which, though bearing the name of a former Canon
Residentiary of York, the Rev. W. H. Dixon, is
substantially the work of a happily still living
Canon Residentiary of the same cathedral, one of
our very ablest and most accurate historians, the
Rev. James Raine. Of this, however, only the
first volume has been published, bearing date
1863, and reaching no further than Archbishop
Thoresby, who died in 1373. May we not call upon
the accomplished author to continue the work he has

so admirably begun in illustration of the history of
the cathedral, in one of the chief seats of which the
wise exercise of the present archbishop's patronage
has recently placed him, to the great satisfaction
of all lovers of sound history?
EDMUND VENABLES.

'Fasti Eboracenses: Lives of the Archbishops of York,' by Messrs. Dixon and Raine. Vol. i. has never been followed by vol. ii., and the record ends with Archbishop Thoresby, who died 1373. It is hoped that Canon Raine will not much longer leave half told the story of the primates bold who have presided in the northern province.

ST. SWITHIN.

motto from Macrobius which MR. PEACOCK menReferring to my folio Burton of 1624, for the tions, I see that it is the expressive sentence written over it. But I rather think that it is "Omne meum nihil meum," with Macrobius Burton's own composition after reading the introduction which Macrobius prefixes to his 'Saturnalia,' or a quotation memoriter at the most. I have an abridgment of the Anatomy': "Melancholy as it proceeds from the Disposition and Habit, the Passion of Love, and the Influence of Religion, drawn chiefly from the celebrated work entitled Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy," London, 1801, pp. i-xii, 1-390, Ind. 397-420. It is anonymous, with several tail-pieces like Bewick's. Can any one tell me anything about it?

ED. MARSHALL.

This inquiry reopens a Yorkshireman's grief. INFANTS NEVER LAUGH (7th S. vi. 448).-ProThe late W. H. Dixon, Canon Residentiary of testing against the falseness of the assertion with York, collected materials for the 'Lives of the which I am bound to head this paper, I would reArchbishops,' which, on his decease, passed into mark that the babies known to Olympiodorus must the hands of Canon Raine, whose long and unique have been vastly more precocious than those which work at the ecclesiastical records of York has lately came under Darwin's observation, if their state of received official recognition. The first volume, laughlessness (permit me the word) could be limited under the title of Fasti Eboracenses,' and bearing to anything like the first three weeks of life. The the names of W. H. Dixon and James Raine, ap- modern scientist's experiences are recorded in 'Expeared in 1863. Owing to the paucity of the col-pression of the Emotions,' chap. viii., and it may lections made by Mr. Dixon for the early period, the whole of this volume was written by Mr. Raine, and nineteen-twentieths of the materials were collected by him. This involved a ten years' labour which was simply "tremendous," and which is graphically told in the editor's preface, as well as visible in his pages-pages crammed with thousands of precise statements about an inconceivable number of persons, and all methodically arranged. The volume takes in the first forty-four bishops (6271373). But our unavailing regret is that it seems destined to remain a solitary monument-the first and the last. W. C. B.

ROBERT BURTON (7th S. vi. 443).-My Burton's 'Anatomy' is the seventh edition, as described by MR. PEACOCK; but over the imprint on the engraved title is pasted a slip bearing this second one: "London | Printed for John Garway | And are to be sold at the Signe of | St. Pauls Church in Pauls Chaine | 1660." I have not removed this but by holding the leaf up to a strong light I can perceive that the original imprint was as given by MR. PEACOCK. The verses facing this title begin "Ten [not the] distinct squares." The rest of the collation is: one leaf dedication; two leaves

suffice to say here that one of his subjects smiled
at the end of forty-five days, a second nearly at the
child was about two months old before the germ of
same age, a third somewhat earlier, and that the first
cachinnation developed into sound, "a little bleat-
ing noise, which perhaps represented a laugh."
The character of the noise altered at the age of 113
days, and incipient laughter was recognizable.
Another infant made dubiously hilarious sounds
after sixty-five days' experience of this troublesome
life.
ST. SWITHIN.

I read this to a Devonshire woman, when she for six weeks after birth they do not laugh when instantly replied, "It is not for three weeks, but awake." I said, "Then they laugh when asleep?" "No," she replied; "their eyes and mouths are HERBERT Hardy.

wind-drawn."

Cullompton.

