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76 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. vm. JAN. 22, 1021. f. 16. Again, see Munch in his ' Samlede Afhandlinger ' (G. Storm), vol. iii., 1857, 'Names of Norsk origin ' f . 126 on Ketil and. affiliated names Askel, Grimketil, &c. The A.-S. forms were Oseytel, Grimcytel. Com- pare also O. Lygh work on 'Scandinavian Personal Names.' This seems to eliminate Askulfr-Anskekle, &c., as that name existed in England before the Normans came here. ALEX. C. MOFFAT. '^FRANKENSTEIN " (12 S. viii. 31). An instance of this prevalent confusion occurs in the last sentence of the fifth paragraph of chap. xxix. in 1 James Payn's novel 'By Proxy,' first published in 1878. The most satisfactory explanation of the error seems to be that Mrs. Shelley's story is little read, although most people who write have a vague acquaintance with the plot of the same. A. R. BAYLEY. FRIDAY STREET (12 S. vii. 490; viii. 16). It is remarkable that replying to this query reference has not been made to the late Mr. H. 4 A. Harben's 'Dictionary of London.' Obviously the name is derived from the day of the week and its use as a market for a specific dietary or commodity is not necessarily a direct cause of its being so named. Its earliest mention (Hen. II. cited by Harben, p. 246) is almost con- temporary with the existence of Fish wharf ("Kaya que vocatur Le FisshewarfL " vide Harben, p. 233). This and other places were retail markets of Friday's special need with- out being so named ; so the inference is that the market that gave Friday Street its name was not principally in fish or supported by fishmongers. ALECK ABRAHAMS. THE REV. JOHN THEOPHILUS DESAGTJ LIERS (12 S. v. 318). It appears from Agnew, 'Protestant Exiles from France, (2nd ed.), ii. pp. 89-94, and the pedigree in The Genealogist, vol. v., that John TheophiluE Desaguliers, married at Shadwell on Oct. 14 1712, Joanna, dau. of William Pudsey, Esq About his three sons referred to in the ' D.N.B.,' there*is some discrepancy. Agnew gives (1 ) John Theophilus, b. Mar. 7 1715 ; d. Aug. 19, 1716 ; (2) John Theophilus b. Aug. 18, 1718 ; (3) John Isaac, b. Oct. 17 1719, a beneficed clergyman in Norfolk,wh< survived only to 1751 ; (4) Thomas, b. Feb. 5 1721, Equerry to George HI. ; with othe details given in 'D.N.B.' According to the pedigree John Isaac, th third son, d. Oct. 31, 1719, and the son wh ied in 1751 was John Theophilus : the edigree also gives Thomas's birth -date as an. 5, 1720/1, and gives the name of his wife, Mary, dau. of John (F. A. Crisp, 'Visit, f Eng.,' Notes, vol. ii, Shuttleworth pedi- gree, calls him Job) Blackwood of Charlton, It seems probable on the whole that there ere only two sons to survive .infancy. It s certain that Thomas was the fourth son see a note to the pedigree in The Genealogist), nd neither authority mentions a son younger han Thomas. J. B. WHITMORE. "Now, THEN ! " (12 S. vii. 469, 512 ; viii.. 7, 38). Na is paralleled in Slavonic lan- guages by the interjection nu, used as a term >f encouragement. For example, Russian, nu hto, " well, what now " ? Czech, nu dobre, 'Well, now ! " FRANCIS P. MARCHANT. My experience of this expression differs rom that of MR. ARMSTRONG. I know it as a warning. For example : two small-' >oys climbing over a garden wall: passer- >y, wishing to stop them, "Now, then 1 " and they rapidly came back to the footpath, and decamped. Q V. KENSINGTON GRAVEL AT VERSAILLES V 12 S. viii. 30, 57). That the gravel pits at Kensington were of early date is indicated ay two tokens in my cabinet, one a half- penny issued by Peter Sammon, dated 1667 "in Kinsingt on Gravel Pits." The other ,. halfpenny of Robert Davenporte (undated but of the same period), " at Kinsingto- Gravell Pits." WILLIAM GILBERT, F.R.N.S. The following will be found in Swift's 'Journal ' to Stella, November, 1711 : " The Lord Treasurer has had an ugly return of his gravel, 'lis good for us to live in gravel- pite [Kensington Gravel Pits was noted for it good air] but not for gravel pits to live in us a man in this case should leave no stone unturned.' H. E. T. REPRESENTATIVE COUNTY LIBRARIES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE (12 S. viii. 8, 34, 54).- There is one aspect of this question whicl will be abundantly obvious to PUBLIC LIBRARIAN, although, in his position, he could not be expected to refer to it, viz., that private collectors would frequently be placed on the horns of a dilemma, either to run the risk of damage to, or the loss of some of, their treasures as a consequence of lending, or appear churlish by refusing to lend. For it is a lamentable fact that few people aro