LONDON, OCTOBER 2, 1920. CONTENTS.-No. 129. NOTES:- Italian Literary Criticism in the Eighteenth Century: Francesco Montani di Pesaro, 251-Dorothy Osborne's Letters, 263-An English Army List of 1740The Name Mayflower, 265-Westminster Abbey Renova. tions Past and Prospective, 266-Santo Sebastiano' by Mrs. Kitty Cuthbertson- "Scolopendra Cetacea" "Beaster"-A Note on Edmund Burke, 267-The May. flower Christopher Jones's Wife-Pin one's faith"The "Bare Oak" and Berkshire, 268. QUERIES:-Berkeley House, Piccadilly-Roe Armorials, 268-Claudius Shaw, Royal Artillery--Francis Gastrell. Vicar of Stratford-on-Avon Romney Marsh si Benjamin Keene-Burnaby-Columbaria - A Chrismatory at Caister, Norfolk-Dodington's Diaries,' 269-French Songs Wanted-Etymology of "Sajene" and "Arschime" -Parliamentary Petitions, &c.-Sydney Smith's Last Flicker of Fun"-Harvey de Leon-Bedfordshire Churchyard Inscriptions Burnet of Eyrecourt Cottage, co. Galway-An Old Hampstead House-Fox on The Lay of the Last Minstrel'The Miner of Falun," 270 "Gormanic "Surname of Philip II. of Spain-Anglesey REPLIES:-Fathers of the House of Commons, 1901-1920, 271-President John Richardson Herbert of Nevis Edwards, Samuel Bedford-Judg Payne, 273—The Clink Irish Crimean Banquet, 274 R. Temple. H M. 65th Regt.-Capt. William Henry Cranstoun Anstis: Le Neve: Arderne-Peter, John and William Foulkes, 275- Beaconsfield's Sybil ': "Caravan "-- The Lights of London Bibliography of Lepers in England-William Bylling and his Devotional Verses, 276-Calidre-endet Capt. Lacy-Undated Books - The 'Umble" "Commons" -Thomas Thorpe-Peacocks' Feathers, 277-Crimean War Novels of Motoring - Parish Registers Prefix Right Honble."-Authors Wanted, 273. NOTES ON BOOKS: - The Great Fire of London'The Captivity and Death of Edward of Carnarvon Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, Manchester.' Notices to Correspondents. House, Drury Lane-Author Wanted, 271. Notes. The striking metaphors, its sharp pauses in the midst of long digressions, its mirrorlike qualities which give it the power of fine emotional expression-but no one can trace any deliberate attempt at imitation of Montaigne; one finds in it rather the echo of an original spirit working from individual values and striving to attain clear vision even against tradition and against contemporary prejudice. tani which really satifies th› most superficial No study has yet been devoted to Monstandards in the history of criticism and Italian writers have been content to pass him in silence, while devoting arid pages Muratori who, with Montani, furnished to Salvini, Orsi, Manfredi, Fontanini and material for that attack against the French Orsi published in Modena, 1735, Contradition-the Bonhours-Örsi controversy. siderazioni del Marchese Giov. Gius. Orsi, Bolognese sopra la Maniera di ben pensare ne' componimenti già pubblicati dal P. Domenico Bonhours,' which contains prac tically all that has been written by the contributors to that attack. Foffano in his 'Ricerche Letterarie,' Gabriel Maugain in his Evolution intellectuelle de l'Italie de 1657 à 1750 environ and Boerio have given a succinct account of the subject-matter of this compilation. To understand the real meaning of such a movement it will be necessary to go back to the late Seicento. Literary criticism in Italy after the Renaissance, which established a cast-iron system of poetic and philology in the evaluation of literary works, and mummified all literary inspiration by forcing it to conform absolutely to certain regulations drawn up on the authority of the classics and especially of Aristotle-literary criticism showed naturally a reaction during the seventeenth century. This reaction took the form of rebellion against authority, classical or otherwise, and led to extravagance in technique and inspiration, only restrained within a loose decorum by the Jesuit influence. Tassoni, Ottonelli, Lancilotti, Pellegrini, Pallavicino broke away quite definitely in criticism from subservience to the classical model, and by the end of the century the depreciation in value of the classics and Aristotle gave birth to a peculiarly rationalistic criticism which distinguished the following Settecento, reached a climax in Guilio Cesare Becelli, Maffei, Calepio and paved the way for the Romantic movement. In France, however, the classi 262 66 NOTES AND QUERIES. distorted through the work of Corneille, those tendencies fuse higher being a desire to attain liberty in literary creation, the lower, a desire to combat on pedantic grounds the French assertions. Later on, modern æsthetic in contain nothing together and rise into a doctrine not far Orsi's "Considerazioni " removed from our Gravina and Antonio Conti. of interest to modern readers with the exception of Montani's essay and the book or rather compilation represents the last great bulwark raised by the pedantic academic critics appearance of rebellion against set traditions against the French influence which had an The controversy splits into even if it ruffled Italian sensibilities, and against the spirit of innovation discernible in Italy itself. two parts: the first part contains Orsi's work dedicated to Mme Dacier where he combats