2nd s. VII. May 21. '59.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



427 



The Consular Calendars (2°^ S. vii. 375.) — As 

 Noel Hooke Robinson "should like to know 

 whether the Capitoline Marbles or Consular Ca- 

 lendars are still in existence," he is informed that 

 they incrust the walls of the upstair rooms in the 

 southern wing of the Capitoline Museum at Rome, 

 where I have often seen them. Daniel Rock. 

 Brook Green, Hammersmith. 



iHtiJrellaueau^. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 



Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis. 

 Edited, with Notes, hy Charles Ross, Esq. In Three 

 Volumes. Second Edition. (Murraj'.) 



When it is considered that the distinguished nobleman 

 ■whose correspondence is here given to the world, was ac- 

 tively engaged in a military and political career which 

 extended from 1776 to 1805 — that during that time he 

 held an independent command in the American war — 

 that he was twice Governor- General of India, and that the 

 revenue, judicial and police regulations promulgated by 

 him on the first occasion are nearlj' all still in force in 

 the Presidency of Bengal — that lie was Lord-Lieutenant 

 of Ireland at that important period when the Union be- 

 tween that country and Great Britain was successfullj' 

 carried out — and that to him was entrusted the task of en- 

 deavouring to restore tranquillity to Europe, by complet- 

 ing the Peace of Amiens — when all these things are 

 considered, the value of this extensive series of Corre- 

 spondence as a contribution to the History of England 

 during forty momentous j-ears will be readily appre- 

 ciated. That value has indeed been already very gene- 

 rally recognised ; and it says much for the taste of the 

 reading public, that within a few short months a second 

 edition of these three goodly octavo volumes should be 

 called for. Some portion of this success is unquestiona- 

 bly due to the care and attention with which the editor 

 has executed his task : his short biographical notes on 

 the various persons mentioned in the Correspondence 

 contain just the information which is wanted, and nothing 

 more. The work is moreover rendered complete by the 

 addition of a very full and carefully compiled Index ; so 

 as to make it in every Avay a fitting companion to the 

 Chatham Correspondence, and the no less important Gren- 

 ville Correspondence, issued by the same publisher. 



The Mothers of Great Men. By Mrs. Ellis. (Bentley.) 

 Mrs. Ellis may well speak of her book as one which 

 boasts a good title and a noble subject. Her biographies 

 are confined to the Mothers of St. Augustine, Alfred the 

 Great, Henry VII., Francis I., and Henri Quatre, John 

 Wesley, Napoleon, Cowper, Byron, Gothe, and Kichter. 

 It will be seen at a glance how much this list might 

 have been extended ; and we niaj' add, that in propor- 

 tion to such extension would have been the increased in- 

 terest of Mrs. Ellis's sketches. 



A Catalogue of the Portraits of King Edward the Sixth, 

 both Painted and Engraved. By John Gough Nichols. 

 (^Printed for private Distribution.^ 



This interesting little Catalogue — a sequel to the bio- 

 graphical Memoir of Edward VI. prefixed to Mr. Nichols' 

 edition of his Literary Remains, lately printed for the 

 Roxburghe Club — is valuable, not only for the curious in- 

 formation which Mr. Nichols' industry has collected to- 

 gether, but for his suggested scheme for the arrangement 

 of Historical Portraits. 



Catalogue of the Pictures in the National Portrait Gal- 

 lery. 



Mr. Nichols' tract has reminded us of this useful and 

 well-executed Catalogue. The Trustees of the National 

 Portrait Gallery are doing their work well, and we ex- 

 pect that this Gallery will, at no very distant day, be 

 regarded as one of the most interesting exhibitions in 

 the metropolis. 



Books and Pamphlets received. — 



Our space compels us to confine ourselves to the titles 

 of— 



The Parian Chronicle subversive of the Common Chrono- 

 logy. By F. Parker. (J. H. Parker.) 



Two Lectures on the Currency delivered in the Year 1858. 

 By Charles Neate, Professor of Political Economy in the 

 University of Oxf6rd. (J. II. Parker.) 



On some of the Grounds of Dissatisfaction with Modern 

 Gothic Architecture. By E. B. Denison, M.A., Q.C. (J. 

 II. Parker.) 



Sketch of the Life of JValter de Merton, Lord High 

 Chancellor of England, §'c.. Founder of Merton College. 

 By Edmund, Bishop of Nelson. (J. H. Parker.) 



A sketch calculated to gratify all the sons of Merton — 

 and to delight the biographer of The Judges, Mr. Foss. 



Elementary Notes on the History of France. By Mrs. 

 Edmonds. (Tallant & Allen.) 



Brief, but satisfactory. 



Much in Little ; a Compendium of Facts and Information 

 for the Use of Girls' Schools. By Mrs. Allbut. (Rout- 

 ■ledge & Co.) 



Contains in a small compass a large amount of useful 

 information. 



BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 

 wanted to puhciiasb. 



Particulars of Price, &c., of the following Books to be sent direct to 

 tlie (tentlemen by whom they are required, and whose names and ad- 

 dresses are eiven for that purpose. 



Letters prom Poktdoai, and Spain, written during the March of 

 THE TrijOps under Sir John Mooke. 1809. 8vo. 



Wanted by Rev. E. II. Adamson, St. Alban's Parsonage, Gateshead. 



Chronicles of Pevensey, by M. A. Lower. 



Wanted by Bev. C. J. Robinson, Windsor. 



Addisoniana. 



Wanted by JbAn T. C/icc«Aam,Chadderton, near Manchester. 



fiaXitti to CarrejjpatiKeiit^. 



Among other articles of areat interest which will appear in our next 

 N umber, we man mention Diahov ^eUsM.by licv. J. £. B. Mayor; Mr. 

 Wi/lie's New Catalogue of Shaksperiana; Anniversary Ceremonies of 

 tlie Preservation of the Roman Capitol, mc. 



An Inquirer will find in Job xxx. 35. " that mine adversary had writ- 

 ten a booJc." 



M. A. D. The derivation of Finkle Street is discussed very fuUy in 1st 

 and 2nd vols, of our \st Series. 



Emilv's Query is not of a cliaracter fjr discussion in these columns, 

 I Trow Not. The of t quoted couplet — 



" Immodest words admit of uo defence, 

 For want of decency is want of sense," 

 is from Lord Roscommon's Essay on Translated Verse. 

 .^NTKjuARirs. For " Easter Eggs," see " N. & Q." 1st S. vols. i. and ii. 



EiN Frac.er. There are several Clerical Peers in the House of Lords, 

 sec " N. & Q." 2nd S. vi. 100. 



Sigma Theta. The question could only be satisfactorily answered by 

 a kim wledge ofwhSre ami when the two brothers died. 



" Notes and Qi;eries" is published at noon on Friday, and is also 

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