LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1916. CONTENTS.- No. 28. QUERIES:-The Motto of William III. - Mews or Mewys REPLIES:-The Witches of Warboys-Robert Southey, 30 -Morris-The Mount, Whitechapel, 31-The "Fly": the Hackney": the "Midge," 32-Thorne's 'London' Henley, Herts-Heart Burial-"Have": Colloquial UseContributions to the History of European Travel: Wunderer: Coverlo, 33 Richard Wilson (of Lincoln's Inn Fields), M.P., 34-Shakespeare's Falcon Crest - "Consumption" and "Lethargy": their Meaning in the Seventeenth Century-Wellington at Brighton and Rottingdean, 35-Parishes in Two Counties-Clerks in Holy Orders as Combatants-Hayler the Sculptor-Ford Castle, 36Cleopatra and the Pearl, 37-Gunfire and Rain-The Action of Vinegar on Rocks -"Aviatik"-Correct Desig. nation of War Minister-Fieldingiana: Miss H-and"M. A. E.": Who was She? 38. NOTES ON BOOKS:-'Calendar of Treasury Books, 1681-1685, preserved in the Public Record Office 'Reviews and Magazines. I know thy secret; why thou mad'st it there,— How fairer than all fairest things her face, grace, Thou hast not seen her, Swallow, now she loves. Here in this spot where I await her now, And could no longer hide my bitter smart, A moment's space she turned her head away, Yet timorously and lingeringly she turned This saw I, Swallow-more I could not see- Nay, once more, Swallow: I may tell thee this And I have told her, and she doth not chide, And graciously she biddeth me confide BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HISTORIES OF IRISH COUNTIES AND TOWNS. History of Clare and the Dalcassian Clans of By Rev. (See 11 S. xi. 103, 183, 315; xii. 24, 276, 375; The Shannon and its Lakes: a Short History of 12 S. i. 422.) PART VIII.-L. LEITRIM. that Noble Stream from its Source to Limerick. By R. Harvey. 1896. Studies in Irish Epigraphy. Part II. contains 1912. Statistical Survey of the County of Londonderry. By Rev. G. V. Sampson. 1802. Memoir explanatory of the Chart and Survey of the County of Londonderry. 1814. Statistical Survey of Co. Leitrim. Dublin, 1802. Ordnance Survey of the County of Londonderry. See King's County. LEIX. LIMAVADY. Records of the_Town_of_Limavady, 1609-1808. Edited by E. F. M. G. Boyle. LIMERICK. History of Limerick from Earliest Records to 1787, including Charter of Limerick, and Essay on Castleconnell Spa. By J. Ferrar. Limerick, 1787. History, Topography, and Antiquities of the Three Days on the Shannon, from Limerick to Lough Key. By W. F. Wakeman. Dublin, 1852. Limerick its History and Antiquities, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military, from the Earliest Ages. By Maurice Lenihan. Dublin, 1866. The Church and Shrine of St. Manchan, Limerick. By Bishop Graves. (Only 50 copies printed, for private circulation.) Dublin, 1875. Lays and Legends of Thomond, with Historical and Traditional Notes. By Michael Hogan, "Bard of Thomond." Dublin, 1880. Two Chapters on Irish History.-Chapter II. The Alleged Violation of the Treaty of Limerick. By T. Dunbar Ingram, LL.D. Dublin, 1888. Limerick and its Sieges. By Rev. James Dowd. Limerick, 1890. By Col. Colby. Dublin, 1837. Annals of Derry, showing the rise and progress of the town from the earliest account on record to the Plantation under King James I., 1613, and thence of the City of Londonderry to the present time. By Robert Simpson. Londonderry, 1847. Acts of Archbishop Colton in his Visitation of the Centuries considered from a Historical and A True Account of the Siege of Londonderry. By the Rev. George Walker, Rector of Donoghmoor in the Co. of Tyrone, and late Governor of Derry in Ireland. London, 1689. Reprinted 1887. An Apology for the Failures charged on the Rev. Mr. George Walker's Printed Account of the Siege of Derry, in a letter to the undertaker of a more accurate narrative of the Siege. 1689. An Account of the State of London-Derry and Enniskillen. Given by a Captain lately come to Liverpool from the fleet in Derry river, and from thence sent to a Citizen of Dublin now in London. London, 1689. A Narrative of the Siege of London-Derry; or, the Memorable Transactions of that City faithfully represented, to rectifie the Mistakes, and supply the Omissions, of Mr. Walker's Account. 1690. Dr. Walker's Invisible Champion Foyl'd; or, an Appendix to the late Narrative of the Siege of Derry. 1690. John Mackenzie's Narrative of the Siege of Londonderry, a False Libel, in Defence of Dr. George Walker, written by a friend in his absence. 1690. Some Reflections on a Pamphlet entituled A Faithful History of the Northern Affairs of Ireland, from the late K. James his Accession to the Crown to the Siege of London-Derry; whereunto are added the Copies of several Papers, by way of Appendix. Dublin, 1691. Ireland Preserved; or, the Siege of London-Derry, together with the Troubles of the North. Written by the then Governour. 1708. Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events in the Life of William III., also a Revised History of the Siege of Londonderry. By Joshua Gillespie. Londonderry, 1823. History of the Siege of Derry and Defence of Enniskillen in 1688-9. By the Rev. John Graham. Dublin, 1829. Ireland Preserved; or, the Siege of Londonderry and Battle of Aughrim. Prayers, and Speeches during the Siege.Edited by Rev. Philip Dwyer, M.A. London, 1893. No Surrender: being the Story of the Siege of Londonderry, 1688-9. By L. Cope Cornford. London, 1913. The Brave Boys of Derry; or, No Surrender. By History of the Irish Presbyterian Church. By May 1, May 10, May 20, 1689, King James II. to General Hamilton. July 5, July 8, 1689, Berwick to GeneralTM Hamilton. April 7, 1787, R. C. Carr to the Provost, Trinity College, Dublin (on presentation of prior letters). Dublin, 1841. (In- Lough Fea. By S. P. Shirley. 1869. cludes valuable notes by the Rev. John Graham.) History of Londonderry. By John Hempton. Londonderry, 1861. (Contains valuable data on the Siege.) Derry a Tale of the Revolution. By Charlotte Derry and Enniskiller in the Year 1689: the story of some famous Battle-fields in Ulster. By Prof. Witherow. Belfast, 1873. The Siege of Derry. Lecture by George Hill Smith, B.L. Belfast, 1884. Lecture on George Walker and Siege of Derry. By Rev. A. Dawson, M.A., Rector of Seagoe. Belfast, 1887. Unchronicled Heroes: a Story of the Siege of Londonderry, with Historical Notes. By R. W. K. Edwards. Londonderry, 1888. London and Londonderry: Transactions of Three Centuries considered from a Historical and Legal Standpoint. London, 1890. (Deals with the Siege.) Siege of Derry in 1689, as set forth in the Literary Remains of Col. the Rev. Geo. Walker, D.D., now first collected, and comprises: 1, A True Account of the Siege. 2, A Vindication of the True Account. 3, A Letter on the Treachery of Lundy. 4, Other Official Letters, Sermons, "In the local University Library there is a work in 8vo (16.5 cm.) with the title : Napoleon Bonaparte nach dem Leben geschildert von Thomas Holcroft. Aus dem Englischen. Teutschland.' This writing, besides the title-page, consists of the supposed translation on pp. 1-82, with additional notes by the translator, and also on pp. 83-8, on the last three pages, a Zusatz des Übersetzers,' entitled Napoleon. Ein Fragment,' where the note is made: Von einem Reisenden der vor kurzem erst Paris verlassen Another copy of this edition is in the possession of the local Königliche Bibliothek, and both of these above-mentioned libraries are the only Royal or University libraries in Prussia which, according to the information of the Prussian combined catalogue (Gesamtkatalog '), possess hat.' the work. 46 According to the statement of the Repertorium by Emil Weller: Die falschen und fingirten Druckorte,' Leipzig (W. Engelmann), 1864, Bd. I. S. 217, this work appeared in 1814 from the house of Joachim in Leipzig, and was issued as translated by the Leipzig writer Johann] A[dam] Bergk. From the same source in the same year a new edition appeared with the town and year indicated as Sonnenstadt, 1814.' Of this edition, neither we nor the Königl. Bibliothek own a copy. It is worthy of note that in the mention of this writing [Bergk's] which edition is not clear-in the Neuer Nekrolog der Deutschen,' 1834, Teil 2, Weimar (B. F. Voigt), 1836, on p. 1257 is the note: Ward bereits 1806 gedruckt, aber erst 1814 ausgegeben.' 66 Now, concerning the Holcroft original of the assumed translation, it happens that, with one exception, in none of the bibliographical material aids is there cited a writing by Holcroft which corresponds to the Bergk translation; especially in the very accurate list in the Catalogue of the British Museum there is nothing similar under Holcroft. The only works which concern this matter are the Memoirs' and the Travels: the does not enter into the question as the source former, which can be seen here in the original, of Bergk on account of the year of its appearance (1816); the latter, which we have in an authorized translation from Bergk of the stay in France (Reise nach Paris. Von Th. Holcroft. Aus. d. Engl. übers. v. J. A. Bergk,' Berlin, 1806), likewise yields nothing which could have given a source for the translation Napoleon Buonaparte.' 66 be Consequently, the assumption cannot avoided that the Bergk translation has for a basis no real Holcroft original, and this assumption has a new confirmation in facts which may be gathered concerning the personality of the translator. Bergk seems to have been an unesteemed scribbler; and the above-mentioned 'Neuer Nekrolog d. Deutschen' says (p. 1254) concerning the Lebensbeschreibung d. Generals Bonaparte,' 1797, published by Bergk, which bears the note aus d. Franz.,'-says expressly, 'dies ist nicht der Fall.' In this case also the translation was a fictitious one. The proposition that the same applies to the assumed Holcroft Napoleon would scarcely be opposed if there were not also a bibliographical indication of an original. This is in the Bibliographie biographique universelle column 1270, in the following entry: Holcroft par Ed.