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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2°* S. V. 128,, Juke 12. '58. 



Thomas Hookham, Old Bond Street, with a dedi- 

 cation to Wm. Godwin. On the publication of 

 the tale, it was pronounced by the Literary Ga- 

 zette to be " strikingly original, forcible, and in- 

 teresting. The bridal, with its funeral pageantry, 

 is such as Hoffman might have imagined in his 

 darkest mood." The position of the stone, "close 

 to these cloistral steps," is forcibly mentioned by 

 Wordsworth in his sonnet upon the slab {Miscel- 

 laneous Sonnets, xix. See also note (p. 130.) to 

 Report of Proceedings of the British Archaeological 

 Association at Worcester, August, 1848.) 



In T. S. Arthur's (London) Book Catalogue, 

 for February, 1858, a copy of Reynolds' novel is 

 advertised as " scarce," and a " Presentation Copy, 

 with Autograph of G. C. Q. Stuart Wortley," is 

 priced at 18*. Cuthbert Bbde. 



Traps for Earwigs (2^^ S. v. 455.) — 



" These insects, which are very troublesome in gardens 

 in the autumn of the year, may be easily caught. It is 

 usual to put upon the tops of the stakes to which dahlias 

 and other flowers are tied, either lobster-claws or little 

 earthern cups ; but what is far better than this is a stalk 

 of rhubarb, cut open at one end and closed up by a joint 

 at the other. It may have 3 or 4 side holes cut in it, and 

 is to be placed, mouth downwards, among the branches 

 of the plants ; for carnations a broad-bean stalk will look 

 neater and be equally efficacious. Previous to fixing the 

 stalk it may have a little piece of mellow apple fastened 

 near to the upper end, by a peg which runs through the 

 stalk and apple ; each morning the stalk is to be taken 

 down, and the earwigs collected in it shaken out into a 

 pan of hot water. We have thus seen more than 100 

 caught in a single trap. When little earthern pots are 

 used as traps they should have a little moss placed in 

 them." (See Francis's Dictionary of Practical Receipts, 

 edit. 1853, p. 118.) 



Anon. 



Beanstalks of last year's growth, cut into lengths 

 of about six inches each, without a knot, will form 

 a very simple and efficient trap. Let them be 

 placed among the flowers persecuted by the ear- 

 wigs, and every morning, if Bristoliensis will 

 take each beanstalk, and blow the earwigs therein 

 assembled into a vessel of water, he will soon 

 diminish them. A. Holt White. 



Bath. 



A Jerohoam Hand (2"^ S. v. 395. 448.) — Is 

 there not here an analogy to the Jeroboam of 

 Claret, mentioned in " N. & Q," 1=' S. vii. 528. ; 

 viii. 421. ? Cdthbert Bede. 



Archbishop Sheldon, 1598—1677 (2"i S. v. 63.) 

 — Though there may not exist any separate bio- 

 graphy of Archbishop Sheldon, yet tolerably full 

 accounts of his life are to be found in the different 

 biographical Dictionaries. Chalmers devotes up- 

 wards of four pages to this prelate ; the English 

 Cyclopaedia, biographical division, also has an ar- 

 ticle of interest about him; and Collier's Great 

 Historical Dictionary (2nd edit, fol., 1701, vol. ii.) 

 makes mention of Sheldon, and gives the Latin 



inscription on his tomb at Croydon. It is rather 

 strange that all these authorities give July 19 as 

 the date of his birth : this is now, however, cor- 

 rected by J. Virtue Wynen of Hackney, from 

 the Ellastone register-book. ' A. S. A. 



Spiders and Irish Oak : Chesnuf Wood (2""* S. 

 iv. 421.) — Your correspondent, H. T. Ellacombe, 

 writes that Evelyn speaks of his own farm, and 

 other old buildings about London, having been 

 built of chesnut. It is now decided that Evelyn 

 was mistaken in the word, and that it was an oak 

 wood. Mr. Ellacombe also says, " A forest of 

 such trees is known to have existed in the neigh- 

 bourhood temp. Henry II." Here is another mis- 

 take ; no such trees are named by Fitzstephen, 

 though he mentions a large forest on the north 

 side of London. This error is often quoted, aris- 

 ing from a misreading of the words used by 

 Evelyn s. v. Chesnut. W. P. 



Kildare Landowners. — I can answer one of E. 

 D.'s inquiries (" N. & Q." 2"« S. v. 316.) which 

 your correspondent Liffet (2"'* S. v. 422.) has 

 passed unnoticed : — 



Henry. — The estate of Straffan is in the pos- 

 session of this family; which, in 1801, married 

 into the ducal house of Leinster. Its founder 

 was coachman, and subsequently steward, to God- 

 win Swift, Esq., the Attorney-General of the 

 Palatinate, temp. Car. II., and ancestor of the 

 Dean of St. Patrick's. Hacd Immemor. 



E.D. will find an account of the following families 

 possessing property in the county Kildare in the 

 new edition of that invaluable repertory of family 

 history the Dictionary of the Landed Gentry, by 

 Sir J. Bernard Burke, Ulster, viz. : — 



Archbold of Davidstown, Barton of Straffan, 

 Burdett of Ballymany, Hussey-Burgh of Do- 

 nore House, Carter (late) of Castle Martin, Co- 

 noUy of Castletown, Digby of Osbertstown, 

 Eustace of Robertstown, Evans of Farm Hill, 

 Fletcher of Clane, Gannon of Lara, La Touche 

 of Harristown, Lewis of Kilcullen, Magan of 

 Ragle Hill, Mansfield of Morristown Latten, 

 Maunsell of Oakly Park, More O'Ferrall of Ba- 

 lyna House, Purcell of Halverstown (p. 1385.), 

 De Rythre of Riverstown House, Steele of Rath- 

 bride, Tyrrell of Grange Castle, Wolfe of Bishop 

 Land, Wolfe of Forenaughts. 



John Ribton Garstin. 



Dublin. 



The Hundred a7id Fifty-first Psalm (2°" S. v. 376, 

 422.) — This psalm was never published in Hebrew, 

 nor was it admitted into the Canon of Scripture, 

 nor even among the apocryphal books. Calmet re- 

 marks that " le style est d'un Helleniste." It is 

 in the Septuagint, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic 

 versions. The narrative differs from that in 1 

 Sara, xvii. They are all silent as to the sling and 



