in Lancashire: the one a pilgrim wearied, the other side refreshed. This has never been hung up at the inn for which it was designed, and the artists' names I am advised not to publish.

PEWTER POT. Second Queen of Frederick I. of Prussia (2nd S. iv. 288.) The third wife (and second queen) of Frederic L the first King of Prussia, was Sophia Luisa, daughter of Frederic, Duke of Mecklenburg, in Grahau; born May 6th, 1685, married at Schwerin, November 19, at Berlin, November 28, 1708. Frederic I. died half an hour after twelve at noon, Feb. 25, 1713, leaving her his widow without issue. Vide Anderson's Royal Genealogies, table 213, p. 499., table 242., p. 535. P. H. F. "Singular Matrimonial Alliance" (2nd S. iv. 225.)-A celebrated instance of a man marrying his god-daughter is stated to have occurred in 1822. The great Norfolk agriculturist, Thos. William Coke, afterwards Earl of Leicester, then in his seventieth year, married his god-daughter Lady Anne Keppel, then in her twentieth year. She was mother of the present Earl. Whether, at the time of the baptism, Mr. Coke, like Capt. Cook, made a vow to marry the lady, I do not know. E. G.

Index to Baker's MSS. (2nd S. iv. 309.) — In 1848 appeared the Index to the Baker Manuscripts. By Four Members of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Cambridge: sold by Macmillan, Barclay, and Macmillan. London: John W. Parker. In the Catalogue of MSS. in the Cambridge University Library, of which two voIumes have already appeared, that portion of Baker's MSS. which he bequeathed to the University will be catalogued, and references added to the publications in which any of them may since have been printed. Meanwhile the Index of 1848 will be found a sufficiently trustworthy guide, as I can testify from constant use of it.

St. John's College, Cambridge.

J. E. B. MAYOR.

Degeneracy of the Human Race (2nd S. iv. 288.) -It may interest your correspondent W. of Bombay to hear that not a few of the knights at Lord Eglintoun's tournament had some difficulty in finding armour large enough for them to wear. From what I have seen, few of the Egyptian mummy-cases would contain an average-sized native of the British Isles; but the Ethiopians were a larger race than the Egyptians, their descendants the Nubians yet surpassing the Copts in size and form. The Romans and Greeks of old were a shorter, slighter race than the Gauls, from whom at first they shrunk in turn. The sentries suffocated at Pompeii (if we may take them as an average specimen of the Roman rank and file) are

quite as short as the smallest French linesman, without the broad well-set look (I judge from their armour) so often observable in the latter sturdy little race. To judge from the Italian Soldiery of Central and Southern Italy (for in the North the substature of the population is rather Gallic and Teutonic) they are recruited from a taller, slighter, race than that which supplies the French line. Such I should imagine to have inhabited Greece and Italy in the olden time; middle sized and formed rather for grace and activity than for remarkable feats of strength. Where the modern Italians fall off from their progenitors may easily be seen by an attentive observer on the Pincio at Rome. Seldom will he see the broad brow and firm square jaw, so traceable in the busts of the illustrious dead, amongst the Italians of the present day. SIGNET.

Arched Instep (2nd S. iv. 289.) — The arched instep is very commonly considered a sign of race. Lady Hester Stanhope used to suit her manners to the insteps of her visitors, snubbing those she thought inclined to be flat-feet. It is in reality only the mark of a well-made man, and is essential for activity, no flat feet ever being admitted into light infantry, rifle, or the flank companies, who consequently designate the battalion-men by that name. A flat foot is more decidedly servile than is an arched instep gentle.

SIGNET.

On the slab are the arms of Willoughby, and on another stone near it is an inscription to the memory of Elizabeth, wife of Dr. Willoughby:

"Hic jacet Elizabetha uxor Perciva. Willughby gen. 1666, ætatis suæ 67." filia Francisci Coke de Trusley milit. ipsa obiit 15 Feb.

This lady was daughter of Sir Francis Coke of

Trusley, by, I believe, his first wife Frances,

daughter of Denzil Hollis, and his wife Ellen, brother to Sir John Coke, Secretary of State. daughter of Lord Sheffield. Sir Francis Coke was

Derby.

L. JEWITT, F.S.A.

Oddities in Printing (2nd S. iii. 308.)—The most interesting specimen of the kind of book alluded to by MR. OFFOR, is that by Joshua Sylvester, entitled Lachrimæ Lachrimarum, or, The Distillation of Teares Shede For the Vntymely Death of The Incomparable Prince PANARETUS, i. e. Prince

Henry, for whom all the poets of the day had an elegy.

