seen such hats in very recent days; but I do Government provided for the son by sending not think that they went by the name of him to America, Dilladale having appropriated shaving hats. Your correspondent will pro- the father's estate, and consequently the bably find a representation of a shaving family's means of subsistence. There were hat, with a description thereof, in some early several families in Leeds of the name at the volume of the Lady's Magazine, which, ac- time in good position, and particulars of cording to Bohn's Lowndes's 'Bibliographer's them will be found in the Leeds parish Manual,' began to run its course in July, 1770. church registers published by the Thoresby EDWARD PEACOCK. Society. G. D. LUMB. Leeds. This does not allude to any tonsorial headgear, but to a hat made of shavings or chips. A large quantity of them are manufactured at Luton, Beds, and are termed shaving hats. Had Elizabeth Canning's hat been made of straw, they would have taken from her "one straw hat." HIPPOCLIDES can readily purchase one for a shilling. LL.D. CHAS. F. FORSHAW, Hanover Gardens, Bradford. [Many similar replies are acknowledged.] "THE WHITE FAUNCH HIND" (9th S. iii. 169, 372). The answers to this query of MR. HARVIE-BROWN are very unsatisfactory. The word faunch is not likely to be an offshoot of faun or the same word as faunte, the old English word for child or infant. Is it not simply a misprint for fauch, a variant of fallow, Whyte - Melville's expression "the white fauch deer" being used in the same way as we speak of a white blackbird? A. B. STEELE. WIND INDICATOR AT PECKHAM (9th S. iii. 347, 478).-There is a "wind indicator" with a large dial like a clock-face on the front of Chelsea Barracks. H. K. JOHN MASSY (9th S. iii. 443).I can propound another theory for the origin of John Massy, the ancestor of the American family mentioned by F..J. P. John Massy, of Briggate in Leeds, drowned himself, and was buried at St. John's on 3 February, 1669/70. He was in good circumstances, and a mortuary fee was paid. On 9 February Morrice Dilladale, page of the bedchamber to the king, petitioned for the goods, lands, &c., of John Massy, of Briggate, Leeds, who had destroyed himself, and a caveat was issued in his favour ('Calendar of State Papers'). John Massy was married by licence, at Hunslet, to Sarah Ryther, of Headrow, 18 Dec., 1661, and had a son John born 23 April and baptized 3 May, 1666, at Leeds. My suggestion is that the CORPUS CHRISTI DAY (9th S. iii. 407). The Supreme Court of Judicature Act 38 & 39 Vic. cap. 77, passed 5 August, 1873, order lxi., was amended by an Order in Council dated 12 December, 1883. By the Rules of the Supreme Court, 1883, order lxiii., Michaelmas Sittings begin 24 October, end 21 December; Hilary Sittings are from 11 January to Wednesday before Easter Sunday; Easter Sittings begin Tuesday after Easter week, and end on Friday before Whit Sunday; Trinity Sittings begin on the Tuesday after Trinity Sunday, and close on 12 August. Although Corpus Christi does not now strictly enter into the calculation of the law terms, now called sittings, it practically does so, as it always occurs on the Thursday following Trinity Sunday, or the second day after Trinity Sittings begin." EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. CRICKET (9th S. iii. 208, 273).--The following extract from a letter of one Robert Ord to the Lord Carlisle of that day, dated Petersham, 13 August, 1751, is an early and amusing example of an eleven-a-side cricket match : "You see in the papers that Lord Sandwich has won his match at cricket against the Duke, but what I think the best part of the story is not told there. The Duke, to procure good players on his side, ordered 22, who were reckoned the best players order for him to choose 11 out of them. They in the country, to be brought to play before him, in played accordingly, and he chose 11. The other 11, JANE SHORE (9th S. iii. 445).-Referring to my note at the above reference, I find it stated in an interesting and readable little book, dealing with the early London bankers, and entitled "Somme Olde Curiosities, by a Knighte offe y Quille," 1890, which, however, cannot be regarded as authoritative, that there is a tradition that "Matthew Shore, the father of the world-famed Jane Shore, carried on, on the very same spot [as the Grasshopper, the old sign of Martin's Banking House, No. 68, in Lombard Street], his business as a goldsmith"; and that the ballad has it: In Lombard Street I once did dwell, And further (as the author quotes from Pen- Now, the father of Jane Shore was Thomas Wainstead, a mercer in Cheapside, and it seems to me that the first of the above-quoted statements is intended to apply not to her father, but to her husband, William Shore, who, however, according to my previous communication on the subject, appears to have carried on the business of a goldsmith on the site of No. 43, Lombard Street, and not on that of Messrs. Martin's premises at No. 68 in the same street. In any case the latter firm could only have occupied premises which were rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666, on the site of, and not the actual " shop" of Gresham-the earliest occupants of such rebuilt "Grasshopper" being, apparently, Messrs. Chas. Duncombe & Rich. Kent, named among the " goldsmiths who kept running cashes" (i. e., current accounts to be drawn on by customers) in the first 'London Directory' of 1677. W. I. R. V. PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH BRANCH ESTABLISHMENTS (9th S. iii. 468).