LADIES IN PARLIAMENT (7th S. vi. 405).—J. B. S. has misunderstood the records concerning the sitting of abbesses in minor ecclesiastical councils. Ruling societies of nuns, they sat in that capacity and no other. No woman ever sat in the great synods of the Church, which are, if at all, the nearest

analogues to the Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland. In fact, however, there is no analogy whatever between these cases. who were summoned to Parliament sat (if they did The four abbesses 80) because they held fiefs owing military service to the Crown, and could not be excused because they were incapable of war. appear by male proxies. The same occurred with They were bound to regard to the peeresses named by J. B. S., some of whom were represented by their husbands. It is in point here that a certain Gerbod, who is only too well known in the discussion concerning the parentage of Gundreda, wife of William de Warren, Earl of Surrey, was the official champion, or rather leader of the troops, furnished by the great abbey at St. Omer to the army of Flanders. was Avoué, and he was a proxy of the kind in question. The first of the crusading conquerors of Jerusalem thus described himself, not as king. It appears that neither in current politics nor in ancient records has history yet repeated itself on this point. 0.

His title

"There is the same limitation as to time within which

the marriage must be solemnized after licence granted
the banns, or the grant of the licence, if the marriage
in the case of banns, that is, three calendar months.
After the expiration of three months trom the calling of
has not been solemnized, the banns must be published
again, or a new licence obtained."-See Cripps's 'Laws
of the Church' (“ Marriage ").

any time and any convenient place, seems to be
A special licence, for solemnizing marriage at
exempt from the above limitation; but the writer
says nothing as to this point.
W. E. BUCKley.

parish of Llandyfrydog are two wells, called
SPRINGS IN ANGLESEY (7th S. vi. 489).—In the
Ffynnon Seiriol and Ffynnon Cybi, where those
the wells are midway between Holyhead and Priest-
holy men are said to have held religious conferences;
holme Island, the retreats of the saints. St. Cybi
him the church there is dedicated. Llandyfrydog
founded a monastery at Holyhead in 380, and to
is south-west of Dulas Bay, five miles from Amlwch
and two from Llanerch-y-Medd.

34, St. Petersburg Place.

H. G. GRIFFINHOOFE.

following particulars are given in the official JEANNE DE CASTILLE (7th S. vi. 427).-The Catalogue regarding this picture:

This statement concerning the summons to peeresses has been referred to by various authorities; but I have never seen a further fact noted in connexion with it, namely, that it was in respect of Irish affairs that they were called, being all Irish landowners. Mary, Countess of Norfolk; Alianors, Countess of Ormonde; and Anne, Ladyporary historians as illustrating the passionate and jeaLe Despenser, were summoned for the day on which Parliament met, a fortnight after Easter (viz., April 11); Philippa, Countess of March; Joan, Lady Fitzwalter; Agnes, Countess of Pembroke; Marie de St. Pol, Countess of Pembroke; Margery (not Matilda) de Ros; and Katherine, Countess of Athole, were ordered to attend a week later (Rot. Claus., 35 Edw. III.). The same ladies were again summoned in the following year, also to attend a 66 Council for Ireland” (Ib., 36 Edw. III.). HERMENTRUde.

To the illustrations showing that the uɛurpation of male offices by women is not a modern craze may be added the interesting fact, recorded in Coke's 'Littleton' (326A), that "Anne, Countess of Pembroke, served the office of High Sheriff of Westmoreland, and at the assizes at Appleby sat in person with the judges on the Bench."

Dublin.

W. J. FITZPATRICK, F.S.A.

"Among the curious episodes mentioned by contemPhilip the Beau, father of Charles V., is that of the lous affection of this unfortunate lady for her husband, frenzy which possessed her through the admiration of her husband for a young lady of the court, whose hair by female attendants, stripped, and bound hand and was of exceptional beauty. Jeanne had the lady seized foot, and then, herself, with a pair of large working scissors, cut off the young lady's hair, and disfigured her beauty."-Varillas, La Pratique de l'Education des Princes.'

The title of the picture, according to the Catalogue, is 'The Vengeance of Jeanne la Folle.'

R. P.

HOUSE (7th S. vi. 467).-In the suggested motto, LATIN MOTTO OVER THE PORCH OF A COUNTRY "Salve, vive, vale," the word "vive," I confess, is of doubtful meaning and propriety; and the word "vale" might be thought premature by those who had not yet passed the portal. Would it not satisfy HUGO's wishes to place "Salve, veniens," on the outside, and "Vale, abiens," on the inside, the coming as of the departing guest; and it would of his door? That plan would suit the case of furnish a motto of the desired limits in each case."

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two word " JULIAN MARSHALL.

"Salve, vive, vale" is very good; and is quite As HUGO asks for an alternative motto, I would borne out by the "Vive valeque" of Horace. suggest, "Salve, gaude, vale," though I doubt if it is any improvement. E. WALFORD.

