Mar. 17. 1855.] 



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Bishop Lloyd of Oxford (Vol. xi., p. 106.)- — 

 Though my standing at the university does not 

 allow of my contributing any reminiscences of this 

 prelate, I can give one anecdote which is alike 

 honourable to both the individuals concerned. 

 Shortly after the death of Dr. Nicol, the late Ke- 

 gius Professor of Hebrew, Dr. Lloyd, on dismissing 

 his divinity class, turned to one of the students, 

 and said, " Mr. Pusey, I have recommended you 

 to Mr. Peel for the Regius Professorship of He- 

 brew." This was the first intimation of an honour 

 as unsought for as unexpected to the since worhl- 

 wide renowned professor. D. W. 



Schoolboy Formula (Vol. xi., p. 174.). — I send 

 my version : 



" One-ery, two-erj^ dickery, davy ; 

 Hallabo, crackabo, hallabo, navy ; 

 Discum Dan, 

 Merrj"^ combine, 



Humbledee, bumbledee, twenty -nine, 

 0. U. T. out, 

 Lift the latch and walk ye out." 



Y, S. M. 



Facts respecting Colour (Vol. xi., p. 79.). — It 

 is laid down by E. H. as a law of colouring, that 

 no two primary colours will blend, as the effect 

 would be harsh, and the contrast too violent. I 

 fear this must be taken as an assertion arbitrary 

 and gratuitous, if not assumed for the purpose of 

 the subsequent speculation of the writer as to a 

 certain spiritual meaning which to him appears 

 obvious. For every artist finds blue and yellow 

 combine readily enough to form green without 

 any harshness. In like manner red and yellow 

 produce orange without any violent contrast. The 

 propounder of this law and application would 

 probably think a little differently were he to look 

 into the very clever work of M. Chevreul, on The 

 Harmony and Contrast of Colours. F. C. H. 



Chitlim (Vol. xi., p. 155.). — I am much obliged 

 to F. C. H. for his animadversions upon a remark 

 of mine, because he recalled to mind a note which 

 at present will not be without interest, and had 

 been overlooked. It is as follows : 



" Prophecies on Constantinople. The pseudo-Jona- 

 than's Jewish Targum thus explains Num. xxiv. 24. : 

 ' And ships shall come with instruments of war, and shall 

 go forth with great multitudes from Lombardy, and from 

 the land of Italy, and shall be joined with the legions 

 which shall come from Constantinople, and they shall 

 afflict the Assyrians, and enslave all the sons of Eber : 

 but the end of these, as well as of those, shall be to fall 

 by the hand of King Messiah ; and they shall be destroyed 

 for ever.' " 



The application of this must be made by the in- 

 terpreters of prophecy ; the exposition belongs to 

 about the ninth century. 



A short answer to F. C. H. must suffice. I 

 suppose Gallia is included in Europa ; yet if 

 F. C. H. saw me translate Europa by France, he 



would say, " Europe's the word ; no doubt you are 

 in error." So, admitting what is very uncertain, 

 that the term Chittim included Italy, surely it is 

 equally erroneous to render so general an appel- 

 lation by one so much more limited. My friend 

 F. C. H. is himself not very particular, and speaks 

 of Cyprus, Crete, and Sicily, as if they were no 

 farther asunder in fact than they are upon the 

 map. B. H. C. 



" Condendaque Lexica" Sec. (Vol. xi., p. 74.). — 

 This epigram is said to have been written by J. J. 

 Scaliger, after he had compiled the index to the 

 Thesaurus Inscriptionum of Gruter {^Epigram. 

 Delect, ninth ed., London, 1724, p. 216.). The 

 line, " Beheld his Lexicon complete at last," is a 

 poetic license. B. H. C» 



Artificial Ice (Vol. x., p. 414. ; Vol. xi., p. 39.). 

 — AVould not a reference to the enrolled speci- 

 fication of the patent disclose the composition 

 J. P. O. asks for ? Y. S. M. 



Paisley Abbey (Vol. xi., p. 107.). — I think that 

 the supposition that the sculptures in the chapel 

 were older than the edifice, is doubtful ; because, 

 in one of them a rude representation of the abbey 

 front may be traced, coinciding with the architec- 

 ture of the present building, which is, as far as I 

 can recollect. Early English. Dunheved. 



Death-bed Superstition (Vol. xi., p. 55.). — I 

 knew an intelligent, well-informed gentleman in 

 Scotland, who, among the last injunctions on his 

 death-bed, ordered that as soon as he expired the 

 house clock was to be stopped, which was strictly 

 obeyed. His reason for this I never could fathom, 

 except that it was to impress upon his family the 

 solemnity of the circumstance, and that with him 

 " time was no longer." 



"A curious practice once existed, that in the 

 room of the house of the deceased where the 

 company met to attend the funeral, every clear or 

 shining object was covered with white cloths, as 

 looking-glasses, pictures, &c., the intention of 

 which was probably no more than that the at- 

 tention should not be diverted from the occasion. 



In Scotland, where no funeral service is per- 

 formed at the grave's mouth, the company usually 

 wait on till the corpse is lowered into its resting- 

 place, when each person touches or lifts his hat, 

 which ceremony may be understood as a simple 

 mark of respect both to the deceased and to his 

 relations present. 



The number of persons invited to attend fu- 

 nerals are of late years much reduced. It was 

 once not unusual, when the head of a respectable 

 family died, to issue letters to at least one hundred 

 individuals, those with whom he had dealt in 

 business and had been acquainted during his 

 life. The prayers or religious services in the 

 house are also much shortened, and the refresh- 



