(anger) and dandy (distracted), the former common to several English counties, and the latter peculiar to Somersetshire. Wut 'll make ye act like freemen? J. Russell Lowell's Biglow Papers.' Every native or fairly acclimatized reader of this understood that his "jag was his "load," his "drunk"; that this nightbird-so far over-seas as to use his umbrella for a latchkey, disregard the grime of the coalhole for his costliest clothes, and go to bed in the bath-tub with his overcoat and silk hat on-must have waked up to a realization of a heavy load (“jag ") on his A "spunk," it may be noted, is a spark head, very much with him. in some parts of the British Isles. ST. SWITHIN. The phrase "to get one's dander up was familiar to Londoners fifty or sixty years ago. It came over from America in some works of the period. Thackeray uses it in Pendennis, xliii. "When my dander is up, it's the very thing to urge me on." Its origin is uncertain, but it is conjectured to be a figurative use of dander =ferment, now commonly called " dunder," which is the lees or feculence of previous distillations. It is very rapid in action, and is used in the West Indies in the making of rum. TOM JONES. jag Hartford, Conn. FORREST MORGAN. IRISH (ANGLO-IRISH) FAMILIES: TAYLOR OF BALLYHAISE (11 S. vi. 427).-Wm. Taylor of Romney, Kent, and his wife Mary, dau. of Richard Taylor of Cranbroke in the same county, had a son, John Taylor of Cambridge, gent., the patentee, in 1609, of Ballyhaise, co. Cavan, who m. Anne, dau. and heir of Henry Brockhill of Allington, in Thurnham, and was succeeded by his son, Brockhill Taylor of Ballyhaise (M.P. for Cavan Borough, 1634, till his death, 10 July, 1636), who left 2 daus., his coheirs, Eliza, born 1625, and Mary, born 1632. The latter m., 1654, Capt. Thos. Newburgh, and carried Ballyhaise into his family, now extinct in the male line, though there are various known representatives of female lines. I inserted some notes on the Taylors and Newburghs in my Henry's Upper Lough Erne in 1739,' 1892. CHARLES S. KING, Bt. VARIANTS IN THE TEXT OF 'KENIL(11 S. vi. 488).--I have not at the WORTH original editions, moment access to the but in the first collected edition of the Waverley Novels, edited by the author, 1829-32, in forty-eight volumes, the passage in question (vol. xxii. p. 251) stands thus :And is this all that are of you, my mates, said Tressilian, that are about my lord in his utmost straits?' 666 “JAG" (11 S. vi. 411).—As the subject has been reopened by MR. DEFERRARI, I ask permission to re-enter the field by assert- As Sir Walter Scott in his Advertisement ing, good-naturedly, but decisively, that never was used for or understood to the edition here referred to tells of the as umbrella by any American from errors of the press, and other emendations ocean to ocean- -Yankee, Cracker, Wol- made by him in the text, it is held to be the verene, Pogonipper, or what not. Mr. Farmer, in his Dictionary of Americanisms,' has simply misconstrued the joke in the newspaper clipping there given. As not all readers of N. & Q.' may have the dictionary at hand, I copy the extract :— "He came in very late (after an unsuccessful effort to unlock the front door with his umbrella), through an unfastened coalhole in the sidewalk. Coming to himself toward daylight, he found him self-spring overcoat, silk hat, jag, and allstretched out in the bath-tub." correct one. WM. E. BROWNING. But In the first edition of Kenilworth,' 1821 (which is before me), the passage cited from the chapter now numbered xiv. runs, 666 And is this all that are of ?? you in this first edition a fresh numbering of the chapters begins with each of the three volumes, and the chapter in question is BERNARD RICE. chap. ii. of vol. ii. [MRS. HUSBAND and MR. WM. JAGGARD also thanked for replies.] Women, when nothing else, beguiled the heart Part of Satan's reply to this is :- I take the Song of Solomon to be a poetical drama, its chief characters being Solomon, a Shulamite girl (whom Solomon desires for his harem), a shepherd of Shulem (the girl's lover), and the ladies of the harem (daughters of Jerusalem), who form a kind of chorus. W. H. PINCHBECK. In the old Royal Burgh of Jedburgh, the county town of Roxburghshire, the curfew bell is rung every evening at eight o'clock. A bell is also rung at ten o'clock, and one in the morning at six o'clock. The bell is situated in the town's steeple, in which there are three bells altogether, viz. (1) that presented to the kirk by