JULY 10. 1852.] Prospectus of a new Edition of Shakspeare, in TWENTY FOLI VOLUMES. corresponding in size with the convenient first collective edition o 1623, to suit numerous facsimiles to be made from that work. Privately printed for Subscribers only. HE WORKS OF WILLIAM THE WOPLARE, of the early Editions, all the Original Novels and Tales on which the plays are founded; copious Archaeological Illustrations to each play, and a Life of the poet. By JAMES O. HALLIWELL, Esq., F.R.S., Honorary Member of the Royal Iris Academy; the Royal Society of Literature: the Newcastle Antiquarian Socie y; the Ashmolean Society, and of the Society for the Study of Gothic Architecture; Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries; Corresponding Member of the Antiquarian Societies of Scotland, Poictiers, Picardie, and Caen (Academie des Sciences), and of the Comité des Arts et Monuments, &c. The Illustrations by and under the direction of F. W. FAIRHOLT, Esq., F.S.A., author of "Costume in England," &c. The preparation of this work has occupied my earnest attention for nearly twelve years; my object being to bring together, from the stores of Elizabethan literature, art, or science, whatever really tends to illustrate the pages of the great poet of the world. in the full conviction there yet remains room for one comprehensive edit on which shall answer the requirements of the student and zealous inquirer. Granting that the general spirit of Shakespeare may be appreciated without the as-istance of lengthened commentary, it cannot be denied there is much which is obscure to the modern reader,-numerous allusions to the literature, manners, and phraseology of the times which require explanation and careful discussion. This is a labour which has never yet been attemp ed on a large scale. In the preface to the translation of Karl Simrock's "Remarks," 8vo, 1850. I have shown there are upwards of two thousand obsolete words and phrases in Shakespeare left without any explanation in the editions of Mr. Knight and Mr. Collier. Here is, undoubtedly a field of crit cism. which deserves the labour of the student: and without attempting to supply all these deficiencies, it may still be allowed me, without presumption, to promise an extensive advance on what has been accomplished by my predecessors. Each play will be accompanied by every kind of useful literary and antiquarian illustration, extending to complete copies of all novels, tales, or dramas on which it is founded, and entire mpression of the first sketches, in the cases of the Merry Wives of Windsor, Hamlet, &c. In fact, no pains will be spared to render this edition the most complete in every respect that has yet been produced; super eding entirely the Variorum edition of 1821, with the addition of all Shakespearian discoveries of any importance which have been made since that period. The work will be copiously illustrated by facsimiles and woodcuts, the direction of which has been undertaken by Mr. Fairholt, who has also most kindly promised to assist me in the selection. It is unnecessary to enlarge on the importance of such assistance, end the valuable aid to be expected from Mr. Fairholt's extensive reading in Elizabethan literature and intimate acquaintance with every department of ancient NOTES AND QUERIES. IGARS OF THE CHOICEST J. F. VARLEY & CO., Importers. ARTHUR SCRATCHLEY, M.A., F.R.A.S., Now ready, price 108. 6d., Second Edition, with material additions, INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT and EMIGRATION; being a TREATISE on BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETIES, and on the General Principles of Land Investment, exemplified in the Cases of Freehold Land Societies, Building Companies, &c. With a Mathematical Appendix on Compound Interest and Life Assurance. By ARTHUR SCRATCHLEY, M. A., Actuary to the Western Life Assurance Society, 3. Parliament Street, London. PHOTOGRAPHY.-J. 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First period, Transitional, 1180-Second period, 1220-Third period, Early English, 1248Fourth period, Early Decorated, circ. 1293 Fifth peri d, Decora ed, 1328-1347-Sixth period, Erly Perpendicular, 1361-1388 Seventh pe iod, Late Perpendicular, 14601522-Subsequent alterations. CHAPTER VI.-SUBORDINATE BUILDINGS AND MINOR ANTIQUITIES. St. Mary's College Cloister - The Chapel The College Buildings. Bishop's Palace - Parapet-Crypts-Great Hall, &c. Great Chapel-West side-Gateway Small Chapel - Bishop's Hall, &c.— 3 vols. 8vo. price 21. 