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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 159. 



explain case by sMn or exterior. The latter notes, 

 " The skin of a fox, or of a rabbit, is called its 

 case." The expression, to say the least, is incor- 

 rect and forced ; but in Mb. Foss's copy, we are 

 at once led to the true and obvious rendering, for 

 the text stands thus : 



" Du. O thou dissembling cub ! what wilt thou be, 

 When time hath sow'd a grizzle on thy cafe 9 " 



Proving, beyond doubt, that the word in question 

 should he face ; but by transposition of the letters 

 became cafe, and was then altered into case. May 

 not this easy confusion of 5 and/ throw light upon 

 some other passages, hitherto unsuspected ? 



F. Madden. 



I send you an account of a first folio which is 

 in my possession. It is unfortunately an imper- 

 fect copy, and I should be exceedingly obliged to 

 you if you could put me in the way of perfecting 

 it. I am afraid separate leaves of the first folio 

 are difficult to meet with ; but should you know 

 where any are to be found, perhaps you would 

 inform me. I presume it would be impossible to 

 procure the title with portrait. I must content 

 myself with a fac-simile. 



Folio 1623. 



Dimensions. — 13|- inches by 9. 



Missing. — Title with portrait ; leaf opposite to title, 

 containing verses ; pages 29 to 38, inclusive ; pages 

 389 to 399, inclusive. 



Variations from the Collation in Lowndes. 

 C^edies — Page 237, misprinted 233. 

 Ifptories. — Page 37, not misprinted. 

 Tragedies — Page (78), commencement of Troilus 

 and Cressida, not marked. 



KicHAED C. Heath. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC NOTES AND QtTEBIES. 



(Vol. vi., pp. 421. 442.) 



To copy Collodion Negatives on Collodion posi- 

 tively. — Paste two strips of letter paper on the 

 coUodioned side of the negative proof; superimpose 

 this on a prepared glass plate, and expose it to the 

 influence of light, either natural or artificial, 

 during half a second or a second, and develope in 

 the usual manner. If required only for magic- 

 lanthorn slides, it is advisable to substitute for the 

 hypo, a solution of common salt, 1 drachm to the 

 ounce of water ; this leaves the transparent portions 

 opalescent, and produces a better effect than 

 ground glass. J. B. Hockin. 



French Collodion. — Seeing in your Notices to 

 Correspondents last week a reference to the new 

 French collodion, and having tried two bottles 

 from different vendors, I venture to assure your 

 inquirer that it possesses no advantages whatever 

 over the ordinary English-made collodion. It is 



dearer in price, and certainly not more sensitive 

 than that produced according to the form given in 

 your former Number of "N. & Q." (vide p. 277.) 

 I may here observe that I find the sensitive qua- 

 lities of the collodion may, to a great extent, be 

 tested without the use of the camera, by looking 

 through the film of collodion on the glass, after 

 immersion in the nitrate of silver bath, when, if 

 good, it will be found to be of a bright orange 

 colour, although, looking upon the surface and not 

 through it, the appearance should be a bluish, 

 opal-like, semi-opaque tint. If the collodion is 

 over iodized, it is more opaque, and is apt to flake 

 off in small films in the bath, leaving uneven sur- 

 faces, and consequent destruction to the picture. 

 The sensitiveness is not increased by carrying the 

 iodization beyond a certain point. H. W. D. 



Mr. Croohes' Wax-Paper Process. — There is a 

 slight typographical error in the description of my 

 wax-paper process, page 443., line 7 from bottom, 

 where, " with the addition of as much free iodi(/e 

 as will give it a sherry colour," should be, " with 

 the addition of as much free iodiwe as will give it 

 a sherry colour." 



I should feel obliged by your causing this to be 

 corrected, as it is one of the most important points 

 in the whole process, but, as now worded, might 

 lead those who are devoting much valuable time to 

 this pleasing and important study astray. 



William Ceookes. 



Ross' Lenses. — We have received from H. W., 

 a gentleman whose acquirements entitle him to 

 speak with authority on a point of science, a let- 

 ter, praising in the highest terms the lenses made 

 for photographic purposes by Ross of Feather- 

 stone Buildings, Holborn ; and no doubt most de- 

 servedly. We do not insert the letter for three 

 reasons : 1. Because it would have an appearance 

 which the writer never intended, namely, to puff 

 a man of science ; 2. Because it contains no new 

 facts; and 3. Because we fear the closing paragraph 

 would tend to discourage the practice of an art 

 which we agree with H. W. in considering " one 

 of the most delightful occupations it is possible 

 to conceive, for an artist or a man of leisure." 



ISitvMti to Minax ^auertei. 



Coins placed in Foundations (Vol. vi., p. 270.). — 

 The following passage shows this practice to have 

 prevailed as early as 1658, though it may probably 

 be traced to an earlier date : 



" But the ancient custome of placing coyns in con- 

 siderable urns, and the present practice of burying 

 medals in the noble foundations of Europe, are laud- 

 able ways of historical discoveries in actions, persons, 

 chronologies; and posterity will applaud them." — 

 Browne's Hydriotaphia, ch. iv. 



Anon. 



