NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 271. 



THE SHAKSPEARE REPOSITORY. 



An Elegant and Interestini; Work, containing New and Important Discoveries respectine the 

 JLife and Writings of Shakspeare. — Price ls.6d., or sent Free on receipt of Twenty-four 

 Stamps. 



Contents : 



Shakspeare and the Spanish Invasion, with an Alphabetical I>ist of Loyal Old English 

 Families who contributed Money for the Defence of their Country i Account of the Medical 

 Practice of Shakspcare's Son-iii-Law, Dr. Join Hall, with an Alphabetical List of his Patients 

 m Warwickshire, and the adjoining Counties ; Discovery of some of Shakspeare 's Manuscripts 

 m Wales, with Extracts ; Notes on his Pedigree and the True Orthography of his Name, his 

 Birthday, his Education, his Gallantry, his Bequest to his Wife ; Account of a very Destructive 

 Flood at Stratford-on-Avon, in Shakspcare's time ; Ancient Verses addressed to him on his 

 leaving Stratford-on-Avon to visit London ; Shakspeare, the Poet Catholic ; his Genius as a 

 Comic Writer • The Government and Shakspcare's House ; Shakspcare's Wainscot Chair and 

 gjs Mulberry Tree ; Verses written by an American Pileiim to Shakspcare's Birthplace ; The 

 Bhakspearian Festival at Stratford-on-Avon ; Theatres in Ancient Times ; Expenses of a Play 

 ™ 1511 Curious Early Proclamations against Players; Shakspeare and Bartholomew Fa'r ; 



on Shakspeare ; Hemarks on J. P. Collier's old annotated Copy of the Folio Edition (1632) of 

 Shakspcare's Works ; Notes ou the Plays of Shakspeare, written by Thomas White, B.A., of 

 Cambridge, in 1793, and now first published from the Original Manuscript in Mr. Fennell's 

 Collection; A Ca-alogue ot Rare and Curious Old Books and Tracts relative to the English 

 Counties, Local Family History, &c. &c 



J. H. FENNELL, 1. Warwick Court, High Holbom, London. 



Thi» Day is published, price 3s. Sd., Part XVT. 

 of the 



rpOPOGRAPHER AND GE- 



1 NEALOGI'^T, edited by JOHN GOUGH 

 NICHOLS, F.S.A.,Lo^D. and Nbwo. 



Contents : 

 _ Pedigrees of Ellis and Fitz-Ellis —Epitaphs 

 in the Huguenots' Burying-place at Paris, 

 1675 — Statistic!! Account of the Diocese of 

 Cloyne. compiled in the year 1 774, by the Rev. 

 James Hingston — Extracts from tne Parish 

 Registers of Hornby, co. York _ Extracts from 

 the Parish Registers of Milton Lislebon, near 

 Pewsey, co. Wilts — Pedigrees ot Parr of Ken- 

 dal, of Parr and Kcnpnall, co. Lancaster, 

 Backford, co. Chester, and other Col ateral 

 Branches — P, digrees of i-everal Families of 

 Bishop, of Devonshire, Dorsetshire, London, 

 Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Warwickshire, York- 

 «hire, Kent, and Sussex — Ttstimony to the 

 Exemption of Skiddy's Lands, near Cork from 

 the impositions o' Coyne and Livery, &c., given 

 in the 37 Hen VIII _ Memora da in He- 

 raldry : from the MSS. of Peter Le Neve, some- 

 time Norroy King of Arms (continued). 



J. B. NICHOLS & SONS, 25. Parliament 

 Street. 



Now readj, Second Edition, t Voli. po«t 8vo., 

 price 21«. 



EEMINTSCENCES OF THE 

 ) UNIVERi!ITY, TOWN, and COUNTY 

 of CAMBRIDGE, fro ■■ the Year 1780. By the 

 late HENRY GUNNING, M.A., Sen., ESQ., 

 Bedell. 



" Some of the -tories are extremely piquant, 

 and others are intciesting as pictures ot man- 

 ners and habits of our foretath> rs, and such as 

 are not to b procured from the ordinary re- 

 cords of information respecting bygone times." 



— Cambridge Chronkle. 



