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difficulty here is the precise date of that
disturbing factor " in Hebrew literature.
M. L. R. BRESLAR.

DUCHESSE D'ANGOULÊME (10 S. viii. 388).
-Some account of her will be found in
La Terreur Blanche,' by Ernest Daudet,
and 'Histoire d'Henri V.,' by Alex. de
Saint-Albin.

F. E. R. POLLARD-URQUHART. Castle Pollard, Westmeath.

A

WIELAND'S 'AGATHON (10 S. viii. 368).An English translation of this work in four 12mo volumes was published in 1773. copy is in the British Museum, and two copies are in the Dyce Library at South Kensington, in one of which Dyce has written, “This is a very scarce book.”

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[THE REV. J. WILLCOCK also thanked for reply.]
DRYDEN'S ALEXANDER'S FEAST TWO
READINGS (10 S. viii. 346).—In the "Globe
Edition" the first passage quoted reads:-

A dragon's fiery form belied the god :
Sublime on radiant spires he rode,
When he to fair Olympia pressed:
And while he sought her snowy breast,
Then round her slender wrist he curled.

Miscellaneous.

NOTES ON BOOKS, &c.

Second
John Hubbard and George Hubbard.
Neolithic Dew-Ponds and Cattle-Ways. By Arthur
Edition. (Longmans & Co.)

but important book. The authors, it is evident, have
since the appearance of the first edition given
WE gladly welcome a second edition of this small
further attention to the subject. Though their
opinions remain as before, their work is an improve-
ment in several respects. Poundbury Camp-the
cattle station, as the authors hold, of the great
-was an important earthwork which hitherto had
encampment known by the name of Maiden Castle
careful description and the needful illustrative
not had the time and thought devoted to it that it
well deserved. Now justice has been done both by
pen constructed to protect the sheep from the
engravings. The writers think that it is a cattle-
ravages of the wolves which lurked in the low,
forest-covered ground below. That this was one,
labour of making such vast trenches and earthworks
and possibly a chief, reason why the stupendous
should have been incurred, may be readily conceded;
Celtic people, who took such elaborate care to
but it must be remembered that when these pre-
fortify their dwellings and their stock-enclosures
upon the Downs, landed in this island (if indeed it
was an island in those days), it was not uninhabited
by man. There was, undoubtedly, an earlier race
whom anthropologists have not as yet identified
with an approach to certainty sufficient to satisfy all

The second has a comma after each of the of us. They, like all early peoples, were clannish,

first four lines.

C. C. B.

GERMAN ENCYCLOPÆDIA AND DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE (10 S. viii. 389).The most complete and up-to-date German encyclopædia (profusely illustrated) is the Meyer's Grosses sixth edition of Konversations-Lexikon' (still in progress : vols. i.-xvii., A-S, have appeared since 1902 up to the present year).

new

6

The most comprehensive and best German Dictionary of Phrase and Fable is Wander's "Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon,' 5 vols., 1867-80. A shorter and more recent work is F. von Lipperheide's 'Spruch-Wörterbuch, oder Sammlung deutscher und fremH. KREBS. der Sinnsprüche' (Berlin, 1907, pp. 1077).

66 No cude CHRISOM, BAPTISMAL ROBE (10 S. viii. with connexion 270, 377). The memorandum frequently appears in christenings in the parish registers of St. Oswald's, Durham, edited by the Rev. A. W. Headlam, and published at Durham in 1891; e.g., in 1630, 1632, 1633. I know cude," cod" or of no explanation of this, unless it be that a chrisom was called a in the sense of "bag," and that the chrisoms were still as a rule presented. Durham.

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and, we may perhaps assume, would have been
as dangerous as the wolves-probably, indeed, more
so, for they, being human, would learn wisdom from
The authors have described the way the sheep
experience far more rapidly than the wolves.
hills. Whether they learnt to find the way for
went to refresh themselves at the springs below the
themselves, or were driven by their masters, seems
as yet uncertain-perhaps we shall never know;
The low-hill springs were not the
There were dew-ponds
but as to their tracks we have no doubt the authors

are correct.

only supplies of water.
above-hill also, but in some seasons these cannot
We have been much pleased by the de-
have furnished man and beast with an adequate
supply.
scription of the manner in which dew-ponds were
ponds must have possessed an amount of intelli-
constructed. If the authors are right-and we see no
gence and facility in trying experiments which most
reason to question their theory-the makers of such
persons have not hitherto attributed to the men
who flourished in flint-implement days. Mistakes
length reached, and if we are not mistaken, one
must have been made at first, but success was at
or more of these dew-ponds are in working order at
We have a vague memory of
the present time.
having heard that traces of similar dew-ponds have
been met with on the wolds of Yorkshire.
Cattle-tracks are dwelt upon, but not, in our
be so, they are worthy of careful examination.
might be learnt if the old roads which were in
use before stage coaches came into being were
opinion, in a sufficiently exhaustive manner. Much
many of them has in all probability arisen from
carefully examined. The tortuous condition of so
the men of early days following the paths made by

