CAPTAIN W. CUNNINGHAM (6th S. v. 268).-I St. Fagans Rectory, Cardiff. BISHOP EDMUND KEENE, OF CHESTER AND This munificent prelate was born at Lynn, Nor- His father was an alderman of Lynn, Norfolk, in the year 1616, are to be seen two shields bear- one mentioned above. Miscellaneous. E. MCC The NOTES ON BOOKS, &c. In this work Dr. Charnock has produced a most intereating and valuable addition to the history of our English Christian names. His object has been to give the etymology of the principal names either in every-day Ireland, and of these he calculates there are about 1,500, use or lingering in the literature of Great Britain and the major part being derived from the Gotho-Teutonic languages. That the author has spared neither time nor trouble in endeavouring to make his work as complete as possible is evident from the long list of authorities consulted, the only name that we have missed being M. Paul Hecquet-Boucrand's Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms Propres d'Hommes, Paris, 1868. It is, therefore, all the more strange that there should prove to be so many omissions in his list. Without going out of the writer's own circle, or, indeed, except in two cases, away from his immediate neighbourhood, the following names-some, at least, of which are not uncommon-are omitted in Dr. Charnock's volume: Godfrey (referred to under Guadhre), Alfric, Abigail, Charlotte, Ethelwyn, Aloysius, Jemmett, Ruby (female), Victor, Leila, Patty. The writer once had a servant rejoicing in the names of "Augusta Louisa Messalina." It is impossible to agree with Dr. Charnock's etymo"THE POETIC MIRROR" (6th S. v. 228).-logies in every case, though the exceptions are remarkEvidently the work of James Hogg. The follow-ably few in number. The etymology of Christian names Clayton Hall. MR. MOORE will find some account of this ing is from Allibone's notice of his life : "Poetic Mirror; or, Living Bards of Britain, 1 vol. My copy is also the edition of 1816, which, it J. O. ANCIENT MOTTOES (6th S. v. 49, 214).-On the granite corbels supporting the first story of a house in the High Street of St. Peter-Port, Guernsey, built, as is proved by a date over one of the doors, is in most cases a matter of difficulty, and in many cases delivery. The subject is treated too slightly to admit of any other form of publication, though both style and treatment are adapted to their particular purpose. Mr. Simcox presents a clear picture of the distinctive features of the church in the successive stages of its progress, and gives a popular account of the times, which will be valuable to those who have neither the time nor the inclination to wade through the more learned volumes of professed ecclesiastical historians. A Noble Boke off Cookry, for a Prynce Houssolde, or eny other Estately Houssolde. Reprinted from a MS. in the Holkham Collection. Edited by Mrs. Alexander Napier. (Stock.) THIS is another of Mr. Stock's admirable series of reprints of rare English works. To the student of the manners and habits of our ancestors it will be found invaluable. Comparatively few MSS. of this class have been reprinted, and copies of such reprints as have been issued are in all cases rarely met with. Naturally, a certain sameness runs through the recipes in the various collections, but this is counterbalanced by the diversity of dialect and language, which makes them all the more valuable to the student of our tongue. The MS. contains, inter alia, the bill of fare of the "ffeste off kynge henry the iiijth to the herawdes and ffrenche men when they had justed in Smytheffelde "; that of the "crown acon off kyng henry the ffyfte"; and that of the "ffest off Nevell Archebisshope of York and Chaunceler of England att his stallacon in York." The paper, printing, and binding are all that could be desired, and Mrs. Napier has done her work well. There are a few slips and misprints, in addition to those corrected at the end of the volume, which it may be well to point out. p. 49"chandron" for chaudron is a strange slip, consider ing that it is correctly printed on pp. 88, 90, and elsewhere. "Appillinose," p. 121, is clearly a misreading for Appillmose, an account of which will be found in Mr. Way's notes to the Promptorium, p. 13. We venture to doubt whether dyners is correctly explained in the glossary by "some kind of fruit." We have only found the word on p. 28, and there it seems to be a mistake for dyuers; perhaps the word herbes is omitted. We cannot find anywhere that "jowtes" were compounded of fruits see the several recipes in the Promptorium, p. 265. Altogether the volume is a worthy addition to the noble reprints already issued by Mr. Stock. On Q. Horati Flacci Opera. (Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.) FROM the book-epicure's point of view the "Parchment Library," of which this is the latest issue, is rapidly approaching perfection. Nothing can be better than the way in which Messrs. Whittingham & Co. have printed this volume; the binding is pretty, the paper is of the best, and the etching by Mr. L. Alma Tadema, if simple in subject, is pleasantly in keeping with the timehonoured text. This has been prepared for the press by Mr. F. W. Cornish, M.A., one of the assistant masters at Eton, and it is based upon that of the best editions. There are no notes, the object having been rather to provide a tasteful and convenient volume for the English lover of Horace than to compete with the more heavily armed commentators; but where a conjectural reading has found general favour it is adopted, and indicated by an asterisk, while doubtful readings are distinguished by a dagger. We note that Mr. Cornish includes Bentley's nam seu mobilibus *vepris inhorruit ad *ventum foliis (Carm. i. 23, 5) among his accepted emendations. But to give a pair of examples-neither Wickham nor Munro has accepted it, though it is true that the latter regards it as plausible. THE Browning Society has issued Part ii. of its valuable papers. Mr. Furnivall continues and completes his bibliography, which is a perfect magazine of Browning lore. Mr. Kirkman's striking and suggestive inaugural address is printed, and there are also two analyses of Fifine at the Fair, and two attempts at a classification of the poet's entire works. 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