may be traced in a score important works to be found in all well-equipped libraries. Mr. Elvin's aim is to present in alphabetical order, and as succinctly as is reconcilable with accuracy and intelligibility, a list of terms used in the science, together with appropriate illustrations. The work is thus equally useful to the amateur who seeks to blazon such coats as he encounters and to the practical artist. Upwards of two thousand illustrations accompany the text. Many of these, together with many of the terms, are not to be found in any other heraldic glossary. The arrangement is simplicity itself. In the body of the book, under which the terms employed in heraldry are explained, references are made to the pages on which the thing is depicted. Heraldry has been said to be the most easily acquired of all sciences. As such it comthose who see in it perhaps the most important side-light cast upon history. Mr. Elvin's book cannot fail to facili tate the mastery of the subject, and may be commended to all students. To the same author we are already indebted for 'Anecdotes of Heraldry,' a Handbook of Mottoes borne by the Nobility, Cities, &c.' important works, for new editions of which scholarship is beginning to intercede. The 'Dictionary of Roman Coins' is, however, up to date, and its appearance, long retarded by causes beyond human control, will now be warmly welcomed. There is no need in these pages to dwell upon the importance, from whatever standpoint it is regarded, of the study of numismatics. A comprehensive knowledge of ancient coins, and especially of the moneta Romana, is the most enviable of possessions for the archæologist and the historian. Guides to the student and the collector have not been wanting. In the present volume, however, for the first time we have a comprehensive dictionary, written in the vernacular, and wholly occupied with Roman numismatics. Three objects have-as is announced in the original prospectus, which is reprinted-mends itself to those with limited leisure, as well as to been kept before the eyes of the successive editors. To furnish (1) an explanation of the types, devices, symbols, &c., which appear on coins with Latin legends, minted under the government of ancient Rome, both consular and imperial; (2) biographical, chronological, and monetal references to the emperors, empresses, and Cæsars, from Julius (B.C. 44) to Mauricius (A.D. 1602); Books received include The Standard of Value, by (3) mythological, historical, and geographical notices in William Leighton Jordan, sixth edition (Longmans & elucidation of curious and rare obverses and reverses. Co.); Life: what is it sustained by, and Cognate SubThe arrangement is alphabetical, and the cross refer-jects, by William Boggett (Trübner & Co.); and A ences are numerous. A work of this description has long been called for in England, and its appearance is a matter for congratulation. To the labours of his predecessors in general the editor does full justice, though no mention is made of the Dutch numismatists of the seventeenth century. To all, including the publishers, concerned in the production of this masterly work, who are in a position to be gratified by human homage, we offer our congratulations. It is equally difficult to over-estimate the amount of labour and energy involved in its production and the value of the result now happily obtained. Annual Register for the Year 1888. (Rivingtons.) YET once more the Annual Register makes its all-important contribution to our store of possessed, ranged, and docketed knowledge. To the value of compilations such as this full tribute has always been rendered. It is only in modern days, however, in which scrupulous accuracy is demanded and unsupported statements bring confusion on those who put them forth, that the full utility of the Annual Register stands apparent. Nothing can be more serviceable than to have a well-digested summary of the year's proceedings. To the statesman and the journalist the work remains indispensable. Apart from its other merits, one of the greatest recommendations is that it saves the accumulation upon the overburdened shelves of huge series of books. The Annual Register defies, of course, criticism and analysis. It is a book not to be judged, but to be used. Those who have once profited by the ease and convenience of reference, and the consequent diminution of annoyance, will never be without it, and the circle to which it appeals must necessarily be widening. The historical portion is, of course, the most important; but the chronicle of events, the retrospect of literature, &c., the obituary, and the index-the last two especially-are perhaps even more serviceable. A Dictionary of Heraldry. By Charles Norton Elvin, WORKS on heraldry multiply with a rapidity that shows