-M. Oettinger.' T. 2. Bruxelles, 1854,' (Thomas). Life of Napoleon Buonaparte. Lond. 1814. S. Trad. en allem. (par Johann Adam Bergk). Sonnenstadt, s.d. (1814). 8.' Therefore it might have been a Life of Napoleon appearing in London in 1814. In contradiction stands the idea that Holcroft died about 1809, and that Bergk's translation, according to the above-cited assertion in Neuer Nekrolog,' was already printed in 1806. Further, no one has mentioned such a posthumous work by Holcroft, who in his own time was not an unknown or insignificant writer. But in order to resolve the charge if here there really is a mistake of the bibliographer, who on the basis of the translation construed the original, there must be further research. British libraries and into contemporary publications have not revealed the item. Therefore I address these facts to the readers of N. & Q.' in the hope that in some obscure corner of some Napoleonic collection there may blithefully repose the fabulous original. Can any one bring the spirit into the light of gaudy day and help me to learn the facts about this Holcroft writing, to find, perhaps, that my will-o'-the-wisp is substantial reality, though I fancy a trifle dusty? ELBRIDGE COLBY. 52 West 126 Street, New York City. BELL-RINGERS' RIMES.-Several examples of bell-ringers' rimes have already appeared in N. & Q.' (v. 9 S. iv. 305, 446; v. 93), but the following offers yet another variation on the themes common to most of them. It was shown me by Mr. Knight, the Parish Clerk, in the belfry of the Church of St. John the Baptist, Spetisbury-or Spettisbury as the P.O. spells it and I took it down there :- I doat on Ringers, and on such Who delight to ring and love theyre Church, F. H. A REMINISCENCE OF MACREADY IN 'EDWIN DROOD.'-It is well known that in tragic parts Macready used sometimes to carry his efforts to be impressive to an almost ridiculous point of elaboration. A critic thus describes his exit in the murder scene in Macbeth':: "Up to that moment he had reached the highest point of tragic horror, but his desire to overelaborate made him pause, and when his body was actually off the stage, his left foot and leg remained trembling in sight, it seemed fully half a minute." Macready retired nearly twenty years before Edwin Drood' was written, but Dickens must have been thinking of this peculiarity in his old friend's acting when, in chap. xi., he described the waiter's leg as "always lingering after he and the tray had disappeared, like Macbeth's leg when accompanying him off the stage with reluctance to the assassination of Duncan." GORDON CROSSE. Oxford and Cambridge Club, Pall Mall, S.W. 6 66 "NUMERALLY IN 1808.-In The Oxford English Dictionary' the word numerally" is quoted from the years 1646 and 1691 only. The phrase: "I think the plan of classing under different heads numerally arranged a number of locutions and idiotisms the most essentially necessary," &c., occurs in a "Letter from Mr. Poppleton," dated Paris, July 14, 1808, in "The Guide of the French Conversation. By J. L. Mabire. The third edition. At Paris: 1818." EDWARD S., DODGSON. Oxford Union Society, Oxford. Gentleman or Citizen: viz., a faire blacke Cloake "in very good and seemely apparell, like unto a laced, and either lined thorow or faced with velvet.. The rest of his apparel in reasonable maner being answerable thereunto. Which was the cause that he without resistance had free entrance into that holy and sanctified place." He there picked the pocket of one Leonard Barrie, servant to Lord Harrington, and in SO doing was noticed by one Edmond Dubleday. Being arrested by the said Barrie and Dubleday, he was taken before 66 Sir Robert Banistre, Clerke of the Greencloth for his Maiesties Houshold," and was committed to the Marshalsey. On Dec. 31, being Tuesday, Master Richardson, Marshall of the Marshalsey, brought John Selman up to Westminster to the King's Bench barre, there to receive his trial before certaine of his Maiesties Commissioners," one of whom was Sir Francis Bacon. The charge was given to the Grand Inquest by Sir Francis Bacon, the King's Solicitor. The Great Inquest, having heard the evidence of Barrie and Dubleday, brought in Billa Vera." Then Selman was introduced, and pleaded guilty. 66 "This being done Sir Francis Bacon, to whom at that time it did belong, proceeded to iudgement, and asking on the prisoner, thus or to this effect, in some sort hee spake. "The first and greatest sinne that ever was done in Paradise, being heaven upon earth, and committed was done in Heaven. The second was truly I cannot chuse but place this in the third ranke, in regard it was done in the house of God, where he by his owne promise is alwaies resident, as also for that the cause of that assembly was to celebrate the Feast of the birth of our Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus. And Gods Lieutenant here on earth, being in Gods house there present, ready to receive the holy and blessed Sacrament.' Selman was hanged between Charing Cross and the Court-gate, Jan. 7, 1612. |