Nov. 26. 1853.] 



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miliar. Can you help me to remember where it 

 is? C.W.B. 



filter <au0rie^ tuft^ ^n^tocr^S. 



Dictionary of Zingari. — Can you direct me to 

 ti glossary or dictionary of this language ? I have 

 seen Borrow's Lavengro, and am not aware whe- 

 ther either of his other works contains anything of 

 the sort. I should imagine it cannot be a perfect 

 language, since the Rommanies located in our lo- 

 cality invariably use the English articles and pro- 

 nouns ; but knowing nothing more of it than what 



1 glean from casual intercourse, I am unable to 

 decide to my own satisfaction. R. C. Wabde. 



Kidderminster. 



[A dictionary of the Zincali will be found in the 

 first three editions of the following work: The Zincali ; 

 or, ail Account of the Gypsies of Spain; with an original 

 Collection of their Songs and Poetry, and a copious 

 Dictionary of their Language. By George Borrow, 



2 vols., 1841. This dictionary is omitted in the fourth 

 edition of 1846 ; but some " Specimens of Gypsy dia- 

 lects" are added. Our correspondent may also be re- 

 ferred to the two following works, which appear in the 

 current number of Quarritch's Catalogue : " Pott, Die 

 Zigeuner in Europa und Asien, vol. i. Einleitung und 

 ■Grammatik, ii. Ueber Gaunersprachen, Wcirterbuch 

 und Sprachproben, 2 vols. 8vo. sewed, 1 5s. Halle, 

 1844-45." " Rotwellsche Grammatik oder Sprach- 

 kunst; Wcirterbuch der Zigeunei'-Sprache, 2 parts in 

 1, 12mo. half-bound morocco, 7s. 6d. Frankfurt, 

 1755."] 



Sir Rohert Cohe. — Of what family was Sir 

 Robert Coke, referred to in Granger, vol. iii. 

 p. 212., ed. 1779, as having collected a valuable 

 library bestowed by George, first Earl of Berkeley, 

 on Sion College, London, the letter of thanks for 

 which is in Collins ? T. P. L. 



Manchester. 



[Sir Robert Coke was son and heir to Sir Edward 

 Coke, I>,ord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. The 

 Cokes had been settled for many generations in the 

 county of Norfolk. Camden has traced the pedigree 

 of the family to William Coke of Doddington in Nor- 

 folk, in the reign of King John. They had risen to 

 considerable distinction under Edward III., when Sir 

 Thoraas Coke was made Seneschal of Gascoigne. From 

 him, in the right male line, was descended Robert Coke, 

 the father of Sir Edward. See Campbell's Lives of 

 Chief Justices, vol. i. p. 240.] 



Begium Donum. — What is the origin and his- 

 tory of the " Reglura Donum ?" Henri van Laun. 

 King William's College, Isle of Man. 



[In the year 1672, Charles II. gave to Sir Arthur 

 Forbes the sum of 600Z., to be applied to the use of 

 the Presbyterian ministers in Ireland. He professed 

 not to know how to bestow it in a better manner, as 

 he had learnt that these ministers had been loyal, and 



had even suffered on his account ; and as that sum re- 

 mained undisposed of in "the settlement of the revenue 

 of Ireland," he gave it in his charity to them. This 

 was the origin of the Reguni donum. As the dissenters 

 approved themselves strong friends to the House of 

 Brunswick, George I., in 172S, wished too to reward 

 them for their loyalty, and, by a retaining fee, preserve 

 them stedfast. A considerable sum, therefore, was 

 annually lodged with the heads of the Presbyterians, 

 Independents, and Baptists, to be distributed among 

 the necessitous ministers of their congregations. ] 



Who was the Author of "Jerningham" and 

 "Dovetonf" (Vol.vIii.,p. 127.). — Mb. Anstbtjtheb 

 begs to decline the compliment ; perhaps the 

 publisher of the admirable History of the War in 

 Affghanistan can find a head to fit the cap. 



Oswestry. 



[On a reference to our note-book, we find our au- 

 thority for attributing the authorship of these works to 

 Mr. Anstruther is the Gentleman's Magazine for Sep- 

 tember, 1837, p. 28,3. In tlie review of Doveton the 

 writer says, " There is in it a good deal to amuse, and 

 something to instruct, but the whole narrative of 

 Mr. Anstruther is too melodramatic," &c. However, 

 as he declines the compliment, perhaps some of our 

 readers will be able to find the right head to fit the 

 cap.] 



Alma Mater. — In Ainsworth's Latin Dic- 

 tionary I observed he limits the use of that ex- 

 pression to Cambridge. I have been accustomed 

 to see It used for Oxford, or any other university. 

 What is his reason for applying it to Cambridge 

 alone ? Ma. L. 



[Bailey, too, in his Dictionary, applies the epithet 

 exclusively to Cambridge, Alma mater Cantahrigia : so 

 that it seems to have originated with that university. 

 It is now popularly applied to Oxford, and other uni- 

 versities, by those who have imbibed the milk of 

 learning from these places. The epithet has lately been 

 transplanted to the United States of America.] 



d^tfiUtS. 



ALEXANDER CLARK. 



(Vol. vili., p. 18.) 



In communicating a few particulars about 

 Alexander Clark, I must disappoint your corre- 

 spondent Perthensis ; my subject answering In 

 no respect to Peter Buchan's " drucken dominie," 

 the author of the Buttery College. Alexander 

 Clark, who has fallen in my way, belongs to the 

 class of " amiable enthusiasts ; " a character I am 

 somewhat fond of, believing that In any pursuit a 

 dash of the latter quality is essential to success. 



Clark was by profession a gardener ; and as my 

 friends in the north always seek to localise their 

 worthies, I venture to assign him to Annandale. 

 My first acquaintance with him arose from his 