Kindergarten Drawing-Book, Part II., by T. É. Rooper (Griffith, Farran & Co.). WE have received from Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston & Co. a little volume with the title The War Scare in Europe. There is not much in this brochure which justifies its title. Notices to Correspondents. We must call special attention to the following notices: 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 cannot undertake to answer queries privately. To secure insertion of communications correspondents must observe the following rule. Let each note, query, or reply be written on a separate slip of paper, with the signature of the writer and such address as he wishes to appear. Correspondents who repeat queries are requested to head the second communication "Duplicate.' LELIUS ("Silver Plate").-Mr. Chaffers's 'Hall Marks on Plate,' sixth edition (1883), and Mr. W.J. Cripps's 'Old English Plate' (1878),Old French Plate' (1880), and College and Corporation Plate' (1881). These are all the works on the subject we recall, and we know of none that gives the modern value. HISTORICAL STUDENT.-(1." Richmond Palace.") The information you seek is supplied in N. & Q.,' 6th S. viii. 518.-(2. "Esher.") Wolsey "took up his abode" at Esher Place. The only remaining portion of the old building still called Wolsey's Tower. EMILY S. RIGHTON ("Salt placed on the Body of the Dead").-There is a general belief expressed in books of witchcraft that salt is very distasteful to evil spirits. See 1" S. i. 492; also 1st S. iv. 162. J. A. J., Benares ("Carfindo ").-One of the carpenter's crew (Admiral Smyth's 'Sailor's Word-book'). NOTICE. Editorial Communications should be addressed to "The Editor of Notes and Queries ""-Advertisements and Business Letters to "The Publisher "-at the Office, 22, Took's Court, Cursitor Street, Chancery Lane, E.C. 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. Queries, with No. 186, July 20, 1880. INDEX. SEVENTH SERIES.-VOL. VII. [For classified articles, see ANONYMOUS WORKS, BIBLIOGRAPHY, BOOKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED, EPIGRAMS, EPITAPHS, A. (E.) on 'Anonymous and Pseudonymous Litera- | Allison (J. W.) on costly books, 484 ture,' 45 A. (F. R.) on Touch surname, 111 A. (H. B.) on Amsterdam Bourse, 15 A. (H. J.) on Mayor's title, 112 'Punch' publications, 290 A. (H. S.) on book illustrating, 47 'Pope's size," 351 Translation, errors of, 355 A. (W. E. A.) on Chinese folk-lore, 367 Ache on dogmatism and puppyism, 449 Acrostic, "Flowers of autumn," 489, 516 Adalbert (Prince) of Prussia, his biography, 55, 172 Addy (S. O.) on Robert Allott, 141 Bent or bennet, 25 Choil of a knife, 197 "Twizzel" in place-names, 28 Adrian I. and Charlemagne. See Antiphonaries. Agincourt, battle of, 15 Agrippa (Marcus Vipsanius) and Holland's Pliny, Aid, anonymous, 25 Aitk en family, 448, 510 Aitken (G. A.) on Defoe's Consolidator,' 409 "Divine Aspasia," 271 Rollos (John), 117 Aladdin, his wonderful lamp, 1 Alan, son of Fleance, 285 Aldermen "removing," 365 Ale, pale, first exported, 507 Alexander, favourite Scotch name, 128, 216 Allen (John), Bishop of Ely, his writings, 370 'Corn-Law Rhymes,' 231 Drinking health in blood, 292 Duffer, its meaning, 458 Euchre, its etymology, 358 Macaulay (Lord), 414 Orange blossoms at weddings, 369 School stocks, 429 Uncle pawnbroker, 56 Allott (Robert), author of England's Parnassus,' 141 Alpha on Prince Adalbert, 172 Crabbe (G.), his Tales,' 511 Elwes (John), 308, 475 Farmer (Capt. George), 158 Hervey (John, second baron), 434 Tears represented on tombstones, 478 Alphege on medal of Thomas Johnson, 48 Altar inscriptions, 9, 234 Altars, armorial bearings on, 148, 231, 316; Gattico America, dessert in, 226, 337 Amsterdam Bourse open to children, 15 Analcade and cavalcade, 425 Anderson (P. J.) on Aberdeen University arms, 63 Scotch University graduates, 493 Andrews (S. J.) on epitaph by Charles J. Fox, 468 Anglesea, springs at, 152 Anglo-Norman genealogies, 249 Anglo-Saxon names of the months, 301 Angus (G.) on armorial bearings on altars, 231 Border heraldry, 228 Review of Controversy respecting Bullion, 27 Sketches from St. George's Fields, 228, 317, Village Musings, 266, 372, 430, 476 Anson's 'Voyage round the World,' 112, 236 Antrobus (S. T.) on Irvine or Irwin family, 807 Apperson (G. L.) on Clasp-military decoration, 69 Colt, coltes, 153 French twenty-franc piece, 156 Uppish and upish, 254 Appleby on Col. Whitelocke, 253 Apprentice, his dress, temp. Elizabeth, 49 Armiger on arms borne by descendants, 175 Arms, manual of, 1770-8, 154, 296, 395, 436 Arnold (Matthew), his 'East and West,' 152; his prize poem on Cromwell, 287, 414; blunder in "Arrant Scot," misprint, 45, 114, 335, 419, 519 Arthur (Prince), his marriage with Katherine of Arundel (Sir John de), his daughter, 327 