NEW ENGLISH ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARIES. 1. AN ETYMOLOGICAL AND PRONOUNCING NEW WORK BY DEAN STANLEY. LECTURES on the HISTORY of the JEWISH CHURCH. Third Series. From the Captivity to the Christian Era. By ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY, D.D., Dean of Westminster. DICTIONARY of the ENGLISH LAN- THE GUAGE. Including a very Copious Selection of Scientific, Technical, and other Terms and Phrases. Designed for Use in Schools and Colleges, and as a Handy Book for General Reference. By the Rev. JAMES STORMONTH. The Pronunciation carefully revised by Rev. P. H. PHELP, M.A. Third Edition. Revised, and Enlarged with a Supplement of many additional Words; and a List of Scripture proper names, and other names, all respelt for pronunciation. Crown 8vo. pp. 785, 78. 6d. This dictionary is admirable. The etymological part especially is good and sound. We have turned to calamity, forest," poltroon," and a number of other crucial words, and find them all derived according to the newest lights. There is nothing about calamus,' aud foris," and police truncus, such as we used to find in the etymological dictionaries of the old type. The work deserves a place in every English schol, whether b ys' or girls'."— Westminster Review, The SCHOOL ETYMOLOGICAL DICTION ARY and WORD-BOOK. Combining the advantages of an 111. JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street. QUARTERLY No. 283, is JUST PUBLISHED. I. LORD MACAULAY. Contents. REVIEW, II. ORNAMENTAL and USEFUL TREE PLANTING. IV. The ORKNEYS and RUDE STONE MONUMENTS. VI. MODERN PHILOSOPHERS on the PROBABLE AGE of VII SOUTH SEA ISLAND MYTHOLOGY. VIII. SOCIAL RELATIONS of ENGLAND and AMERICA. Nos. 279 and 230 contain the GENERAL INDEX to Volumes 122 to 139 of the QUARTERLY REVIEW. JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street. ACMILLAN'S MA MAGAZINE, No. 202, for AUGUST. Price 18. 1. Sir SALAR JUNG and his CLAIMS. By M. Laing-Meason. 2. MADCAP VIOLET. By William Black. Author of "A Princess The HANDY SCHOOL DICTIONARY. For 3. The ITALIAN DRAMA. By Miss Phillimore. SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT, Consisting of 12 Pages of ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS and Letter-press, descriptive of THE ROYAL GARDENS, Price 5d.; Post Free, 5d. KEW. May be ordered of all Booksellers and News Agents, and at the Railway Bookstalls. W. RICHARDS, 41, Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C. Printed by E. J. FRANCIS & CO., at Took's Court, Chancery Lane, E. C.; and Published by ISS GLYN'S SHAKSPERIAN READINGS GLADSTONE. PRICE FOURPENCE. Registered as a Newspaper honour to announce that she will teach READING and ELOCUTION STATUE of the Right Hon. W. E. GLADSTONE, during her leisure from Public Work-Letters to be addressed to Miss GLYN, 13, Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, W. M.P. D.C.L. &c., by J. ADAMS ACTON. See the Art-Journal for August. At any Bookseller's, price 28. 6d. No Contractors, Wine Office Court. E. C., and Took's Court, E.C.. for LETTER-PRESS PRINTING and LITHOGRAPHY. WORKS on TOBACCO, SNUFF, &c.-Book sellers having Books on Tobacco, Snuff, &c.. or Magazines, Journals, or Newspapers containing Articles on the subject, are invited to report such to the Office of COPE'S TOBACCO PLANT, 10, Lord Nelson Street, Liverpool. MEMORIAL BRASSES are now being wrought and engraved by GAWTHORP, Medieval Metal Worker, on thick Latten Brass, as used in the Fourteenth Century. It does not corrode, as ordinary Yellow or Birmingham Brass, and is specially manufactured for Mural Tablets, &c. Priced Book of Designs free for Six Stamps. 16, LONG ACRE, London. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. THE Ground Lease of Premises, 92, Great Russell Street, having expired, Mr. L. HERRMAN has removed to GREAT RUSSELL STREET, BLOOMSBURY, Opposite British Museum. The Premises have been specially arranged for the Exhibition of Works of Art; and Mr. L. Herrman, in thanking the many Art Collectors and Dealers who have honoured him with their patronage, invites inspection of his Choice and very Extensive Collection of PAINTINGS, embracing works of the Old as well as the Modern Schools of Art, and containing many Fine Examples of the Early Italian and German Masters, a few productions of the Modern Continental Schools, and a large Selection of Portraits of Illustrious l'ersons, Foreign and English, the whole adapted for the Gallery or Private Cabinet, and most advantageously purchased to merit the inspection of the Connoisseur and Dealer. Selected, from time to time, with all the advantages of judgment and extensive Continental connexion. Lining, Restoring, and General Arrangement of Artistic Property. This Establishment will be found to possess superior advantages of skilful and efficient work. L. H. recommends his mode of Cleaning and Restoring Pictures as particularly adaptable for the Restoration of Art Works from the early German and Italian period. Pictures and Drawings Framed after the most beautiful models of Italian, French, and English Carved Work, affording to the Art Col- Catalogues Arranged and Collections Valued for Probate Duty. All Mr. Herrman can entertain the Purchase of Pictures by deceased British Artists, many interesting Works of this School being connected with the Large Collection now on View at 60, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury. London: VIRTUE & CO. Publishers. OBERT HOLLYMAN'S CATALOGUE of OLD BOOKS post free for one stamp.