The context shows that the "Angel" tion. The writer leaves it to be inferred at the Holly Tree was a sitting-room. In that he was responsible for the erection, 1898 I slept in a bedroom, the name of which but in parenthesis notes that the cost was appeared on my bill next morning as defrayed out of the fund at my disposal." Paradise," at an hotel near the Cotswolds, in Gloucestershire. W. B. H.

A gentleman who was born in 1793, and has been long dead, told me that when he was a young man it was often the custom in the better class of inns to give names instead of numbers to the bedrooms. I think, but am not sure, that he said this was the case at Liverpool.

K. P. D. E.

[MR. W. DOUGLAS also thanked for reply.] SIR T. BROWNE: QUOTATION (10 S. ix. 484). It is perhaps worth noticing that in the puzzling questions suggested by Sir Thomas Browne, we have a reference to Suetonius, 'Tiberius,' chap. lxx. That author there tells us that Tiberius used to put questions to grammarians such these : "Who was Hecuba's mother? What name did Achilles assume among the virgins? What was it that the Sirens used to sing?" J. WILLCOCK. Lerwick.

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SWEDENBORG'S MEMORIAL TABLET (10 S. ix. 468).-It is understood that this tablet will be replaced in the building about to be erected in the West-End of London by means of the proceeds of the sale of the old building in Prince's Square, supplemented by a grant of 12,000. made by the Swedish Government. If that arrangement fails, the hospitality of the Swedenborg Society's house, No. 1, Bloomsbury Street, or of any of the Swedenborgian" places of worship in London, would, doubtless, be extended to the derelict monument. The erection of this tablet "took place on Tuesday the 8th of December, 1857, in the presence of the Rev. Mr. Carlson, the Minister of the Church, the Rev. Mr. Bruce of Cross Street, and two or three other members of the Church.'

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I copy these words from a "Letter to the Editor" describing the tablet, and narrating the inception and completion of the scheme for its erection, which appeared-illustrated by a picture of the tablet-in The Monthly Observer for January, 1858. The description includes the statement that on the corbel moulding at the bottom is carved in relief Swedenborg's Shield of Nobility." The article is signed by "Jas. S. Hodson," whose firm, Hodson & Son, were the publishers of, inter alia, the magazine in ques

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The fullest available account of the theft and replacement of Swedenborg's skull is contained in Dr. R. L. Tafel's 'Documents concerning Swedenborg,' 2 vols. in 3, London, 1875-7, vol. ii. pp. 1202-8. A letter dated 1 April, 1823, and signed "Philalethes," which appeared in The Morning Herald, giving an authoritative contemporary statement of the facts, was reprinted in T. P.'s Weekly for 11 Oct., 1907. CHARLES HIGHAM.

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MAN IN THE ALMANAC (10 S. ix. 408, 475). In further illustration of what has been said on this subject may be quoted the following from Congreve's 'Double Dealer," Act V. sc. xxi. :—

Brisk. Madam, you have eclips'd me quite, let me perish-I can't answer that.

Lady Froth. No matter. Hark 'ee, shall you and I make an almanac together?

made me the man in't already, I'm so full of the Brisk. With all my soul. Your Ladyship has wounds which you have given.

BLADUD.

Lee in the Epistle Dedicatory to his 'Cæsar Borgia' says: Ev'ry daring Poet that comes forth, must expect to be like the Almanack Hero, all over wounds." He also has a reference to the figure in 'The Princess of Cleve,' ed. 1734, p. 86.

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"PAFFER" (10 S. ix. 326).-Perhaps this is the German word Pfaffe, a contemptuous nickname for a priest. The German piff-paff, like the English slap-bang,' is used to denote a sudden noise, such as the report of fire-arms. Longfellow's wonderful piff and paff may imply that the chant of the monks was as noisy as a feu de joie, and as unmeaning as one fired without reason.

