2'"i S. X. Oct. 6. '60.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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There is no doubt that towards the close of the battle 

 of Orth^s his Grace received a contusion (" got an ugly 

 thump "), which prevented his following up the victory 

 as he wished. Statements of his wounds received on 

 other occasions have come under our notice, but not in a 

 form that we could deem altogether authentic. "We have 

 heard it roundly asserted, by a person who ought to 

 know, that at the battle of Toulouse the Duke was shot 

 at and hit by one of his own men. But if so, the injury, 

 from what is recorded of hismovements after the action, 

 could not have been very severe ; and we have been as- 

 sured by a friend who was present in the battle, that he 

 heard nothing of such an occurrence either at the time or 

 subsequently, up to the entire cessation of hostilities. 



We happen to know that at the period of the Duke's 

 demise the question was mooted, whether his honoured 

 remains bore the marks of wounds received in battle, and 

 it was proposed in such a manner that very possibly 

 measures were taken before his funeral to set the inquiry 

 at rest. At that sad hour, when England mourned as 

 one man, feelings which we must all respect may have 

 forbidden announcement or publicity. But if the true 

 state of the case is known, as we think it must be, we 

 trust a time may come when silence will be no longer 

 deemed necessary ; and we would with the utmost defer- 

 ence add, that any authentic information upon this in- 

 teresting subject would no doubt be highly prized by 

 many who cherish and revere the Duke's memory.] 



" Door Mice." — There is a species of mice, or 

 of some other small animals, vernacularly known 

 by the name of " door mice." What are they ? 



Spectacles. 



[Dormouse or Sleeper (^Mus avellanarum minor'), so 

 called because it passes the greater part of the winter 

 season in a torpid state, very much agrees with the squir- 

 rel in its food, residence, and in some of its actions. Dor- 

 mice seldom appear far from their retreats, or in any 

 open place, for which reason they seem less common in 

 England than they really are. In the window of a shop 

 in Old Street Road may be seen, or might be seen within 

 the last twelvemonth, the inscription "Door Mice sold 



HERE."] 



" Stark-naked Lady." — Can you tell me what 

 plant or flower it is that commonly bears this 

 name ? John Smith. 



[The "Stark-naked Lady " in spring has leaves but no 

 blossoms ; and in autumn blossoms but no leaves. In the 

 South of Europe we have seen it growing wild in great 

 abundance. The long narrow leaves shoot forth from the 

 ground early in the year, but die away and wholly dis- 

 appear before the blossom shows itself in September. 

 This imparts to the blossom and its long white stem a 

 peculiarly bare and naked appearance, whence, we sup- 

 pose, the popular name. It is a pretty flower, and seems 

 to be a kind of " autumnal crocus."] 



MISSING SCRIPTURES. 

 (2"* S. X. 211.) 



The "Book of Enoch" (Jude, 14.) has been 

 translated from the Ethiopic by Bishop Laurance, 

 assisted by De Sacy, and in the 2nd chapter is 

 found the passage quoted by St. Jude (Hug. N. 

 T., note by Wait, s. 172.) This is the same as 



the book of Henoch. The books of Gad and Na- 

 than (1 Chr. xxix. 29.) appear to Eichhorn (JEi'n- 

 leit. A. T., s. 492.) to refer to our books of Samuel ; 

 and the books of Nathan, Ahijah, and Iddo (2 

 Chr. ix. 29.), are cited in the life of Solomon so 

 far as they relate to the kingdom of Judah. In the 

 life of Rehoboam, the books of Shemiah and Iddo 

 (2 Chr. xii. 15.) are used, but have perished ; so 

 also Iddo's book, as respects the life of Abiah (2 

 Chr. xiii. 22.) ; so also Jehu's, the son of Hanani, 

 in the life of Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. xx. 34.) In 

 the life of Uzziah (2 Chr. xxvi. 22.) reference is 

 made to the book of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, 

 which is lost so far as regards Uzziah. At the 

 end of Manasseh's life (2 Chr. xxxiv. 18, 19.) 

 there is a reference to the book of the Kings of 

 Israel and the book of Hosai (= seers), also lost 

 works. The book 'of Jashar (Jos. x. 13. ; 2 Sam. 

 i. 18.), thought by Eichhorn to be a book of songs 

 (^Einleit. s. 448. note), has likewise perished. The 

 book of the Wars of the Lord (Num. xxi. 14.) is 

 distinct from the writings of Moses, and has also 

 perished. All that remains of the writings of 

 Solomon, distinct from the canonical books, must 

 be looked for in the Apocrypha. 



With respect to the New Testament, the epistle 

 to the Corinthians (1 Cor. v. 9.) is thought by 

 many of the ancient commentators to be a refer- 

 ence to what St. Paul had said before in the same 

 chapter (verse 2.) ; but by Grotius, Doddridge, 

 Rosenmiiller, and others, is considered to be a re- 

 ference to an epistle which is now lost. So also 

 the epistle to the Laodiceans (Col. iv. 16.) if ever, 

 according to Valpy, there was a letter from St. 

 Paul to the Laodiceans distinct from the one we 

 have to the Ephesians (Eph. iii. 3.) The epistle 

 to the Laodiceans, printed at Wormes, is a com- 

 pilation from St. Paul's known writings. The 

 epistle of Barnabas, not genuine according to 

 Neander, but written by an Alexandrine Jew, is 

 preserved amongst the epistles of the Apostolical 

 Fathers. The Revelation of Peter, and the In- 

 stitutions of the Apostles are reckoned by Euse- 

 bius (iii. 25.) as spurious, and the former is lost. 

 See Fabricius Codex Pseudepigraphus V. T., 

 Hamb. 1713 ; Codex Apocryphus, N. T., Hamb. 

 1723; Thilo Apoc, N. T., Lips. 1832; Home's 

 Introduct. i. App. v. ; Jer. Jones, On the N, T. 

 Canon, 1798 ; Lardner's Cred., 1788. 



T. J. BncKTON. 

 Lichfield. 



Abracadabra is scarcely correct in calling the 

 books he refers to, " missing Scriptures " ; and 

 his ancient Note is wrong in saying they are men- 

 tioned but not inserted in the Bible, because some 

 of them are not at all referred to in that book. 



1. The Book of Enoch and the Prophecy of 

 Enoch are the same. Jude does not say there 

 was a book with such a title, although one exists, 



