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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2'"« S. X. Nov. 10, '60. 



Mention op Painting in the Old Testament 

 (2""* S. X. 207.)— I beg to refer P. S. D. to Num- 

 bers xxxiii. 52., where the Israelites, after driving 

 out the inhabitants of Canaan, are commanded to 

 " destroy all their pictures." And also to Isaiah 

 ii. 16., where it is said the Lord shall be " upon 

 all pleasant pictures." G. (1.) 



NOTES ON BOOKS. 



Strange surprising Adventures of the Venerable Gooroo 

 Simple and his Five Disciples, Noodle, Doodle, Wiseacre, 

 Zany, and Foozle. Adorned with Fifty Illustrations, 

 drawn on Wood, by Alfred Crowquill. (TrUbner & Co.) 



It is now some thirty years since, when investigating 

 the literary history of the Wise Men of Gotham, and 

 other stories of that class, we found in some now forgotten 

 article in a periodical of the time an outline of the curi- 

 ous Tamul story of The Gooroo Noodle — and much de- 

 lighted and interested we were with the sketch, imperfect 

 as it was, of what we perceived to be a most character- 

 istic specimen of popular literature. We have now before 

 us a full version of this curious comic oriental romance, 

 and have been greatly amused at the quiet humour of the 

 narrative, the quaintness of the incidents, and the ability 

 with which Alfred Crowquill has illustrated them. The 

 work is issued as a companion volume to the Baron Mun- 

 chausen and Tyll Owlglass of the same publishers, and a 

 very fitting companion it will be found. 



Agnes Arnold. A Novel. By William Bernard Mac 

 Cabe. Three Vols. (Newby.) 

 Mr. Mac Cabe cannot be classed among those 



" Who fear to speak of '98." 



The present novel is founded in a great measure on in- 

 formation respecting that eventful period, gleaned by the 

 author from one who was arrested and imprisoned for his 

 supposed complicity in the Rebellion. It is characterised 

 by Mr. Mac Cabe's usual truthfulness in delineation of 

 character, accuracy in description of the manners, &c., of 

 the time, and carefulness of style. 



The Manse of Mastland. Sketches, Serious and Hu- 

 morous, from the Life of a Village Faster in the Nether- 

 lands. Translated from the Dutch. JBy Thomas Keight- 

 ley. (Bell & Daldy.) 



The best account we can give of this verj' interesting 

 little volume will be to quote the opinion of one so well 

 qualified to judge of it as the Bishop of St. David's, who, 

 after reading the original at the request of Mr. Keightley, 

 wrote to him as follows : — "I have finished the Fastorij 

 te Mastland, and am extremely obliged to you for the 

 loan of it. It has to me more than justified your com- 

 mendation. There is a good deal of quiet humour and 

 pathos, and pleasant glimpses of the buiten leven (rural life), 

 not easily to be gained in the country itself by any but 

 the native. To me, however, its chief interest consists in 

 the view which it gives of the working of the Dutch 

 Established Church, and of its strong and weak points. 

 In this respect I have found it highly instructive and sug- 

 gestive. I really think it likely it would be attractive to a 

 large classof readers, particularly such as take an interest 

 in clerical matters. How very little is known in Eng- 

 land of Dutch Literature! which, nevertheless, is perhaps 

 more to our taste than either the German or the French." 

 la all this we heartily agree ; but we go even beyond 

 this, for as the book forms a complete picture-gallery of 

 rural life in Holland, we believe it will be found as in- 



teresting to those who do not take an interest in clerical 

 matters, as to those who do. 



The Home Life of English Ladies in the Seventeenth 

 Century. By the Author of Magdalen Stafford. (Bell 

 & Daldy.) 



In attempting to furnish a picture of the ordinar3- in- 

 terests and pursuits of English ladies of a past century, 

 and taking as examples the EveWn Family, Lady War- 

 wick, Lady Anne Cliffbrd, the Duchess of Newcastle, and 

 the fair Orinda, the author has shown excellent judg- 

 ment. The design is carried out in. a way to interest 

 readers of all classes, but especially that class destined 

 hereafter to exercise so large an influence in this country, 

 and to whom this volume would form a most appropriate 

 present, — we mean the rising generation of English 

 ladies. 



We had occasion to speak last week in terms of just 

 commendation of the Improved Indelible Diaries and Me- 

 morandum Boohs for 1861 issued by Messrs. De La Rue 

 & Co. We have this week to call attention to their 

 Red Letter Diaries and Iffiproved Memorandum Boohs, and 

 which, after some years' experience of their use, we can 

 pronounce to be well adapted for the desk of the Man of 

 Business, and the writing-table of the Man of Letters. 



Bodleian Library. — It is v/ith much pleasure we 

 make the following announcement. In a convocation 

 held at Oxford on Tuesday last, Nov. 6, the Rev. H. O. 

 Coxe, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Under-Librarian 

 of the Bodleian Library, was elected to the ofiice of Li- 

 brarian vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Bandi- 

 nel. There was no other candidate. Mr. Coxe had held 

 the office of Under-Librarian for twenty-two years, having 

 been nominated to it in 1838. All who frequented ttie 

 Bodleian Library found the great courtesy and kindness 

 of Dr. Bandinel always seconded by Mr. Coxe; while 

 those who have had occasion to test the various and ac- 

 curate knowledge of the latter gentleman will feel that 

 the University could not have made a better appointment : 

 Dr. Bandinel retires with the good wishes of all who 

 know him. 



BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 

 wanted to puechasb. 



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

 the gentlemen by whom they are required, and whose names and ad- 

 dresses are given for that purpose : — 



Collection op German Chorales, by Ernest Bunsen. London. 18JI. 

 Hymns Translated from the German for the above, by Rev. A. T. 

 Buesell. London. 1S51. 



Wanted by M. B. Moorhouse, Union Society, Oxford. 



Sowerby's English Botant. Vol. XXXV. Original Edition. 

 Wanted by C. M. Gibson, Esq. Bethel Street, Norwich. 



T. p. Philips. For punishment of boiling to death for poisoning, see 

 our 1st S. ii. 619 ; iii. I.W ; v. 32. 112. 184. 355 ; vi. 486. 



T. W. Bryans wiil find a very fall answer to his Query about Pvblius 

 Lentulus' Description of our Saviour in an article by Sir J. Emerson 

 Ttnnent in " N. & Q.," 2nd S. iv. 109. 



Errata. — 2nd S. x. p. 284. col. ii. 1. Z. for . ^^ read [J'^ii 



col. ii. 1.15. for "128." read "125;" p. 333. col. ii. 1.6. /or "Mrs. 

 Greene" read "Mr. John Greene;" col. ii. 1. 39. for "Mrs." read 

 "Mr.;" p. 335. col. ii.l. 44./or" Final " rcarf " Finab: col. ii. 1.49. /or 

 " Lochlam " read " Lochland; " col. ii. 1. 63. /or " of Capt." read " with 

 Capt ." 



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