20 Jan., 1638. There are three Clarendon portraits. Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Aylesbury, was christened 25 Aug., 1617, and married at St. Margaret's to the first Earl of Clarendon 10 July, 1634; their son the second Earl was christened 11 June, 1638. Samuel Pepys married on 1 Dec., 1655, Elizabeth Marchant De Snt Michell, and portraits of both are given. Sir Walter Rawleigh, Knt., was buried in October, 1618 (the entries for the month are undated).

In the transcript of the registers the dates are altered from the Old Style to the New. The compiler tells us that the foot-notes are confined to such practical information as is likely to be of service to those who consult the registers, no attempt having been made to elucidate purely genealogical questions; and, with a view to economizing space, everything has been done to ensure condensation and brevity, consistent with clearness and utility.

Parish Register of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the City of Chester, 1532-1837. Transcribed, indexed, and edited by L. M. Farrall. (Chester, G. R. Griffith, 1l. 58.)

THIS parish is a large one, and, during the time covered by the registers here printed, included a very various population. It was the port parish of Chester, so that numbers of seafaring men and their families were domiciled within it; and within it also were situated many houses belonging to the gentry of the county. A church under this invocation has stood on the site of the present building for many centuries. The name of one priest, Walter, dating from the twelfth century is known; then, at the end of the thirteenth century with Alexander le Bel, begins the list of rectors, which comes down unbroken to the present day.

The work before us has been very competently carried out. The transcribed Registers of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials are divided into three parts: from 1598 to 1653; from 1654 to 1812; and from 1813 to 1837. In the first of these are incorporated Odd Notes from the Register Book,' and in the last lists of the clergy officiating. Part IV. gives various notes, additions, and corrections, connected chiefly with early burials; and Part V. contains, what must have cost a greater amount of labour than any other section of the work, the excellent indexesno fewer than nine in number. Five of these are biographical, and give in a minimum of space a surprising amount of information of the kind that workers in this field will recognize as only to be collected with considerable trouble. For the merely curious reader is provided a Calendar of some Incidental References in the Register' which sets out all the "plums." These are not specially numerous, but several are of considerable interest. The issue is limited to 300 copies, and the type has been distributed.

Goode Olde Countree. By Charles A. Mace. (St. Catherine Press, 68. net.)

in an obvious ignorance of their staleness; and the jotting down of odd scraps of private histories, make up a harmless enough pastime. The book produces somewhat the same effect as a bowerbird's nest, and no doubt was equally delightful in the construction; if we add to that delight the fact that some one has been found to print it, and the probability that some one will be found to read it, we seem to have amassed some reasons after all for congratulating the author. Florilegio di Canti Toscani : Folk Songs of the Tuscan Hills. With English Renderings by Grace Warrack. (Moring, 10s. 6d. net.) WE congratulate Miss Warrack on this result of her studies, which she describes very modestly in her Introduction as intended for readers not already familiar with Italian traditional poetry and the literature that has grown up around it.'

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Genuinely Tuscan poetry consists almost entirely of Rispetti and Stornelli, little songs of which it may be said that in their thousands they have love, the love of young man and maid, for motive and theme."

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Amongst the Tuscan Rispetti there are a good many poems that are in construction Ottave, like the ottave rime of Italian literature-that is, octaves composed of six alternately rhyming lines followed by a rhyming couplet."

"Of the verse-form which belongs to the Sicilian equivalent of the Rispetto, the Canzona or Strambotto, an octave of lines alternately rhyming, there is said to be only one example amongst the Tuscan poems. There are some tenlined poems, however, which might be held to consist of this Sicilian octave with the addition of a rhyming couplet, not necessarily in ripresa style; and of the few twelve-lined poems, while some are literary octaves with two couplets, others are Sicilian octaves with two couplets.' Miss Warrack gives one example of these, the poem Morirò, morirò, sarai contenta = "I'll die, I'll die, thou shalt be pleased at last," which has some similarity to the beautiful octave Morirò, morirò,―che n' averai? = "Yes, I shall die ;what will it profit thee?

As the author explains, only the main part of the book, where the Italian poems are given, can properly be called a Florilegio or Anthology, and it is "chiefly the First Series that contains the Flowers of Tuscan Folk Song.' In the Second Series many are of noted Sicilian origin, and in the other four Series there are folk songs, genuine and interesting," which Miss Warrack considers to be "in their simple way flowers, but some of these, especially the Prayers, have nothing about them peculiarly Tuscan.' We give an example of her translation :The Appeal.