-1, Britannia Place, Fulham Road, London, S. W. A1 N ARCHAIC DICTIONARY, Biographical, Historical, and Mythological; from the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Etruscan Monuments and Papyri. By W. R. COOPER, F.R A.S. M.R.A.S., Secretary of the Society of Biblical Archæology. Cloth extra, 158. SAMUEL BAGSTER & SONS, 15, Paternoster Row, London. Just published, price 58. cloth lettered, with 23 Illustrative Plans and Sketches, COLCHESTER CASTLE, & ROMAN BUILD ING. By GEORGE BUCKLER, Author of Twenty two of the Churches of Essex." Colchester: BENHAM & HARRISON, 15. High Street. London: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & Co. Stationers' Hall Court. STAMPING IN COLOURS WITHOUT CHARGE. JENNER & KNEWSTUB are now Stamping Note-Paper and Envelopes with CREST, ADDRESS, or simple MONOGRAM, in COLOURS, by Machinery, without any Charge. To lubs, Public Companies, and Large Consumers an Enormous Saving is effected by this new process of Coloured Stamping. JENNER & KNEWSTUB, to the Queen and Prince and Princess of Wales, Heraldic Stationers and Engravers, 33, St. James's Street, and 66, Jermyn Street, S.W. ONE MILLION STERLING COMPENSATION FOR DEATH AND INJURIES ACCIDENTS OF ALL KINDS. BY THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY, Hon. A. KINNAIRD, M.P., Chairman. Paid-up Capital and Reserve Fund, £180,000. Bonus allowed to Insurers of Five Years' standing. TO BOOKBUYERS, A List of SECOND-HAND BOOKBUYERS.-A List of SECOND-HAND MEMORIAL Theology and General Literature; also a few Greek and Latin Classics -part of the Stock of W. HEATH, 497, New Oxford Street, London. 5TH S. No. 136. BRASSES. C. BARR, CHANDOS STREET, CHARING CROSS. RUPTURES. BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS is CANE WINDOW BLINDS. allowed by upwards of 500 Medical Men to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided; a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the MOC-MAIN PAD and PATENT LEVER, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the Truss (which cannot fail to fit) forwarded by post on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the Manufacturer, MR. JOHN WHITE, 228, PICCADILLY, LONDON. An Umbilical Truss, 428. and 528. 6d. Postage free. ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for VARICOSE VEINS, and all cases of WEAKNESS and SWELLING of the LEGS, SPRAINS, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Prices, 48. 6d., 78. 6d., 108., and 168. each. Postage free. JOHN WHITE, MANUFACTURER, 223, PICCADILLY, London. ROLLS COURT. PIRACY. For the Protection of the Public and Myself against Injurious PIRATICAL IMITATIONS, I have again applied for and obtained a Perpetual Injunction, with Costs, against a Chemist in Manchester. Observe the GENUINE PYRETIC SALINE has my Name, Trade Mark, and Signature on a Buff-Coloured Wrapper. H. LAMPLOUGH, 113, Holborn. 40, In a variety of patterns, made to order. H. J. CAVE & SONS, WIG MORE STREET, W. GENTLEMEN desirous of having their Linens dressed to perfection should supply their Laundresses with the "GLENFIELD STARCH," which imparts a brilliancy and elasticity gratifying alike to the sense of sight and touch. LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1876. CONTENTS.- N° 136. resume their meetings, the professional men are back at chambers, the old-booksellers at full work, and the habitués of the British Museum at their wonted seats in the Reading Room. The third was that it would probably be the only new claimant to public favour which would appear in November, whereas in January it might be only one of twenty competitors. NOTES:-The Story of "Notes and Queries," 101-The Cathedral of Cloyne, 102- Shakspeariana, 103-Samuel Sheppard, 104-" Falaise "-Ordination of a Welshman in Cork in 1578-Scotch Dialects-Dialect, 105- Diplomatic Etiquette-Shew Show-"In puris naturalibus "-Epitaph on a Tombstone in Enfield Churchyard-Planchette, 106. QUERIES:-Fresco-General Sir J. Steuart Denham, Bart."Allflower"-T. Topham-" Facciolati et Forcellini Lexicon" "Atlas des Mémoires," &c.