10 S. XL MAR. 27, 1909.] NOTES AND QUERIES.
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" Incut," I imagine, describes what is
generally known as indexing on the fore-edge
of a book a practice now frequently
adopted in preparing Bibles, dictionaries,
and directories, to facilitate quick reference.
WM. JAGG ARC.
Liverpool.
" Incut " has the same meaning as " cut out," a term used by bookbinders to indicate that the outer margin of the book is cut out in sections, which are lettered to corre- spond with the contents. Wholesale cata- logues are frequently treated in this way to facilitate reference to subjects. The docu- ments referred to by Q. V. have their outer margins cut out and lettered in the order set forth in the Rules. W. B. GERISH.
Bishop's Stortford.
In ' Privy Council Appeals,' by Thomas Preston, F.S.A. (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1900), is a ' Glossary of Printers' Technical Terms,' at p. 165 of which appears :
" Incuts are side-notes, printed in a smaller type, &c., let into the text so as not to interfere with the marginal notes."
In the specimen forms given in other current books of Privy Council practice, however, the description of the documents does not appear as an " incut " in this sense.
In appeals to the House of Lords, the ' Directions for binding Printed Cases and Printed Copies of the Appeal for the Use of the Law Lords ' (see the ' Annual Prac- tice,' 1909, vol. ii. part vii. p. 799, ' Appeals to House of Lords,' Directions to Agents No. 29, and Appendix B) provide :
" 4. The volume to be indented, and the names of the parties written on the indentations to their respective cases."
That is to say, portions of the margins are cut away, and the volume is indexed in the same way as an address book, by print- ing the descriptions of the various documents on the portion of margin left visible which belongs to each particular document. It has been suggested to me that the provisions quoted from the Judicial Committee Rules, 1908 (a reproduction in slightly different words of the earlier rules), are intended to provide for a similar process of indexing.
E. S. B.
LATON FAMILY OF YORKS (10 S. xi. 208). It may interest A. L. F. to know that I have in my possession a mortgage deed dated 1 Oct., 1634, made between Sir Thomas Laiton of Sexhowe, Kt., and Dame Mary his wife, of the one part, and Edward Wooler of Staynesby in the county of York, Esq.,
of the other part, whereby Sir Thomas
Laiton mortgaged all the manor, lordship,
and capital messuage of Foxton in the
county of York, then in the tenure of Vincent
Parvin and of the annual value of 100Z.,
to Edward Wooler to secure 1,2501. Can
A. L. F. tell me anything concerning Edward
Wooler of Staynesby ? E. W., F.S.A.
36, Priestgate, Darlington.
DRAYTON ON VALENTINE'S DAY (10 S. xi. 170, 218). It may be useful to add that the ode ' To his Valentine ' is given in Cham- bers's ' Book of Days,' i. 256, where it appro- priately illustrates what is said of the saint's day. Apart from punctuation and the treatment of capital letters, Chambers appears to agree with Mr. Arber in his read- ing of the opening stanza. His first quatrain stands thus :
Muse, bid the morn awake, Sad winter now declines,
Each bird doth choose a mate, This day 's St. Valentine's.
If, as seems almost indubitable, Drayton wrote " make " in the third line, thus using a sound Elizabethan form and securing a perfect rime, it seems a pity that he should be misrepresented in a reprint. At the same time, when a textual purist like Mr. Arber is under consideration, one who is unable to verify by reference to the original naturally hesitates " to hint a fault."
THOMAS BAYNE.
DICKENS AND VALENTINE LINES (10 S. xi. 209). The lines are from Sheridan's ' The Duenna,' Act I. sc. v. Dickens may have known them, as most of us know them, from hearsay, without being at all aware of their real origin. MR. THOS. RATCLIFFE'S use of the word " bed " for " sachet " is new to me. ST. SWITHIN.
In Tom Moore's ' Twopenny Post-Bag ' (1813) there occurs a stanza which contains these lines :
Last night a concert, vastly gay, Given by Lady C stl r gh. In choosing songs, the B g t named "Had I a heart for falsehood framed."
Evidently a popular song, which Dickens might easily have heard in his youth.
G. W. E. R. [Several other correspondents thanked for replies.]
"PTTNT" IN FOOTBALL (10 S. xi. 187). As an old Rugbeian player of forty years ago I may say that to " punt " the ball was to propel it by striking it with the instep before it touched the ground. In the " drop kick " the ball is kicked with the