word for word, in the dreariest way, every assertion put forward by Bouhours, four letters written by the same writer with the criticism contained in the Journal de Trevoux (1705-6), and letters written by Sacco, Apostolo Zeno, Eustachio Manfredi, Bernardoni, Muratori, Salvini, Bedori, Torti, biocesco Bottazzoni, Garofalo, Capassi, BarafThe Italian Antonio Gatti and Fontanini; the second part, Montani's letter answered by Franfoldi, Allaleona, terminating in graphy of Orsi by Muratori. pedants of the early Settecento were just as keen to resist innovation in their own criticism as intrusion from abroad. ex Foffano in 1897 was perhaps the first writer in Italy to draw attention to the singular importance of Montani's essay; Alfredo Galletti in his 'Teorie drammatiche some of the Croce in his 'Problemi di estetica' But in no e la tragedia in Italia nel secolo xviii (Cremona, Fezzi, 1901), and Benedetto amined in greater detail theories of the Emilian letterato. case has the entire essay been studied and at best only small fragments have been quoted. The subject remains even now to all intents and purposes virgin and will repay a closer evaluation. Francesco Montani symbolizes the man of letters absolutely in love with fine literature for its own sake, ever listening for delicate music in poetry, ever appreciative of the subtler beauties not only in art but in nature herself. His criticism comes directly from the heart, the inner source of conviction, and his thoughts are emotional, born in the spirit which does not change, but to the spirit, and remains always true to life if not to a particular period in life. Hence, an eagerness for ideal in life, a p. 163, ll. 11, 12 42 p. 163, 1. 4 of letter p. 164, 1.5* 66 "reads " 'furthest " "I ever "Polexander " 66 you are." "which, simple as you see, it was sent me in." Original MS. (modernised). "have " "any," "indeed does " The parenthesis includes only "I may tell....in me "Polexandre " "besides that " "Two" Though D. O. has no stop after "sleep," should we not read " sleep. ["Probatum est?"] p. 166, 1. 2* "neither. I think " "to. Besides " 66 digest" as say " for " "neither, I think; "to; besides " [unless "I find " has been pasted over ] "whelp. If " "with," 66 The parenthesis extends to enough "a young (wanting). p. 225, l. 13 p. 226, 11. 1, 2 1. 22 bottom "broke his. He says 'twould " "all now: whether any of " [When the letter was folded, the side for the address bore the words For your Master when your Mistress pleases between us. The seal was on the back of the folded letter: below the seal" all else is but a circle."] p. 231, 1.6* 62 63 p. 233, l. 1 of letter 1. 3 of letter 64 p. 237, 1.14* 1.5* "write,....awhile. 1 70 72 1. 13 73 p. 262, l. 14 74 p. 264, 1. 7 of letter 75 p. 235, l. 11 "For Mr. Temple " 99 66 (not required.) "affection " The letter is dated "Monday, (belongs to the letter before it.) G. C. MOORE SMITH. AN ENGLISH ARMY LIST OF 1740. (See 12 S. ii. passim; iii. 46, 103, 267, 354, 408, 438; vi. 184, 233, 242, 290, 329; vii. 83, 125, 146, 165, 187, 204.) The next regiment (p. 66) was raised in the north of England in 1715, as a regiment of Dragoons, commanded by Colonel Owen Wynne. In In 1783 it was converted into "light" Dragoons, and in 1816 into Lancers. In 1830 the additional title “ Queen's Royal was conferred upon the regiment. 1862 it was styled "9th (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Lancers and now (1920) is the “9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers. Dates of their first Cornet, 14 Mar. 1706. Ensign, 18 May 1722. Aug. 1708. June 1709. May 1719. Aug. 1722. 2d. Lie.. 28 Jan. 1735.. entered on the interleaf in ink : : (1) Transferred to 7th Dragoons in 1741. Died in 1760. See D.N.B.' (2) Jean Daniel de Gennes of Portarlington, where he died on Dec. 5, 1766. He had left the regiment before 1755. (3) Died in 1747. (4) 2nd son of the 3rd Marquis of Tweeddale. Transferred to 3rd Foot Guards, 1743. Died May 1, 1760. See D.N.B.' (5) Captain, June 7, 1741; Major, June 20, 1753; Lieut-.Colonel, April, 9, 1756. (6) Captain-Lieutenant, June 7, 1741; Lieut.-Colonel, June 20, 1753. Left in 1756. (7) Of Willington, Bedfordshire. 5th Baronet. Died in 1766, when the Baronetcy became extinct.. (8) Lieutenant, May 10, 1740; Captain, Aug. 17, 1747; Major, April 9, 1756. (9) Lieutenant, June 7, 1741. (10) Captain-Lieutenant, June 20; 1753; Captain, Nov. 22, 1756; Major, Aug. 29, 1760. J. H. LESLIE, Lieut.-Colonel (Retired List). (To be continued.). THE NAME IT is a very curious fact that the name Mayflower-now so renowned-is never mentioned by contemporary writers, and is not found till Nathaniel Morton's 'New England's Memorial,' published 49 years afterwards in 1669. It might have been expected that those who made the voyage in the vessel would in some way, if only incidentally, have MAYFLOWER. diary is the source from which subsequent writers have drawn most of their facts, while he tells us everything else about the ship, that she was a vessel of nine score tons, that she was hired at London, and was waiting for them at Southampton, and that her master was "Mr. Joans," while he gives us all the details of the starts |