-Heraldic Bibliography, 107Old German Heraldry-Laws of Heraldry-Hautemprise Convent: Adam Claypool Liver of Antimony-Ary Scheffer's "Repose in Egypt "-E. A. Poe's "Raven "-Provincial Fairs-A Silver Medal-"Pinching by the little finger *—“O si sic omnia”—“ Politeuphuia, Wit's Commonwealth," 108-"Ink-horn terms"-Precedence of English Ambassadors-Premature Interment-Author Wanted, 109. REPLIES:-Cow Folk-lore, 109-Carlyle as a Poet, 110Curious Errors caused by Homonymy, 111-MalapropianaMaclise's Painting of the Meeting of Blücher and Wellington, 112-Trooping the Colour-" Rink"-"Poems on Affairs of State," 113-"Buft" and "Miff "-" Ague," 114-"Legitimate sovereignty with bastard illegality"- Two Tiny Volumes-Dante-" Ramping "-Sheridan's Begum Speech, 115- Oy "-" Scoundrel "-H. Bell's Steamship Comet-An Old English Colony, 116-"Ye aye cry death," &c-Official Accounts of Great Fires-Mr. Whitaker-Constance, Sister of Lord de Mauley-W. le Rus-Mr. Hartley-Public Records of Scotland-Hesiod: Homer, 117-Slang of the Stock Exchange-Rev. W. Blaxton-Bibliography of Utopias the new journal to be called? Unlike one's mate-Italian Translation of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall," 118rial offspring, which require to be born before they "Skid" - Legal Dates- General Gerunto-"Gono to Jericho "-"Terrified "-" Tetter"-Whitney, 119. Notes on Books, &c. Notes. THE STORY OF "NOTES AND QUERIES." (Continued from p. 42.) There wanted but five weeks to November, and there were as many important points to be settled before the paper could appear. What was to be its form; what its price; who was to print it; who publish it; what was it to be called? Four of these were soon settled. Such of my readers as remember the Somerset House Gazette, published by Pine under the pseudonym of Ephraim Hardcastle, will recognize the prototype of the present paper. As I wanted a good circulation, I fixed upon a low price-threepence. I could not find better printers than Messrs. Spottiswoode with their excellent staff of readers, nor a worthier publisher than my friend Mr. George Bell, then of No. 186, Fleet Street. These four points were Not so the fifth-what was readily disposed of. can be named, the offspring of the brain must be named before it is born, and a well-chosen name conduces materially to its safe and prosperous entrance into life; and if a good name in man and woman be the very jewel of their souls, assuredly a well-chosen name is essential to the success of a new periodical. Who could believe that if our great, good-natured popular satirist had come forThe month of September, 1849, was drawing toward as the London Charivari it would have a close when I made up my mind to take upon myself the risk and responsibility of publishing a small journal devoted to the special use of literary inquirers and lovers of books, and announced my intention to those friends who I thought would be likely to avail themselves of its columns. Though some few doubted whether my proposed undertaking would prove successful, they were, I think, unanimous in promising to support it, and nearly as unanimous in saying, "Of course, you will not think of bringing out your first number until January." But I had determined differently. I argued with Macbeth (as sometimes misquoted) "If it were well when it is done, then it were well It were done quickly "; and had made up my mind that the new journal should make its first appearance on the first Saturday in November. There were to my mind three good reasons for this. One was the fact that October, November, and December were months of comparative leisure with me, affording me more time to nurse my bantling. The second was that the literary year really commences in November, when the publishing season begins, the learned societies taken public opinion by storm, as it did when it invited the listening world to give ear to the familiar voice of Punch? Who can doubt that the wisdom and far-sightedness of John Walter in abandoning its original title, the Universal Register, has contributed in no small degree to the world-wide influence and reputation which the Times now enjoys? As this was my opinion in 1849, it will readily be believed that the choice of a name for my new journal was a matter of much thought and consideration. Some short time since, having occasion to refer They raise the nation's spirit when victorious; It is scarcely probable that Hood had never enjoyed the wit and humour of The Prospectus and Specimen of an intended National Work, but I can well believe that the identity between this passage in Frere and the title of Hood's Whims and Oddities is a mere coincidence. So with regard to the passage in the letter of Richard Lovell Edgeworth to Dr. Darwin, "Here is a note and query for you," quoted from the Memoirs of R. L. Edgeworth by MR. HOOKER, at p. 459 of the last volume; it is a coincidence, and a curious one, but nothing more. I never saw the book to my