Ashbee (H. 8.) on Beckford's Vathek,' 413 Aspasia, "Divine," 207, 271, 334, 391 Astarte on bears committing suicide, 105 Charlemagne, 11 Charles V., epitaph on, 165 United States citizens, 46 Aston (Lady), her death, 187 Aston (Tony), reprints of his "Brief Supplement,' 16 De Banco Roll, names in, 91 Duggleby, its locality, 214, 413 Attwell (H.) on the Lord's Prayer, 18 Warple way," 269 Aureole, its origin, 65, 176, 278 Austria, its official calendars, 1700-70, 67, 236 Aveyron, savage of, 287 Axon (W. E. A.) on Walter Lynn, M.B., 241 Rhode Island superstitions, 426 Azores, folk-lore in, 106, 297 B. (C. C.) on blunders of authors, 392 Blanket, its derivation, 238 Digby (Kenelm Henry), 95 Epitaph, schoolgirl's, 253 Gam (Davy), 15 Gaming, indictments against, 230 "Herbe des trois gouttes de sang," 251 Kissing under the mistletoe, 51 Leather, human, 433 Macaroni-fop, 129 'Macbeth,' edition of 1673, 315 Orange blossoms at weddings, 474 Purre, call for pigs, 376 "Ram Jam," 92 Rose, thistle, and shamrock, 295 Wordsworth (W.), 258, 278, 417, 458 B. (E. F.) on grindstone and sapling, 434 2 rine 16 cha B. (F. W.) on ' Roman de la Rose,' 331 B. (G. F. R.) on Belgian beer, 33 Davenport (Christopher), 439 Hastings (Francis, Marquis of), 289 Hervey (John, second Baron); 108 Hobhouse (John Cam), 208 Lepell (Mary), Lady Hervey, 327 "Men, women, and Herveys,” 370 North family, works by, 375 'Petition from Letters I and U,' 187 'Sketches from St. George's Fields,' 228 B. (H. H.) on relics of Charles I., 115 Presbyterians under the Commonwealth, 413 B. (J. N.) on "Join the majority," 305 B. (M. M.) on Ralph de Guader, or Wader, 368 B. (W.) on "Leave the world better," &c., 157 B. (W. C.) on 'Book of Jasher,' 58 Criss-cross row, 453 Cromwell (Henry), 213 'Dictionary of National Biography,' 22, 122, 202, Baitman (W. J.), the Alford poet, 223, 409 Balfour family, 188 Ball rolled down dinner table, 16 Ball (E. A. R.) on Liddell and Scott's 'Lexicon,' 427 Bank note issue, books on, 12 Bankes (William) inquired after, 489 Bardsley (C. W.) on Dialogue as a surname, 447 109 Baring-Gould (S.) on west of England ballads, 44 Barley and bearded darnel, 46, 198 Bartlett (A. H.) on Dragoons and Hussars, 267 Batemans, Lord Mayors of London, 364, 437 Battle interrupted by an earthquake, 53 Cocker (E.), his 'Dictionary,' 255 Confide, use of the word, 285 Douglas (Lord James), 330 Lister, its meaning, 351 'Lord Derwentwater's Farewell,' 317 Programme, its spelling, 32 Tennyson (Lord), his J. S., 55 Beaconsfield (Lord), and "Elijah's mantle," 140, 197; Chatton (Thomas), 406 Mistarchy, its meaning, 296 Bears committing suicide, 105 Beckford (William), translations of Vathek,' 312, 413 3, 45 Dogmatism and puppyism, 511 'Punch' publications, 182 Bacon (Francia), Baron Verulam, and Florio, 408; his Bed-rock, a new word, 50 Bed-staff, 512 Beer, Belgian, 33; songs on, 33, 426 Befront in front, 205, 394 Beige, use of the word in England, 44 Belgian beer, 33 Belgian custom, 11, 57 Bibliography :- Bells, muffled during Advent, 57 ; in West Riding of York, 427 Benacre, place-name, 321, 430 Beni Jesu, their descent, 448 Bensly (E.) on "Dolce far niente," 111, 177 Bent or bennet, its meaning, 25, 196 Berkeley family of Beverstone, co. Gloucester, 169, Berkeley (Bishop), his MSS., 428, 456 Bernard (Richard), his 'Guide to Grand Jurym en,' Bet, sporting, 165 Beta on historical rings, 327 Betham Edwards (M.) on Young's 'Travels,' 207 Beveridge or Belfrage family, 9, 252 Bible: "Fox," St. Luke xiii. 31-5, 52; “Idol shep- Joachim the Prophet, 268, 357 Mills (John), 456 Milton (John), 147, 270 North family, 268, 375 O'Conor (William Anderson), 68, 174 Pepys (Samuel), 81, 196, 274, 315, 398 Swift (Dean Jonathan), 17, 207, 272 Biddell (H.) on burials in Westminster Abbey, 508 Binding of magazines, 352 Biographer on Richard Bernard, 75 Birch (W. J.) on Rumpelstiltskin, 425 Birmingham magazine, 'Monthly Intelligencer,' 33 425 Blandford (G. F.) on Samuel Pepys, 315 'Sketches from St. George's Fields,' 318 Twizzel, in place-names, 275 Blenkinsopp (E. L.) on musical taste in birds, 38 Blessington (Countess of), her portraits, 47, 136, 251 Boase (G. C.) on William Bligh, 216 St. Paul's Cathedral, its great bell tolled, 329 Boger (C. G.) on Alexander, 216 Pope (A.), his vision of Queen Victoria, 6 Boileau on altar inscriptions, 234 Folk-lore of the Azores, 297 Marriage prohibited at times, 514 Tace, Latin for a horselock," 5 Bolingbroke earldom, 75 Bonaccord on Parliament of Bats, 329 Bonaparte (Napoleon), his habeas corpus, 14; his Bone (J. W.) on Antiphonaries of Metz and St. Gall, Trevelyan, its pronunciation, 248 Bonnington Oak, 486 Book illustrating, or Grangerizing, 47, 173 Book muslin, 69, 177, 253 Book title wanted, 347 Bookbindings, ancient, their preservation and restora- tion, 283, 354 |