland, including laws and tracts. The catalogue closes with a list of pamphlets. valuable Military Catalogue, perhaps the most Mr. Francis Edwards sends us Part VIII. of his complete that has ever been issued. The items amount to close upon seven thousand, and the last, Rankin, Times War Correspondent, brings it to the'In Morocco with General d'Amade,' by Reginald present year. In this last part there are pamphlets A section is devoted to British Regimental Reon the Volunteers and on national defence, 1852-71. cords; and under Napoleon is Arnault's 'Vie Politique et Militaire de Napoleon,' illustrated after designs by French artists. The compiler of the catalogue, Mr. Edward A. Petherick, at the desire of Mr. Edwards, has written a short introduction. Mr. Petherick tells us that it is "pro- bably the last catalogue I shall have the oppor... |