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taken root in England far more than on the
Continent, and to have reached its climax in
the reign of Queen Anne.
The following book, however, in my collection is ruled under the title and round every page, double at the top. These enclose the heading :
" Exercitia | Quotidiana | cum suis | Sacris | Litaniis | aliisq' piis precibus | ex | Joanne Wilsono
| et aliis probatis | auctoribus collecta. |
Antverpise | apud Joan. Cnobbarum | 1630."
The ink is a faint red. A rather brighter tint has been used for the title-pages of a choice little red-morocco-bound volume from the Woodhull library, comprising the poems of George Buchanan, M. Ant. Muretus, and J. Ant. Baifius, printed at Paris, " In officina Rob. Stephani," 1576-7-9. I should take it that the ruling here is late seventeenth century, if not early eighteenth, while that of the volume above has every appearance of being contemporary. C. DEEDES.
Brighton.
I have a folio black-letter Prayer Book, 1669, ruled with red lines throughout from the title-page to the end. It has about forty engravings in it, and even they are ruled on the backs like the letterpress. It is elaborately gold tooled, and bears the arms of Charles Stuart, Duke of Richmond. E. H. THOMPSON.
BOOKS ON MANNERS, DEPORTMENT, AND ETIQUETTE (9 th S. vii. 388). The following are two early Scottish books on the above subjects : * Rules of Good Deportment, or Good Breeding, for the Use of Youth,' 1720 ; 'Rules of Good Deportment for Church Officers, or Friendly Advices to Them,' 1730. These are by Adam Petrie, "the Scottish Chesterfield." Both were reprinted in 1877. J. G. WALLACE- JAMES, M.B.
Haddington.
"Rules of Good Deportment, or of Good Breeding, for the Use of Youth, by Adam Petrie, Edinb., printed in the year M.D.CC.XX." Only three copies of the original edition are known to exist, one being in the library at Abbotsford. There were, however, later editions. See further Sir Herbert Maxwell's delightful ' Rainy Days in a Library ' (Stock,
1896). J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL.
PENS : " NIBS " AND " NEBS" (9 th S. iii. 365 iv. 95, 171, 271 ; vii. 339). What has been said at the above references as to the distinc- tion between " pen " and " nib," as now com- monly observed, holds true of Scotland. For at least a generation the whole article has been known as the "pen," while the point with
which the writing is done is called the " nib."
In Disraeli's * Coningsby,' 1844, in the penul-
timate paragraph of chap. iv. in book iv.,
there is an allusion to the goose-quill :
" The Chairman of the Conservative Association and the Vice-President exchanged glances, which would have become Tadpole and Taper ; the four
attorneys nibbed their pens with increased energy,
<hin_ influence of the aristocracy ' in the long run.'
and vowed that nothing could withstand the
influence of the aristocracy ' in the long run.'"
THOMAS BAYNE.
TELEGRAPHY: ITS INVENTION (9 th S. vii. 446). A far earlier and even more striking anticipation of the electric telegraph was given under that heading in 5 th S. ii. 483, in the form of a long extract from ' Hakewell's Apology,' a poem printed at Oxford in 1636. ALFRED F. ROBBINS.
D'AUVERGNE FAMILY (9 th S. vii. 68, 117, 176, 191, 251, 277, 332, 397). In Mr. Gilbert Parker's interesting novel 'The Battle of the Strong' Vice- Admiral Philip D'Auvergne, Prince of Bouillon, plays a leading part.
ALDENHAM.
DR. BARRY (9 th S. vii. 448). I am unable to answer MR. QUARRELL'S query whether the case of Dr. James Barry is unique among English commissioned officers, but sources of information as to the individual himself are numerous. As references are asked for I supply a few. It is not the first time the subject has been mooted in 'N. & Q.' See my query under the pseudonym I at that time adopted, NEMO, and the Editor's reply, 7 th S. iii. 288. In 1896 Lieut.-Col. Rogers produced an account of the officer's career, calling the chief character Dr. Fitzjames, in a novel entitled ' A Modern Sphinx,' but it is doubtful whether this work is to be found in the B.M. Library, inasmuch as it was printed for private circulation only, and the author announced that copies could only be obtained on application to him personally at the Savage Club, Adelphi Terrace, W.C. See also 'D.N.B.,' iii. 324. In All the Year Round, xvii. (1867) 492, the subject is treated of under the title 'A Mystery Still.' In one of the recent series of Mark Twain's 'Tramps Abroad ' a reference to this eccentric person supplies a text for a fuller account* which may be found in Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper for 5 June, 1898, where a rough sketch, purporting to be a portrait of the subject in military uniform, is supplied. GNOMON.
Temple.
The best reported case of a woman passing as a man is that of Major Mitford, Town Major of Malta, who died some quarter of a
