storm-tossed ocean, we may say, so far as we are able to ascertain, the purely historical parts of Mr. Haggard's book are carefully written, and that his political convictions have not been permitted to colour his facts. He writes also with an honest detestation of slavery, which will be appreciated by almost every Englishman. Some of our readers who are interested in ancient tenures are, we doubt not, acquainted with what are called "lammas lands"-that is, grass land the right of mowing the meadow of which belongs to one person and the "eatage" to another. A tenure very similar to this seems to be growing up at the present day in the vicinity of the Transvaal territory. A Compilation of English Silver Coins issued since the Conquest, with their Values. By J. Henry. (A. Reader.) THE author, Mr. Henry, has brought out a third edition of his useful handbook on English silver coins, Though it does not pretend to give all the details which are to be found in such standard works as those of Ruding and Hawkins, yet the young collector will find in it much interesting and serviceable information. It is illustrated with some fair woodcuts, and the prices which the coins have fetched at the more recent sales are given. The account of the Queen Anne farthings which, if we mistake not, was appended to the first edition, has been omitted, and details as to the cost of labour and food during the earlier reigns have been added to the present edition, in order to give the reader some idea of the purchasing power of the coins at the date of issue. English Proverbs. By W. Carew Hazlitt. Second edition. (Reeves & Turner.) THE present volume, which Mr. Hazlitt informs us has occupied his attention "at intervals during more than twenty years," is a great advance on any previous work of the kind. It has been compiled with much care and industry, and by the student of folk-lore engaged in tracing the origin and growth of this branch of our popular literature it will be perused with additional interest. Of previous attempts in this direction one of the most complete is the celebrated work of John Ray, which has obtained a widespread popularity, although Mr. Hazlitt speaks rather hardly of the author's notes a8 "a mass of slipshod twaddle," and adds that as a proverb-editor "his performances are wretched in the extreme." Of course the real definition of a proverb is still a matter upon which proverb-collectors disagree; and whilst Mr. Hazlitt is somewhat severe in his stric tures upon those who take an opposite view to himself, he must remember that in many respects his own volume is equally open to criticism. Mr. Hazlitt in his preface speaks of the late Mr. Thoms"; we are sure he will rejoice with us that our much-valued founder is in good health, and as much interested in his literary pursuits as ever. The Wandering Jew. By Moncure D. Conway. (Chatto & Windus.) published by Messrs. Chatto & Windus. It is a literary curiosity, being a cento of quotations and a perfect storehouse of learned material; the spicy flavour of systematic ill humour which pervades its pages is one of its most pleasing aspects. mingham, J. F. Mason; London, Simpkin, Marshall & The Midland Antiquary, No. II., for December (Bir Co.), continues the good promise of the first number. We are glad to find that the editor is printing the whole of the registers of the parish of Aston-juxta-Birmingham, and not only extracts, as we thought, from the initial portion. The December number contains, amongst other valuable matter, a graphic résumé of the contents of the historical section of the recent Worcestershire Exhibition, a loan collection of far more than local or temporary interest, and which we trust will be repeated, either at Worcester or in other centres of Middle English family treasures. THE following works have been received by us :-From Messrs. Macmillan & Co., Essays, by the late George Brimley, M.A., third edition. Messrs. Rivingtons, Sophocles, translated into English verse by Robert Whitelaw; Precious Stones, collected by H. L. Sidney Lear; Sunrise, Noon, and Sunset, by the same; and a small edition of Mr. Adams's Sacred Allegories.-Messrs. Trübner, Travels in South Kensington, by Moncure D. 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It is not a mere school edition, or one destined simply for the use of the numerous young gentlemen who are 'crimming' for examination, though to them also it will be extremely useful. It is the work of a thoughtful and cultivated man, thoroughly acquainted with Lessing literature, and writing English like an Englishman. Dr. Buchheim's edition will henceforth be indispensable to those of our countrymen who desire to study Nathan the Wise' intelligently."-Academy. · London: HENRY FROWDE, Oxford University Press Warehouse, 7, Paternoster Row. Queries, with No. 161, Jan. 27, 1883. INDEX. SIXTH SERIES.