! application, is fast disappearing in fact, except for poetical purposes, the comical or despicable y seems to be the only one surviving in the popular mind (doll, dolly; dad, daddy; cab, cabby). Who knows, or who cares to know, that hillock and bullock are diminutives of hill and bull? that manikin, catkin, napkin are clad in similar forms of another category? that pottle and bottle are meant for little pot and little bott or butt (une "botte" de vin, French), &c., all of which, and many others, are of sound English composition? Yes, we make use of those we possess, as of a heirdom of our forefathers, without noticing that they are only diminutive derivations, but we seldom now think of creating them, so as to mollify our expressions to that sweet and amiable diapason which is so prevailing in Spanish conversation. In the Belgian tongue diminutives are of inexhaustible resource. Forgetting the rules for their formation, most of our existing diminutives have in the course of time become standard words, and are taken up as such by our lexicographers. In fine, it is not considered tautology to say a small pottle, a little hillock, a slender puppet, a minute floweret, although a small pottle is just the same as a small small pot. For augmentatives we are still worse off, and I should be afraid to quote any without good authority; nevertheless, I believe there are some existing. London. J. VAN DE VELDE. "CAZEN" [CAZIN] (4th S. ii. 201.)— "Cazin était libraire à Reims en Champagne. Le libraire Brisset à Reims a publié un catalogue des éditions Cazines, avec une notice sur Cazin. Les imprimaturs' de 'Londres' et 'Genève' sont fausses: Les Cazines ont été entièrement imprimés à Reims. "Lausanne. PASTEUR MARTIGNIER." The information kindly given by the above disguished Swiss antiquary and author is (as far as it goes) very satisfactory. But why did Cazin use false imprimaturs"? From the dates on some of his title-pages, it is clear that he published during "the reign of terror." Was it through fear that he had recourse to subterfuge ? The collection is of a very mixed character, and some volumes of a moral and religious description might have been obnoxious to the National Convention. Perhaps some correspondent may be able to follow up the information afforded by Pastor Martignier, and from access to Brisset's Memoir, throw a light on Cazin's motive for putting London and Geneva on the titles of books that it appears were actually printed at Rheims. STEPHEN JACKSON. ELECTION COLOURS (4th S. ii. 295, 308, &c.) At Grantham, Lincolnshire, the Liberals sport blue, and the Conservatives pink, or some shade of red; the inversion of colour being caused, it is said, some years ago, by one of the then members having forsaken Tory for Whig principles without abandoning "true blue." Red is also the Tory colour for South Lincolnshire, probably because Mr. Welby (who formerly stood for Grantham) is now its twice-returned Conservative representative. ST. SWITHIN. PRIMROSE (4th S. ii. 372, 454.)-In "N. & Q." (1 S. vii. 201) a correspondent informs us that primroses are not to be found at Cockfield in Suffolk, and that they have not been known there since the great plague, although they grow in similar soil in neighbouring parishes. I think it must be Cockfield of which "MR. WATSON is in search. ST. SWITHIN. QUOTATIONS WANTED (4th S. ii. 488.) — The lines referred to by J. B. WHITTLE are correctly as follows: QUOTATION WANTED: "TIME IS MONEY" (4th S. ii. 37, 115.)-I shall take the somewhat unusual course of answering my own query. I did not know that Franklin made use of this phrase in his works. MR. BEALE says so, but can he procure me direct proof for his assertion? I am aware that we can read in Poor Richard-" Dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of"; and "Time is money may be a contraction of this sentence, but the phrase itself I am unable to trace in Poor Richard. I have made, besides, a discovery which completely anticipates Franklin's possible authorship. I read in Diogenes Laertius's Lives of Eminent Philosophers that Theophrastus continually said, "Man possesses nothing so precious as time." (See the French translation of that work (by Chauffepié ?), Amsterdam, 1758, vol. i. p. 314.) H. TIEDEMAN. 週 quence of the Statute of Frauds, the additional ceremony of signing a deed is requisite. This question is still undecided. Sir William Blackstone is of opinion that signing as well as sealing is necessary (see Blackstone's Commentaries by Coleridge, ii. 306); Serjeant Stephen is of the same opinion (Stephen's Commentaries, i. 496, and Stephen On Pleading, 238, 288). On the other hand, Mr. Preston thinks that sealing alone is necessary, and that the Statute of Frauds does not apply to the case (Shepherd's Touchstone by Preston, i. 56). Lord St. Leonards favours this opinion (Sugden On Powers, 234, 235). The cases of Cooch v. Goodman (2 Queen's Bench, 596), and Aveline v. Whisson (4 Manning and Grainger, 804), leave the point undecided, though they throw some doubt upon the doctrine held by Sir William Blackstone. I have no doubt that the current opinion on the subject has its origin in the common law. WALTER J. TILL. "FAIS CE QUE TU DOIS," ETC. (3rd S. v. 34; 4th S. ii. 190.)-This phrase occurs in the Romant de la Rose, 2203: "Chascun doit faire en toutes places Ce qu'il set qui mieux li avient; Car los et pris et grace en vient"; and also in Barbazan's Fabliaux, i. 77:-"Fai que dois, aviegne que puet." Amsterdam. H. TIEDEMAN. ARMORIAL INSIGNIA OF ILLUSTRIOUS BYZANTINE FAMILIES (4th S. ii. 525.)-Having recently assisted in sending the heir of all the Courtenays of Powderham Castle to Parliament, I looked with interest at the list of illustrious Byzantine families contributed by the PRINCE RHODOCANAKIS, and thought I should have found Courtenay amongst them. I need not here quote Gibbon (vii. 424) to remind the readers of N. & Q." of the origin of this distinguished family. Where were the Courtenays, counts of Edessa and emperors of Constantinople, at the time that list was compiled? Courtenay bears-Or, three torteaux, 2 and 1, and a label of three points, azure. Whilst we are on this subject, an advertisement which appeared in the English newspapers some years ago is recalled to my memory. A transcript of it was given to me about five years since, and by turning over a box of papers I have succeeded in finding it. The words are these: "To be sold in Devonshire-A Capital Barton. Theodore Paleologus, the lineal descendant of the Greek emperors, lived and died in the house." I am not able to say to what part of the county reference is made, and know no more than what is conveyed in the sentence quoted. In the illustrious list above, the name of Paleologus duly appears. I would willingly know whether there is any truth contained in the assertion made in that advertisement. P. HUTCHINSON. Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. Annals of St. Paul's Cathedral. By Henry Hart Milman, D.D., late Dean of St. Paul's. With Portrait and Illustrations. (Murray.) This is an admirable book. Whether we regard St. Paul's as furnishing a subject worthy of Dean Milman's eloquence have found a peculiarly congenial theme for their learning and eloquence, or believe that such learning and display in the history of the Cathedral of the Metropolis, the work before us is one which must add to the reputa tion of the Christian scholar, whose loss so many friends and admirers have recently had to deplore. These Annals of St. Paul's are not more the Annals of the Cathedral than of the Church itself in this country; and how grandly does the Catholic spirit and noble simplicity in which Dean Milman treats that history, more especially during the eventful struggles connected with the Reformation, contrast with that reverence for mere forms and ceremonies now so rife among us. The name of Dean Milman will ever be connected with the efforts now making for the completion and decoration of the magstill more imperishable memorial of his connection with nificent Cathedral so long entrusted to his charge, but a it will be found in these admirable Annals, which we now earnestly recommend to the attention of our readers. BOOKS RECEIVED. We are compelled, partly owing to our limited space, ledge with the greatest brevity the receipt of A Letter to partly to the nature of the works themselves, to acknowthe Rev. T.W. Perry; Of Ceremonies, Lights, and Customs, by the Rev. William Cooke, M.A. (Rivington); Of the Imitation of Christ, Four Books, New Edition (Parker); Village Sermons on the Baptismal Service, by Rev. John Keble; and Church Endowments, by Rev. John Slatter (both published by Parker); the second volume of the Ascetic Library, Preparation for Death: translated from the Italian of Alfonso, Bishop of St. Alfonso. Edited by Rev. Orby Shipley. (Rivington.) It is to be regretted that Mr. Shipley should neither have inserted the name of Liguori in his title-page, nor stated in the preface the title, &c. of the original work. To these we must add the second number of The Journal of Philology (Macmillan), which exceeds in interest the opening number, and well deserves the support of all philologists; and the twenty-ninth Part of The Herald and Genealogist, edited by Mr. J. G. Nichols, which opens with an interesting paper on "The Heraldry of the Chapter House at York," from the pen of a gentle. man whose reputation as an antiquary is more than local, Mr. Davies of York. "UNDER THE CROWN."-A new shilling monthly magazine, bearing this title, is announced to appear with the new year. It is, we understand, to be a magazine of general literature, conducted by servants of the crown; a class which, as is well known, provides a large portion of the magazine literature of the day. CHARTAPELLICIA.-Southey bound many of the most curious volumes in his remarkable library. Many bookcollectors, especially those resident in the country, would often gladly patch the leathern coats of their favourites had they but the means of doing so. A hint on the want of such means put Messrs. Partridge & Cooper on their mettle, and the result is a new material for the purpose, which they invented, and sell under the name of Chartapellicia As the price of this new material is very moderate, and it is easily applied by means of strong paste or glue, and is moreover made in some twenty different colours to represent the various leathers used in bookbinding, there can be little doubt of this ingenious invention meeting with the general patronage which it so well deserves. THE MEYRICK COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ARMOUR.We have great satisfaction in announcing to our readers that this matchless Collection has been lent to the South Kensington Museum for public exhibition. It has been removed from Goodrich Court to the Galleries facing the Horticultural Gardens, lately occupied by the National Portraits. The exhibition will be opened to the public on Saturday, Dec. 26 (to-day). BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE. Particulars of Price, &c., of the following Books, to be sent direct to the gentlemen by whom they are required, whose names and addresses are given for that purpose: LUMEN DE LUMINE; or, a New Magical Light, with a plate by R. Vaughan, 1651. By Eugenius Philalethes [. e. Thomas Vaughan]. THE FAME AND CONFESSION OF THE FRATERNITY OF R. C.: commonly of the Roman Cross, with a Preface, 1652.-Ibid. BRIEF NATURAL HISTORY, intermixed with Variety of Philosophical Discourses and Observations upon the Burnings of Mount Etna: with Refutations of Vulgar Errors. By Eugenius Philalethes, as suprà. M. Smelt, 1669. THALIA REDIVIVA, the Passtimes and Diversions of a Countrey Muse, 1678. Edited by J. W. 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We must confine "N. & Q." to Queries which are of historical or literary interest. Answers to other Correspondents in our next. ERRATUM.-4th S. ii. p. 594, col. ii. line 30, for "Ecce venerabilis ossa"read" Ela venerabilis ossa." THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS.-A most interesting and instructive little work, describing briefly, but with great clearness, the rise and progress of watch and clock making, has just been published by MR. J. W. BENSON, 25, Old Bond Street: 99, Westbourne Grove; and the Steam City Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate Hill. The book, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description of the vari ous kinds of watches and clocks, with their prices; and no one should make a purchase without visiting the above establishments or consulting this truly valuable work. 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