2»* S. Jfo 90., Skpt. 19. '57.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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On what legend, if any, does the name rest ? Is 

 the chapel on the Righi the first of those built to 

 her under this title ? O. B. 



[According to Butler (Lives of the Saints, August 5th) 

 " there are in Rome three patriarchal churches, in which 

 the Pope officiates on different festivals, and at one of 

 which he always resides when in that city. One of these 

 is St. Mary Major, so called, because in antiquity and 

 dignity it is the first church in Kome among those dedi- 

 cated to God in honour of the*Virgin Mary. It is also 

 called St. Mary ad Nives, or at the tnow, from a popular 

 tradition that the Mother of God chose this place for a 

 church under her invocation by a miraculous snow that 

 fell upon this sf5ot in summer, and by a vision in which 

 she appeared to a patrician named John, who munifi- 

 cently founded and endowed this church in the pontificate 

 of Liborius." The little church of St. Mary-of-the-Snow 

 on the Kighi is much frequented by pilgrims, especially 

 on the 5th of August (the Dedication of St. Mary ad 

 Nives), on account of the indulgences granted by the 

 Pope at the end of the seventeenth century to all who 

 make this pious journey. Murray's Handbook of Switzer- 

 latid, p. 60. ] 



Perpetual Motion. — Can you inform me (to de- 

 cide a bet) whether there was not, some years 

 ago, a reward offered by government for the dis- 

 covery of perpetual motion ? And if so, what the 

 reward was, and what the conditions imposed, and 

 also whether the offer still holds good ? H. S. 



[In Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, 

 translated from Montucla's edition of Ozanam, by Charles 

 Ilutton, and Eevised by Edward Riddle, 8vo. 1840, 

 p. 239., occurs the following statement : " It is false that 

 any reward has been promised by the European powers 

 to the person who shall discover the perpetual motion ; 

 and the case is the same in regard to the quadrature of 

 the circle. It is this idea, no doubt, that excites so many 

 to attempt the solution of these problems ; and it is proper 

 they should be undeceived."] 



German, Dutch, and Flemish Artists, — Can you 

 refer me to any good works containing the bio- 

 graphies and marks (monograms I mean) of the 

 above ? A. B. C. 



[The following useful work may be consulted: The 

 Connoisseur's Repertorium; or a Universal Historical Re- 

 cord of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors, and Architects,- 

 and of their Works, from tlie era of the revival of the 

 Fine Arts in the twelfth century to the present epoch. 

 Accompanied by Explanatory Tables of the Cj'phers, 

 Monograms, and Abbreviated Signatures of Artists. By 

 Thomas Dodd, 8vo., 1825.] 



butler's "hudibras." 



(2"^ S. iv. 131. 191.) 



I have a very pretty old copy of Hudibras with 

 portrait and seventeen very brilliant plates, no 

 doubt the same as those mentioned by " A Her- 

 mit AT Hampstead." But though it is quite clear, 

 as it certainly is, that Hogarth's subsequent plates 

 were only an improvement upon these, in some in- 



stances the details being accurately copied, in 

 fact identical, e.g. Sidrophel's instruments, yet I 

 think we can hardly consider them Hogarth's: for 

 they are much neater and less spirited than any- 

 thing we know of his ; and besides the date is 

 too early, for myjcopy is of 1710 ; London, Printed 

 for John Baker. How came Hogarth then to 

 plagiarise in this way ? Certainly not because 

 he could not have invented the subjects, for per- 

 haps the best of his series (edit. 1744, vol. i. 

 p. 405.), "The Procession," is not in the old copy. 

 The fact more probably is that he was merely em- 

 ployed to improve those already in use. In proof 

 of this I would mention that in the edition of 

 1744, 2 vols., 8vo., Cambridge, there are sixteen 

 plates, all of the same subjects as the 1710 edition, 

 except that the details of two in the latter, Part I. 

 pp. 83. and 87. are incorporated into one (vol. i. 

 p. 171.) in the former, and that Hogarth did not 

 engrave the illustration in Part III. p. 82. — " The 

 Good old Cause." The old plates are pretty and 

 interesting. If you would like to see my copy it 

 is at your service or of your correspondents. 



J. C. J. 



The edition of 1726 is a good exercise in de- 

 tecting the source of wrong pagination from the 

 book itself. The first and third parts are by dif- 

 ferent printers ; T. W. and Fayram, not " Fayr- 

 ham," at the " South-Entrance " of the Royal 

 Exchange, not the " South corner." The second 

 part has no printer named : but it may be inferred 

 that it was printed by Fayram, because Part III. 

 begins in the middle of sheet l. But sheet m is 

 missing, with all its pages, though the poem goes 

 on properly in sheet n. But sheet n has a dif- 

 ferent type, as any one will see by the letter W : 

 it also has a different paper. It seems likely that 

 the book was printed in a great hurry, and por- 

 tioned out to two printers, T. W. and Fayram ; 

 that Fayram found he could not be ready in time, 

 and trusted the latter part to a third printer, direct- 

 ing him to begin with n, p. 269., and over-count- 

 ing his estimate for what he kept back by a sheet. 

 The second part begins with g, and the first part 

 has peculiarities which I explain as follows. 



The original estimate of T. W.'s part was six 

 sheets, making 144 pages : of which it was sup- 

 posed 124 would be verse ; the preface, &c. being 

 meant to have a different paging, i., ii., iii., &c. 

 Accordingly Fayram was directed to begin with 

 sheet G and page 125 ; which he did. It was 

 then found that 128 pages of poem and notes 

 would be wanted: accordingly the preface and 

 life were cut down. Besides this, two mistakes 

 were made. First, the paging of the poem was 

 carried on in Arabic numerals from the previous 

 portion ; xiii., xiv , 15 (first page of poem), 16, &c. 

 Secondly, the author's life was commenced by 

 estimation at v., vi., &c., leaving i., ii., iii., iv. for 