Robert, Lord Jedburgh, in 1692; (2) that popularly called the "Court bell; and (3) the alarm bell. James Watson in his excellent History of the Abbey of Jedburgh' says:While collecting material for the first edition of this work (1877) we had occasion to visit the town steeple for the purpose of examining Lord examination of the alarm bell, and were agreeJedburgh's Bell. At the same time we made an ably surprised to find what had not been suspected before, that it bore the following inscription in beautiful old characters + Campana: Beate: Margarete: Virginis:-the Bell of the Blessed Margaret the Virgin.' The bell is 18 inches in diameter at the mouth and 14 inches high. "The Rev. H. T. Ellacombe, The Rectory, Clyst St. George, Topsham, an authority on the subject of old bells, had his attention called to this interesting discovery by a communication in N. & Q.,' and to him, he gave it as his opinion that this was a having had a rubbing of the inscription submitted Sanctus bell, and probably belonged to the Abbey. "The words he says] were intended for a leonine verse, but the founder has made a blunder, and placed two words out of order. Founders often made such blunders, putting letters upside down. The correct line would be thus: Campana: Margarete: Virginis: Beate,' or made so that Beate' and 'Margarete' should run in rhyme. The date of the bell is the fifteenth century." Watson adds : It is right to say that other authorities have fixed the fourteenth century as the probable date." Regarding the bell on which the curfew is rung, it may at once be said that no sweetertoned bell could be desired: one of the many memories taken with them by those who have left their native town is the recollection of that musical note which in their early years reminded them of the westering of the setting sun in the long evenings of the summer days. HARVEYS OF WHITTINGTON, STAFFORDSHIRE (11 S. vi. 449).—Burke probably took these vol. i. p. 377, where it is stated, s.v. 'Whitarms from Shaw's Staffordshire,' tington,' that "the other two seats described in Plot's map are The other for Harvey, Esq. Arms : Arg., on a bend Sable three trefoils slipt Or, with a crescent in chief Azure. Their respective houses I cannot now ascertain, but there are two, one opposite Babington's, picturesquely shaded with elms, now inhabited by Mrs. Dabbs." This would lead to the inference that a seat of the Harveys is described in Plot's 'Staffordshire,' but this is not so, the number on the map merely indicating that the family of Harvey, whose arms are there engraved, was seated at Whittington at the time of publication. Shaw blazons the Plot coat incorrectly; the crescent is gu., not azure, on the map. S. A. GRUNDY NEWMAN, F.S.A.Scot. Walsall. LORD GRIMTHORPE'S LIST OF CHURCHES (11 S. vi. 449).-A list setting forth the sizes of English churches will be found between pp. 348-52 of his amusing work 'A Book about Building.' In this Dorchester, Oxfordshire, is the 119th. ST. SWITHIN. 'GAMMER GURTON' (11 S. vi. 368).See the bibliography in 'The Cambridge History of English Literature,' vi. 478. Modern editions are: J. M. Manly, Specimens of Pre-Shakesperean Drama (Ginn & Co.). vol. ii.; C. M. Gayley, Representative English Comedies (Macmillan); J. S. Farmer, Tudor Facsimile Texts' (T. C. & E. C. Jack). Heidelberg. L. R. M. STRACHAN. SEALS OF THOMAS, FIRST MARQUIS OF DORSET (11 S. vi. 330).-The first legend I should decipher: "Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset, husband of Cicely Harington Bonvile" (daughter of Lord Bonville and Harrington); the second: "Sir Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset, son of Elizabeth Widvile" (daughter of Richard Widvile, Earl of Rivers). The latter lady is, of course, Elizabeth Woodville, consort of Edward IV. See Burke's Peerage,' 8.v. Stamford,' pp. 1494-5. N. W. HILL. San Francisco. HOGARTH'S RAKE'S PROGRESS': THE BLACK JOKE (11 S. vi. 189, 311).