NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2"<' S. No 106., Jan. 9. '58. 



Gothic architecture, the greater portion of which 

 was built in 1466 by James III. The belfry is 

 open at all sides, and contains a very musical peal 

 of bells, which are partially visible from the ex- 

 terior. The spire, which is 161 feet in height 

 and surmounted by an imperial crown, springs in 

 four light and beautiful arches from each corner 

 of the belfry, and is undoubtedly of coeval con- 

 struction with the other parts of the tower. In 

 fact I was informed, while inspecting the church, 

 that the " principal entrance," the belfry, tower, 

 and spire, together with a small chapel, were all 

 built at the same period. I would, however, refer 

 R. L. to Murray's Guide through Scotland, from 

 which he will doubtless obtain many particulars, 

 and which perhaps contains an illustration of the 

 church itself. I am not aware of any churches, 

 besides those mentioned by R. L., existing in 

 England, with this characteristic peculiarity. 



F. Lamb. 

 Silver Tankard (2"^ S. iv. 207.) ; * Goldsmiths' 

 Marks (2"'' S. iv. 209.) — From Lucy's description 

 it is not easy to say whether her Roman P means 

 1592 or 1730; but a glance at Mr. Morgan's 

 Table oft Assay Office Letters would soon enable 

 her to judge for herself. And it may be acceptable 

 to PisHEY Thompson and others also to know that 

 the useful little manual is now published by itself 

 as a pamphlet, at Bell's, 186. Fleet Street. P. P. 



The Proposal (2"'^ S. iv. 473.) — The three 

 young ladies whose portraits are painted in this 

 charming picture are the daughters of the late 

 William Pearce, Esq., of Whitehall Place. One 

 of them married the Rev. Walter Blunt of Wal- 

 lop, Hants ; another Sir Henry Dymoke, Bart., 

 the Champion ; and the third Algernon Massing- 

 berd, Esq., of Gumby, Lincolnshire. 



As these ladies are, I believe, all living, I ab- 

 stain from narrating the incident which was the 

 subject of the picture. G. A. C. 



NOTES ON BOOKS AND BOOK SALES. 



If there be one subject of which more than another it 

 may be truly said a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, 

 that subject is Law. Yet that is just the subject on 

 which everybodj"^ requires a little knowledge ; but that 

 little should be accurate. To furnish this universal de- 

 sideratum we have now the most profound lawyer of the 

 present day, — one who, to use his own words, has in his 

 youth and in his manhood written much for the learned 

 in the law, — now writing for the unlearned, and giving us 

 a series of ftimiliar letters on the Law of Property, its ac- 

 quisition, transfer, &c., in which it is hard to decide 

 whether they are most excellent for the deep knowledge 

 of the subject displayed in them, or the plain and lucid 

 mknner in which that knowledge is conveyed. We are 

 sure that every man who has any propertj', however small, 

 will do well and wisely to make himself master of the 

 Handy Book on Property Law by Lord Saint Leonards, 



which is the excellent legal multum in parvo which has 

 called forth these remarks. 



At this pleasant season of song and carol, a new part of 

 Mr. Chappell's excellent Fopufar Music of the Olden Time 

 will be welcomed in many a social circle. This eleventh 

 part, which is devoted to the Songs, Ballads, and Dance 

 Tunes of the reign of the Merry Monarch, is full of old 

 and well-known favourites, from " Here's a health unto 

 His Majesty," " Grim King of the Ghosts," " To all you 

 Ladies now on Land," down to the " Leather Bottel," and 

 all with their musical and literarj' historj' told with Mr. 

 Chappell's accustomed industry. 



Pressed as we are for room just now, we must dismiss 

 in a few words the Second and Third Parts of the Second 

 Division of ]\Ir. Darling's most useful Cyclopaedia Biblio- 

 graphica, which we are glad to find proceeding so steadily 

 towards completion, and the Eighth and Ninth Parts of 

 The Life of Sir John Falstaff, told by Mr. Brough and 

 illustrated by George Cruikshank. In these two parts 

 Cruikshank is as great as ever ; the scene at Heme's oak 

 is as full of imagination and fun as anything that ever 

 came from his burin. 



The following rare and curious Books were sold by 

 Messrs. Sotheby & Wilkinson on Dec. 15, and five 

 following days : — 



Lot 3. Braithwait (R.) A Solemne Joviall Disput-ation, 

 and briefly shadowing "The Law of Drinking." Frontis- 

 piece and Plate by Marshall. Very rare, fine copy, green 

 mor. At the signe of Red-eyes. 1617. 61. 8s. M. 



31. Proctor (J.) The Historic of Wyatt's Rebellion. 

 Black letter, first edition, very rare, fine copy in blue 

 mor. Part of the first leaf of the text in MS. Robert 

 Caly, 1554. 4/. 



Hearne, the Antiquary's copy, with his autograph sig- 

 nature and note on the book, stating " It was always 

 reckoned a book of great authority by such as are 

 impartial and well versed in our English historJ^" 

 69. Liber Regalis, (Sive Ordo et Officia Coronationis 

 Regum et Reginarum Angliee, et de Exequiis Regalibus.) 

 Very fine Manuscript upon vellum, written in the early 

 part of the 15th century, and rubricated, ill. 6.t. 



This is one of the most curious, authentic, and import- 

 ant Manuscripts, relating to the Coronation of the 

 Kings and Queens of England, which exists. It is 

 quite surprising that it should be found in a private 

 collection. 

 71. Middleton (Thos.) The Triumph of Faith, a so- 

 lemnity unparallelled for the cost, art and magnificence, 

 in the Office of Sir Thos. Middleton as Lord Maior of the 

 Citt}- of London, interspersed with poetry. N. Okes, 

 1613. 6Z. 



116. Cicero, TuUius de Senectute. Colophon: Thus 

 endeth the boke of Tulle of olde age, translated out of 

 Latyn into frenshe by Laurence, de primo facto at the 

 comaundement of the noble prince Lowys Duke of Bur- 

 bon, and emprynted by me symple peisone William 

 Caxton, the xii day of august, the j-ere of our Lord 

 MCCCCLXxxi. Cicero de Amicitia (translated by the 

 noble Erie Therle of Wurcester). Exceedingly rare, a 

 remarkably fine copj', unwashed, old russia, fiom the 

 Merly Librarj'', at the sale of which it sold for 210/. 275?. 



117. Dives et Pauper. A Compendyouse Treatyse 

 D^'alogue of Dives and Pauper, &c. Title inlaid. Fine 

 copy in russia, from the library of Sir M. M. Sykes. 

 Wynkyn de Worde. mcccclxxxvi. 361. 



In this edition following the large device of Caxton at 

 the end, is a leaf having on the recto a woodcut of 

 the Holy Familj^ and on its reverse repetitions of 

 the same cut, " Dives and Pauper," as used on the 

 first leaf. It is erroneously stated in Lowndes that 

 the edition printed in 1493 by Pynson should have a 



