2n<» S. 711. Jan. 29. '69.] 



NOTES AND QUiJKIES. 



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14th as in the Roman books. To him indeed on 

 his day the middle three lessons of the octave-nine 

 were assigned. But Twelfth Day seems rather 

 to refer to what is past, than to be looking for- 

 ward to the future. Its Epiphany octave seems 

 to have been an ecclesiastical appendage, rather 

 than a civil or popular requirement. The more 

 especial Christmas'tide looked complete without 

 it. If our Twelfth Day falls on a Sunday, we 

 have the Epiphany collect on that and the six 

 days after, up to the Saturday even-song. And 

 we hold the strictly-speaking Christmas season 

 and Twelfth Day celebration to have terminated 

 on the first day of the Epiphany collect's use. 

 Besides, in furtherance of our present impression 

 about Twelfth Day terminating Christmas proper, 

 we must remember that our reformers omitted, 

 not only the octave, but the preface marking the 

 octave, as a season of solemn celebration. Here 

 perhaps the old English civil custom of closing 

 with Twelfth Day was permitted to override the 

 old ecclesiastical in keeping an octave of Epi- 

 phany, which octave had probably come in pro- 

 cess of time to be considered much as we (eccle- 

 siastically speaking) consider the surplus days of 

 the Epiphany collect's continuance, after Twelfth 

 Day has come and gone. What your correspon- 

 dent, Medi^vus, says about Plough Day, or 

 Plough Monday — the Monday, recollect, after 

 Twelfth Day, and not after the octave of the Epi- 

 phany — seems conclusive on this point (2""^ S. vi. 

 532.). Plough Monday is, however, a sort of 

 festival in some parts of England, and not the 

 first working-day of the first working-week. 



J. B. 



JEST BOOKS. 



(2°^ S. vi. 206. 272. 333.) 



Please add the following, which I do not observe 

 in the preceding lists : — 



Facetiae Cantabrigienses, consisting of Anecdotes, 

 Smart-sayings, Satirics, Retorts, &c., by or relating to 

 celebrated Cantabs, 12mo., London, 1836. 



Johnsoniana ; or a Collection of Bon Mots, &c., by Dr. 

 Johnson and others, 12mo., London, 1776. 



The British Antidote to Caledonian Poison, consisting 

 of the most Humorous, Satirical, Political Prints, for the 

 year 1762 (25 in number, very curious). The Fifth Edi- 

 tion, to which are added a most humorous Character of 

 the Kingdom and People of Scotland : all the best Politi- 

 cal Songs, and several other Publications ; So as to ren- 

 der the whole compleatly entertaining. Sold at Mr. 

 Sumpter's, Bookseller in Fleet Street, and Mr. Harvest, 

 Printseller in Heming's Row, St. Martin's Lane (price 

 2s. 6d.), 12mo. 



A Collection of Jests, Epigrams, Epitaphs, &c. (in 

 prose and verse), 12mo., Fleming, Edinburgh, 1753. 



Democritus; or the Laughing Philosopher, A Collec- 

 tion of Merry Stories, Jests, Epigrams, Riddles, Repartees, 

 Epitaphs, &c., taken from a Manuscript found at Hercu- 

 laneum, an ancient Roman City, in the Year 1770 (the 

 latter of itself a good joke), Berwick, printed for E. Tay- 

 lor, 1771, 8vo. 



(MS. note on the fly-leaf. — 1770, July 18. It was de- 

 cided in the Court of Chancery that Mr. Taylor, a book- 

 seller of Berwick-upon-Tweed, should account to the 

 executors of Andrew Millar for the sale of a printed 

 edition of Thomson's Seasons which was pirated, Mr. Mil- 

 lar being the proprietor of the Seasons. By this decision 

 the question respecting literary property was finally de- 

 tennined. ) ^ 



The Glasgow Budget of Mirth and Anecdote, being a 

 Collection of Jests, Anecdotes, Bon Mots, Narratives, 

 Droll Adventures, Surprising Events, Curious Relations, 

 And Satirical Pieces, Original and Selected, in Prose and 

 Verse, by D. McVean, Glasgow, 1837, 18mo. 



The Comical Sayings of Paddy from Cork, with his 

 Coat buttoned behind, Glasgow, n. d. 12mo. 



The Witty and Entertaining Exploits (and Jests) of 

 George Buchanan, who was commonly called The King's 

 Fool (or Jester), Falkirk, n. d. 12mo. 



Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence Display'd, or the Folly 

 of their Teaching Discover'd, From their Books, Sermons, 

 Prayers, &c., London, 1786, sm. 8vo. [This amusing 

 work, though not professedly published as a Jest Book, 

 may notwithstanding be legitimately included in such a 

 list as the present.] 



G.N. 



Archceological Map of England and Wales (2"* 

 S. vii. 25.) — Will you allow me to inform H. P. 

 (and those amongst your readers who are interested 

 in the subject of his suggestion) that I have for a 

 long time had the construction of an Archaeologi- 

 cal Map of England and Wales in contemplation, 

 and have made such preparation towards it that 

 I shall be able very shortly to invite the assistance 

 of local antiquaries and archaeological societies in 

 revising my jottings upon a set of the Ordnance 

 Maps of England and Wales, which have been 

 adopted as the basis of my collection of materials 

 for the sake of ensuring as high a degree as pos- 

 sible of completeness and accuracy. The size of 

 the map which I purpose to construct will be sufii- 

 cient satisfactorily to exhibit the sites and charac- 

 ters of the Primaeval, Roman, Saxon, and Danish 

 antiquities in England and Wales, and to make it 

 a becoming ornament to any library ; but not such 

 as to put it beyond the reach of those students of 

 the history and archaeology of our country to 

 whom it would be especially useful, I append 

 my name and address, with the request that I may 

 be favoured with hints and suggestions from any 

 who, like H. P., can appreciate the value and de- 

 sirableness of such a publication. 



B. B. Woodward, F.S.A. 

 20. Eton Villas, 



Haverstock Hill, N.W. 



Arch-Treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire 

 (2°* S. vi. 528.)— The office of Arch-Treasurer 

 (Ertz-Schatzmeister) of the H. R. E. was first 

 constituted at Nuremberg in the year 1648, on 

 the ratification of the peace of Westphalia ; and 

 was regularly confirmed and established, Nov. 22, 

 1651. It was conferred on Carl Ludwig, Elector 