88. OF TERMS GRECIAN, ROMAN, ITALIAN, AND GOTHIC ARCHITEC TURE The Fifth Edition enlarged, exemplified by 1700 Woodcuts. A GLOSSARY "In the Preparation of this the Fifth Edition of the Glossary of Architecture, no pains have been spared to render it worthy of the continued patronage which the work has received from its first publication. "The Text has been considerably augmen ed, as well by the additions of many new Articles, as by the enlargm. nt of the old ones, and the number of Illustrations has been increase from eleven hundred to seventeen hundred "Several additional Foreign examples are given, for the purpose of comparison with English work, of the same periods. In the present Edition, considerably more attention has been given to the subject of Medieval Carpentry, the number of Illustrations of Open Timber Roofs,' has been much increased, and most of the Carpenter's terms in use at the period have been i troduced with authorities." Preface to the Firth Edition. JOHN HENRY PARKER, Oxford; and 377. Strand, London. Foolscap 8vo., 10s. 6d. THE CALENDAR OF THE illustrated TANGLICAN CHURCH: with Brief Accounts of the Saints who have Churches dedicated in their Names, or whose Images are most frequently met with in England; also the Early Christin and Medieval Symbols, and an Index of Emblems. 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The Head Master takes a limited number of Boarders. A considerable reduction in terms will be made to those who join in the first quarter, especially in the case of brothers.-For Prospectu es, apply to Rev. J. G. GORDON, M.A., Loughborough. Printed by THOMAS CLARK SHAW, of No. 8. New Street Square, at No. 5. New Street Square, in the Parish of St. Bride, in the City of London; and blished by GEORGE BELL, of No. 186. Fleet Street, in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West, in the City of London, Publisher, at No. 186. t Street aforesaid. Saturday, July 10. 1852. A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC. "When found, make a note of." - CAPTAIN CUTTLE. VOL. VI. No. 142.] SATURDAY, JULY 17. 1852. With Index, price 10d. Stamped Edition, 11d. CONTENTS. Notes. Norzs: Francis Davison and Dr. Donne Folk Lore:-Sites of Buildings changed - Folk Lore of Kacouss People - Charms Weather Prophecy Poem by Edward Bedingfield, by Edward Peacock, Jun. Minor Notes: - Curious Mistranslation - Street Crossings-Travelling Expenses at the Close of the Seventeenth Century-"The Bore" in the Severn QUERIES:Prints King Magnus' Burial-place at Downpatrick, by John W. Hanna Curfew, by J. Sansom Minor Queries:- Fishing by Electricity. -As salt as Fire" There were three ladies," &c. - Prophecies fulfilled - The Chase Family -Mummies of Ecclesiastics in Germany - The Merry-thought, or Wishbone-Bells on Horses' Necks - Dissertation on a Salt Box- Meaning of Alcohol-" Hip, hip, hurrah!"' -Armorial Bearings of Cities and Towns - Hands in the Pockets - John de Huderesfield-John, King of France, at Somerton Tapestry from Richmond Palace Prayer moves the hand," &c.- Portrait of Oliver Cromwell- Birthplace of Wickliffe Reverend applied to the Clergy Foubert Family Cambridge Disputations- Tenure of Land MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:-"To lie at the catch". Words printed in Italics in the Bible Bays's Troops -Courtier and learned Writer REPLIES: Yankee and Yankee Doodle, by T. Westcott Plague Stones Burials in Woollen Page 49 Replies to Winor Queries: - Royal "We"-"The Man in the Moon -Anima Magis, &c. De Laudibus Sanctæ Crucis - Olavi Ti Tägi — Seventh Daughter of a Seventh Daughter-A strange Cow- Royal Arms in Churches - St. Christopher Oasis Lord Bacon as a Poet - Longevity Grinning like a Cheshire Cat -Spanish Vessels wrecked on the Irish Coast- Boy Bishop at Eton - Descendants of John Rogers - Joha Rogers, the Protomartyr-Restive-Apple Sauce with Pork-Spanish "Veiwe Bowes"-"Cane Decane" &c. The Moon and her Influences - Bronze Medals Wyle Cop-Celebrated Fly-Mummy WheatSquire Brown's Fox Chase - Seth's Pillars- Edmund Bohun Etymology of Mushroom - The Plant Hæmony-Shakspeare, Tennyson, &c. FRANCIS DAVISON AND DR. DONNE. The editor of Select Poetry, chiefly devotional, of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, collected for the Parker Society, ascribes to Francis Davison (and I dare say rightly) a translation of Psalm cxxxvii., which is likewise attributed to Dr. Donne, and if I mistake not to others. It is found in vol. ii. p. 328., and I should be very glad to know who was really the author, as it does not seem the worst of the "Geneva Jigs :" "By Euphrates' flowry side From deare Judah far absented, Tearing th' aire with mournful cries, VOL. VI.-No. 142. Sites of Buildings changed (Vol. v., pp. 436. 