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Alas! I can no longer see my star,

No more behold it rising in its place; Nor find it in the sky, nor earth afar :

O God of heaven, disclose it me of grace! O God of heaven, who art Thyself so blest, From out the storm disclose the star at rest! O God of heaven, of all-availing might, Disclose for me the star that shineth bright.

Obituary.

C. A. WARD.

AMONG the correspondents of N. & Q' who have most vividly impressed themselves upon the memories of the staff, not only by the voluminousness of their contributions and the wide range of information these discover, but also-be it said without the least intention of unkindness-by their quaint eccentricities and their occasional vehemence, few stand out more clearly than the subject of this notice, who died last month at Walthamstow. For many years he enlivened our pages with suggestions, queries, trouvailles, and occasional settings to rights of all kinds and sorts. His eager mind would attack any question, find room for any interest; but it often refused to endure the checks of fact or of authority, and, as a correspondent has reminded us, his vagaries in the matter of etymology once nearly deprived 'N. & Q.' of the learning of the late Prof. Skeat, who could not tolerate irresponsibility in that particular field. Accounts of Mr. Ward in the daily press have made much of his hermit" life at Walthamstow, where he lived in almost complete solitude, surrounded by a huge and miscellaneous collection of books, of which, by his will, the London Library has now possession. These, it appears, were intended to be worked up into some epoch-making book. They include the classics of many literatures, as well as treatises on out-of-the-way subjects, and masses of material on London and other topics. Evidently the pleasures of accumulating had swamped whatever creative power he may once have possessed. In his early years he knew and corresponded with Carlyle, and letters from Carlyle, with notes of his conversation in diaries, are among the most valuable of the MSS. he has left behind him.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.-JUNE.

MR. L. C. BRAUN'S Catalogue No. 88 gives a list of books offered at unusually low prices for the purpose of a clearance sale previous to alterations. It is worth looking through, for it offers sundry bargains, of which the few mentioned here may be taken as specimens. There is a first edition of Speed to be had for 57., lacking the portrait, but containing all the maps, and in particular the map of the Bermudas, which shows the name and holding of each colonist. There are Cooke's "Voyage to the South Sea and Round the World,' 1712, 20s., and, at the same price, an extra-illustrated copy of Hawkesworth's translation of Télémaque,' 1768. For 58. one may become possessed of L'Oncle de l'Europe devant l'objectif caricatural, being a collection of the caricatures of Edward VII. which have appeared in different countries. Three books of rather uncanny interest are Pierre de Lancre's work on Mauvais Anges et Démons,' 1612, 20s.; Langlois's Essai Historique......sur les Danses des Morts,' with 54 plates and numerous cuts, 1852, 158.; and *Hermippus Redivivus,' or 'The Sage's Triumph over Old Age and the Grave,' Campbell's translation from the work of the German physician John Henry Cohausen, 1749, 11. 58. From a literary

point of view the most important item is an uncut first edition of Vanity Fair' bound in whole calf, 41.

MESSRS. MAGGS'S Catalogue No. 327 contains descriptions of between 400 and 500 Engravings of historical and topographical interest, as well as several oil paintings. Those relating to foreign parts are especially noteworthy-e.g., the pictures by Ogrumoff of the taking of Kasan and the coronation of Michael Romanov (601. the pair); painting by Butterworth of the fight between the Shannon and the Chesapeake (50 guineas); and a set of seven water-colour drawings of Chinese towns and scenery, by George Chinnery (217.).

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MESSRS. E. PARSONS have sent us their Catalogue No. 32, describing a small collection of old engraved portraits, which includes a series of engravings from Van Dyck in early states. From among these latter we may mention Pontius's and of Vorsterman's engraving of Van one example each of Dyck's portrait of John, Count of Nassau-both offered at 31. 3s.; De Baillue's engraving of the portrait of Lady Carlisle, 41. 10s.; Gulielmus Hondius's rendering of the Hondius portrait, 5l. 5s.; the portraits of Rockox (Vorsterman) and Maharkysus (Sebastian Barris), each 51. 5s.; Snyers's Prince Rupert,' 127. 12s.; and McArdell's Lady Southampton,' 21. They have the whole-length mezzotint printed in colours of Mrs. Musters as 'Hebe,' by Hodges after Sir Joshua Reynolds, for which they ask 1007.; Earlom's portrait of Rembrandt by himself, and another engraving of the same by an unknown hand, 1767 and 1780 respectively, priced at 25 guineas; and Bartolozzi's Miss Farren,' in its first published state, offered at 70 guineas. There are examples of Cousins, C. Turner (in particular the Lady Louisa Manners,' 85 guineas), J. R. Smith, Watson, and many other well-known men'; and a rather attractive item-for which 38 guineas is asked-is Nutter's George Washington,' after C. G. Stuart, printed in colours. [Notices of other Catalogues held over.]

