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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 249. 



I n^ve never seen Smith's Curiosities of Com- 

 moni Water, Sj'C. ; and E. W. J. gives no date ; 

 probably, however, it is more recent than the 

 above^uoted. If "the poor devil's" answers to 

 the^f^hysicians and apothecaries ever assumed a 

 printed form, it is not impossible that Smith may 

 have peen them. Query, does John Smith, in his 

 pamphlet, make any mention of this Abbe of 

 Bayeu;x: ? Edward Peacock. 



Bottesford Moors, Kirton-in-Lindsey. 



CATHOLIC FLORAL DIRECTORIES : DR. PORSTER S 

 WORKS.! 



(Vol- ix., p. 568.) 



I have just read Eirionnach's Note on Catho- 

 lic Floral Directories. That Dr. Thomas Forster, 

 F.L.S., a retired medical physician, is the author 

 of the Catholic Anntial, containing the extracts 

 from the Anthologia Borealis et Australis, and the 

 Florilegium Sanctarum Aspirationum, there seems' 

 no doubt, as I have seen a copy so presented by 

 him to a private library. 



Here it may be of use to notice the following 

 also, as well as the work above cited, all written 

 by him ; some with, some without his name : 



The Catholic Annual, containing the Circle of the 

 Seasons, and Key to the Calendar, 12mo., 1830, Prole- 

 gomena, pp. cxlviii. 



The Catholic Annual for the Year 1831, 12mo. Third 

 Edition, pp. 24. 



The Catholic Year Book, comprehending the Circle of 

 the Seasons, &c., fitted as a Christmas Present, 12mo., 

 1833 : and Circle of the Seasons, Second Edition, 12mo., 

 1829, pp. 432. 



This volume is described as " sent into the world 

 for the third time, with large supplementary ad- 

 ditions." 



* Observations on the Brumal Retreat of the Swallow, 

 Fifth Edition, 8vo., 1817. 



* Observations on the Influence of the Atmosphere on 

 Health, &c., 8vo., 1817. 



* Flora Tonbrigensis : Catalogue of Wild Plants in the 

 Neighbourhood of Tonbridge Wells, 12mo., 1816. 



* Facts respecting the Source of Epidemia, Third Edi- 

 tion, 8vo., 1832. 



* Essay on Cholera Morbus, Second Edition, 8vo., 1831. 



* Annals of Aerial Voyages, 8vo., 1832. 



* Researches about Atmospheric Phaenomena, Third 

 Edition : to which is added the Calendar of Nature, 8vo., 

 1823. 



This Calendar extends from the years 1807 to 

 1823 : it is described as extracted from a Latin 

 journal, and the author apologises for numerous 

 imperfections owing to his never intending the 

 early part of it for publication. It is perhaps in 

 this Latin journal the extracts, cited in the Circle 

 of the Seasons, were originally entered. 

 The last work is — 



Medicina Simplex, or the Pilgrim's Way Book, by a 

 Physician, 12mo., 1832. 



Those in the foregoing list with an asterisk have 

 the author's name. 



With regard to the "literary hoax" practised 

 upon his readers by the quotations from the 

 Anthologia and Florilegium, I am afraid Dr. For- 

 ster could plead great examples, if not sound 

 morals, for his justification. Are not Cleghom on 

 the Beatitudes, or Pickler on the Nine Difficult 

 Points, cited by the late Rev. Sydney Smith, 

 works only to be found " in the cabinets of the 

 curious" — as the late Lord Melbourne. 



Were not some descriptions of the later pictures 

 by Turner, cited from a work of MS. poetry in 

 his possession ? and are not some headings to 

 chapters in the Waverley Novels similar exam- 

 ples of " quotation ? " 



I may be mistaken ; perhaps your readers may 

 correct and extend the list of works of " literary 

 hoax," and an amusing chapter might be written 

 if I could but pursue the subject. 



If EiRioNNACH indulge in the "weed," "fra- 

 grant" or "nasty," as the case may be, he will 

 find, in the Medicina Simplex, pp. 244., the fol- 

 lowing. After an eulogium upon smoking, Dr. 

 Forster adds : 



" The best composition for smoking, both as to general 

 usefulness and against infection, is the following : 

 Turkey tobacco - - - - 1 lb. 



Dutch canaster tobacco - - - 4 oz. 



Cascarilla bark, broken small - - 1 oz. 



Mix the above well, and smoke a pipe of it every 

 evening : it is also a good digester after meals." 



This is a Note probably of interest to many a 

 Parr Subscriber to " N. & Q." 



In conclusion let me add, I am afraid that Dr. 

 Forster died at Brussels some short time since, 

 my information resting upon a recollection of a 

 notice to that effect, which I have an impression 

 I have read. S. H. 



WARBURTON S EDITION OF POPE. 



(Vol. X., pp. 41. 90.) 



Mr. Markland has incidentally opened, and 

 M. M. K. has followed up, a subject of consider- 

 able importance to the literary history of Pope 

 and Warburton. I had long since arrived at a 

 strong suspicion that Warburton had taken con- 

 siderable liberties with Pope's papers, and I trust 

 that the discussion that has now arisen may lead 

 to some explanation of circumstances as yet very 

 obscure. 



I will begin by endeavouring to reconcile Wal- 



Sole's statement (quoted by Mr. Markland) with 

 I. M. K.'s difficulty as to the enormous extent of 

 the alterations imputed. Walpole in 1751 had not 

 yet become a printer, and was, perhaps, not fami- 

 liar with the technical meaning of the word sheets, 

 which it is possible that he may have used on this 