If this

the stock. The latter would wind in and out, not
only for the sake of water, but in search of the more
succulent herbage also. We ourselves know one road,
more than twenty miles in length, which, where
its picturesqueness has not found a mortal enemy in
Enclosure Commissioners, indicates plainly that it
was originally an upland track formed by animals
which desired to have an early view of any enemies
approaching them from right or left.

The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela. Edited by
M. N. Adler. (Frowde.)

THE protracted journey taken by the Jew Benjamin
of Tudela in the land of Sepharad (Spain) between
the years 1166 and 1171 has been known hitherto to
general readers from being included in the. collec-
tion of Early Travels in Palestine' published by
Thomas Wright in 1848, and to specialists from the
elaborate edition published by A. Asher in 1840-41.
Mr. Adler now prints a critical text of the Hebrew
MS. preserved in the British Museum, with careful
collations and seven facsimiles, and a map of the
Rabbi's wanderings. To this he appends a new
translation and a commentary of exegetical notes.
It has been a question what motive Benjamin
could have had for undertaking such extensive
travels through a great part of Europe, Asia, and
Africa as known at that time. Mr. Adler conjec-
tures that the object he had in view was to find
out likely places where his compatriots might
seek a refuge when driven by persecution from
Western Europe. He certainly was careful to
note the towns where Jews had already effected
a settlement, and records their numbers.
probably had an eye to business at the same time
he would have been no Jew if he had not-and
commercial transactions never fail to interest him.
Mr. Adler's is a very learned and complete edition
of a Jewish classic.

He

The Cornhill for December has an admirable little poem by Mr. Austin Dobson, The Last Proof,' describing the feelings of any author when he has finished correcting his book for the press. Mr. Frederic Harrison talks about The Alps Once More' in two letters; and Mr. H. W. Lucy has some interesting views concerning the United States and its politics. Mr. Walter Frith gives the substance of a conversation with his father, aged 89; and Mr. A. C. Benson deals with Specialism,' revealing, as usual, his own bent of mind, but dealing usefully with the question of amateur speculation in theology and morals.

The Nineteenth Century opens with Modernism and the Papal Encyclical,' by Monsignor Moyes, a defence of the latter which we cannot regard as satisfactory. Sir Alfred Wills deals sensibly with Criminals and Crime,' and Mr. St. Clair Baddeley, in Esculapius and his Heirs in Christian Rome,' with some of the medical art of which the Forum preserves traces or hints. Sir Herbert Maxwell dwells on the past of the 'Pantheon' in Oxford Street; Mr. E. B. Chancellor on The Squares and Open Spaces of London'; and Mr. Watts-Dunton on Dickens and Father Christmas.' The last is a very interesting article, showing that Dickens became a "myth of the people." Incidentally Mr. Watts-Dunton includes a good deal of penetrating literary criticism in his survey of the peculiar qualities of Dickens's Christmas books.

IN The Fortnightly Mr. Laurie Magnus deals with the importance of George Meredith as a poet who

represents in the stream of literary evolution an advance on Wordsworth and Tennyson. Mrs. John Lane conjures up brightly the memories of Brighton; and Mr. Joseph Shaylor writes with a pleasant flavour of reminiscence concerning 'Booksellers' Trade-Dinner Sales,' which are apparently unsuited to the present hustling age.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.-DECEMBER. DECEMBER is always a busy month with our of catalogues still pouring in upon us it seems to friends the old booksellers, and from the number promise to be exceptionally so this year. Of special interest to our readers will be the catalogue of the books of Joseph Knight.

Mr. Thomas Baker keeps us, as usual, well supplied with divinity. familiar names of Newman, Pusey, and others. His Catalogue 517 contains the There is a nice clean set of "The Library of the Fathers," 1853-85, 107. 10s. The first edition of Cardinal Pole's 'De Concilio Liber,' 1562, is ll. 18.; Hefele's Histoire des Conciles,' 12 vols., 6l. 6s.; Morland's Evangelical Churches of Piedmont, folio, 1658, 41. 4s.; and Helyot's 'Ordres Religieux, 8 vols., 4to, 1714, 47. 10s.

