April 2. 1853.] 



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Alain, Alayn, Aleyn, Aleyne, Aleynes, Aleynys, &c. 

 Allen has always remained a baptismal name, and 

 hence it is probable that there is no more affinity 

 between the numerous families now bearing it as 

 a surname, than between the various Thompsons, 

 WilHamses, and others of this class. The Mac- 

 Allans of Scotland may have a separate Celtic 

 source, though it is far likelier that this name 

 (like MacEdward, MacGeorge, and numerous 

 others) is the English appellative with the patro- 

 nymic Mac prefixed. Maek Antont Lowbe. 

 Lewes. 



The Patronymic Mac (Vol. vli., p. 202.). — The 

 present Earl of Stair has collected and printed, 

 under the title of Almacks Extraordinary, a list of 

 seven hundred Scotch and Irish surnames with 

 the prefix " Mac ; " and a highly esteemed cor- 

 respondent promises me a supplementary list of 

 " a few hundreds " of such appellatives, which 

 must therefore be in the aggregate upwards of a 

 thousand in number. I hope to include all these 

 in my forthcoming Dictionary of British Surnames. 

 Mabk Antony Lower. 

 Lewes. 



Gibber's ''Lives of the Poets" (Vol. v., p. 25.). 

 —When Mr. Cbosslbt inserted in your pages, at 

 great length, the original prospectus of Gibber's 

 Lives, he was not aware that it had been reprinted 

 before. Such, however, is the case, as may be 

 seen by turning to the sixth volume of Sir Eger- 

 ton Brydges' Censura Literaria, ed. 1808, p. 352. 

 It was communicated to the columns of that work 

 by that diligent antiquary in literary matters, 

 Joseph Haslewood. Mr. Crossley says, " It is 

 rather extraordinary that none of Dr. Johnson's 

 biographers appear to have been aware that the 

 prospectus of Gibber's Lives was furnished by 

 Johnson." Where is there the slightest proof that 

 Johnson wrote one line of it ? Haslewood believed 

 it to have been the production of Messrs. Gibber 

 and Shiels. Does Mr. Grossley ground his claim 

 for Johnson merely upon a fancied resemblance in 

 style ? Edward F. Rimbault. 



Parallel Passages, No. 2. — Stars and Flowers 

 (Vol. vii., p. 15L). — Other parallels on this sub- 

 ject are given in " N. & Q.'* (Vol. iv., p. 22.), to 

 which may be added the following : 



" Silently, one by one, on the infinite meadows of 

 heaven, 

 ;_BIossom'd the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the 

 angels." 



Longfellow's Evangeline, Part I. iii. p. 187. 

 of the Liverpool edition. 



Zeus. 



Schomberg's Epitaph (Vol. vii., p. 13.).— I find 

 this entry in my note-book : — The following in- 

 scription is written on a black slab of marble, 



affixed to the wall of the choir of St. Patrick's 

 Gathedral. The remains of the duke were re- 

 moved to this cathedral immediately after the 

 battle of the Boyne; and on the 10th July, 1690, 

 they were deposited under the altar. The rela- 

 tives of this great man having neglected to raise 

 any monument to his memory. Dean Swift under- 

 took and caused the above slab to be erected, 

 having first vainly applied to the connexions of 

 the deceased. His sword is in the possession of 

 the society of the " Friendly Brothers," Dublin. 

 The following is the inscription on the slab : 



" Hie infra situm est corpus Frederici Ducis de 

 Schonberg ad Bubindam occisi a.d. 1690. Decanus 

 et Capitulum maximopere etiam atque etiam petierunt, 

 ut haeredes Ducis, monumentum in memoriam parentis 

 erigendum curarent. Sed postquam per epistolas, per 

 amicos, diu ac saepe orando nil profecere, hunc demum 

 lapidem statuerunt ; saltem ut scias hospes ubinam ter- 

 rarum Schonbergenses cineres delitescunt. t 



" Plus potuit fama virtutis apud alienos quam san- 

 guinis proximitas apud suos, a.d. 1731." 



Glericds (D.) 

 Dublin. 



Pilgrimages to the Holy Land (Vol. v., p. 289.). 

 — There is still another book to be added to the 

 curious list of old pilgrimages to the Holy Land, 

 furnished by your correspondent Peregrine A. 

 I derive my knowledge of it from Brunet's Manuel, 

 sub voce Gapodimsta (Gabriele), where it is 

 described as follows : 



" Itinerario di Terra Santa, e del Monte Sinai." 

 (Without date or printer) 4to. 



It is a journal of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, 

 made in the year 1458 by a Padua nobleman, ac- 

 companied by a relative, Antonio Gapodilista, a 

 canon of the same place, and several other noble 

 personages. It is one of the earliest productions 

 of the press at Perugia, and the date assigned to 

 it by M. Brunet is 1472, but by Vermiglioli 1473 

 or 1474. The latter authority, in his Principi 

 della Stampa in Perugia, calls it " Veramente un 

 prezioso cimelio di tipografia e bibliografia." I 

 am anxious to know where a copy of this very 

 rare work is deposited, as I have been told that 

 there is none at the British Museum. 



W. M. R. E. 



Album (Vol. vii., p. 235.). — The origin and the 

 earliest notice of this kind of friendly memorial 

 book is to be traced to the registers of the de- 

 ceased that were formerly kept in every church 

 and monastery. Such a book was called the 

 album, i. e. the blank book, in which the names of 

 the friends and benefactors to the church or mo- 

 nastery were recorded, that they might be prayed 

 for at their decease, and on their anniversaries. 

 The earliest writer belonging to this country who 

 uses the word is the Venerable Beda, who in his 