—Another and nearly contemporary reference to this song is in Smollett, Roderick Random,' chap. liii. The Captain, during the coach ride to Bath, is boasting of his valour at Dettingen : "So saying, he whistled one part, and hummed another, of the Black Joke; then, addressing himself to the lawyer, went on thus," &c. I very much hope the words will be forthcoming. PERCEVAL LUCAS. PRICE OF TOBACCO IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (11 S. vi. 268, 336, 413, 477). — In the diary of Sir Humphry Mildmay of Danbury, Essex, running from 1633 to 1666, there is an entry of "Tobacco 18. an ounce.' And in the account - book of Grace, Lady Mildmay, wife of Sir Anthony Mildmay of Apethorpe, Northamptonshire, there is an entry in July, 1598, of 58. for tobacco pipes. H. A. ST. J. M. Notes on Books. Whitaker's Almanack, 1913. (Whitaker & Sons.) HEARTY New Year greetings to the two old friends, and a cordial welcome to the new one, for the three will be on our writing-table ready for reference all through the year. The pages of the Almanack' grow with the years; that for 1912 contained 856, while the total of this is 1,052. This increase has been partly occasioned by articles dealing with the Insurance Act, economic questions connected with public and private wealth, Labour unrest in the world, Labour conciliation in the British Dominions, and the Rates of London. The Almanack' courts suggestions, and "the universal demand for the restoration of the tables dealing with the devolution of Intestates' Estates will be found The to have been met in the present issue." obituary includes Robert Barr, novelist, and jointfounder of The Idler; Bigelow, American author; General Booth, founder of the Salvation Army; Alfred Tennyson Dickens, son of the novelist; Principal Fairbairn; the Emperor of Japan; Labouchere, founder of Truth; Andrew Lang; Lister, discoverer of the antiseptic treatment; Justin McCarthy, author of History of our Own who committed suicide as an act of devotion to Times'; General Nogi, Japanese commander, his late Emperor: Prof. Skeat Mrs. Arthur Stannard (John Strange Winter"); and Stead, editor of The Review of Reviews. The largest amount recorded for probate is the will of Archibald Coats, head of the Paisley firm, 1,365, 1327. 'Whitaker's Peerage' states that new honours have increased by seventeen the number of pages in this its seventeenth annual issue. At the suggestion of a correspondent, the latest rules issued by the Lord Chamberlain as to the wearing of orders, medals, &c., at public entertainments have been incorporated in the Introduction, and should be found useful; and it is noted that the expected issue of the Official Roll of Baronets from the Home Office has not taken place, though "it is hoped that this will not be much longer delayed by the necessity of awaiting the final decision of the Privy Council in the few doubtful cases which still remain." Under Native Indian and North African Names and Titles' an explanation is given of the titles of native Indian Knights, and several authorities on this complicated question are quoted. The International Whitaker' is an entirely new book. This "Commercial Handbook for all Nations" should find favour; the plan is excellent, and the vast amount of information contained in its five hundred pages has evidently been gathered with great labour and care; but the editor in his Preface says that there is no finality in the scope or arrangement of the book as it now appears," and welcomes suggestions and criticisms. We venture to think that The International Whitaker' will prove as big a graphical Note and a speaking likeness of the success as our older friends. There is a Bio founder of the Almanack.' The Writers' and Artists' Year-Book, 1913. (Same publishers.) IT cannot now be said that "the world knows nothing of its greatest men.' 'Who's Who' and the public press have long since prevented that possibility. This is the sixty-fifth year of issue of Who's Who,' and, owing to the continually increasing number of biographies, more pages are required every year. The alteration in size is a great improvement. What a contrast this book is to the first volume of the kind issued, a small book entitled Men of the Time! published by David Bogue (afterwards the work passed to Kent & Co.) In the edition of 1858 the men numbered only 710, including foreign sovereigns; while the Women of the Time' were but 75. developments in the domain of print-collecting, and although in Whitman's lifetime five editions of this work were published, health did not allow him to undertake the extensive revision required. This has now been successfully done by Mr. Salaman. One great development has been the increased interest taken in 'old English colour-prints. Mrs. Frankau performed "the pioneer work with her sumptuous volume Eighteenth-Century ColourPrints.' Since then, colour-prints, both English and French, have advanced enormously in favour," and "the sensational prices of twelve years ago sound quite modest to-day." Another development has been the