knowledge, and I can assure my friend MR. HOOKER I was not indebted to it in the slightest degree for the title which I eventually | determined upon. If the reader has ever had the pleasure of perusing Dr. Maitland's book on the Waldenses (and if he has not he will thank me for calling his attention to it), he will remember the doctor's inquiries into the various explanations of the origin of the name of those victims of persecution, and how, after coming to the conclusion that they were so called after the founder of their views, Peter Waldo, he proceeds to inquire why he was so called, and eventually arrives at the very obvious conclusion, the relish of which I fear I may spoil in repeating it, that he was called Peter Waldo because his name was Peter Waldo! So was it with the name of this journal. All sorts of titles had suggested themselves to me and been suggested to me by my friends, and an entire evening had been occupied in passing them in review, when Mr. Bruce with his characteristic practical common sense said, "But let us see what will be the chief objects of the paper; what will it mainly consist of?" "Notes and Queries" was my answer, and we cudgelled our brains to find some title which should imply as much; but in vain. On my homeward walk, however, the words "Notes and Queries" continually recurred to me, and I wrote to Bruce the next morning to say that I had made up my mind, and that I should publish on Saturday, the 3rd of November, the first number of Notes and Queries. I think my choice was a happy one, but that opinion was not shared by all my friends. One for whom I had the deepest regard, and in whose judgment I had great reliance, protested strongly against it, and wrote to say that he thought the idea on which the paper was founded was so good that he was about to propose to join me in the undertaking, and bring in any capital that might be required, as well as his long experience in journalism, but that the title I had given it would be fatal to its success. But after giving his arguments my best attention, I stood fast by the title I had determined upon, and on the day appointed "N. & Q." made its first appearance. Of that first number I was and am very proud, and with good grounds. It opens with an address of which I may express my admiration, for it was written, not by the editor, but by Dr. Maitland, who had a few days previously communicated to me the happy suggestion, made by a learned lady relative, that Capt. Cuttle's favourite maxim would be the fittest motto for "N. & Q.” This address is followed by an interesting note by Mr. Bruce "On the Place of Capture of the Duke of Monmouth," and this by one of like character, "Shakspeare and Deer Stealing," by my esteemed old friend J. Payne Collier. Pray remember the Grotto," by the editor, was followed by a notice of "A MS. Volume of Chronicles at Reigate," from the pen of that kind and accomplished scholar, Albert Way. Mr. Dilke contributed two queries, brief yet characteristic-1. As to the age of certain newspapers; 2. with reference to a speech of Lord Chatham mentioned by Lord Brougham. Dr. Maitland contributed, in addition to the address already referred to, an article entitled "Value of a Depository for Notes: New Edition of Herbert's 'Ames." "A Bibliographical Project," by critical but kind-hearted Bolton Corney, and "New Facts about Lady Arabella Stuart," by poor Peter Cunningham, then the enfant gâté of every literary and social gathering, are the last of the signed articles. I am sorry to say that of those signed by initials or pseudonyms I now recognize only one-that on "Dorne the Bookseller," signed W--, which was written by my learned friend the Rev. John Wilson, who afterwards succeeded Dr. Bliss as Head of St. Mary Hall. There is one small query in the number to which accident gave an importance which I little anticipated when I inserted it. Some time in the preceding month I had met that distinguished and accomplished scholar, to whom I have been indebted for many kindnesses, M. Sylvain Van de Weyer, who after speaking in very warm terms of the excellent idea of "N. & Q.,” and most hopefully of the prospect of its success, asked me to insert for him a query as to the origin and meaning of the phrase, “A Flemish Account." I did so, but instead of marking it with his initials, S. V. W., I commenced a practice which I have since frequently followed when making similar inquiries for other eminent persons, that of distinguishing the article by some initials which would remind me for whom it was inserted. In this case I identified The Belgian Minister by the initials "T. B. M.," little thinking that by so doing I was misleading the world into the belief that amongst the earliest contributors to "N. & Q." was the great popular historian, Thomas Babington Macaulay. WILLIAM J. THOMS. |