Under

his Catalogue 18 books relating to Kent.
Mr. P. M. Barnard, of Tunbridge Wells, has in
Rochester are Thorpe's 'Registrum Roffense,' folio,
1769, 21. 2s. ; and his 'Custumale Roffense,' folio,
1788, a fine copy, 67. 6s. Although the latter forms
a supplement to the former, it is complete in itself.
fire in 1808. There are a number of Tracts, historical
It is rarely met with, as a great part was lost by
and general, ranging from Charles I. to Victoria
inclusive. A curious one is "A New Invention, or
a Paire of Cristall Spectacles, by helpe whereof
may be read so small a print that what twenty
sheetes of paper will hardly containe shall be
discover'd in one, &c.

These glasses in indifferent lights

Serve old and yong, and middle sights," 4to, June 7, 1644, 48. The Victorian pamphlets include the Gwilts' Project for a National Gallery on the Site of Trafalgar Square,' 1838, 2s. 6d. ; and a 'Description of a Great Rostral Column of the Corinthian Order, two hundred and fourteen feet high, cast in iron, with the base, capital, and statue in yellow bronze, to be erected in Trafalgar Square to the memory of Nelson,' 18. Under Chartists relating to America include Sir Walter Raleigh's is a broadside of the People's Charter. Works Empyre of Guiana,' London, 1596, 28/.; Acts passed The Discoverie of the Large, Rich, and Bewtiful at the first three Congresses, 1789-93, 3 vols., from the Sussex Collection, 5.; and Mather's Account of the Trials of the New England Witches. To which is added, Cases of Conscience concerning Witchcrafts and Evil Spirits personating Men," London, I. Denton, at the Raven in the Poultry, 1693, 18. 15s.

devoted to the last portion of the library of our late Mr. Francis Edwards has issued a catalogue beloved friend and editor, Joseph Knight, of which he was the purchaser. Knight had, as is well known, originally a most extensive and choice

collection, every room in his house being crowded with books; and finally he had to break through his wall into the house next door to secure yet another room for his treasures. In his love for the

NOTES AND QUERIES.

London bookstalls he reminded us of our founder, and of his friend Charles Wentworth Dilke. There are humorous stories told of how Thoms would strive to outrun Dilke in securing a treasure, and there would be a mutual laugh when the victor showed his prize.

It will be remembered that Joseph Knight had
two large sales of his books during his lifetime, but
he retained the works he required for special use,
and Mr. Edwards's Catalogue includes many
Of course there is a
private issues of plays.
complete set of N. & Q On the first page of
the Catalogue is a facsimile of the title-page of
Knight's earliest production: "The Sea by Moon-
light: a Poem. By J. Knight, Alumnus at the Rev.
B. B. Haigh's, Bramham College, near Tadcaster,
Sheffield: printed by J. H. Greaves, Snig Hill,
1846." A fine copy of Fleay's Chronicles,' very
scarce, 4 vols., is 77. 10s.; Fitzgerald's 'Theatrical
History, 10 vols., 4. 10s.; a collection of French
plays, 1846-90, 119 vols., with complete MS. index,
10. A List of English Plays derived from the
French, in MS., 27. 10s. Other MSS. include 'Fifty
Years of the Drama,' being a complete file of
Knight's reviews, theatrical notes, &c. 1866-1905,
10. Among general literature are a set of Leslie
Stephen's works, 10 vols., 3.; and Peter Cunning-
ham's edition of Walpole's Letters, 9 vols., Bentley,
1891, 7. 10s. The latter is a presentation copy with
the following inscriptions:-

"A Knight ther was, and that a worthy man,
That fro the time that he firste began
To riden out he loved chevalrie,

Trouthe and honour, fredom and curtesie."

Mr. Edwards's new Remainder Catalogue includes the best complete library edition of "The Paston Letters,' edited by Gairdner, 6 vols., 21. (reduced from 31. 158.); Morris's Dictionary of Australian Words,' 4s. 6d. (16s.); Pedrick's 'Borough Seals,' 7s. 6d. (11. 5s.); Grammont's Memoirs,' 58. 6d. (128.); Gordon's Old-Time Aldwych,' 2s. 6d. (78. 6d.); and Way and Norman's Halls of the City Guilds of London,' 4to, 17. 18. (17. 11s. 6d.).

Mr. R. S. Frampton's Catalogue 5 is a short miscellaneous list. An interesting item for Americans is one of the two hundred copies printed of the "Constitutions of the Independent States, the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation,' Philadelphia, 1781, calf, 51. A catalogue of 400 books at Stonyhurst College, printed either in Gothic letter or before 1551, is 58.