anxiety of collectors to acquire French line engravings of the later decades of the eighteenth century; these, and colour-prints, are "very meagrely represented in the British Museum." Mr. Salaman has also extended the scope of There is a the work by including modern art. chapter that will prove of practical use to buyersthat on The Money Value of Prints.' Mr. Salaman advises the collector to gain his information as he goes along, and one of the best ways in which he can build up his knowledge is by frequenting the auction rooms, looking through the portfolios when the prints are on view, carefully noting the quality of the impressions offered, and watching the bidding and the prices. realized." The Englishwoman's Year-Book' also adds issue by issue to the valuable information it contains, and should be read and possessed by all who desire to know the part taken by women in public or social life. The first section is devoted to Education,' and shows how during the last fifteen years the whole position of education in England has altered, great developments having taken place in every direction. There is a short article on Women's Suffrage,' tracing the history of the question from 1832, when the word "male" introduced before “ per"restricted the Parliamentary suffrage to men. The first Women's Suffrage Societies were formed in London, Manchester, and Edinburgh in 1867, and in Bristol and Birmingham in 1868. Of the twenty-one existing in England, seven are On the 23rd of June, 1887, the handsome. son militant. Under Employment and Professions' eighty for women are described. Under Music reference is made to the revival of morris-dancing during recent years. The Industrial Section contains statistics and articles on the various occupations under that heading. A section is also devoted to Temperance.' All the articles bear witness to the pains taken by the specialists who have written them, many of whose names are mentioned in the Preface. Miss G. E. Mitton again deserves praise for her careful editing, which has evidently been a labour of love. The Writers' and Artists' Year-Book,' also edited by Miss Mitton, continues to supply useful information. The advice given as to MSS. is excellent. The last chapter of the book Mr. Salaman devotes to "giving the amateur an introduction to the national collections of prints and drawings that are carefully preserved, for the public use and enjoyment, both at the British Museum and at the Victoria and Albert Museum-the former being in some respects unsurpassed by any other cabinet in Europe.' This students' room at the British Museum was Whitman's Print-Collector's Handbook. (Bell & sketches and prints by Cruikshank, left by his Sons.) widow, and 150,000 specimens of book-plates hundred and eighty works. M. T. Varro on Farming. Translated, with THIS is a piece of work which should help in that the classical works remaining to us in a fresh and fruitful manner. From this point of view what is left to us of Varro is of a value almost unique. We trust the time will come when to set a boy to read the Georgics' without his having first read the Rerum Rusticarum' will seem an absurdity. Yet to plough through this mass of Varronian Latin would be but an absurdity of another kindwould be prolonging the old mistake of language first and subject-matter second. It is here that the use of a version will come in; and we congratulate Mr. Storr -Best on having produced one which should admirably serve all purposes. It is as pleasant to read as an original, while the close and careful notes perform, in a very satisfactory way, so much as is necessary of the functions of pure scholarship. More than that, the writer has dealt originally and successfully with more than one crux, and, in particular, we think he has proved his point with regard to the place of the dialogue in the second book and to the occasion, viz., the Palilia, being celebrated in Epirus. For "Palibus " in the archetype Mr. Storr-Best makes the brilliant suggestion of Pali bis; and he has also, we think, rightly explained the meaning of the "Seian' house. He gives an ingenious reconstruction of the aviary at Casinum. This is a book which should find lodgment on many shelves. For, in noticing the excellence of the editor's work, we must not forget that the original in and for itself has much to offer, not only in the way of curious or antiquarian information, but also homely, practical counsel, and in illustration of methods still in use. THE literary