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PARISH DINNERS (10 S. ix. 306).-This Roger North, and it may be assumed that be supplemented from 'The they had not previously been out of the Medieval Records of the City Church possession of the North family. The sucSt. Mary at Hill' (E.E.T.S. No. 125). A cessive ownership of the ten volumes since useful criterion of the prices is that during the sale in 1838 is doubtless easily traced: the years mentioned (1509-11) the regular I rather think that they were in one of the day's pay of an artisan "and his man Phillipps dispersals, but as my set of these (masons, tilers, daubers, &c.) was 1s. 1d., catalogues is in the binder's hands I cannot viz., 9d. and 4d., or 84d. and 44d. :— verify this at the present moment. W. ROBERTS.

end of the volume. R. J. FYNMore.

Straparola's Satyr into a blue Centaur.
Many years ago, in trying to get through the
Cabinet des Fées,' I read much of the
works of M. Gueulette. He seemed to me
to be a poor writer.
E. YARDLEY.

the theatrical performances. Some sets of verses are included, the meaning of which is now beyond clearly miswritten, for we can hardly believe that recall. The Latin concerning Dr. Gostlin (1626) is it was so faulty in scansion as the MS. transcriber has made it. In the same year Mr. Mead of Christ'sCollege secured a small book out of the maw of a THE 'D.N.B.': ADDITIONS AND CORREC- codfish, "almost turned into a gelly," and "with a TIONS (10 S. ix. 182, 231, 272, 313, 372, tender lifting with my knife" separated some of the 410, 473, 516).—Platt, Sir Hugh. His will pages, and found a treatise of Preparation to the Crosse' of Henry VIII.'s day. Distinguished memis proved in the Prerogative Court of Canter-bers of the University had their death in earlier bury in 1608, and, as he is shown to be alive times celebrated by a collection of verses. In the 2 July, 1608, he must have died in that year. case of Bacon, though an ex-Chancellor, the UniverHe was baptized 3 May, 1552, at St. James's, sity did not sanction such public honours. But a Garlickhithe, and knighted 22 May, 1605, Trinity College, were rightly impressed by Bacon's number of Cambridge scholars, the majority from being then " of London." greatness, and their collection of poetry "bore all the exterior marks of an academical effusion, except that it was not headed by the Vice-Chancellor, and that it was printed in London instead of Cambridge."

Miscellaneous.

NOTES ON BOOKS, &c.

G. E. C.

Annals of Cambridge. By Charles Henry Cooper,
F.S.A. Vol. V. 1850-56. Edited by John
William Cooper, LL.D. (Cambridge, University
Press.)

We have selected but one or two points from this remarkable book, but they are sufficient to show its wide scope and interest.

Shakespearean Representation: its Laws and Limits. By Percy Fitzgerald. (Elliot Stock.) WE took up this book expecting to find a discussion THIS handsome volume will be welcomed by all of the old Globe Theatre and limitations of the lovers of Cambridge. It is a careful and studious actual stage used by Shakespeare-a subject which collection of details concerning a period which is has been amply discussed, and generally in an arid now little known, and which offers some interesting fashion. Here we have no heavy archæology, but differences from the Academic life of to-day. The various views of the modern staging of the poet, book is, indeed, an essential aid to that historian of and criticisms of acting which are both lively and Cambridge in the nineteenth century, who will, we full of practical points worth considering. Mr. hope, appear some day. Many formal details given Fitzgerald writes in a diffuse style which shows may appear tedious, but there are few pages that carelessness, leads to bathos, and rather spoils our do not throw some valuable light on the Univer-pleasure. We think that he is largely justified in sity, particularly in its relations to the town. his criticism of details, though some of the remarks There are but few prominent survivors of the fifties on illusion do not commend themselves to us. We still with us; the venerable Master of Clare is, are well satisfied, for instance, with the modern however, still occupying the position he attained in arrangements of ghosts, apparitions, &c., on the 1856. It was in 1851 that King's College relinquished stage, and think that they are an advance on earlier their privilege of exemption from University methods. Such, at any rate, was the opinion of a examinations. critic of unexampled experience concerning the drama.

Additions and Corrections' to previous volumes, and an admirable Index to the whole work, occupy pp. 244 to 656. All this is close print, and the mere consideration of the space occupied will suggest the industry and research which have gone to enrich this part of the record. The two Coopers, father and son, must have laboured incessantly, and collected and annotated with a zeal equalled in our time by only one or two enthusiastic specialists.

