'A MEDLEY FINALE TO THE GREAT ExHIBITION' (10th S. v. 64, 113).- From information with which I have again been kindly favoured by MR. JOHN HEBB, I find I was right in my impression that these topical verses first made their appearance in an extravaganza by Planché (see ante, p. 14), and that they date from the early forties." They were sung by Charles Mathews in the character of Puff in the "Medley Finale" of "The Drama at Home or an Evening with Puff, an Original Occasional and Local Extravaganza in Two Acts by J. R. Planché Esq. First Performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket Easter Monday April 8 1844." The "Centrifugal Railway" stanza, which was sung to the tune of "A frog he would a-wooing go," ran as follows: If a somerset you neatly wish to throw, I'd really advise you at once to go- I hope the indexer of 'N. & Q.' may be able to find a more appropriate heading than the above. W. F. PRIDEAUX. "TRUMP" AS A CARD TERM (10th S. v. 148). -In Latimer's 'Sermon on the Card,' 1529, occurs the following: : · ledge of the Constitution under early English and Norman Kings. Twenty-one lectures in all are printed, of which the first eight deal with The Anglo-Saxon Constitution,' 'Feudalism,' the 'Leges Henrici Primi,' the 'Charters of Stephen,' and other matters connected with purely domestic growth and development, ending with the investigation of the Domesday and later surveys; while the remainder treat of the study of the various growths of European kingdoms and institutions. In the earlier portion, as in the later, the writer deals largely with Germanic influences, not only as in themselves (thanks to what we learn concerning them from Julius Cæsar and Tacitus) offering the best opportunities for study, but as furnishing the earliest traces of our forefathers. The fact is insisted on that the name of Briton, by which we call The blood that is in our veins comes from German ourselves, has "only a geographical significance. ancestors. Our language, diversified as it is, is at the bottom a German language; our institutions have grown into what they are from the common basis of the ancient institutions of Germany." That. we belong to the great Teutonic household is a fact not less clear than gratifying to the writer, whose prejudices-or we will rather say convictions-as to the solidity and moral worth of the German character abundantly assert themselves. Especially noteworthy is the comparison more than once kings (with the solitary exception of St. Louis) and established between the vices of the early French the virtues of the German emperors. On the subjects on which he writes Bishop Stubbs remainsa great authority. New light has been cast upon many of his conclusions, but in few cases have these been invalidated, or indeed, in any appreciable degree, shaken. Rather may it be said that the decisions of later writers, where they are not influenced by Stubbs's views, bear them out and snbstantiate them. A sounder, if a less brilliantscholar than Bishop Creighton, Stubbs has influenced hugely the whole tone of modern English historical research. The task of criticism thus becomes almost superfluous. We can accordingly note for special praise the chapters on The Elements of Nationality among European Nations.' 'The Origin and Position Churches,' The Historical Origin of European of the German, Roman, Frank, Celtic, and English Law, Systems of Landholding in Medieval Europe, The Growth of the Representative Growth of the Constitutional Principle in the Principle,' 'Early Judicial Systems,' and 'The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries,' and lastly an important and philosophical contribution (the value of which can scarcely be over-estimated) upon the beginnings of the foreign policy of England in the Middle Ages. Recreations of a Naturalist. By James Edmund Harting. (Fisher Unwin.) A KEEN sportsman and an observant naturalist, Mr. James Edmund Harting is known to the read. ing public as the author of numerous works on subjects belonging to natural history, some of them, like the present volume, drawn from the pages of The Field, to which he is a fairly frequent contributor. As the author of a 'Handbook of British Birds' and of works similar in purpose and aim, our author naturally is largely, though far from exclusively, occupied with ornithological subjects. A master of erudition in his favourite topics, he enriches his pages with the best utterances of lite- offers unending attractions. The Edinburgh Review, January, 1906. (Longmans & Co.) to some of the nuances of expression which form her sections, and we do not think it probable that any one not English born is likely to reach perfect accuracy in going into verbal minutiæ. She has had the advantages of consulting the treasures of the Oxford Scriptorium for her examples. We notice, further, in the number a bibliography of contributions to English lexicography in 1903, which would be improved by brief indications of the worth of some of the items; and notes by the editor on the words "aggressive and " baffle," and on a phrase or two in Mr. Wells's Kipps.' Here and elsewhere the versatility of English slang supplies good sport for the foreigner. We had rather