7, Hyde Park, Mansions, N.W.

CARDINAL QUIGNON'S BREVIARY (6th S. xi. 448; xii. 18; 7th S. vi. 123, 397).—There is an article in the Church Times of Nov. 2 of the current year which is evidently written by some one who knows some portions of the history of this book very thoroughly. ASTARTE.

Miscellaneous.

the presence of French competition is largely due to the enterprise of Mr. Nimmo,

The Encyclopædic Dictionary. Vol. VII. Part II, (Cassell & Co.)

WITH the appearance of the present part of the 'Encyclopaedic Dictionary' the first issue of the work is completed. To private enterprise is owing, accordingly, what is, in fact, a national labour. The Encyclopædic Dictionary,' which so far as possible has been carried up NOTES ON BOOKS, &o. to date, contains fifty thousand words more than any The Reminiscences and Recollections of Capt. Gronow words as the latest edition of Johnson. This, even, does other English dictionary, and almost thrice as many being Anecdotes of the Camp, Court, Clubs, and Society, not give a full idea of its advantages and merits, seeing 1810-1860. 2 vols. (Nimmo.) that the amount of information supplied is no less exIt was a happy idea of Mr. Nimmo to collect into an emplary. Near six thousand pages of three columns each édition de luxe the pleasant, gossiping, and diverting reminiscences which Capt. Gronow spread over four series. issued with the last part, much curious and important are occupied with the work. In the preface, which is Not wholly trustworthy as historical records are all the information with regard to the inception and execution matters Capt. Gronow relates. The style of relation has, of the task is supplied. As a record of enterprise boldly however, remarkable vivacity and charm, and the pic-carried out and of painstaking and systematic labour this tures of our fathers or grandfathers which he presents has much value. Our own tribute to the work is derived palpitate with actuality. Very much that he narrates, from personal use. It is always at hand for reference, moreover, is strictly true, and his works are a mine of and it is a trustworthy and serviceable guide. How many information. Of Capt. Gronow, indeed, it may be saidas has been said of more important observers and chroni- questions sent to N. & Q' might have been saved by a clers than he, indeed of most observers and chroniclers reference to its pages there are few who know. At from Herodotus downwards-that when he speaks of the present and for very many years to come this is likely to remain the most useful English dictionary, equally usethings he has himself known he is wholly trustworthy, ful to the scholar and in the household. Few, indeed, and that it is only when he repeats what has been told are the cases in which a word that does not appear or into him that his statements are to be taken with caution. formation that is not to be found can be brought forward. Be his merits of accuracy what they may, his effer-Those who have been principally responsible for the lite vescence of style and his vividness of portraiture will secure him favour. Whether his work will last it is as yet too early to state. To those who recall the days of the regency his book is one of the most delightful conceivable. These, however, are few. The world, in one respect at least, changes less than is supposed, and those who in these days constitute society are for the most part the descendants of those whom Capt. Gronow depicts. The world of to-day, then, can scarcely fail to be interested in the doings of its immediate ancestors. Not a few of the characters described, moreover, are of historical importance, and the book is to be read side by side with history as well as with the novels of Thackeray and Lever.

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If the book has any element of enduring popularity, the conditions under which it is published may well give it the best chance, The volumes are among the handsomest that have issued from the modern press. Mr. Joseph Grego, to whom has been trusted the task of illustration, has gone to contemporary sources, and has reproduced the quasi-satirical designs presenting individuals of note and fashion which were issued in the early years of the century. The four wood engravings cuted for the initial series have been retained, and the fifth, from a contemporary study in the possession of Capt. Gronow, has been re-engraved." In order to preserve uniformity, the twenty additional plates which Mr. Grego has etched are finished in aquatint, an art which has since gone out of favour for book illustration. The designs are all in two states-one on plate paper, proofs before letters, the other on Whatman paper, with titles and coloured by hand, These duplicate plates, well known in France, are less familiar in England. Among those from whom the designs are taken are J. and R. Cruikshank, and R. Deighton, J. Doyle and D. Maclise among English artists, and Carle Vernet and P. L. Debucourt among French. Selection and execution are alike judicious, and the work as a whole is a credit to English enterprise and English art. A very short space will suffice to establish it as a bibliographical gem of the first water. That English books can claim attention in

rary work are Dr. R. Hunter, the editor under whom in
1876 the publication began, and who now sees the per-
fected work; Mr. J. F. Walker, M.A, and Mr. Wm.
Harkness, F.I.C., for the chemistry articles; Mr. T.
Davies, F.G.S., for mineralogy and petrology; Sir John
Stainer for music; and Col. Cooper King for military
matters. A happy idea has, in fact, been carried to a
happy issue, and all concerned are to be congratulated
upon high and most useful accomplishment. In some re-
spects, indeed, no dictionary contemplated or commenced
seems likely to supplant this work.

