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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2"^ S. N» 77., June 20. '57. 



of Richmond in Surrey for her baptism ? The 

 name of her mother would in all probability be 

 found there. Her own baptismal name, Esther, 

 is so uncommon that it ought to identify her. 

 The entry would occur soon after the 13th March, 

 1681 (or 1682), when Swift says that she was 

 born. It is uncertain whether the date he gives 

 (1681) was old or new style. E. H. D. D. 



Passage in MalehrancTie (2"^ S. iii. 389.) — I do 

 not know the passage for which H. S. inquires in 

 Malebranche, but the " original " is — 



" Atheniensis. TA.e/JiV^qiJ.eBa. ye iJ.r]v biiokoYq(TavTti ev TOis e/x- 

 •npotrOiV. iy; et i) ^XV </><n'«i'7 ''rpe<T$VTepa, <T(of4.aT0? oCtra, xal to, 



XJIW^'IS TMV (TCO^taTOS CCTOITO TTpiU^VTipa. 



£)inias. JIoluv /xev oiu. 



Atheniensis. Tpdrroi Se Kal rjOri KaV'/SovXjjo-ei? koI \oyL<rixol 

 Koi So^ai aky)9el^, eirt/ae'Aeiai re Koi /lAi/^/uai Trporepa jui^kovs (Tw- 

 fxaroiv Kai iT\a.TOv<; KaX /3d9ous tcai pw^rjs eiij yeydi'OTa av, 

 cirrep Kai ylivxv c^p-aTOi." — Plato, De Legibtts, 1. x. torn. ix. 

 D. 90., ed. Bipont. 



H. B. C. 



U. U. Club. 



Longitude and Latitude (2"^ S. i. 134. 243.) — 

 The ancient geographers, according to Ptolemy, 

 believed that the earth was inhabited to the extent 

 of 180° from east to west and about 80° from south 

 to north ; they had therefore (in his opinion) good 

 reason to call the extent of it from east to west 

 long., and from north to south lat. 



John Husband. 



Cordon bleu (2"^ S. iii. 348. 437.) — C. has not 

 correctly answered the Query of S. Ds. as to what 

 constitutes amongst French cooks a cordon bleu ; 

 and whether it is applied to a male or female 

 artist? In a French cuisine the female subor- 

 dinates to the chef are classified ; one professing 

 to be an adept in soups and sauces, another in 

 roasts and stews, a third in pastry, &c. But one 

 female, who unites in her own person the accom- 

 plishments of all the others, is a cordon bleu. 



J. E. T. 



Champagne, when first mentioned? (2"'* S. iii. 

 290.) — This sparkling beverage was certainly 

 known in the days of Charles II. Thomas Shad- 

 well, in his comedy of The Virtuoso, acted at the 

 Duke's theatre in May, 1676, makes one of his 

 characters say : — 



" 'Tis a wonder they do not come as the sparks do to a 

 play-house too, full of Champagn, venting very much 

 noise, and very little wit." — Act II. Sc. 1. 



Edward F. Rimbault^ 

 Morgan O'Doherty (2""^ S. ii.218.) — I can as- 

 sure H. E. W. that it was by no chance guess of 

 mine that I ascribed the origin of this character 

 in Maga to the late Captain Hamilton. I was 

 assured of the fact from an undoubted source, 

 which I regret I have not the liberty to mention 

 publicly, and I cannot now obtain the permission 

 to do so. There can be no doubt of the fact. 

 Maginn, without doubt, contributed largely, and 



so did Wilson and Lockhart, as well as your cor- 

 respondent R. P. (1" S. X. 150.), and even the 

 unsuspected Delta, as mentioned by Aird in 

 Moir's Memoir, p. xxxiii. It is probable that the 

 contributions of Sir Morgan O'Doherty were en- 

 tirely Maglnn's, which date from July, 1824, to 

 the last mention of the name in April, 1825. 

 Both Hamilton and Maginn lived long after this, 

 until 1842. The first O'Doherty paper appeared 

 in February, 1819. S. 



Gravestones and Church Repairs (2"^ S. iii. 366. 

 453.) — On this grave subject, G. C. R. has made 

 out a very just prima facie case of gravamina, 

 though it is to be feared the time is past for any 

 redress. However, as a reply to his quasi Query, 

 I would refer him to Burn's Ecclesiastical Law, 

 and to Prideaux's Guide to Churchwardens. From 

 the former I copy the shortest paragraph which 

 bears on the question ; it is quoted from Coke : 



" For Grave Stones, Winding Sheets, Coats of Arms, 

 penons, or other ensigns of honor, hanged up, laid or 

 placed in memorj' of the dead, the property remains in 

 the executors — and they may have actions against such 

 as break, deface, or carry them away, or an appeal on 

 felony." 



During a long residence in my last parish, I 

 had occasion many times to remove damaged 

 tombstones — but it was never done without first 

 endeavouring to find the representatives of the 

 family, and requesting them to repair, which was 

 generally done — if not, the incumbrances were 

 removed. 



In this church, which has lately been restored 

 (on the conservative principle), and the floor laid 

 with tiles, all the memorials which were legible 

 have been transferred to tiles (12 in. square), 

 manufactured purposely by Messrs. Minton, and 

 on these is indelibly recorded the name and date 

 of the deceased. A series of these are arranged 

 in patterns with other tiles, and produce a very 

 beautiful and effective pavement ; and it may be 

 as yet an unique arrangement, for I believe it is 

 the first thing of the kind which has been done. 



The destruction of every memorial of the dead 

 cannot be too severely reprobated ; though there 

 are proofs enough that the unfeeling practice 

 originated centuries before the nineteenth. 



H. T. Ellacombb. 



Rectory, Clyst St. George. 



May's Epigrams (2"'' S. iii. 459.) — In your 

 bibliographical memoranda of the sale at Messrs. 

 Sotheby & Wilkinson, extracting, I presume, from 

 the auctioneers' catalogue, you say that " the col- 

 lection of epigrams and poems is not only unique 

 but altogether unnoticed by bibliographers." Let 

 me inform future writers on bibliography through 

 your pages, that there is a copy of this work in the 

 library of Sion College ; so that the book sold at 

 the sale, though " unnoticed," is at any rate not 

 unique. W. Dbnton. 



