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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 134. 



Burton has produced two volumes which will be read 

 with the deepest interest. The narratives are of the 

 most varied character ; and while some give us strange 

 glimpses of the workings of the human heart, and 

 show us how truly the Prophet spoke when he described 

 it as being "deceitful above all things, and desperately 

 wicked ; " and some exhibit humiliating pictures of the 

 fallibility of human judgment, others derive their chief 

 interest from revealing collaterally " the social secrets 

 of the day, — from the state mysteries, guarded by the 

 etiquette and policy of courts, down to those charac- 

 teristics of humble life which are removed from ordi- 

 nary notice by their native obscurity." Greater dra- 

 matic power on the part of Mr. Burton might have 

 given additional attraction to his narratives; but though 

 the want of this power is obvious, they form two 

 volumes which will be perused with great curiosity 

 and interest even by the most passionless of readers. 



Speaking of the use of Records reminds us that our 

 valued cotemporary The Athenceum has anticipated us 

 in a purpose we have long entertained, of calling the 

 attention of historical inquirers to the vast amount of 

 new material for illustrating English history to be 

 found in Sir F. Palgrave's Calendar of the " Baga de 

 Secretis," printed by him in several of his Reports, as 

 Deputy Keeper of the Records. As The Athencenm 

 has however entered upon the subject, we cannot do 

 better than refer our readers to its columns. 



Letter addressed to Lord Viscount Mahon, M.P., 

 President of the Society of Antiquaries, on the Propriety 

 of Eeconsidering the Resolutions of that Society which 

 regulate the Payments from the Fellows : by John 

 Bruce, Esq., Treas. S. A. — is the title of a tem- 

 perate and well-argued endeavour on the part of 

 the Treasurer, to persuade the Society of Antiqua- 

 ries to return to that scale of subscription, &c. which 

 prevailed at the moment when unquestionably the 

 Society was at its highest point of reputation and 

 usefulness. Originally addressed to the President, 

 and then communicated to the Council, it has now 

 been submitted to the Fellows, that they may see some 

 of the grounds on which the Council have recom- 

 mended, and on which they are invited to ballot on 

 Thursday next, in favour of a reversal of the Re- 

 solution of 1807. Looking to the general state and 

 prosperity of the Society as exhibited in this pamphlet, 

 and comparing the payments to it with those to the 

 numerous Archaeological Societies which have sprung 

 up of late years, the proposal seems, to be well-timed, 

 and deserving to be adopted by the Fellows as obviously 

 calculated to extend the usefulness and raise the cha- 

 racter of the Society. We hope that when the ballot 

 is taken, some of those old friends of the Society to 

 whose former exertions, in connexion with its financial 

 arrangements, the Society owes so much, and who are 

 understood now to be doubtful as to the measure, will 

 put in their white balls in favour of a step which ought 

 clearly to lead to increased exertions on the part of all 

 persons connected with the Society ; and which may 

 well be advocated on the ground, that it must lead to 

 such a result. 



The lovers of elaborate and highly finished drawings 

 of antiquarian objects are recommended to inspect some 

 specimens of Mr, Shaw's artistic skill, comprising por- 



traits of Mary Queen of Scots, Mary of England, the 

 Pall of the Fishmingers' Company, which will be on 

 view to-day and Monday at Sotheby and Wilkinson's 

 Rooms, previous to their sale by auction on Tuesday 

 next. 



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Works of Isaac Barrow, O.D., late Master of Trinity College, 



Cambridge. London, 1683. Vol. I. Folio. 

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Replies Received. — Eagles' Feathers — Many Children 



— Longevity — Oasis — Newton, Cicero, and Gravitation — 

 Burial of Suicides — Warwickshire Ballad — Algernon Sydney 



— Mother Damnable — Passage in Henry IK — Moon and 

 her Influences — Emaciated Monumental Effigies — Cane Decane 



— Hoax on Sir Walter Scott — Poison — Whipping Boys — 

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— The Three Estates of the Realm — Bawdricks for Bells — The 

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 on Craufurd of Kilbirnie — Silent Woman — A Man his own 

 Grandfather — PalcBologus — Lines on a Bed — Inveni Porlum, 

 S;c., and many others, which we will acknowledge in our next 

 Number. 



A. B., vtho asks the meaning of Mosaic, is referred to our 

 3rd Vol., pp.389. 469.521. 



C. C. G., who asks the origin of " God tempers the wind," is 

 referred to our 1st Vol., pp. 211. nG. 325. 357. 418., where hz will 

 find that it is derived from the French proverb quoted by Gruter in 

 1611, " A brebis pres tondue, Dieu luy mesure Ic vent." 



Polynesian Languages. If Eblanensis will call on the Assis- 

 tant Foreign Secretary of the Bible Society^ he will be assisted in 

 procu ring the Samoan text, and such others as have been published. 

 The Feejeean is just about to be reprinted, the first edition being 

 out of print. 



Keseph's Bible. The Query on this subject from " The Editor 

 of the Chronological New Table " has been accidentally omitted. 

 It shall be inserted in our next Number. 



J. M. G. C. is thanked. His suggestions and communication 

 shall not be lost sight of. 



Balholensis is requested to say hotv a letter may be ctddrtssed 

 to him. 



