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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2>"i S. VIII. Oct. 15. '5S 



" Horn et Rimenhild ; " " Childe Horn " (2"^ S. 

 viii. 252.) — A splendid edition of the ancient 

 metrical romances of Horn and Rimenhild was 

 published in 4to. at Paris in 1845, by the Ban- 

 natjne Club, under the superintendence of M. 

 Francisque Michel. Mr. David Laing, the emi- 

 nent Scottish Antiquary, was secretary of the 

 club when the resolution to publish it at its ex- 

 pense was made; and his services in assisting 

 the editor, together with those of Sir Frederic 

 Madden and Mr. T. Wright, are gratefully ac- 

 knowledged by M. Michel. In a note the editor 

 states, with regret, that Mr. Wright had aban- 

 doned his intention of preparing the English ro- 

 mance for the Bannatyne edition, which would, 

 with his assistance, M. Michel modestly states, 

 have acquired a value to which in its present 

 form it cannot pretend. The Bannatyne edition 

 contains all the poems that are extant relative 

 to the adventures of Horn and Rimenhild, and 

 ■written in the French, English, and Scottish lan- 

 guages, from the thirteenth to the sixteenth cen- 

 tury. Facsimiles are given of the MSS. in the 

 Bodleian Library, the British Museum, the Ad- 

 vocates' Library, Edinburgh, and the Public 

 Library, Cambridge. The Table Generate des 

 Matieres indicates the following as the contents 

 of the work : — 



Page. 



" J. Liste des Membres du Bannatyne Club - vii 



2. Preface - - - - - xi 



3. Roman de Horn et Rimenhild - - 1 



4. The Geste of Kyng Horn - - - 257 



5. Horn Child and Maiden Rimmild - - 339 



6. Appendix. — English and Scottish Ballads 



relating to Horn and Rimmild. 

 I. Young Hynhorn (from Cromek's Col- 

 lection) _ - . - S93 

 II. Hynde Horn (from Kinloch's Collec- 

 tion) - - - - 395 



III. Hynd Horn (from Motherwell's Min- 



strelsy Ancient and Modern) - 399 



IV. Hynd Horn (from Peter Buchan's Col- 



lection) - - - - 407 



V. Hiltibraht enti Hadhubrant (from Lach- 



mann's and Charles Roth's editions) 411 , 

 Index et Glossaire du Pocme Fran90is - 417 



Notes, Additions, et Corrections - - 461 



A copious list of various readings is given 

 from the Cambridge MS., and from the MS. dis- 

 covered by Sir F. Madden. M. Michel expresses 

 also his obligations to his learned friend, M. Fer- 

 dinand Wolf, of Vienna, and to the president and 

 members of the Bannatyne Club for being at the 

 expense of publishing the work. The copy from 

 which I have collected the preceding information 

 is in the library of Sir Robert Tajlor's Institu- 

 tion. J. Mackay. 

 Oxford. 



Faber v. Smith (2°'» S. viii. 87. 118. 157.) —In 

 his reply (p. 157.) Mr. Boys asks, " Is there no 

 way in which a man bearing the name of Smith 

 may possess individuality ? " 



As, in the paragraph preceding this Query, Mr. 

 Boys half hints at a similar arrangement as the 

 one by which he refreshes his own memory as to 

 Smithian acquaintances, will he accept the follow- 

 ing solution of the difficulty, it being, we are told, 

 the plan resorted to by a (xerman society in Al- 

 bany for distinguishing the numerous " Smiths " 

 belonging to the institution ? They had — 



Smit mit de brick-yard, 

 Smit mit de junk-shop. 



Big Smit. 



Little Smit. 



Smit from de hill. 



Smit from the holler. 



Smit mit de store. 



Smit de blacksmit. 



Smit mit de lager bier shop, 



Smit without any « vrow." 



Smit wot wants a " vrow." 



Smit mit one leg. 



Smit mit two legs. 



Smit mit de pigs. 



Smit mit de pig head. 



Smit mit de pig feet. 



Smit mit de bolognas. 

 Smit mit one eye. 

 Smit mit two eyes. 

 Smit mit de bone-picker. 

 Smit mit two " vrows." 

 Smit mit de swill-cart. 

 Smit mit de segar stumps. 

 Smit mit peach pits. 

 Smit mit de whiskers. 

 Smit mit de red hair. 

 Smit mit no hair. 

 Smit. 



Tallboys. 



When we consider how ridiculously common 

 the name of Smith is, I think we can hardly fail 

 to come to the conclusion that there must have 

 been several origins of the name. Thus I think 

 it is easy to show that there were tivo distinct 

 branches at least, viz. the Saxon and the Celtic. 

 Verstegan says : — 

 " From whence cometh Smith, be he knight or squire, 

 Save from the Smith that worketh at the fire ? " 



And I think with him that the Saxon name 

 Smith is doubtlessly derived from the " Smith 

 that worketh at the fire." 



The Celtic family of Smith I consider to be 

 equivalent to the Gaelic Gow, and to be merely a 

 translation of it. The learned Mr. Lachlan Shaw, 

 in his History of Morayshire, when talking of the 

 Clan Chattan, includes the Smiths amongst the 

 families of the clan ; and in many books on the 

 Highlands I have met with notices of " Smiths of 

 the family of Mackintosh," Macpherson, &c. &c. 



Besides these two sources there may have been 

 'many other origins of the name. I should like to 

 see this subject investigated. 2. ©^ 



JohnBaynes (2""^ S. viii. 269.)— The "one John 

 Baynes," mentioned by your correspondent, was 

 third wrangler, second Smith's prizeman, and first 

 chancellor's medallist, 1777; and became after- 

 wards a Fellow of Trinity College. He was a man 

 of sterling worth, marvellous acquirements, and 

 strongly independent character. As concerning 

 him our notes contain references to Biog. Brit., 

 ed. Kippis, iv. Preface ; Cens. Lit. vi. 428. ; 

 Cooper's Annals of Cambridge, iv. 424. ; Ewo- 

 pean Mag., xii. 140. 167. 369. 439., xiii. 16.; 

 " Fruits of Endowment," Gent. Mag., Ivi. (2) 

 1138.; lix. (2), 917, 918.; Ixxv. 1141.; Monk's 

 Life of Bentley, n. 423. n. ; Nichols's Lit. Anecd., 

 vi'ii. 113—115. ; W\cho\&'s Illnstr. of Lit., v\ii. 145. f 



