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with which they are noted, as well as the dis-
cussion of the separate elements and the meaning
of each name, clearly reveal the thoroughness of
Mr Alexander's research and the width of his read-
ing We regret that we have not space to adduce
instances of the curious etymological information
which we have noted in this book, but we are
clad to recommend it to the notice of those nume-
rous correspondents of ' N. & Q.' who occupy
themselves {with this interesting subject. Prof.
Wyld contributes an instructive preface.
THERE are several articles of literary interest in the December Nineteenth Century. ' My Thoughts about the Drama in Japan and in England,' by Yoshio Markino, is well worth attention. We noticed his vehement scorn for our scene-painting in theatres of the nightly heavens, with the stars scattered anyhow. As he truly remarks, We are dwelling under only one sky,' and it is cer- tainly stupid to ignore what are its real features. We think it would have been fairer to the writer to have corrected at any rate a proportion of the errors in English. Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond, in ' The Mystery of Eishausen : a Secret of the Bourbons, starts a subject which may well prove even more engrossing than the " Iron Mask T> mystery. Our correspondent Mr. J. B. Williams has drawn a lengthy reply to his ' Cromwell at Drogheda ' from Dr. R. H. Murray ; and Lady Helen Graham pays a 'Tercentenary Tribute' to Montrose, recounting the well-known story skilfully. ' At a Journey's End ' is a meditative survey, by Sir Sidney Lee, of the labours which have brought the ' D N B ,' and in particular the new Second Supplement, into being. Of the non- literary articles we noted as particularly good those on ' The Problem of Marriage and Divorce ' (Bishop Welldon and Mr. W. S. Lilly) ; on ' The Manning of our Mercantile Marine' (Mr. Joseph H. Longford) ; ' The Outlook in the Near East ' (Mr. Marmaduke Pickthall and Mr. J. W. Ozanne); and Lord Henry Bentinck's paper on ' The Dearth of Cottages for 'Rural Labourers.'
The Burlington Magazine for this month gives us the thirteenth instalment of Mr. G. F. Hill's
- Notes on Italian Medals ' ; and an exceedingly
interesting paper on Duccio di Buoninsegna and his school in the exhibition at Siena. Mr. Paul Schubring's study of ' Cassoni Panels in English Private Collections,' of which the first part appears here is a valuable contribution to the knowledge of a' form of art which cannot be adequately appreciated without detailed information. The editor contributes a sympathetic note on Sassetta's ' Journey of the Three Kings,' which forms the frontispiece, and also a timely utterance on architecture. Mr. R. L. Hobson's ' Silver Cup of the Yuan Dynasty ' and Sir Martin Conway s ' Porphyry Statue at Ravenna ' are well worth attention, each in its way. Sir Martin hazards the conjecture that the " Carmagnola " head at St Mark's, Venice, belongs to the statue he treats of the fine standing, heavily draped figure with the sword at the Archbishop's Museum, Ravenna.
ON p. 458, at line 13 from the bottom of col. 2, it is stated that Thorns published in 1867 reprints from ' N. & Q.' of Hone's articles on Hannah Light- foot. Hone's should read his, the articles in question being contributions to our columns by Thorns.
BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. DECEMBER.
MESSRS ELLIS'S Catalogue of Books, MSS., and Portraits connected with the Stuarts runs to over 100 pages, and comprises but little less than 1,000 items. To take but a few : they have a copy of Pietro Bizari's " Historia della guerra fatta in Ungheria dall' invittissimo Imperatore de Christiani. contra quello de Turchi .... In Lyone 1564," a work which contains some account of the affairs of Scotland under Mary Stuart, 91. Qs. ; and a rare portrait of Mary, anonymous, having a border containing designs representing her execution, and some Latin verses signed G. Scotus, 181. 18s. They have several copies of lamentations over the death of Prince Henry by different authors, the most famous being Chapman's ' Epicede, or Funerall Song," 1612-13 a copy which has the black last leaf with the Prince of Wales's feathers, 81. 8s. ; and Davies's " The Muses - Teares for the Losse of their Hope ; Heroick & Ne're-too-mvch praised Henry, Prince of Wales, &c. Together with Times Sobs for the vntimely death of his Glory in that his Darling .... by lohn Davies of Here- ford, Their Maiesties poore Beads-man and Vassell," a first edition, 1613, 30Z. 10s. Under Charles I. we noticed a copy of " Laud's Book," the Book of Common Prayer intended for use in Scotland, black-letter, printed in Edinburgh by Robert Young, 1636, 6?. 6s.
MESSRS. WALFORD BROS, have sent us their Catalogue No. 19, which is concerned principally with Genealogy and Heraldry. They offer for 61. 15s. vols. i. xi. of the publications of the Catholic Record Society, 7 vols. in all, privately printed, 1905-11 ; and for 4Z. 10s. 27 parts of the Canterbury and York Society's publications, also 1905-11. ' Fragmenta Genealogica,' vols. i. to xi. privately printed, and of each vol. only a very limited number are to be had for 101. There is a complete set of the Visitation Series and the Register Series of the Harleian Society, 102 vols. in all, from 1869 to 1911, for which 561. is asked ; while a large number of volumes of the former series, and some score of the latter, may be bought separately. From Sir Thomas Phillipps's press come some thirteen works, of which the most valuable is the ' Collectanea de Familiis Diversis quibus Nomon est Phillipps,' compiled during the years 1816-72, 12L 12s. The facsimile in photo- zincography of Domesday Book, which was done in 1862 by Col. Sir H. James, complete in 33 vols., costs 161. 16s. There is a large and interesting collection of Family Histories, both English and American ; and a good number of Guides and Lists, and works on Heraldry, as well as of Inscriptions, Records, Registers of Various Orders, Visitations, and Wills.
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R. B. S. ("An Austrian army awfully arrayed"). The alliterative poem entitled ' The Siege of Belgrade ' seems to have first appeared in The Trifler for 7 May, 1817. For a discussion of the authorship see 10 S. i. 120, 148, 211, 258, 277. The lines have been printed at 3 S. iv. 88 and in various books and magazines.