The new matter is full of entertainment and interest. There is much concerning commands by, and appeals to, royalty. The University sent an appeal to their Chancellor, asking that Hobson might use a four-wheeled waggon in spite of the King's proclamation that "any common carrier" should not travel upon the common highways with any wain, cart, or carriage having above two wheels.' Some letters by a member of the University whose name is not known give an interesting view of Charles I. at Childerley and Newmarket in 1647. A token of the size of half-a-crown was struck in 1799, having a figure of Hobson on horseback. A whole monograph might be made out of the history of Sturbridge Fair, which was proclaimed Scarlet Day" as late as the nineteenth century, and was the occasion of many disputes as to

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The attempt to equalize the characters of any given piece, and "thus present a perfect all-round performance, as is found in German theatres," is one which the author does well to commend to public notice. The sad distortion of the figure which the actor-manager happens to play is notorious in England. He dwarfs the other characters, and occupies so much time that they have to hurry through their parts. Some day we shall go to the theatre and time his speeches and grand pauses with a stop-watch, which might produce surprising results.

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The question of music to Shakespeare is difficult, but it seems a little hard that Mr. Fitzgerald should object to a conductor as a link with the prosy outer world." He praises justly Mendelssohn's music to A Midsummer Night's Dream,' but "he cannot conceive of an overture to Hamlet."" The play should, he thinks, begin without "such noisy heralding." But human nature, being what it is, requires to be attuned to the occasion. An overture by Beethoven would aid us to appreciate the high and troubled theme of Hamlet'; some portion even of the Eroica' or the c Minor Symphony would give us great pleasure as a prelude.

The present state of our stage justifies in the main, as we have said, the criticisms of this volume, but its author demands too much-is so concerned with ideals as to be in a mood of dissatisfaction with everything. It would be regrettable if this led readers to put the book down, recalling Candide': "Quel grand génie que ce Pococurante! rien ne lui peut plaire."

We promise ourselves the pleasure of going over Mr. Fitzgerald's book again at leisure, and adding it to our store of select volumes on a subject of constant study.