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EDITORIAL Communications should be addressed to "The Editor of Notes and Queries ""-Advertisements and Business Letters to lishers"-at the Office, Bream's Buildings, Chancery "The PubLane, E.C.

A CORRESPONDENT writes: "HAMPSHIRE FIELD CLUB.-The Rev. G. W. Minns has never been abroad. He was editor three years, resigning 1913, when the editorship was accepted by John Hautenville Cope, who is co-editor with the Rev. P. H. Ditchfield (of the Berks Arch. Journal).

"The H. F. C. volume reviewed ante, p. 479, is Vol. VII. but Vol. VI., which was undertaken by the Rev. G. W. Minns, did not make its appearance till a fortnight after Vol. VII. was issued."

CORRIGENDUM. Ante, p. 425, col. 2, 1. 2 from foot, for." Wotton Waven" read Wootton Wawen.

INDEX

A

Abuna, means of communication with, 51, 93
Abyssinia, Biblical Sabbath observed in, 51, 93
Acland (Hugh), Etonian, 1765, 350
Actors taking women's parts, 1630, 346
Addison (Joseph), his unpublished letters, 449
Adelphi," completed by means of a lottery," 345,

477, 516

Adjectives from French place-names, 21, 94, 171,

358

Admonition, as female name, 27

Anonymous Works:-

My Own Green Isle, poem, 269

Puritan, or the Widow of Watling Street,
play, c. 1607, 89, 156

Stranger, published 1806, 170

Visions of the Western Railways, 349

Young Englishman's First Residence in
Jamaica, by a Widow, 1836, 328

Aprice (John), Winchester scholar, 1542, 369
Archæologia,' xxix. 33, 209

Arche family, c. 1420, 270, 318

pitals, c. 1770, 268, 397

Albanian title, Mpret," 247

Alcock (John), Etonian, 1762, 350

Aldersgate, parish registers of St. Botolph, 84, 176

Aldgate, boy's body found erect in St. Botolph's,
1742, 246

Aldgate Pump, changes at, 1913, 6

Alkin (T. Verrier), Etonian, 1760, 350, 434
Allsop Place, origin of the name, 305

Altar frontals from Lanherne Convent, c. 1619, 344
Altar in St. Paul's by Grinling Gibbons, 248, 295,
316

Altars, Christian and pagan, references to, 187,
238, 275, 314, 336, 415

Ambassador, Swedish, in London, 1764-70, 51, 95
Ambrose (John), Etonian, 1757, 350, 395
"Amener de ffeyns," meaning of the term, 350
American pony express, an incident of, 325
American seventeenth-century history, 190
Ampthill, painting of St. Christopher at, 37
Anchor and "the broad arrow,' 481

Anderton (Isabel) = Robert Plumpton, c. 1710, 388
Andrewes (Richard), c. 1500, his ancestry, 56
Andrews (John), Etonian, 1764, 350

Anecdotes of some Distinguished Persons,' 1795,
450, 493

Anglesey House, Drury Lane, 1673-82,229,277,493
Annesley (Samuel), d. 1732, and the Wesley
family, 305

Anno Domini, earliest instance of, 69, 133, 172, 372
Anonymous Works:-

Aut Diabolus aut Nihil, story, 270

Free Enquirer in the Rights....of Several
Companies, 71

Gems of Literature, by a Lady, 1836, 328
Guy's Porridge Pot, poem, 1808, 471, 518

Armorial salver, 1694, and Welham family, 108
Arms. See Heraldry.

Arrow, "the broad arrow," the King's mark, 481
Artigou," origin of the word, 207, 277

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Ashton or Assheton (T.), Etonian, 1761, 350
Assize commenced without judges, 1914, 126
Aston (Willoughby), Etonian, 1761, 350, 434
At that," use of the phrase, 448

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Athill (Joseph), Etonian, 1760, 350, 493
Austen (Jane), reference to "Rumford" chimney,
443

Austin (Daniel), Etonian, 1762, 350
'Autobiography of a Dissenting Minister,' 1834,
69, 135

Ayloffe family, 191, 252, 297, 338

Ayscough (G. E.), Etonian, 1759, 350, 395, 434

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B

Baaran," a tree of some kind, 1601, 105
Backwell (Henry), Etonian, 1760, 389

Bacon (John), 1738-1816, receiver of the First
Fruits Office, 470

Badge, regimental, of the 6th Foot, 8, 58, 117
Badge shaped like a leg of mutton, 229
Bagnio in Chancery Lane, 408
Bailey (John), Etonian, 1755, 389
Baker (Charles), Etonian, 1761, 389
Baker (George), Etonian, 1765, 389
Baker (Jacob), Etonian, 1757, 389
Baker (John), Etonian, 1760, 389
Baker (John), Etonian, 1762, 389
Baker (Richard), Etonian, 1754, 389
Baker (Samuel), Etonian, 1757, 389
Baker (Thomas), Etonian, 1758, 389
Baker (William), Winchester scholar, 1520, 369
Baker-legged," 1607, meaning of the term, 287

Notes and Queries, July 25, 1914.