Mr. Gadney, of Oxford, has in his Catalogue XV a selection from the National Gallery of Scotland. folio, 1903, 27. There are items under Art, Biography, Classics, and English Literature. The last includes the seventh edition of The Anatomy of Melancholy,' 1660, 27. 12s. 6d. and Spenser's Works, folio, 1679, 31. 38. Under Topography will be found Pinks's Clerkenwell,' Miss Bradley's 'Westminster Abbey, Ditchfield's 'City Companies,' and Norman's 'London Signs.'

Mr. E. Joseph's Catalogue 3 contains, in addition to a general list, a collection of the Arundel Society's chromos. Works on Africa include Harris's Wild Sports,' 2. 12s. Among American books is Roosevelt's Big Game Hunting in the Rockies,' (only 1,000 copies issued), 27. 8s. 6d. First editions in

clude Boswell's 'Johnson,' 2 vols, 4to, boards,.
uncut, 1791, 87. 10s.; Ainsworth's Tower of Lon-
don,' 1840, 27. 12s.; Lady Jackson's 'Court of the
Tuileries,' 31. 178. 6d.; Lever's works; Moxon's
first issue of Vanity Fair,' with the suppressed.
illustrated Tennyson, 1857, 21. 10s.; and the rare
portrait, 1848, 47. 128.

Messrs. Mayer & Müller send us from Berlin two.
catalogues, Nos. 230 and 231. The first is devoted
to Classische Philologie, this.
to Deutsche Philologie und Litteratur, bis etwa 1750,
section dealing with Greek authors.

Mr. E. Menken's Book Circular 181 contains one of twenty-five copies of the Edition de Luxe of Alfred de Musset's Euvres,' 10 vols., 4to, 67. 68. A magnificent volume is The Art Treasures of Austria,' privately printed by the command of the The Libri Collection,' Emperor, 1870-73, 41. 48. The Crown jewels are fully described. It is said that the crown alone cost, when originally made (c. 1600), a million sterling, Bibliography includes privately printed, 1862, 47. 4s.; Catalogue of the There are copies of 'Bradshaw's ComShakespeare Memorial Library at Birmingham,' There are first 10s. 6d.; and that of the Roxburghe Sale, 1812, 188. 6d. Holbein's panion.' Under Crown Woods and Forests are seventeen Reports, 1787-93, 27. 58. Edition," choicely bound, 127. 128. editions of Dickens; also a set of the "Authentic'Portraits,' with Memoirs by Lodge, 1812, is 37. 158. Under Newgate is a scrapbook with 150 illustrations, There is a subscriber's copy of 1727-1903, 27. 28. 'Vetusta Monumenta,' with the three additional 507.) A fine set of the Zoological Society's ProceedUnder Art-Needle-parts, 1747-1885, 107. 15s. (published at upwards of ings, 1830-1903, is priced 80%. work is a superb old example, 81. 88.

Mr. James Miles, of Leeds, has in his List 142 a fine set of Alison's 'Europe,' 20 vols., 37. 38. ; the two series of Macgillivray's Birds,' 57. 58. ; 'BookPrices Current,' 1887-98, 97. 98.; Burton's Arabian Nights,' Benares, 291.; The Century Dictionary,' 8 vols., 67. 10s.; and a complete set of all the volumes scarce first edition of Crabb Robinson's 'Diary,' yet issued by The Chetham Society, 221. The 1869, is 27. 10s. Under Dickens is the "Household Edition," now out of print, including Life,' 21.28. A set of Hallam, 9 vols., calf, Library Edition is 41. 48.; rare and early edition of La Fontaine, Amsterdam, Harleian Society, 1869-1902, 50 vols., cloth, 25.; a 'Portraits,' 1835, 37. 38. There is a handsome set 1764, 37. 38. ; and an original copy of Lodge's 17. 18. Foster's 'Miniature Painters,' 2 vols., folio, of Macaulay's Essays,' 4 vols., bound in tree calf, Edition de Luxe, only 175 copies, 1903, is 71. 158. ; and his British Miniature Painters, large paper, 41. 4s. Don Quixote,' translated by Phillips, first edition of this translation, 1687, is 37. 178. 6d. ; Stephens's Old Northern Runic Monuments, 4 vols., 41. 48.; Howard and Crisp's Visitations of England and Wales,' 22 vols., 147.; and Zola's Novels, Vizetelly's editions, 12 vols., 31. 10s. Under YorkRev. Patrick Brontë's 'Cottage Poems,' original shire are Clarkson's Richmond,' 47. 10s.; and the boards, uncut, "Halifax, printed and sold by P. K. Holden for the Author," first edition, 1811, 17. 10s. There is a list of special Yorkshire bargains.

Mr. W. M. Murphy sends from Liverpool his List 130, which includes purchases from Mr. W. Mullin's collection. A fine copy of Boileau, the