" We have preferred amusing extracts in 

 (uch as we have taken from Mr. Guining's 

 'Reminiscences,' but let not the reader suppose 

 that there is not also grave information in 

 them. The volumes contain interestingnotices 

 of many very distinguished characters con- 

 nected with the peri, d they describe, "-nd with 

 whom the author was personally acquainted." 



— Examiner. 



GEORGE BELL, 186. Fleet Street. 



MODERATEUK LAMPS. — 

 EVANS. SONS, & CO., respectfully in- 

 Tite their friends and the public to nn in- 

 spection of the extensive and beaulifulSTt •< K 

 of these much-admired LaMI'S, ju t received 

 from Paris, emi.racing all recent improvements, 

 in bronze, or-moulu, crystal, alabaster, and 

 porcelain, of various elcuant designs, suitable 

 for the cottage or mansion. Show )<oorr s, 

 33. KING WILLIAM STREET, LONDON 

 BRIDGE. 



Price One Shilling. 



(THE NATIONAL MTSCEL- 



I LANY for JANUARY contains : 1. The 

 Mahometan and the Christian Barrier against 

 the Encroaehmen s of Russia 2. " What's in 

 a Name?" 3. The Unfortunate Expedition 

 of the Russian Grand-Duke Sviataslav into 

 the Provinces of Bulgaria and Thrace, towards 

 the End of the Tenth Century. 4. A Few 

 Words in favour of a long-neglected Science. 

 .5. Pinto Riheiro ; or. the Revolution in Por- 

 tual (continued . 6. Extractsfrom the Journal 

 of an OflScer in the Fxpeditionary Force (con- 

 tinued". 7. Notices: Heartsease; or, the 

 Brother's Wife. A Rational S' stem of In- 

 struction for the Piano : preceded by Thoughts 

 on the Influence of Music in i ducati' n. Sin- 

 gleton Fontenoy : A Naval Novel. Sai d and 

 Shells : Nautical Sketches. Sunny Memories 

 of Foreign Lands. 



At the Office, No. 1. Exeter-street, Strand, 

 London. 



BOOKBINDING F. SILANI 

 & CO. (Successors to the lafe T. ARM- 

 STRONG), 23. Villiers Street, Strand, solicit 

 every Dci-cription of Work relating to their 

 Art. A List of Prices for Cloth. Half-calf, 

 Calf, Morocco, or Antique Binding, can be 

 had upon Applic8ti( n. or will be forwarded for 

 One Stamp. Bookbinding for the Trade. 



PIANOFORTES, 2.5 Guineas 

 each. — D'ALMAINE & CO., 20. Soho 

 Square (established ad. 17S.5), sole manufac- 

 turers of the ROYAL PIANOF(mTES, at 2.^ 

 Guineas each. Every instrument warranted. 

 The peculiar advantages of these riiimofortes 

 are best described in the following professional 

 testiironial. signed by tie majority of the lead- 

 ing musicians of the age : — " We. the under- 

 signed members of the musical profie.ssion , 

 having carefully examined the Hoyal Piano- 

 fortes manufactured by MF.SSRS. D'AL- 

 MAINE & CO.. have great pleasure in hearing 

 testimony to their merits and capabilities. It 

 appears to us impossible to produce instruments 

 of the same size possessing a r clier and finer 

 tone, more elastic touch, or more equal tem- 

 peran ent. while the elegance of their construc- 

 tion renders them a handsome ornament for 

 the library, 'loudoir.ordrawing-room. (Signed) 

 J. L. Abel, F. Benedict, H. R. Bishop. J. hlew- 

 itt. J. Biiz/.i, T. P. Chipp, P. Delavanti. C. H. 

 Dolby, E. F. Fitiwilliam, W. Forde, Stephen 

 Glover, Henri Herz, E. Harrison, H.F. llass-!, 

 J. L. Hatton. Catherine Hayes, W. H. Holmes. 

 W.Kuhe.O.F.Kiallmark.ELand.G. Lanza, 

 Alexamler I.ee, A. I.effler. E. J. ].oder, W. H. 