articles of the January Fortnightly Review are of unusual interest. Prof. Gerothwohl has a brilliant study of Alfred de Vigny in relation to ' Genius and Woman,' which is both more keen-sighted in its discrimination, and more choice and lively in style, than such other studies from his pen as we have seen. Mr. Maurice Hewlett's The Windows is at least good reading, though the contribution he makes to the reader's imaginative wealth proves in the end slight. André Lafon, as we know, has been awarded the first Grand Prix de Littérature by the Académie Française for his Elève Gilles,' and Lady Theodora Davidson gives a welcome and sympathetic account of him and his book. Mr. F. G. Aflalo in Winter Travel' surveys the habitable regions of the world from the point of view of escape from England. Sir Hubert von Herkomer's Hints on Sketching from Nature should be useful, not only as furnishing technical tips," but also as elucidating some of the broader principles often forgotten by the student in his pursuit of the fashion of the moment. Another paper which deserves attention is Mr. P. P. Howe's on St. John Hankin and his Comedy of Recognition.' The War and kindred subjects naturally fill many pages, and we may mention Mr. Henry Baerlein's article on Masters of the Southern Slav.' 46 The a seat to a lady), as discussed in a Finnish debating Society. Mr. Stanley J. Weyman's brief tribute to James Beresford Atlay is charming, sympathetic, and conspicuously well-considered." sombre glamour of the East is represented by Sir E. C. Cox's Devilry of Ghoolam Rasool and another side of Indian life and affairs by Major G. F. MacMunn's Maharajpore and Punniar.' The story of the origin of the Ada Lewis Home, the home for women on the principles of a Rowton House, which was made possible by Mrs. Lewis's legacy of 50,000l. for that purpose, is related by Sir Algernon West. Found-An Actor,' by Miss Emily Buckingham, is a lively paper on the " discovery of Edmund Kean; and Riders of the Plains,' by Miss Agnes Deans Cameron, is a description of the hardy, courageous life of the Mounted Police of North-West Canada. Mr. E. F. Benson begins a serial, Thorley Weir'; and Mrs. Henry de la Pasture's Michael Ferrys' is continued. has The Nineteenth Century is also stronger than usual on the literary side. Prof. Tyrrell's Style in English Literature' brings us to no definite conclusion, but the instances quoted, and the amusing criticism of Stevenson's extravagances, and the mere method of the considerations, at least make for better insight into the problem. Mr. M. H. Spielmann's study of The Portraitur of George Frederic Watts' is a thoroughly Mrs. Frederic Harrison interesting piece of work. Some Thoughts about the Novel which are rather disjointed, and seem to us to prove but little. Among the most arresting of the articles we should reckon Mr. G. R. S. Mead's Mystical Experiments on the Frontiers of Early Christendom and Mr. M. A. R. Tuker's The Gospel according to Prisca.' The latter goes through the evidence which might be held to justify the attribution of the Epistle to the Hebrews to Prisca's household: the former deals with those names of mystery and romanceHermes Trismegistos and Iamblichu s, and with the so-called Hymn of Jesus' from the latest discovered fragments of the Acts of John.' We may notice briefly Mr. Walter Sichel's Disraeli: the Second Phase,' and Mr. T. Jamieson's paper on The Small Holdings Problem.' Notices to Correspondents. ON all communications must be written the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. WE beg leave to state that we decline to return communications which, for any reason, we do not print, and to this rule we can make no exception. EDITORIAL Communications should be addressed to "The Editor of 'Notes and Queries'"-Advertisements and Business Letters to The "The Publishers" at the Office, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.C. The Cornhill Magazine for this month has a table of contents more than usually various. Judge Parry gives us some more scenes with John Honorius-seen presiding over the keeping of Christmas. Miss Edith Sellers, not without her rather pleasant occasional acrility, gives us 'A Question of Good Manners (the giving up H. H. C.-Forwarded. A. B. ("On that hard Pagan world disgust").Matthew Arnold, Obermann Once More,' st. 24. CORRIGENDUM.-In our last number, p 517, col. 2, the translation of the sonnet by Félix Arvers should have been signed C. C. B., not "B. C C." |