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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io" s. v. JUNE so, im
the first appearance at Salamanca of
- Minerva/ the famous work on the Latin
language by the Spanish scholar Francisco Sanchez (Sanctius). This book was fre- quently reprinted (there is an Amsterdam edition in 1733), and seems at least as likely to be referred to in the private letter of the query as the High-Dutch grammar suggested by ME. PLATT. But as no information is offered as to the tastes or pursuits of the writer of this letter, or as to the connexion in which the titles are mentioned, it is not easy to return a confident answer.
EDWARD BENSLY.
LADY COVENTRY'S MINUET (10 th S. v. 307, 355). I have looked up such magazines as I possess between the dates of Maria Gun- ning's marriage (1752), and death (1760), and have found what may be the piece wanted.
In The Universal Magazine, vol. xiii., Sup- plement (after December number, 1753), &, 321, is a dance headed ' The Countess of oven try's M ' Unfortunately, the leaf
is torn jaggedly, and the remainder of the last word is illegible, but does not appear to have made up " Minuet." From the directions, it was probably a country dance, and the title most likely * The Countess of Coventry's March.' In a later magazine is a country dance called ' General Waldegrave's March. 3 The author of the music is not stated. If Thicknesse was not a musical or a dancing man, it is conceivable that the word "minuet" is an error. On the other hand, there might be another piece of music with the countess's name. J. P. HINDS.
Cox's * HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE ' (10 th S. v. 327, 372). It may be added that Cox's ' Magna Britannia ' is not even now quite valueless, seeing that it records many existing landowners and some sepulchral monuments. EDWARD SMITH.
WEST'S PICTURE OF THE DEATH OF GENERAL WOLFE (10 th S. v. 409, 451). The following extract from the registers of Meole Brace, near Shrewsbury, is of great interest, as it undoubtedly fixes the per- sonality of the prominent figure in Grenadier uniform: "1802, Mar. 11. Joseph Preston (the Gren r in Wolf's Picture) buried."
HERBERT SOUTH AM.
Shrewsbury.
I have often wondered whether the por- traits of distinguished men depicted in historical pictures are real likenesses. We possess many finely executed engravings ; for instance, 'Landing of Charles II. at Dover/ ' Cromwell dissolving the Long
Parliament' (in which Sir Harry Vane is
represented with outstretched hands in
horror), 4 Battle of the Boyne,' 'Death of
Wolfe,' and others ; but many of them are
spoilt by having their margins clipped or
cut away entirely. JOHN.PICKFORD, M.A,
Newbourne Rectory, Woodoridge.
KIPLING'S *WITH SCINDIA TO DELHI' (10 th S. v. 426). Is not " Mlech " a contraction of Moloch or Melech (Hindustani mdlik)1 If so, it seems no very egregious blunder to give the ch a hard sound, long usage having accustomed us to the hard sound of ch in Moloch and Melech.
Malik = king, lord, is commonly used by natives of India in addressing Europeans, and the word must of course have been well known to Kipling, who, however he might choose to spell it, is not likely to have been mistaken as to its pronunciation. F. W.
"EsHiN"': "BELTIN"' = CANING (10 th S. v. 466). In 'The Pedagogue's Lament' a somewhat similar production to Column's 'Rodiad,' and written about 1835 occurs the following :
Ah ! those were the times, delightful reflection ! When Rod ruled supreme, all forms of correction, Birching, flogging, and caning, and every kind Of suitable torture, &c.
The word " caning " also occurs in a collection of Westminster School rimes about 1828 or 1830 ; and a correspondent tells me that he remembers it being in use at a private school at Norwich to which he went some sixty years ago. FREDERICK T. HIBGAME.
MR. RATCLIFFE speaks of the word " caning " not being in use '* fifty years ago." All I can say is that I was at two large schools from 1832 to 1840, and I do not remember any other mode of punishment being in use at that period. G. C. W.
ALLAN CUNNINGHAM'S 'THE KING OF THE PEAK' (10 th S. v. 208, 271,337, 352). As it may not be easy to refer to the letter addressed to me by my old friend Mr. William Bennet, solicitor, of Chapel-en-le- Frith, printed at 4 th S. x. 57, let me say there can be no doubt of his having been the author of this novel. His son, the late Dr. Robert Bennet, on my last visit to him at Buxton, presented me with a copy of the book. On the title-page is printed :
" The King of the Peak, | a Romance | by the late | William Bennet. | Republished and edited by his son, I Robert Bennet, M.D. I, "The truth is I have a plot for you."' Cutter of Coleman Street.' | London : Chapman and Hall | (Limited) 1883. | All rights reserved,"