play Rugby football than put its details into German. But has not this been done already in a German edition of 'Tom Brown,' which, if studied, might explain the reference to Sir Canon Doyle's passage here the subject of inquiry? Bausteine is issued by the Langenscheidtsche Verlagsbuchhandlung of Berlin. PETER JOHN FRANCIS GANTILLON, M.A., who died at Hawthornden, Cheltenham, on 2 March, aged seventy-six, contributed to N. & Q.' regularly, chiefly on classical subjects, from a very early volume down to 10th S. ii. Notices to Correspondents. We must call special attention to the followir g notices: We cannot undertake to answer queries privately. To secure insertion of communications correspondents must observe the following rules. Let each note, query, or reply be written on a separate slip of paper, with the signature of the writer and such address as he wishes to appear. When answering queries, or making notes with regard to previous entries in the paper, contributors are requested to put in parentheses, immediately after the exact heading, the series, volume, and page or pages to Correspondents who repeat which they refer. queries are requested to head the second communication "Duplicate." THE paper on the Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum is of high excellence. It will convey much information to not a few of our readers. On one point only do we disON all communications must be written the name agree with the writer. Surely it would be most unwise to dispose of the duplicates the library and address of the sender, not necessarily for putcontains, not only because it is often almost im-lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. possible to distinguish in what a true duplicate consists, but also because three or four persons may require the same book at the same time-an occurrence we have known to happen not infrequently.The paper on Nathaniel Hawthorne is a sound piece of literary criticism, which gives a good picture of the man as he appeared to his friends, though perhaps there is too much shadow in the portrait. We fully agree with the reviewer in his blame of those who have dwelt in detail on Hawthorne's home life, as this was, we understand, contrary to what must be regarded as his express prohibition.-The Visionary Art of William Blake' is instructive from several points of view, as the writer does not shrink from showing sympathy for one who was far removed from the thoughts and aspirations of the world around him. Novels with a Philosophy' is interesting, but in some ways not easy to fathom. The writer dwells upon cases where marriage takes place between two people "whose natures are so unlike that trouble is bound to result." He ought, in our opinion, to have pointed out the fact that these unhappy results conmonly arise from the follies of the weaker and more cowardly party to the contract. AILSA CRAIG ("Hail, beauteous stranger of the Cuckoo' has been discussed at great length in grove");The authorship of the Ode to the N. & Q. See the many articles on the subject in 9th S. viii., ix., X., xi. M. C. L., New York ('De Tribus Impostoribus'). -The late CHANCELLOR CHRISTIE and MR. J. ELIOT HODGKIN contributed important articles on this book at 7th S. viii. 449. These will probably supply all the information you desire. E. W. SMYTH ("Parish Constables "). — Full inBausteine, edited by Leon Kellner, continues to provide a wealth of examples of English word-formation will be found under the heading 'Heacham Parish Officers,' 10th S. ii. 247, 335, 371, usage which is of permanent value to all students NOTICE. of our language. Vol. I., Part 4, which is before 431; iii. 37. us, contains an important study of the words "sentiment" and "sentimental," which pervaded the literature of the eighteenth century. Dr. Anna Wüstner, of Vienna, is to be commended for the width of her research, but we think that she refines on meanings too much. We differ from her as Editorial communications should be addressed to "The Editor of Notes and Queries ""-Adver tisements and Business Letters to "The Pub. lisher"-at the Office, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.C. LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1906. CONTENTS.-No. 118. NOTES:-Hardy Pedigree in The Three Dorset Captains,' French Proverbial 241- Provincial Booksellers, 242Phrases, 243-Dally the Tall-Nelson Trafalgar Memorandum-'King Trisanku'-Thomas Cornwallis, of Porchester-Oldest Protestant Church in the United States, 244-"Up": its Barbarous Misuse-John Adams's Epitaph-" Roman" Mound-Cheyne Walk: China WalkSamplers, 215-"There!"