:

Sylvester's contribution to the national wail is a small quarto the title a black ground, with the Prince's arms in a garter at top; and underneath, the foregoing in a white letter. The book contains fifteen leaves: the Teares occupy the front, in black upon white, as usual, with a deep black band at top and bottom, and skeleton supporters down the sides. The reverse throughout, the Prince's arms, with coronets, white on a black ground; and it is, perhaps, among the earliest specimens of this oddity in printing. J. O.

Remains of Francis Turner, Bishop of Ely (1st S. vii. 287.)-J. J. J. will find a letter of Bishop Turner's in the European Magazine, June, 1797, p. 389., and others in Lady Russell's Letters. In the second volume of The Christian's (not Christian) Magazine (1761), several of Turner's works are printed, beside the Life of Ferrar. From Prior's verses "To the Rev. Dr. F. Turner, Bishop of Ely, who had advised a translation of Prudentius," we know that Turner had a liking for Prudentius, and the editors of the magazine tell us that he afterwards himself accomplished the task which Prior declined. (Christ. Mag., p. 230.) These translations, and others from Thomas à Kempis and Gregory Nazianzen, together with some original pieces, were in the editors' hands, and they printed some specimens, the most interesting of which is that

"On the prospect of the University of Cambridge, from the top of the hill near my house at Therfield. Translated out of Latin by Bp. T."

This begins, "Hail to those sacred mansions great and high."

See farther about Turner, Brydges' Restituta, i. 149, 150.; D'Oyly's Life of Sancroft (1st ed.), ii. 123.; Todd's Deans of Canterbury, p. 131.; Life of Isaac Milles, pp. 20. 119, 120.; Patrick's Autobiography, pp. 138, 139, 168.; and the Index to Evelyn's Diary. J. E. B. MAYOR.

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The English" Ginevra" (2nd S. iv. 248.)- A correspondent has inquired whether there is not an English story nearly resembling that told by Rogers, in his Italy, under the title of "Ginevra." I do not know whether the following memorandum will answer his question, but it may help in the elucidation of the matter.

There was once a merry Christmas gathering at a hall in the county of Rutland. Among other recreations proposed was the enactment of a play in which a funeral occurs. It was accordingly performed, and a young lady was lowered into a chest, which was intended to represent the coffin in this mimic funeral. The lid was closed over her. No one thought for a moment she was in

any danger, but when the lid was raised she was found to be a corpse.

I was told this story more than thirty years ago, by an aged relative, before I had read Rogers's poem or any similar story. The tradition reaches me in this way: my great-grandfather, John William Noel Reynolds, was the son of a Dorothy Noel, who (I have been informed) stated she was one of the party present when the melancholy affair occurred. From Mrs. Reynolds (née Dorothy Noel) to her son, and from him to my nearer relations, the tradition comes direct.

Dorothy Noel was born in the year 1692. It is probable, therefore (if she was present as a girl), that the event took place between the years 1702 and 1712, when she would be between ten and twenty years of age.

I have been told that Exton Hall, the ancient seat of the Noels, was the scene of the tragedy, and that no plays were afterwards performed in that mansion.

Leicester.

JAMES THOMPSON.

[The story of Ginevra has been noticed in our 1st Ser. v. 129. 209. 333.]

"Sowing light" (2nd S. iv. 114.) - In commenting on the authenticity of the lines attributed to Cowper (p. 4.), JAYDEE takes exception to the phrase "sowing light," as being "rather a strange expression.' I would beg to remind him that it is a scriptural one, and will be found in the 11th verse of the 95th Psalm,-"Light is sown for the righteous." I am aware the LXX. rendering of the passage, pas àvéreiλe, does not convey the full force of the original, but it has been suggested to me by a friend that, possibly the translators mistook (the kindred verb from the same root), for the true reading of which our version is the correct translation. (Cf. this passage (in Gr.) with Matt. iv. 16., where the same phrase occurs see also Ps. lxxxv. 11.; lxv. 10., &c. for other forms of the expression.) "Sowing light," then, is not so 66 strange an expression pears at first sight, and in my view contains a bold and beautiful figure, perhaps of a mixed kind, borrowed from the rising light of early day, or the springing of the hidden seed from the opening earth. Thus Calvin:

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as ap

Some think that gladness is sown for the just as seed when cast into the ground dies or lies buried in the earth a long time ere it germinates: " following the Targum paraphrase, "Lux vita et conservata est justis.' See also Calmet, art. "Nergal" (quoting Montfaucon), for the connexion (among the ancients) of corn with the emblem of light. Other instances, I imagine, of the use of this figure could be readily adduced from the writings of classic authors.