—It may reasonably be doubted whether any large English public school has a branch abroad. One big school on the north side of London, established with a view to giving a commercial training, has an arrangement by which boys may be transferred for a time to a place of education on the Continent. The failure to teach modern languages passably in England springs partly from the system on which our public schools are worked. Without real sympathy or an intimate connexion with the so varied world beyond the "silver streak," rigorously closed to duce a particular English type, it may be said almost every influence that does not tend to proof them in this respect, as of exclusive people, that they shut the gates of heaven on themselves. In some of the Catholic schools in England, however, there may be discerned the germ of better things. The presence of a foreign element upon the staff, and of boys or girls among the pupils, the visits of parents and of birds of passage from the Continent, to say nothing of the links, old as the days of Ethelbert, that bind the Church in England with the Church abroad, give to the study of modern tongues a certain actuality, and furnish an incentive and some opportunity for acquiring the most important of the continental languages. As to whether boys should be taught something more useful than the elements of a language in which they are never likely to make great progress, much naturally depends upon the end of education. But if it be to lay wide the foundation of knowledge in days when it is easy to acquire what later on is so much drudgery, so that the pupil may specialize in after life as times and circumstance demand, then it will not be deemed lost labour to work at the grammar of French the subject shall be dropped when business or German or Spanish or Italian. Even if life begins and not resumed, yet at least there is the small recommendation that a man will be unable to complain that he was not taught at school, and so felt himself debarred in after years from entering on a course of work to which in youth he had no introduction. T. P. ARMSTRONG. Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, &c. 4 Great Historic Peerage: the Earldom of Wiltes. and, and Feversham, and by the Lords Wenlock, Wentworth, Colville of Culross, Arundell of Wardour, and Houghton. Since that time no action has been taken. Simon Thomas Scrope died in 1872, and Simon Conyers Scrope, who now claims to be de jure the twenty-first Earl of Wiltshire, may apply to the Crown, as is urged upon him by Mr. Metcalfe, by petition of right. That injustice was done is the opinion of many best qualified to judge. A question of the kind cannot conveniently be opened out in these columns. Mr. Metcalfe puts the case strongly, and his arguments may be conmended to our readers. His book is, however, that of a historian as well as that of an advocate. It supplies an account of the great historic family the Scropes of Yorkshire, including the Lords Scrope of Bolton, the Lords Scrope of Masham, and the Scropes of Danby. To those who know the place occupied in history and literature by the Scropes no accession of rank would bring an increase of consideration, and even so great an earldom as that of Wiltshire might easily be foregone. That a distinction might be foregone constitutes no reason, however, why a privilege should be withheld, and an appeal to the Crown to reverse a decision apparently unjust is natural and commendable under the circumstances. A chief objection to the claim was that it had been so long withheld. Sufficient reasons for delay are furnished in the volume. In the Extinct Peerage' of Burke it is simply chronicled that this peerage is forfeited. Such was not and could not be the case, since, as is shown, the attainder was invalid, the taking up arms for a monarch then regnant being incapable of being construed into an act of treason. Leaving, however, the region of legal subtleties, we may draw attention to the references to the Earl of Wiltshire and his brother, Sir Stephen Scroop or Scrope, in Shakespeare's 'Richard II.' (see Act III. sc. ii.). Four Scropes have been immortalized in the historical plays of Shakespeare, two in the ballad of Flodden Field,' and one in that of 'Kinmont Willie.' In addition to the Earl of Wiltes, two Scropes have been beheaded. Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, 1398-1405, after his informal condemnation by Sir William Fulthorpe, who was not a judge, was executed under the walls of York, and was buried in York Minster, where his tomb, still existing, was held for some time to work miracles. He was the noted participant in the rising of the Percies, for which see Shakespeare's King Henry IV. The third was Sir Henry le Scrope, third Baron Scrope of Masham, who was beheaded for his share in the conspiracy to dethrone Henry V. in favour of the Earl of March. It is, naturally, hopeless for us to follow the fortunes of the Scropes, with which those of the ancestors of Mr. Metcalfe were at one time allied. Their story is well told by Mr. Metcalfe, who warmly espouses their cause. The present volume will be welcome in the dales of the North Riding watered by the Swale and the Ure, and throughout Yorkshire generally. Its interest will not, indeed, be confined to the three Ridings, but will extend wherever history and, we may add, literature are studied. The illustrations include a splendid armorial book-plate, a portrait of the Earl of Wiltes, &c., for a description of which see 9th S. i. 480. A pedigree showing the descent of the present claimant of the earldom is a feature in a book which is issued by subscription. A few copies -they are but few-are accessible to the student. The Roxburghe Ballads. Edited by Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth, F.S.A. Part XXVII. Vol. IX. (Ballad Society.) So much matter of highest interest has come into the hands of Mr. Ebsworth since he undertook the eighth and final volume of 'The Roxburghe Ballads' that he has been compelled to divide it in two, and the series now extends to nine volumes. The whole of this is in print, and though more valuable and interesting matter is to be had for the asking, the editing and publication of 'The Roxburghe Ballads' are accomplished. Since the death of Mr. Chappell, by whom the first volumes were edited, the work has been entirely in the hands of Mr. Ebsworth, to whose zealous, untiring, and unremunerated labours we have constantly drawn attention. It will convey some idea of the amount of labour involved when we say that Mr. Ebsworth has contributed to the Ballad Society 6,052 pages of not far short of four hundred words to a page. This task has been achieved by one man without any form of acknowledgment or recompense, the miserable dole of thanks even, which one would have thought inevitable, having been withheld. Societies, like corporations-according to the famous mot of Sydney Smith-have no souls to be saved, and no more to be kicked than have the cherubim. lf, however, one spark of gratitude lingers in the minds of those whose interests Mr. Ebsworth has so well served, an opportunity still presents itself. Material for a small index volume remains unpublished. This, if printed, will consist of a thin halfpart, of some hundred and sixty pages, containing an index of historical persons and events, which is obviously necessary to the completeness and utility of the collection. If this is to see the light, one of two things must happen. Either voluntary subscriptions to the cost must be made by possessors of the set, or the editor must add to his self-imposed labours of editing and illustrating the part after the fashion in which previous parts have been edited and illustrated the cost of printing-a burden which surely should not be imposed upon him, and which it is too much to expect him to undertake. Having made this further protest and appealfor, in fact, it is both-we turn to the contents of the part itself. These are sufficiently interesting and miscellaneous, including, among other things, admirable frontispieces to vols. i., ii., and iii., and a ballad index to vol. viii. The volume opens with a collection of Restoration ballads, reprinted from editions supposedly unique. These deal with subjects such as General Monck, the destruction of the Rump, the festivities in London upon the return of the king and upon his coronation, together with congratulations upon the execution of the regicides. Two of them are concerned, moreover, with the escape of Charles after the defeat at Worcester, and his preservation in the royal oak. A quaint illus tration to the last shows him in the tree, a large and not too well-favoured bird, with three crowns adhering in a sufficiently uncomfortable fashion to his head. The ballads which follow are of a more amorous complexion, and consist of wooing-songs of Kent, circa 1553 and 1611, one the best being 'Fair Susan of Ashford.' We have then 'The Inconstant Maiden; or, the Forsaken Young Man,' "The Praise of Saylors,' 'How Oxford Scholars spent their Time,' Robin Goodfellow: the King of Pharies,' 'Pyramus and Thisbe; or, Love's Masterpiece,' &c. Most of these have admirable and quaint illustrations. In addition to the designs Mr. Ebs worth gives comments, explanations, and