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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[Aug. 25. 1855. 



Anastatic Printing (Vol. x., pp. 288. 364.). — 

 Although J. P. has been answered by a reference, 

 yet a concise description of this style of printing 

 may be acceptable. Anastatic printing is a pe- 

 culiar process, by which any design made on 

 paper with prepared ink, chalk, or any other 

 material of an oily nature, is transferred from the 

 paper to a metal plate, from which transferred 

 impression an indefinite number of copies can be 

 produced. The original drawing or writing is 

 subjected to heavy pressure on a metal plate, 

 whereby a reversed fac-simlle is obtained. This 

 impression is inked up with a roller, and printed 

 from in the ordinary manner. C. T. 



Glee V. Madrigal (Vol. xii., p. 105.). — Sotig is 

 the generic term for everything that is sung, and 

 of course includes all the species mentioned by 

 Mr. Scribe ; but it is generally appropriated to 

 any air for a single voice. Ballad, originally a 

 song of praise, but now a kind of popular song 

 containing the recital of some action, adventure, 

 or intrigue ; such as are especially the meaner 

 kind of songs sung in the streets. Glee, as its 

 name denotes, means a joyous song, as distin- 

 guished from madrigal, which ought to be of a 

 more sentimental character. Madrigal, i. q. man- 

 dracale, a pastoral love song, sung by shepherds 

 in their mandrcs, or sheepfolds. J. Eastwood. 



A Lady restored to Life (Vol. xi., p. 146.). — 

 A similar tradition exists in this town. " Once 

 upon a time " (that is, I presume, some time 

 within the last century or two, for I never had 

 any clue to the date of the occurrence), a lady 

 named Ilaigh was believed to be dead, and was 

 buried with several rings on her fingers. In the 

 night after the funeral the sexton entered the 

 vault, opened the coffin, and attempted to cut off 

 one of the fingers ; upon which the lady started • 

 up, and the man ran off. She found her way to 

 her husband's residence, was duly taken care of, 

 and survived several years, having at least one 

 child after her premature interment. The man- 

 sion where she lived is pointed out as that which 

 was, for many years, occupied as a dispensary, 

 and more recently as barracks. H. Martin. 



Halifax. ' 



John Cleaveland (Vol. xii., p. 47.). — C. J. P. 

 may find a short biography of this person, with a 

 list of portraits, in Granger's Biographical His- 

 tory of England, fifth edit. 1824, 8vo., vol. iii. 

 pp. 126-7., referring to a MS. of Aubrey's in 

 Museo AshmoL; Spectator, No. 617.; Thurloe's 

 Papers, iv. 184. ; Echard, p. 735. On account of 

 his loyalty he was ejected from his fellowship at 

 St. John's, Cambridge ; was a friend of Samuel 

 Butler, who has condescended to copy him in his 

 Hudibras. He died April 29, 1658. E. W. 0. 



Camberwell. 



No. 304.] 



French Churches (Vol. x., p. 268.). — Anon. 

 will find the information required in the Hand- 

 book for the Medieval Courts of the Crystal 

 Palace. One of the earliest examples of the true 

 pointed style in France is the cathedral of Chartres, 

 commenced in the twelfth century, and completed 

 in 1260. The cathedral of Amiens was built be- 

 tween the years 1220-1269. The choir of Rouen 

 cathedral 1212-1280, and the choir of Beauvais 

 cathedral in the thirteenth century. C. T. 



Cambridge Jeux d'Esprit (Vol. xii., p. 52.). — 

 Acting upon the hint of Mr. Gantillon, I tran- 

 scribe the titles of a few Qa.xa\>viAge facetice on my 

 shelves, which may serve as a nucleus for farther 

 communications : 



"Cambrirlge Jests, or Witfy Alarums for Melancholy 

 Spirits, 12mo., London, 1674." 



" Anxndines Cami : sive Musarum Cantabrigiensiura. 

 Lusus Canori ; collegit atque edidit H. Drury, A. M., 

 8vo.. Cambridge." 



" The Cambridge Tart ; Epigrammatic and Satiric- 

 Poetical Effusions, &c., Dainty Morsels served up by 

 Caritabs on various occasions, &c., 12mo., London, 1823." 



" Facetife Cantabrigienses, consisting of anecdotes, smart 

 sayings, sallies, retorts, &c., by, or relating to, celebrated 

 Cantabs, &c. Dedicated to the Students of Lincoln's Inn, 

 by Socius, 12mo., London, 1836." 



'" Gradusad Cantabrigiam, or New University Guide to 

 the Academical Customs, and colloquial or cant terms 

 peculiar to the University of Cambridge, observing 

 wherein it differs from Oxford. Embellished with six 

 coloured engravings of the costume, &c., a striking like- 

 ness of that celebrated character Jemmy Gordon, and 

 illustrated with a variety of curious and entertaining 

 anecdotes. To which is affixed, A Tail Piece ; or the 

 reading and varmint method of proceeding to the degree 

 of A. B., by a brace of Cantabs, 8vo., London, 1824." 



" The Union Debating Society of Cambridge in the years 

 1830-31 ; with a peep at the other principal clubs of the 

 same period; a satire, 8vo., Cambridge, 1831." 



" Cambridge Comic Chronicles, by Trenchercap Swift, 

 Nos. 1. and 2., 8vo., London, 1848." 



These books (excepting the second named) 

 possess attraction almost exclusively fiar those 

 whose early associations invest with interest every 

 thing connected with university life and habits ; 

 for others I cannot conceive any reading more in- 

 tensely dull, — so tasteless for the most part are 

 the " dainty morsels," so pointless and vapid the 

 " smart sayings, sallies, and retorts." 



William Bates. 



Birmingham. 



Eliza Steele (Vol. xi., p. 408.). — This lady 

 was no doubt the eldest daughter of Sir Richard, 

 afterwards Lady Trevor. See Steele's Corre- 

 spondence, by Nichols, 1787, vol. i. p. 260., &c. K. 



Sherard (Vol. xii., p. 47.). — There are accounts 

 of both James and William Sherard in Nichols's 

 Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, 8vo., 

 1812, vol. iii. pp. 651-4. E. W.O. 



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