The Gentleman's Magazine Library.-Literary Curiosities
and Notes. Edited by A. B. G. (Stock.)
"THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE LIBRARY" grows apace.
All the volumes are really valuable contributions to his-
tory. The present one is in many respects the most
serviceable of those that have yet appeared. There are
not many of us who are so happy as to possess a set of
Sylvanus Urban from 1731 to 1868. Even to the few
who do these volumes will be useful. Among an over-
whelming load of chaff the Gentleman's Magazine con-
tains much grain; but it is almost impossible to find
therein what you want at the moment, and quite im-
possible to be sure that something of great value has not
been overlooked. When Mr. Gomme's series is complete
we shall have collected in handy and well-indexed
volumes all that is of permanent literary value in that
long series. To make such a collection quite perfect is
impossible; but the editor has arrived near enough to
perfection for all practical purposes. This volume is
devoted to literary curiosities. It is a wide term, and
includes very much. We trust that some of the para-
graphs we had hoped to find there will soon appear in
another volume, with a somewhat different title. No
two persons agree exactly as to classification. So long
as all the grain be in good time garnered, we are in-
different as to the label of the sack in which it is stored.
A reference to the index under many of the longer
headings, such as "Libraries,' (6
Manuscripts," and
"London," will show how rich the present volume is in

information of the best kind. As in former volumes, so in this there is a small body of notes at the end. We have before remarked that these editorial notes might be much extended with advantage. They are so good that we are sorry that we have not more of them.

Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset. Edited by Hugh Norris and Charles Herbert Mayo, M.A. (Sherborne, Sawtell.)

nineteenth century collection of Elzevirs. To the volume,
which is in all respects suited to the series, is prefixed a
very characteristic portrait from a photograph.
Flora's Feast: a Masque of Flowers. Penned and Pic-
tured by Walter Crane. (Cassell & Co.)
Or Christmas gift-works few are so dainty in conception
and in execution as this pretty fancy of Mr. Crane, the
quaint and poetical designs of which are admirably exe-
cuted in colour. The animated lilies, roses, daisies, and
buttercups of Mr. Crane are things of absolute beauty.
MESSRS. UNWIN BROTHERS have issued Ephemerides:
London Almanack in the Olde Style for 1889. An in-
genious idea is pleasingly carried out.

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MR. WM. HUTT, of 3, Hyde Street, New Oxford Street, will issue for the new year a catalogue containing many works of interest from the libraries of Mr. Turner and Mr. Gibson Craig.

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Westminster Abbey. By M. C. and E. T. Bradley. With an Introductory Chapter by the Dean. (Pall Mall Gazette Office.)

THIS is a compact book, which contains all the informa.
tion that an ordinary stranger who visits the Abbey will
require. It does not claim to be a history or a treatise
on archæology. The engravings and plans are very
useful additions, but some of them are very poor as
works of art. No one can look with pleasure on the
smudges that represent the shrine of St. Edward the
Confessor or Henry V.'s chantry chapel. On the other
hand, the view of the South Transept is a pleasing piece
of work. The plans are accurate, but might have been
made more pleasant to look upon. They indicate the
graves of most of the noteworthy people who sleep
their last sleep within these historic walls. Guide-books
are generally deficient in point of index. The one that
accompanies this volume is most excellent.

Sartor Resartus. By Thomas Carlyle. (Kegan Paul &
Co.)
CARLYLE'S 'Sartor Resartus' has been added to the de-
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Lever.

W. ("A Meteor seen on Night of November 16").— No meteors have individual names; but most of those seen about the middle of November belong to a large group called Leonids, because they appear to radiate from a point in the heavens in the constellation Leo. But it is impossible to say whether the meteor you saw is one of these, or to make any scientific use of your observation unless you can tell the exact time and the names of the stars which it seemed to pass as it moved,

less know, the motto of Baron Forbes, a Scotch repreN. HAY FORBES.-"Grâce me guide" is, as you doubtSome correspondent may be able to supply information sentative peer. It is necessarily of French origin. theological sense, from the Low Latin use of Gratia. as to the origin. The word grâce is apparently used in a See Ducange's Glossary.'

W. W. WOODS ("Work on French Revolution").Mignet's History of the French Revolution,' included in "Bohn's Standard Library," Bell & Sons, will probably serve your purpose.

E. VENABLES ("Trinkets ").-The passage from Defoe which you send originated the discussion.

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