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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2°i S. V. 127., June 5. '68. 



be rererved to the same root. And so of many 

 other words. 



Again, S. does not give in their proper places 

 derivatives usually given separately. "Compo- 

 sito," adv. is not in its place, nor, as in Faccio- 

 lati, under " compositus," but under " compono." 

 " Composite," however, is inserted separately ; so 

 " forte," from " fors ; " and the same inconsistency 

 is elsewhere visible : " benedice," " cogitate,-tim," 

 " consulto," " merito," adverbs, are given separate, 

 but not " cogitato." " Malefidus," " malesanus," 

 usually printed as single words, are not to be 

 found, nor under " fidus," " sanus," but under 

 "male;" though " benevolens," "benefactor," "ma- 

 ledictum," " malevolens," are given. "Crucifigo," 

 "crucifixio," " crucifixus," are not, " crucifixor " 

 is inserted. Participles also used adjectively or 

 not are sometimes omitted, but generally not. 

 In all this, S. is an accurate transcript of A. The 

 adverb " praBstanter " is not to be found in S. at 

 all. 



Thirdly, there are occasional deficiencies of 

 meaning, especially in the smaller Lexicon, in 

 which also some words used by authors little read 

 are given, not others. " Emundo," used by Se- 

 neca, is omitted, though the meaning of " bestia- 

 rius ludus," occurring in the same chapter {Ep.70. 

 17.), is given. Renderings of phrases such as 

 "lapsus rotarum" (Virg. yEn. ii. 235.), "pervius 

 usus " (Id. 453.), " a thoroughfare," &c., would 

 be more useful to the junior student than " bes- 

 tiarius ludus." The meaning hive of " prsesepe " 

 (Oeorg. iv. 168., JEn. i. 435.) is considered neces- 

 sary for advanced students, but not for beginners ; 

 and so of many other words. 



Fourthly, The Westminster Review has pointed 

 out that the source of numerous etymologies has 

 not been sufficiently indicated in the preface ; and 

 I had noticed not a few derivations which were to be 

 found in the New Cratylus, or Varronianus, of Dr. 

 Donaldson, or in the notes to the earlier volumes 

 of the Bihliotheca Classica, inserted in S. without 

 any special acknowledgment, and therefore, if 

 one believed the preface, claimed by Dr. S. as his 

 own. 



These remarks apply, I believe, to all the edi- 

 tions of S., both large and small ; and so far the 

 doctor does not appear to have availed himself 

 largely of the suggestions for a careful revision 

 offered by a most friendly reviewer soon after his 

 Lexicon appeared. (Quarterly, vol. xcvii. pp. 

 451. to 473.) F. J. L. 



GHOST STORIES. 

 (2"" S. Y. 233.) 



I beg to repeat my inquiries regarding the 



stories told of Lady Beresford and Wynyard. 



It still remains desirable that some member of the 



former family, or some friend representing it, 

 should clear up the obvious anachronism in the 

 statement respecting Lady Betty Cobb. If the 

 Lady Beresford of the tale was the wife of Sir 

 Tristram Beresford, and died in 1713, her grand- 

 daughter, Lady Betty Cobb, could not have been 

 her confidante on her death-bed, as the tale re- 

 presents. With such a glaring inaccuracy on its 

 front, the tale loses most of its claim upon our 

 attention ; nor can it be otherwise until some just 

 historical evidence on the subject is brought for- 

 ward. 



The ordinary narration in one ghost-story book 

 bears date, "Dublin, August, 1802." It would be 

 something even to learn where it first appeared, 

 and who was the narrator. 



M. E. M. ("N. & Q.," p. 285.) only repeats 

 the story of Wynyard ; he does not answer the 

 demand for an account of the persons, and a state- 

 ment of the work in which the story first appeared. 

 Oraculum (p. 341.) helps me a little by stating 

 that Wynyard and Sherbroke belonged to the 

 33rd or Wellington's Regiment. I find that 

 George Wynyard was a lieutenant in this regiment 

 in 1781, and that in 1785 J. C. Sherbroke appears 

 in the list of captains ; that both were captains in 

 the regiment in 1791 ; and that in 1794 Sherbroke 

 is sole major (the Hon. Arthur Wellesley being 

 then Lieut.-Colonel), while Wynyard's name does 

 not occur. Consequently, the vision of Wyn- 

 yard's deceased brother, seen by the mess in 

 America, must have taken place some time be- 

 tween 1784 and 1794. This is so much towards 

 the date of the event. A brother of Wynyard, 

 who was in the foot guards in England, is repre- 

 sented as a twin-brother of the person seen in the 

 vision. This is so far verified, that there was a 

 Lieutenant Henry Wynyard in the 1st regiment 

 of foot guards in 1785 (major in 1806, &c.), and a 

 Captain William Wynyard in the 2nd or Cold- 

 stream foot guards in 1793, and probably at other 

 dates. It may also be remarked that a I^ieut.- 

 General William Wynyard, colonel of the 20th 

 regiment of foot, died in Kensington Palace on 

 January 22, 1789. It is by supplying exact facts 

 like these that we can make approaches to an 

 authentication of the story. Can any reader of 

 " N. & Q." give particulars of the relationship of 

 these parties — assign a name and date of decease 

 to the person seen in the vision — or tell if the 33rd 

 regiment was in America at any time between 

 1784 and 1794, and if so, at what station ? 



Permit rae again to ask for exact information 

 regarding the murder of the pedlar in Sutherland- 

 shire, and the evidence given by an individual 

 who stated that he had received intelligence of the 

 circumstances in a dream. Candidus. 



The following statement I have lately had from 