other specially high in the estimate of English fair ones. lucubrations, with occasionally a ballad or stave of A very large portion-the principal portion, indeed his own making. What he writes has, of course, a-is occupied with the greed and insincerity of the strong loyalist and imperial bias, and he shows him- Cardinal (Mazarin), to whom, however, he strives self no more indulgent than heretofore to the views to be just. Many incidents in the war of the Fronde of precisian and Puritan. Once more we congra- are depicted with vivacity-with so much vivacity, tulate him and the society upon the practical indeed, that we are not quite contented that some These are few and completion of his task, and once more we claim for omissions have been made. him the recognition never afforded him, and express trifling, and, as Mr. Nevill points out, do not affect the hope that this will take the shape most con- the fortunes of D'Artagnan. Historically, the life genial to his own wishes. of D'Artagnan is not supposed to be trustworthy or accurate. It casts a certain amount of light, at any rate, upon the time, and bears what seems to be a general air of truth. Sandras has some of the gifts of De Foe, and assigns a wonderful air of verisimilitude to what he tells. We shall be glad to welcome the third portion of this work, the more so that we are unfamiliar with the contents The volumes of the 'Vie de M. of the original. d'Artagnan' were issued by Pierre Marteau at Cologne at different dates, and we can boast the possession of the first two volumes only. The translation remains spirited, and the book constitutes very agreeable reading. Memoirs of Monsieur d'Artagnan. Translated into English by Ralph Nevill.-Part II. The Lieutenant. (Nichols.) to THE catalogue of Messrs. Maggs Brothers contains a large number of interesting items connected with early English literature. Notices to Correspondents. A FEW months only have elapsed since the first volume of a translation of the Mémoires de M. d'Artagnan' of Sandras de Courtilz, or Courtilz de Sandras, was given to the public (see 9th S. ii. 419). The second part is now issued, and will, it is to be hoped, with no long delay, be followed by the third and concluding portion. The D'Artagnan of Dumas and Maquet, with his adventurous companions Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, has now disappeared, and we have in place of that hairbrained adventurer a moderately responsible and fairly prudent officer, who, before the volume is over, purchases from Mazarin the rank of captain in the Garde du Roi. The book is not the less vivacious for the disappearance of D'Artagnan's well-known assoMR. HARRY SPEIGHT, of Crow Nest, Bingley, the ciates. Athos, indeed, puts in a solitary appear-author of various books on historic and picturesque ance, and renders his old friend a service by acting Yorkshire, promises by subscription Upper as his agent and spy. The book is, however, mainly Wharfedale from Otley to Langstrothdale (we occupied by the services D'Artagnan renders as a should have reversed the order of the names). disguised emissary of Mazarin, and by his efforts Yorkshiremen know through what spots of marvelheroic and sustained, but, alas! unavailing lous and romantic beauty the Wharfe passes from secure himself a bride with a fortune in the shape Carn Fell by Kettlewell, Barden Tower, &c., to of the widow of a councillor. This last pursuit is Bolton Woods and Abbey and so on to Ilkley. The sentimental and borders on the tragic. In other volume will, of course, be freely illustrated. love affairs-if such they may be called-D'Artagnan shows himself sufficiently reckless, and the manner in which, while in England, he constitutes himself cook to the French Ambassador in England, M. de Bordeaux, for the sake of obtaining access to a lady whom that dignitary honours with his protection, is more amusing than dignified. This escapade brings him into conflict with the ambassador, and leads to some not too pleasing experiences. Though charged with a mission from Cardinal Mazarin, D'Artagnan knows better than to declare himself an agent. Moved by jealousy, M. de Bordeaux chooses to see in him a spy of Condé, and has him seized, bound, and gagged, and sent over a prisoner to Mazarin. He is lodged in the Bastille, where Mazarin, not knowing who he is, forgets all about him, and leaves him during six weeks to kick his heels in confinement. Ultimately he is set free; but it is not without some difficulty that he can persuade the Cardinal, to whom suspicion is as natural as avarice, that he has not, in fact, been meddling in some plot. So unprosperous, as regards the consequences they entail, are D'Artagnan's love affairs generally, that a man less ardent in tempera ment would probably have carried into execution schemes often meditated, and would have abandoned entirely the service of Cupid. 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