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BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.-JULY. MR. THOMAS BAKER'S Catalogue 528 contains some rare items. Among these we find Walsh's Vindication of the Irish Remonstrance,' 1674, 67. 68. Another work of Irish interest is Beling's Vindiciarum Catholicorum Hiberniæ, Libri II. 1641 ad 1649,' Paris, 1650, both parts, full red morocco, 2. 158. Among general works are 'Biographie Universelle,' 52 vols., 1811, 27. 188.; Max Rooses's Dutch Painters,' 12s. 6d.; Finden's Illustrations to Byron,' 3 vols., Murray, 1833, 17. 18.; Molière, translated by Waller, 17. 58. Sharp's Church The Edinburgh Review. April. (Longmans & Co.) Windows,' 2 vols., 168.; Skeat's Dictionary,' 4to, 'FENELON'S FLOCK' is a paper that deserves careful 17. 2s.: Smith's 'Dictionary of Christian Biography, attention. Few are well acquainted with the reli-4 vols., 41. 48.; and Ware's Antiquities of Ireland," gious movements that agitated France during the Dublin, 1764, folio, calf, 17. 88. Under Wales is reign of Louis XIV. Of the needless wars he waged The Myvyrian Archaiology,' by Owen Jones, Wiland the religious persecutions in which he indulged liams, and Pughe, 1870, 17. 158. There is a collecmuch has been written; but the mysticism of tion of Italian poets, Dante, Ariosto, Tasso, and Madame Guyon and Fénelon is not attractive to Petrarch, 11 vols., half-vellum, full gilt, 17. 108. most English folk; so it is commonly passed by without study, or even without a thought. When two Catalogues (Nos. 22 and 24) simultaneously. Mr. P. M. Barnard, of Tunbridge Wells, issues dwelt upon at all, these typical French thinkers are usually compared with the dreamers of the Middle Catalogue 23, Alpine, &c., is to be delivered shortly. No. 22 is devoted to Foreign Literature, and conAges. This notion, though plausible enough, is a mistake. The Renaissance had so deeply affected tains items under French, Italian, Spanish, and the whole thought of France that it was impossible Scandinavian. There is a fine set under Béranger, for the idealism of those days to model itself 10 vols. in 9, half-morocco, 1860, 31. This is made on the mysticism of the Middle Ages. The Arch-up of 'Correspondance,' 4 vols., Euvres anciennes, bishop of Cambrai was a noble and a courtier, while (53 steel illustrations), Musique des Chansons,' &c. his predecessors were for the most part far removed Under Commines is his history of Louis XI. and from the influences which acted on his life. Of Charles VIII., with excellent impressions of the Madame Guyon the writer speaks with admirable plates, 4 vols., 4to, 1747, 57. 15s. There is a special justice; weak as she may have been, there can be vellum copy (with bookplate of the Earl of Sheffield) of La Constitution Française, présentée no doubt that her powers of thought, strange as were their results, were highly trained.'"We must au Roi le 3 Septembre, 1791,' red morocco, 10/. 10s. never forget," the writer points out, "that her edition of the Laberinto di Amore,' 1487, four Under Boccaccio is the rare and finely printed mind's eye perceived existence on two planes. missing leaves being supplied in loose MS., 67. 158. Above reached eternity, simultaneous, infinite; In the Spanish section are the four books of below, the world of Life and Time, where things Amadis de Gaula,' folio, Venice, 1533, 77. Under in only the few, and for them it is a gift fraught Carranza is the Libro de Hieronimo de Carança, with danger, from the great difficulty of keeping tells us it is difficult to get accurate information This is a rare book, and Mr. Barnard the two spheres apart. Fénelon was much admired about it. Cervantes referred in laudatory terms to in England, and his Télémaque' was used as a it in his 'Galatea,' VI., 292. There is also a fine schoolbook a hundred years ago. This, we fully believe, was on account of its power and intrinsic copy of the 1780 Don Quixote,' 4 vols., large 4to, reasonableness; but at the time there were those 71. 78. A copy of Ticknor's 'Spanish Literature,' who persuaded themselves that it was because he 3 vols., half-calf, uncut, is priced 17. 168. It is the had had a conflict with Bossuet and the Roman first edition, 1849. authorities.

act in succession." Such double consciousness exists

The paper on Anna Maria Schürmann, whom the writer speaks of as a Dutch bluestocking and a Quaker of the seventeenth century, is an interesting sketch of a linguist of extraordinary power and compass, and a many-sided artist of great ability; whose works are still treasured by collectors. All her life she appears to have been a devout Protestant, but it was not till after middle age that she became an ardent devotee. This, it would appear, arose from her admiration of a religious teacher named Labadie, who in early life had been a priest in the Roman Communion. The body he founded was highly unpopular with Lutherans and Calvinists alike. It is to be deplored that before her death she destroyed many of her literary and artistic treasures.

Ugliness in Fiction' is not only a powerful article, but also one calculated to be of service to literature, as it exposes the offensive side of several popular novels of recent date.

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We are sorry we cannot spare for Catalogue 24 the space it merits: it is devoted to Bookbindings, many of them of the choicest. There are English, Scotch, French, German, and Italian bindings,. including books bound for Louis XIV., XV., XVI., and XVIII., Charles X., and Anne of Austria. Mr. Barnard generously offers to supply rubbings. of bindings on receipt of stamp.

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Mr. Andrew Baxendine's Edinburgh Catalogue 111 contains a good list under Burns, including Reid's Concordance,' 7s. 6d. The words of the Concordance number 11,400, while the quotations exceed 52,000. Under Cowper is Wright's edition of the Correspondence,' 4 vols., 17. 5s., and Southey's edition, 8 vols., 12s. 6d. There is the Oxford De Foe, 20 vols., a handsome set in half-morocco, 97. 98.. Under Scott we find Napier's' Homes and Haunts,' very scarce, 2. 10s. 6d., also the Novels, 25 vols., new, 21. 2s. This edition was published by A. & C. Black in 1901. A copy of Prof. Knight's 'Wordsworth,' 12 vols., cloth, new, is 17. 4s.