-Incantation: The Image in the Sands'-' The Flowers of Lodowicke of Granada, 246. QUERIES:-Sterne's Letters to John Blake-French Dictionary for the Blind-Collop Monday, &c, 247-Authors of Quotations Wanted-The Crucifixion: Earliest Representation in Art-Lithuanian Etymological DictionaryRead Family, 248-Ham House: Closed Gates - James Hervey's Correspondence-Whitchurch, Middlesex-Duke [of Guelderland: Duke of Lorraine-R. Y.: "Irish Stocke" -Ariel-Edmund Tillesley, 249-" Rattling good thing". Knightley Family - Digby-Lewis Carroll and Charles Nodier-Mozarabic Mass in Spain-North-West Somerset in 1596, of John Hardy to Ann Samways; and Combe Sydenham, 250. Brerewood, 258. NOTES ON BOOKS:-'The Scots Peerage'-Lowe's Edi- Totes. HARDY PEDIGREE IN THE THREE DORSET CAPTAINS AT TRAFALGAR.' THE main interest of The Three Dorset Captains at Trafalgar' is concentrated in the letters of Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy ("Nelson's Hardy "), and the genealogies of the three captains are necessarily a minor feature of the volume. Yet the pedigree of a distinguished man is always interesting, and it is to be regretted that the book was not furnished with a more reliable account of Sir T. M. Hardy's ancestors. The principal object of the pedigree seems to have been to show that Sir T. M. Hardy had with three other admirals of the same surname a common ancestor in Clement le Hardy, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 66 Now the authors of the book seem to have overlooked the fact that there were Hardys at or near Portisham nearly all through the sixteenth century. On subsidy or muster rolls occur William Hardy in the neighbourhood in 1523, Thomas and Richard at Portisham in 1543, Margaret at Portisham in 1558, and John and William at Portisham in 1596, with many others of the name at these dates in the adjoining villages of Rodden and Abbotsbury. Further, Sir T. M. Hardy's ancestor Anthony was in 1636 plaintiff in a Chancery suit (Chas. I., H. 110/49), when described himself as Anthonie Portesham, yeoman,' and Hardy, of stated that he and one Jeffry Hardy had his near been sureties for William Hardy, gent., whom Anthony mentions as kinsman," who had about 1606 bought land at Bexington, in Abbotsbury, and who died This in 1618, leaving two grown-up sons. William was no doubt a William Hardy of Bexington, "yeoman," who, in deposing in a Chancery suit (Bundle 363, Hayne v. Bartlett) in 1611, gave his age as fifty years, and was thus born about 1561. Jeffry seems yeoman," to have been a Jeffry Hardy, who in 1608 (Chanc. Proc. of Chas. I, H. 90/29) had some concern at Buckland Ripers, a village some three miles from Portisham. 66 66 " Again, in a fourth Chancery suit, dated 1607 (Chas. I., S. 121/17), there is mention of a John Hardy the younger, of Portisham, and Ann his wife, who do not appear to have been in affluent circumstances, having rented some farm stock at Buckland from John Samways, and who were surely identical with the couple married at Portisham in 1596. It will be observed that Anthony, William, Jeffry, and John the younger all belonged to the yeoman class, and that though the last three were presumably the contemporaries of Anthony's father, no such persons appear in the full and well-authenticated pedigree of the Toller Whelme family. Indeed, it is inconceivable that the sons or grandsons of a gentleman who had lately registered his coat of arms could have been styled yeomen, and it may be concluded that 242 Miss Anderton, 1779. Mrs. Toulmin, 1788. T. Norris, 1794. Tewkesbury.-Harward, 1783. Aberdeen.-Francis Douglas, printer, end of Broad Gate, 1759-60. Dundee.-R. Nicol, 1789. Dunfermline.-James Beugo, 1739. Heir of Andrew Anderson, printer, 1679. William Brown, a little above the Cross, north side of the street, 1716. George Jaffrey, east corner of Trone Church, Joseph Howes, 1682. FRENCH PROVERBIAL PHRASES. (See 10th S. i. 3, 485; ii. 404; iii. 203; iv. 504.) Contentement passe richesse.-The following "bas - breton dialogue is given by La Mésangère in illustration of this proverb : LE MARI ET LA FEMME. Le mari.-As-tu vu ce matin la dame du château ? Comme elle était belle à la messe ! elle portait une robe toute découpée, des pendans d'oreilles et des chaînes d'or. La femme,-Mon mari, ils avaient l'air triste. La F.-Mon mari, ils ne mangeaient point. Le M.-Et ce lit de soie, ces belles colonnes, ces glands d'or? La F.-Mon ami, ils ne......sont pas heureux. comme nous. Everybody knows La Fontaine's fable of Le Savetier et le Financier,' pointing the same moral. Faire patte de velours. The following Samuel Fairbrother, Skinner Row, over against lines in La Mésangère's book give both the the Tholsel, 1716. Aaron Rhames, printer, 1721. James Carson, Coghill's Court, Dame Street, 1723. Robert Owen, Skinner Row, 1732-6. George Grierson, printer, King's Arms and Two R. Reilly, printer, Cork Hill, 1736. M. Baldwin, printer, Harbour Street, 1723. B. Seeley, of Buckingham, 1747, is interesting in connexion with the London house, still existing, and a late Professor of History. The name of Minshull, of Chester, occurring in 1712, survived till 1846, perhaps later. P. N. R. W. C. B. in his valuable list gives "Mr. Woller" as a bookseller at Manchester in 1633. His authority, as he states, is the Camden Society's volume (N.S., 18) of 'Documents relating to Prynne.' I should be glad if he, or any other correspondent, could furnish any particulars about this Woller. I am inclined to think that Winchester, and not Manchester, is intended. A reference to the original Privy Council Register of 7 March, 1633, would perhaps settle the point. C. W. SUTTON. Manchester. origin and application of this proverb :- Semblant ne point voir ce qu'il guette, Rien de trop.-Here are some clever lines For fear any one should add 'et trop de |