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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 218. 



irould be an advantage in those churches -where 

 tbe Prayer Book Psahns are used, and might avoid 

 the necessity of having separate Psalm and Hymn 

 Books ; a custom much to be objected to, differ- 

 ing as they do in different churches, as well as 

 preventing strangers from taking part in them. 



WiLLO. 



Milton s Correspondence. — Has any English 

 translation of IMilton's Latin familiar Correspon- 

 dence been published; and if so, when and by 

 whom ? Cranston. 



^'■Begging the Question." — Will any correspon- 

 dent explain this phrase, and give its origin ? 



Caknatic. 



Passage of Cicero. — I lately met with a writer 

 of some deep learning and research, who, amongst 

 other topics, entered into the subject of musical 

 inflection by orators, &c. Now, unfortunately, the 

 title and preface of the book is absent without 

 leave, nor is there any heading to it, so I can do 

 no more than say, the author refers to a passage 

 in these words : 



" Cicero declares that only three tones or variations 

 of sound, or interval, were used in speaking in his time ; 

 whereas now our preachers, orators, and elocutionists 

 take in a range of eight at least. " 



Will some indulgent reader of " N. & Q." tell 

 Kie where such a passage occurs? Semi- Tone. 



GoldsynitJis " Hauncli of Venison." — What is 

 the name in this poem beginning with H, wliich 

 Goldsmith makes to rhyme with "beef?" The 

 metre requires it to be a monosyllable, but there 

 is no name that I have ever heard of that would 

 answer in this place. Is the H a mistake for K, 

 ■which would give a well-known Irish name ? 



J. S. Warden. 



[A variation in the Aldine edition gives the line — 



" There's Coley and Williams, and Howard and HifF." 



Mr. Bolton Corney, in his unrivalled edition of 

 Goldsmith's Poetical Works, 1846, has furnished the 

 fcdlowinn; note: — " Howard=H. Howard? author of 

 The Choice Spirits 3Iustum, 1765; Co/ey = Colman, 

 says Horace Walpole ; H — rth = Hogarth ? a surgeon 

 of Golden Square ; Hiff= Paul Hiftornan, M. D., 

 author of Dramatic Genius, &c." IMr. Peter Cun- 

 ningham, in his forthcoming edition of Goldnnith, will 

 probably tell us more. 



SCHOOL LIBRARIES. 



(Vol. viii., pp. 220. 393. 498.) 



When I mentioned the above subject in " N". & 

 Q.," I admit that my meaning may have takea 

 too wide a signification. I, however, wrote ad- 

 visedly, my object being to draw the attention of 

 those schools that were in fault, and in the hope 

 of benefiting those that desired to do more. I 

 suppose I must exonerate Tonbridge, therefore, 

 from any aspersion ; and as it appears they are 

 well providec), from Bacon and Newton to Punch 

 and the Family Friend, I am at a loss to know 

 how I can be of service. 



Of the defects in popular education I am as 

 sensible as the rest of the multitude appear to be, 

 and my particular view of the case would, I fear, 

 be too lengthy a subject for these columns. It is 

 quite clear, however, that education is partial, 

 and in some sort a monopoly ; its valuable 

 branches being altogether out of the reach of 

 more than half the population, and the staple in- 

 dustry of the people not sufficiently represented, — 

 as, for instance, the steam-engine. In them there 

 is not sntficient concentration, if I may use the 

 term, of instruction ; and the requirements of 

 many arts and trades insufficiently carried out; 

 the old schools and old colleges much too classical 

 and mathematical. If this position is untrue, no 

 popular scheme can be adopted at present ; but 

 it appears more than pi-obable that before long 

 the subject will be brought befoi'e the House of 

 Commons, and education made accessible to all. 

 As to the money for the purpose, the country will 

 never grudge that. The obstacle appears to lie 

 more in persuading the endless religious sects into 

 which we are divided to shake hands over the 

 matter. 



At present my only desire is, that boys at public 

 schools should have plenty of books, being assured 

 that reading while we are young leaves a very 

 strong and permanent impression, and cannot be 

 estimated too highly : besides which, if a youth 

 has access to works suited to his natural bent, he 

 will unconsciously lay in a store of valuable in- 

 formation adapted to his future career. 



Weld Tatlok. 



When I was at the College school, Gloucester, 

 in 1794, there was a considerable library in a 

 room adjoining the upper school. I never knew 

 the books used by the boys, though the room was 

 unlocked : in fiict, it was used by the upper master 

 as a place of chastisement ; for there was kept the 

 block (as it was called) on which the unfortu- 

 nate culprits were horsed and whipped. The li- 

 brary, no doubt, contained many valuable and 

 excellent works ; but the only book of which I 

 know the name as having been in it (and that 