-VOL. VI. [For classified articles, see ANONYMOUS WORKS, BIBLIOGRAPHY, BOOKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED, EPIGRAMS, EPITAPHS, FOLK-LORE, PROVERBS AND PHRASES, QUOTATIONS, SHAKSPEARIANA, and Songs And Ballads.] A. (A.) on the Essays of Elia, 407 A. (E. H.) on Delaval family, 352 Neville (Thomas), 328 A. (F. S.) on a silver chalice, 346 De Panama, 449 A. (H. S.) on books written in Latin by moderns, 207 Omissions, strange, 346 A. (J. G.) on Shakspeares in Lincolnshire and Suffolk, 368 A. (J. H. L.) on hair turning suddenly white, 86 A. (J. S.) on Fraternity of the Holy Ghost, Basingstoke, 249 Lytton-Graveyard, 273 A. (K. T.) on woodcocks in the moon, 428 A. (M.) on John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 27 A. (M., Oxon.) on Christian names, 50 Opal superstitions, 156 Radnor Registers, entries in, 105, 534 A. (S. D.) on Stackpole Court, 255 Aber-, in Scotch and Welsh place-names, 188 Cradock (Dr.), Bp. of Kilmore, 233 Ibis, legend of, 48 "Lord's Day," MS. on. 28 Prescription, strange, 407 Abney (Sir Thomas), Lord Mayor of London, 75 Ache on Oxford University motto, 147 Acilegna, its meaning, 537 Ad Fines, Roman place-name, 209 Ad Pontem, places so called, 189,336 Addison (Joseph), his biography, 143, 255 Addison (Lancelot), Dean of Lichfield, 205 Addy (S. O.) on Derbyshire freeholders, 514 "Adeste Fideles," 97, 238 Adisham, its etymology, 208, 272, 438 Adjectives, verbal, in -ing, 11, 118; pluralized in English, 96 Advertising and newspapers, 450 Afterings, its meaning, 54, 158 Agnosticism, introduction of the word, 34, 418 Aitzema (Leo), his "Notable Revolutions," 57, 111, 198 Alarm, French for, 44, 215 Aldrich (Henry), biographical note on, 244 Ale spelt otherwise, 149, 238 Alefounder (John), portrait painter, 224 Alexander VII. (Pope), his election, 128, 235, 318, 332 "All but" followed by a pronoun, 95, 218 Alleine (Richard), biographical note on, 305 Allen (T.) on Lady Johanna Thornhill, 112 Hindlip parish registers and House, 168 Welted, its meaning, 113 Alms dish at Bermondsey Church, 47 Skating introduced into England, 156 "Amazon, British," 18 Amelia (Princess), her alleged marriage, 47, 95 Anonymous Works : Art of Speaking in Publick, 187 Austria as It Is, 35 Channel Fleet, 288 Church and State, a poem, 89 Concise History of the Cistercian Order, 269 Essays on the Science of Good Living, 389 Harp of Salem, 167 Imitation of Christ, 226 Island of Veritas, 348, 459 L'Abbesse de Montmartre, 237 Ladies Calling, 8, 195 Légende Dorée des Freres Mendians, 154 List of Officinal Plants, 25 Armentarium, an instrument of torture, 228 Armour, funeral, in churches, 78, 138, 277 Arnott (S.) on Robert Russel, of Wadhurst, 57 "Apony on Lindsay family, 316 Artas, allusion to, 367 Arthur, King of England," at Innsbruck, 369, 403, 415, 476 Articles of the Church of England, works on, 51, 218 Arundell (W. A. T.) on George Washington's ancestors, 152 Ascensius (Badius), his printing press, 206, 232, 396 Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Bate Library at, 11, 52 Astle (J. G. E.) on game of twenty questions, 95 Liturgy on Universal Principles, &c., 227, 271, 337 Astrologers and astronomers, 145 Mary, Queen of Scots, Life of, 1826, 109 New Method for Improvement of Manufacture of Noodle's Oration, 410, 459 Nut and Dhuan in Mouseland, 49, 99 Parallel, The: Nebuchadnezzar and N. Buonaparte, 109 Plain Man's Letter to Rev. E. Walford, 389 Reminiscences of a Scottish Gentleman, 490 Short History of Prime Ministers, 489 Spare Moments: Poems Secular and Religious, Tales of an Indian Camp, 68, 195 Translations, chiefly from the Italian, 209, 259 Vestiges of Creation, 114 Woman; as She Is, and as She should Be, 90 'Anthologia Hibernica," 8, 153 Anywhen, 136, 257, 438, 476 Apis on Mr. Pratt, 1783, 149 Apperson (G. L.) on Baxter's "Diary," 153 Charope, a rare adjective, 347 Hasty, a provincialism, 447 Lunes as an English word, 544 Athelington, Lincolnshire, its locality, 168 Atkinson (H. J.) on "A Short History of Prime Minis ters," 489 66 Attwell (H.) on unpublished fables by La Fontaine, 102 Audley of Helagh pedigree, 87, 133 Auster, its meaning and derivation, 47, 75 French and English characteristics, 106 B. (A. C.) on the Quakers, 207 Game of twenty questions, 95 B. (E. F.) on a cuff on the ear, 48 B. (E. M.) on Irish Folk-lore, 63 B. (F. B.) on Gardiner's "Fall of the Monarchy of Charles I.," 487 Gray (Thomas), 167 B. (G.) on a singular epitaph, 45 B. (G. F. R.) on Gray's Inn registers, 434 B. Kelly (Miss), the actress, 493 "Ladies Calling," 195 Masher, its derivation, 541 "Men of light and leading," 115 Middle Temple Hall, armour in, 75 Mining terms, 116 "Pouring oil on troubled waters," 97 Umbrageous Touchy, 93 Wardrobe, its meaning, 388 Webley (Edward), 455 (J.) on Courts of Justice, Edinburgb, 309 St. Giles's Fair, 75 Woundworts, 13 B. (J. M'C.) on Anstey family, 116 |