Bollandiana, Analecta, Tomus XXXIII., 499
Book-Auction Records, Vol. XI. Pt. I., 258
Boynton's (P. H.) London in English Litera-
ture, 59

Bradley's (H.) A New English Dictionary:
Shastri-Shyster, 338

Briggs's (W. D.) Marlowe's Edward II., 318
Brighton, Catalogue of Documents and
Letters lent by Alderman C. Thomas-
Stanford, 500

Bruce of Bannockburn: a Translation of
Barbour's Bruce' by M. Macmillan, 499
Bruce's (Prof. H.) English History in Con-
temporary Poetry, No. 1, 279

Bumpus's (J. S.) A Dictionary of Ecclesi-
astical Terms, 219

Burgess's (F. W.) Chats on Old Coins, 179
Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 1914, 20
Calendar of Coroners' Rolls of the City of
London, A.D. 1300-78, ed. by R. R.
Sharpe, 458

Chalmers's (P. M.) The Cathedral Church of
Glasgow, 359

Chester, Parish Register of the Holy Trinity,
1532-1837, edited by L. M. Farrall, 519
Churchwardens' Accounts of the Parish of
Badsey, Worcestershire, 279

Churchwardens' Accounts from the Four-
teenth Century to the Close of the Seven-
teenth Century, by J. C. Cox, 98
Clay's (R. M.) The Hermits and Anchorites
of England, 439

Cook's (S. A.) The Foundations of Religion,
299

Couper's (W. J.) The Millers of Haddington,
Dunbar, and Dunfermline, 339

Cox's (J. C.) Churchwardens' Accounts from
the Fourteenth Century to the Close of the
Seventeenth Century, 98

Craigie's (W. A.) A New English Dictionary:
Sorrow-Speech, 79

Davies's (R.) The Greatest House at Chelsey,
478

Deane's (Rev. A. C.) Great Malvern Priory
Church, 400

Dedications, compiled by M. E. Brown, 318,
498

Escott's (T. H. S.) Club Makers and Club
Members, 399

Henry VII., The Reign of, from Contemporary
Sources, selected by A. F. Pollard, 98,
358

Heraldry, The Manual of, edited by F. J.
Grant, 199

History, English, in Contemporary Poetry:
No. I. The Fourteenth Century, by Prof.
H. Bruce.-No. III. The Tudor Monarchy,
1485 to 1588, by N. L. Frazer, 279
Holborn and London Citizens, edited by J. C.
Whitebrook, 140

Huish's (M. B.) Samplers and Tapestry
Embroideries, 39

International Directory of Booksellers, edited
by J. Clegg, 279

Jones's (A.) The Period of the Industrial
Revolution, 299

Krüger's (Dr. G.) Schwierigkeiten
Englischen, Part II. Section I., 239

des

Lanercost, The Chronicle of, 1272-1346,
trans. by Sir H. Maxwell, 178

London, A Short History of, by K. H. Vickers,
199

London Charities, Herbert Fry's Royal
Guide to the, 120

London in English Literature, by P. H.
Boynton, 59

Luther and the Reformation, by L. D. Agate,
299

Mace's (C. A.) Goode Olde Countree, 519
Major's (A. E.) Early Wars of Wessex, 258
Mending of Life, Introduction by D. Harford,
160

Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, 99
Mutschmann's (H.) The Place-Names of
Nottinghamshire, 258

Neale's (Rev. J. M.) Sermons preached in
Sackville College Chapel, 99

New English Dictionary: Sorrow-Speech,
by W. A. Craigie, 79; Shastri-Shyster,
by H. Bradley, 338

Parish Register of the Holy and Undivided
Trinity in the City of Chester, 1532-1837,
edited by L. M. Farrall, 519

Peddie's (R. A.) Fifteenth Century Books:
a Guide to their Identification, 139

I.

Pepys Bibliotheca Pepysiana: Part
Sea Manuscripts; Part II. Early
Printed Books to 1558, 419

Place-Names of Gloucestershire, by W. St. C.
Baddeley, 258

Place-Names of Nottinghamshire, by H.
Mutschmann, 258