 Montgomery. S.Nelson, G.A.O^home, John 

 Parry, H. Punotka. Henry Phillips, F. Praegar, 

 E. F. Kimbault. l-rank Romer, G. H. Kodwell, 

 E. Rockel . Sims Reeves, J. Templeton, F. We- 

 ber, H Westrop, T. H. Wright,^' Sic. 



D'AIiMAINE & CO., vo. Soho Square, 

 and Designs Gratis. 



This Day, Second Edition, iu post 8vo., 7«. 6d. 



HABITS AND MEN. With 

 V ., Remnants of Records on the Makers of 

 both. By DR. DORAN, Author of "Table 

 Iraits and Something on Them." 

 ."^J-'Poj«^'s\>0''V is not only amusing, but 

 " full of strange information that every one 

 would like to possess. It is the note- book of 

 an intelligent, educated, and studious man, 

 enabling the reader, by skimming over pages, 

 to obtain an amount of knowledge for which 

 the author has ransacked libraries." — Times. 

 London : RICHARD BENTLEY, Publisher 

 in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 



J 



BENTLEY'S MONTHLY VOLUMES. 



This Day, Vol. I. (complete in three), in crown 

 post avo., beautifully printed and bound, with 

 Illustration, ti«., 



ESSES MEMOIRS OF THE 



, , COURT OF ENGLAND UNDER THE 



STUARTS, incluHinz the Protectorate. 



The price of the Twelve Volumes to be pub- 

 lished in the course of 1855, at 6s. per Volume, 

 would be 3i. 12s . but in order to give an ad- 

 vantage to Subscribers, they will be supplied 

 with the first Twelve Volumes for 3?. 5s., on 

 remittance of that amount with the order. 



London : RICHARD BENTLEY. Publisher 

 in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 



Now ready, in 8vo., with Map, 14s. 



'THE DRUSES OF THE LE- 



I BANON : their Manners, Customs, and 

 History. With a Translation of their Reli- 

 gious Ode. By GEORt.E WASHINGTON 

 CHASSEAUD, late of Beyrout, Syria. 



" When I travelled I took a particular de- 

 light in hearing the songs and fables that are 

 come from father to son, and are most in 

 vogue among the common people of the coun- 

 tries through which I passed. — Spectatiir. 



London : RICHARD BENTLEY, Publisher 

 in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 



Now ready. Vol. I. (to be completed in Two), 

 8vo., with Maps ajid Plans, uniform with 

 " Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World," 

 12s. 



HISTORY of the OTTOMAN 

 TURKS, from the Foundation of their 

 Empire to the Present Time. Chieflv based 

 upon Von Hammer. By PHOFE-SOR 

 CREASY, Author -f "The Fifteen Decisive 

 Battles of the World," '" Rise and Progress of 

 the Knglish Constitution," &c. 



" It will take rank as the standard work of 

 English literature ou the History of Turkey." 

 - John BuU. 



London : RICHARD BENTLEY, Publisher 

 in Ordinary to Her Majesty. 



T7REE TRADE IN BOOKS— 



r 4. COPTHAI.L BUILDINGS. Moor- 

 g itc Street. — .>^. & T. GILBERT beg rest«ect- 

 fuUv to inform the Public, that they supply all 

 Books, Magazines. Reviews, Periodicals, Al- 

 miinacs. Pocket-books, and Diaries, published 

 at Is. and upwards, at a reduction of 2r/. in the 

 Shilling, for Cash. Country O'ders executed 

 m the same terrrs, and delivered on the fol- 

 lowing morning, at a charge for Postage of f*d, 

 for each pout d, or fraction of a pound weight. 

 Scliool and Export Orders promptly attended 

 to. Please note the Address : 



S. .* T. Gil BERT. Booksellers, 

 4. Copthall Buildings, Moorgate Street. 



DR. LOVELL'S SCHOOL, 

 WINSLOW HALL. BUCKS. — The 

 PUPILS will RE-ASSEMBLE, after the 

 present Vacation, on the 25tii January. A late 

 Pupil has just been elected to a Sehobir.-hip at 

 Lincoln College, Cxtord. Two others passed 

 the Army Examination last September, and 

 have already received Commissions — All par- 

 ticulars about he School can be had on Appli- 

 cation to the Principal. 



