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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2»<> S. VIII. Nov. 26. '59. 



Derivation of Hawker. — In an amusing article 

 by Alphonse Esquiros in the Revue des Deux 

 Mondcs for September, the following assertion 

 occurs : — 



" Le nom de hawkers vient du mot Anglais hawk 

 (faucon). On a cm sans doute trouver quelque analogie 

 entre leur vie errante et celle des anciens fauconniers 

 (hawkers), qui allaient chassant leur gibier <j^ et 1^." 



Is not the word more generally derived from 

 the German hocken, in the sense of carrying on 

 one's back ? 



M. Esquiros, in the same article, perpetuates 

 the fable of the chimney-sweeper's festival having 

 been .originated by Lady Montague on the re- 

 covery of her stolen son. C. J. Robinson. 



William Shirley, Dramatic Author. — I am de- 

 sirous of obtaining information respecting Wil- 

 liam Shirley, the author of Edward the Black 

 Prince, Electra, &c. 1746—1764. Was he de- 

 scended from James Shirley the dramatist ? * 



C. J. Robinson. 



Honora Sneyd. — Can you kindly inform me 

 how I may ascertain whether I possess a volume 

 that once belonged to the fiancee of Major Andre 

 and second wife of R. L. Edgeworth ? It is a duo. 

 of 304 pages, called The Excellent Woman, and 

 has " Honor Sneyd" written twice and " Honoria 

 Sneyd" once acrosa the title and back of the 

 frontispiece, all in the same neat lady's hand. 



The book was published by Joseph Watts, 

 M.DCXCii., and is dedicated to Lady Mary Walcot 

 byT. D. Who was he? N. J. A. 



Meaning of the Word End as applied to Places. 

 — In Buckinghamshire, in the neighbourhood of 

 Wycombe, are a number of places called Lane 

 End, Bolton End, Cadmore End, Roekall End, 

 Wood End, Mill End, Bockmore End, &c. &c. 

 Some of these are on the high roads, some in 

 quite out-of-the-way places ; some are on the hill ; 

 some in the valley ; some villages ; some have not 

 a single house ; none of them seem to be the ter- 

 mination of anything ; and in short they seem to 

 have no distinctive features in common. What is 

 the meaning of the word ? A. A. 



Poets' Corner. 



" Venice, a Poem." — There was published in 

 1832 a volume of poetry, Venice, a Poem, and 

 Romanus and Emilia, a dramatic sketch. Was 

 Luis Cambray the author ? Z. A. 



Reeves's Hebrew Psalms. — I have before me a 

 email volume entitled — 



"Psalterium Ecclesise Anglicanae Hebraicum. The 

 Hebrew Psalms, divided according to the Verses of the 

 Psalms in the Liturgy. Also the Scriptural Parts of the 



I^* Baker's Biographia Dramatica, edit. 1812, contains 

 a short but unsatisfactory notice of William Shirley. 

 The date of his death does not seem to be known. — £d.] 



Morning and Evening Prayer and the Communion Ser- 

 vice in their Original Tongues. Published for John 

 Reeves, Esq., one of the Patentees of the Office of King's 

 Printer. London, 1804." 



Was the similar . edition of the Epistles and 

 Gospels, spoken of in the preface, ever published? 

 and what is the date and estimation of a Greek 

 Testament which the author also refers to as 

 having been edited by him?* Glasguensis. 



John Murdoch. — In Pictures of the Heart, by 

 John Murdoch, 2 vols. 12mo., 1783, there is a 

 drama having the name of The Double Disguise. 

 Where is the scene of this piece ? Can you in- 

 form me whether the author was the same John 

 Murdoch who was the schoolmaster of Robert 

 Burns ? Z. A. 



Playing Cards. — I lately saw a singular pack of 

 cards of foreign manufacture, totally dififerent 

 from our playing cards. There are four suits : 

 " Les Batons," " Les Epees," " Les Coupes," and 

 " Les Deniers," answering to the suits of our 

 common pack ; but there is an additional court 

 card to each suit, called " Le Cavalier," and a 

 further addition of twenty-two picture cards, of 

 remarkable design, and with singular names ; 

 such as, Le Pape, La Papesse, L'Empereur, 

 L'Imperatrice, Le Bateleur, Le Boulanger, Le 

 Jongleur, Le Pendu, Le Monde, La Roue de 

 Fortune. I have seen mention of a pack of 

 seventy-eight cards, called the " Livre de Thoth," 

 used in playing the game of " Tara." Are these 

 the same ? and what is their real origin ? 



Is seventy-eight the original number from which 

 our jifty-tu)o have been selected ? or are the 

 extra twenty-six cards additional ? if so, when 

 and why were they added ? C. F. 



Right Hon. Joseph Addison. — I have been told 

 that Joseph Addison, while officially connected 

 with Ireland, occupied a house in the lower part 

 of Booterstown Avenue, near Dublin ; and that 

 the house in question, known as " Addison's 

 House," was standing within the last fifty or sixty 

 years. Can any correspondent of " N. & Q." 

 oblige me with an authority for the allegation ? I 

 am aware that Addison had a residence in or 

 near Finglas. Abhba. 



Works of Fiction proverbialised. — What ex- 

 amples are there of words analogous to Utopian^ 

 Quixotic, etc. f Markow-bone. 



Opposite Mottoes. — In the Peerage is a motto, 

 " Flecti non frangi," and " Frangas non flectes." 

 (Among the proverbs in the last number of " N". 

 & Q." is one, " It is better to bow y" to breake.") 

 I would ask, of mottoes generally, are there many 



[* Reeves's Greek Testament is according to the text 

 of Mill and Stephens, and the arrangement of Mr. 

 Reeves's Bible. London, 1803, 8vo. Mr. Home states 

 that it is printed with singular neatness.] 



