Jan. 27. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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so called from a bearded mark on tbe neck), in 

 the construction of old walls. There are constant 

 examples of this in England. The object was 

 probably to combine strength with lightness, on 

 the principle of our modern hollow bricks. In 

 the upper portion of the wall of Caracalla's Circus, 

 near Rome, are many large globular amphora? 

 embedded in the masonry in rows. 



W. J. Bebnhard Smith. 

 Temple. 



Jtibilee of 1809 (Vol. xi., p. 13.). — An Account 

 of the Celebration of the Jubilee of 1 809, in various 

 Parts of the Kingdom, was published in a quarto 

 volume at Birmingham shortly after. A copy is 

 or was on sale at Russell Smith's, Soho Square. 

 An ex-Lady Boswell Scuoi^\e. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 



The decision of the great literary prizes, Tlie Burnett 

 Bequest, for the two best treatises'" On the Being and 

 Attributes of God," took place at Aberdeen on Saturday 

 last. The successful competitors were, for the first prize, 

 of 1800/., the Rev. Robert Anchor Thompson, A.M., of 

 Louth, Lincolnshire; and for the second, of 600/., tlie 

 Eev. John TuUoch, Principal of St. Mary's College, St. 

 Andrew's. There were no less than 208 competitors, and 

 the judges, Professor Baden Powell, Mr. Henry Rogers, 

 and Mr. Isaac Taylor, were unanimous in their decision. 

 Thej' reported very favourably of several others of the 

 very numerous essays submitted to their judgment. 



The Rev. Canon Stanley, whose article on the " IMurder 

 of Becket " in the Quarterly Review for Sef)tember, 1853, 

 was read with so much interest by historical students, 

 has reprinted it in a volume entitled Historical Memorials 

 of Canterbury, lie has thrown in as make-weights three 

 other papers, namely, the Landing of Augustine; E<1- 

 ward the Black Prince ; and Becket's Shrine, being the 

 substance of four lectures delivered by him. These, how- 

 ever, are inferior in value, because obviously less care- 

 fully prepared than his contribution to the Quarterly Re- 

 view. But tliej' have been illustrated with many curious 

 and valuable notes by Mr. Albert Way, one of which, on 

 a subject formerly discussed in our columns, namely, 

 " The Pilgrim's Road," will be read with interest by all 

 who took part in that discussion. 



If Lord John Russell's definition o'' a Proverb- — "The 

 wisdom of manj' and the wit of one'' .— be correct; and 

 if Lord Bacon be justified in declaring, that " the genius, 

 wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered by their 

 proverbs;" what a book of wit and wisdom, what an 

 illustration of national character of the English, must 

 that be which Mr. Bohn has recently issued under the 

 title of A Handbook of Proverbs, §-c. .' And, certainly, 

 a very curious collection it is. It certainly does not 

 contain, as it professes to do, " an entire republication 

 pf Ray's Collection of English Proverbs:" for no publisher 

 could reprint Ray's work entire, and Mr. Bohn has ad- 

 mitted quite as much of it as he decently could ; yet the 

 collection is a valuable find useful one, and made still 

 more so by its extensive Index. 



If it be a well-founded observation, that the life of any 

 man written with truth must be of interest, how much 

 interest must there also be in a like trutlif'ul history of 

 any city, — a history which shall tell, not only of its 



bricks and mortar, or even of the scenes enacted in it, 

 but also of those who congregated within its walls, 

 and made its name famous among the people of the 

 earth. Pennant did much of this for London, Saintfoix 

 for Paris ; and we cannot bestow higher praise upon Ttie 

 History of the City of Dublin by J. T. Gilbert, of which 

 the first volume is now before us, than by saying that the 

 Honorary Secretary of the Irish Archa3ological and Celtic 

 Society has produced a work which may well be placed 

 beside those models of amusing and instructive topo- 

 graphy. The volume is replete Avith most curious matter, 

 suggestive of manj' interesting inquiries, and deserves 

 such patronage as will insure its early completion. It is 

 altogether most creditable to the author. 



Books Received. — Gibbon's Roman Empire, with Notes 

 by Milman and Gnizot, edited by Dr. Smith, Vol, VI., 

 which carries the work down to the fifty-second chapter. 



Voyages and Discoveries in the Arctic Regions, by F. 

 Mayne. This, the 73rd number of Longman's Traveller's 

 Library, contains a clear " bird's-eye view " of a subject 

 to which recent events have lent a painful interest. 



An Introductory Sketch of Sacred History, being a Con- 

 cise Digest of Notes and Extracts from tlie Bible, and from 

 the Works of approved Authors. Written by the author for 

 the use of his own family, this compilation will be found 

 useful in other families. 



BOOKS AND ODD VOLUME.S 



WANTED TO PURCHASE. 



Shakspeabe. By Johnson and Steyens. 15 Vols. 8to. 1793. The 

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Memoih ok .John Bbthcne, tjie Scotch Poet. By his brother, Alex- 

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Intuoductobv Kssai on English ITistoby, prefixed to "Lives of the 

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 & Co. 



Cawood's Sermons. 2 Vols. Svo. 



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 LipscdMu's Buckinuhamshire. 4to. Kight Parts complete . 

 Scottish Pasquii-s. Svo. Three Parts. 



Wanted by C. S., 12. Gloucester Green, Oxford. 



Th« PotiTicAi, Contest. Letters Ijetween Junius and Sir W. Draper. 



London, Newberry. No date. 

 A Collection of the Letters op Atticus, Lucius, Jcnius, &c. Almon, 



1769. 

 Letters of Jonios. 1 Vol. 12mo. 1770. No Publisher's name. 

 Ditto Ditto 1770. Published by W'heble. 



DiTSO Ditto 1771. Ditto. 



Junius Discotebed. By P. T. 1789. 



Reasons fob bejecting the Evidence of Mb. Almon. 1807. 

 Anothbh Guess at Junius. 1309. 

 Enquibt concerning the Author of the Letters of Junius. By 



Roche. 1813. 

 Attempt to ascertain thh Author of Junius. By Blakeway. 1813. 

 Sequel of Attempt. 1815. 



A Great Personage proved to have been Junius. No date. 

 A DiscoVERv OF the Author of the Letters of Junius. Taylor and 



Hessey. 1813. 

 Junius Unmasked. 1819. 



The Claims op Sir P. Francis refuted. 1822. 

 Who was Junius ? 1837. 

 Pope's DuNciAD. Jnd Edition. 17J8. 

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Key to the Dunciad. 1728. 



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The Ijonhon Museum of Politics, Miscellanies, and Literature. 

 4 Vols. 8vo. 1769, 1770. 

 Wanted by William J. Thorns. Esq. , 25. Holywell Street, Millbank, 

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History op the Monastery at Tynemooth. By Wm. S. Gibson, Esq. 



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