Southampton.

HENRY W. S. TAYLOR.

a client with a timber leg, was advised by him to consult another counsel -one SHANK MORE.

G. N.

Sir George Leman Tuthill, M.D., was physician to the hospitals of Bridewell and Bethlem, not president, as stated by your correspondent G., 2nd S. iv. 294. W. MUNK, M.D.

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Guillotine (2nd S. iv. 264.)-All interested in the pedigree of the guillotine should turn to Camden, in, whose pages they will see a picture of the famous Halifax gibbet, a perfect type of the Doctor's supposed invention, on which all thieves taken hand-habend or back-berond were summarily executed, if the property stolen passed the value of thirteen pence. In the case of catch-lifters, the quaint ingenuity of those rough times contrived that the stolen animal should itself execute the felon by pulling the rope that released the axe; but in default of a "beast," the bailiff of the manor or his deputy officiated, the time always chosen being market day. The Halifax gibbet is supposed to have suggested to Earl Morton the idea of "the Maiden," grimly famous in the annals of Edinburgh, and alluded to by Scott in The Abbot. Nor was Germany ignorant of such a machine, for in a print by Aldegraft of Westphalia, dated 1553, and mentioned by Gough, Titus Manlius is represented as expiating his disobedience on a similar scaffold. SIGNET.

Sunshine, the new story, is a perfect little gem - showing, in its limited compass and free outline, the hand of the master as plainly as ever Raphael's was seen in any of those wondrous sketches which so delight all true lovers of art.

BOOKS RECEIVED. -Critical and Miscellaneous Essays collected and republished by Thomas Carlyle, Vol. III. În this volume we have several of Mr. Carlyle's admirable expositions of the Life and Writings of Göthe; his memorable article on Boswell's Johnson; his Count Cagliostro, and numerous other of his shrewd and most original disquisitions.

Mantell's Wonders of Geology, Seventh Edition, revised and augmented by T. Rupert Jones, Vol. I., is the new issue of Bohn's Scientific Library. The popularity of the book is shown by its having reached a seventh edition, while the fact that the present edition is most profusely illustrated, and the knowledge it communicates is brought down by the editor to the latest time, will go far to in

crease it.

Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reign of the Stuarts, including the Protectorate, by J. H. Jesse, Vol. III. This new edition of Jesse's chatty volume, with its numerous illustrative portraits, is now completed. If Mr. Bohn reproduces in his Historical Library many such works, he will do good service to historical readers: and we have no doubt add another successful Library to those he is already publishing.

George Herbert's Temple, with the Priest to the Temple, or Country Parson. This neat little reprint, issued with red edges, and in an antique style, by Washbourne & Co., shows how wide-spread is the love for the writings of this most christian poet.

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The new number of the Quarterly Review, like every other publication of the day, exhibits traces of the great interest which the Indian Question is exciting in the public mind. Its chief political article is of course on the Indian Mutiny, and it has besides one on that important subject, Communication with India, in which the relative merits of the Suez and Euphrates Routes are discussed. An article entitled "The Parish Priest," on the duties, difficulties, and responsibilities of the clergy, will be read with considerable interest by all who desire to see the ministrations of the Church spread yet more widely, and crowned with greater results. There is a pleasant biographical article on George Stephenson, and an amusing historical one based on Mr. Rawdon Brown's (as yet unpublished) translation of the Diaries of the Venetian Embassy to the Court of James I. A chatty semi-antiquarian article on Cornwall, and a pleasant review of Lord Dufferin's Yacht Voyage, make the piquant side dishes of this quarterly banquet; with the addition, by-the-bye, of an article on Tom Brown, in which that admirable book is highly praised, and in which too great justice is done to the memory of Dr. Arnold.

The mention of the last book, Tom Brown's School Days, reminds us of a little volume from another great master of his art, Mr. Charles Reade. The Course of True Love never did run Smooth, one of Bentley's Cheap Series, consists of three tales illustrative of Shakspeare's well-worn proverb. The Bloomer, and Art, a Dramatic Tale, have, we believe, already appeared; but Clouds and

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