524.). -In the Traditions of Lancashire, edited by John Roby, Esq., First Series, vol. i. p. 23., there is a tale entitled The Goblin Builders, showing how "Gamel the Saxon Thane, Lord of Recedham or Rached (now Rochdale) intended to build a chapel unto St. Chadde, nigh to the banks of the Rache or Roach." It seems a level, convenient situation was chosen for the edifice; but thrice were the foundations there laid, and thrice were all the building materials conveyed by invisible agency from this flat spot to a more airy and elevated situation. At last the Thane, ceasing to strive against fate, gave up his original design, and the present church was built on the locality designated by these unseen workmen. The ascent was high, and one hundred and twenty-four steps had to be laid to help the natives up to the chapel of St. Chadde. BONSALL. Folk Lore of Kacouss People (Vol. v., p. 413.).— Does not the expression "under the bells " mean the lower part of the belfry tower, in which the people could attend divine service, and yet not be in the body of the church? J. B. RELTON. Charms. The following charm was practised a few weeks since in the village of Newport, Essex, on a poor lad subject to epileptic fits. Nine six pences were procured from nine virgins (" for which they were to be neither asked nor thanked"); the money was then made into a ring, which the child wore; but with no satisfactory result, possibly from some flaw in the primary condition. METAOUO. Weather Prophecy (Vol. v., p. 534.).—It is a common opinion in the midland counties that if the oak comes into leaf before the ash, a dry summer may be expected, and a wet summer if the ash is the first. A wet spring is generally, I believe, favourable to the earlier leaves of the ash, which are retarded by a dry one. This year the oak was very much earlier than the ash. H. N. E. POEM BY (?) EDward BedingfIELD. In a copy of Funerali Antichi di diversi Popoli, et Nationi, &c., Descritti in Dialogo da Thomaso Porcacchi, in Venetia, MDLXXIIII., which was presented to the Hull Subscription Library by the executors of Sir Thomas Coltman, Kt., there is written on a fly-leaf the following poem. The title-page bears the signature of Edward Bedingfield, and the poem is probably in the same hand. I have retained the old spelling and capital letters. Curious Mistranslation.-In Dickens' Household Words, in No. 113. (May 22), there is an article entitled "The Rights of French Women," in which, at p. 221., a Frenchman is made to say, that, in consequence of a promenade in the country, he and his child "shall sleep like two wooden shoes." Now this raised a Query in my mind, for I had never before heard "wooden shoes' taxed with any drowsy qualities, although undoubtedly heary; and I could not call to mind any authority for the ascription. Upon turning to a French dictionary, I find that the word sabot, which means a wooden shoe, means also a top my Query was therefore turned into a Note; that Note being, that the writer of the article had wrongfully used the former meaning instead of the latter; and that the Frenchman had really said, he and his child should "sleep like two tops." Is this Note worth your notice? P. T. Stoke Newington. Post-chaise from Oxford to London F 8. d. 7 6 9 Expences at the Red Lion : Dinner, Expences at Half Moon Tavern: Sal- Post-chaise to Oxford, and Dinner Shoulder and leg of House Lamb, and 16 10 31 two bottles of Wine, with asparagrass 0 11 2 Street Crossing. A writer in The Builder has cleverly suggested that bridges might be erected in the crowded thoroughfares of London for the convenience of foot passengers, who lose so much valuable time in crossing. As the stairs would occupy a considerable space, and occasion much fatigue, I beg to propose an amendment: Might not the (to) pass over waves."— Lazam., ed. Madden, Lond. ascending pedestrians be raised up by the descending? The bridge would then resemble the letter H, and occupy but little room. Three or four at a time, stepping into an iron framework, would be gently elevated, walk across, and perform by their weight the same friendly office for others rising on the opposite side. Surely no obstacles can arise which might not be surmounted by ingenuity. If a temporary bridge were erected in one of the parks the experiment might be tried at little cost, and, at any rate, some amusement would be afforded. C. T. Travelling Expenses at the Close of the Seventeenth Century.-I beg to send, for the information of your correspondent A. A. (Vol. iii., p. 143.), the following transcript of a MS. entry on a flyleaf at the end of a Jewish calendar for the year "be beares me hire bi-nome. the waves took her from me."-Vol. iii. p. 121. "wandri mid þ. . beres. floating with the waves."-Vol. iii. p. 144. Sir F. Madden observes, in his Glossarial Remarks, Lazam., vol. iii. p. 451. v. 1341.: "This word has not been met with in A.-S. It is no doubt the same with the Isl. bára: Old Germ. bäre; Dutch baar, wave or billow. Perhaps the bar of a harbour is hence derived." May we not also trace to this source the term bore, popularly used to express the tidal wave of R. M. W. the Severn? |