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NoTBs:— Page 



Cowper and Tobacco Smolcing, by William Bates, &c. - 229 

 "Shakspeare in the Shades:" a Ballad, by Dr. E. F. 



Rimbaiilt 230 



Swedish Words current in England, by Charles Watkins 231 



Sir David Lindsay's Viridarium, by Sir W. C. Trevelyan 231 



Minor Notes : — Unlucky Days — The Pancake Bell- 

 Quoits — The Family of Townerawe — " History of 

 Formosa "—Notes on Newspapers . . - 232 



QuEniEs : — 



Wild Plants and their Names - - - - 233 



Popular Sayings, by M. Aislabie Denham - - 233 



Minor Queries : — Hermit Queries — Derivation of 

 "Cobb" — Play-bills — Sir Edward Grymes, Bart. — 

 Smollett's " Strap "—The Iron Mask— Bland Family 



— Thomas Watson, Bishop of St. David's, 1687-99, 

 &c. — Crescent — " Quod fuit esse " — " Coming 

 home to men's business" — Thomas Gibbes of Fenton 



— " The Whipping Toms " at Leicester — The 

 Trial of our Lord — Olney — Album — The Lisle 

 Family — Wards of the Crown — Tate, an Artist — 

 Philip d'Auvergne — Somersetshire Ballad — Lady 

 High Sheriff — Major-General Lambert — Hoyle, 

 Meaning of; and Hoyle Family — Robert Dodsley — 

 Mary Queen of Scots — Heuristisch: Evristic - 234 



Minor Queries with Answers : — " Eugenia," by 

 Hayes and Carr — Claret — "Strike, but hear me" — 

 Fever at Croydon — " Gesmas et Desmas " — Satirical 

 Medal 237 



Replies : — 



The Gookins of Ireland - - - - - 238 



" Stabat quocunque jeceris," by Dr. William Bell - 239 



" Pic-nics " - - - - - - - 240 



" Coninger " or " Coningry " - - - - 241 



Names and Numbers of British Regiments, by Arthur 

 Hamilton - - - - - - .241 



Vicars- Apostolic in England .... 242 



Smock Marriages : Scotch Law of Marriage - - 243 



Photographic Notes and Queries: — Mr. Weld Ta)'- 

 lor's Process — Animal Charcoal in Photography — 

 Sir W. Newton on Use of Common Soda and Alum — 

 Difficulties in Photographic Practice - . - 244 



Replies to Minor Queries :— The Countess of Pem- 

 broke's Letter — Ethnology of England — Drake the 

 Artist — Sparse — Genoveva of Brabant — God's Marks 



— Segantiorum Portus — Rubrical Query — Rosa 



Mystica — Portrait of Charles I " Time and I " — 



The Word " Party "— " Mater ait natae," &c. —Gospel 

 Place — Passage in Thomson — " Words are given to 

 man to conceal his thoughts " — Folger Family - 245 



Miscellaneous : — 



Notes on Books, &c. - - - . . 248 



Books and Odd Volumes wanted • - . . 249 



Notices to Correspondents - - _ . 249 



Advertisements - - . . - . 250 



V0L.VII. — No. 175. 



COWPER AND TOBACCO SMOKING. 



The following genial and characteristic letter 

 from the poet, having escaped the research of the 

 Rev. T, S. Geimshaw, may be thought worthy 

 of transference from the scarce and ephemeral 

 brochure in which it has, as far as I am aware, 

 alone appeared, to your more permanent and at- 

 tainable repertory. The little work alluded to is 

 entitled Convivialia et Saltatoria, or a few Thoughts 

 upon Feasting and Dancing, a poem in two parts, 

 &c., by G. Orchestikos : London, printed for the 

 author, 1800, pp. 62. At page 39 will be found 



" Nicotiana : a Poetical Epistle in praise of To- 

 bacco ; intended as a refutation of the ill-founded re- 

 marks of William Cowper, Esq. respecting this plant, 

 in his elegant poem on Conversation. By Phil, Nicot. 

 " The man I pity who abhors the fume 

 Of fine Virginia floating in his room ; 

 For, truly may Tobacco be defined, 

 A Plant preserving Health and Peace of mind. 

 1800." 



Next follows the poem, dedicated " To the To- 

 bacconists in general of England and its colonies," 

 and consisting of some 350 lines, concluding with 

 the following : 



" Now by way of a Postscript, for I cannot conclude 

 Without once more entreating, that you'll be so good 

 As to favour me with an Epistle, and soon. 

 Which in my estimation will be such a boon 

 That I'll carefully keep it ; and dying, take care 

 To enjoin like Respect from my Son or my Heir; 

 And lest He should forget its great Value to ask, 



Shall say. 

 It was wrote by the Hand, that first wrote out the 



Task : 

 No more I need mention, its Worth will appear, 

 And be kept as a Relic I justly hold dear," 



Next comes the poet's kindly response : 



" Dear Sir, 

 " It is not in my power to send you an epistle that 

 will entitle itself to any of the honours which you are 

 so good as to promise to one from me. My time is 

 not my own, but is partly engaged in attendance on a 

 dear friend, who has long been in a very helpless state, 



