Mar. 18. 1854.] 



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Without enumerating any Encyclopaedias (in 

 most of which may be found very able and inter- 

 esting articles on the subject), in the following 

 works the best treatises for all practical purposes 

 will be found : 



Pirotechnia, del Vannuccio Biringuccio, nobile Se- 

 nese, 1540, 1550, 1559, 1678. There is a French 

 translation of it by Jasper Vincent, 1556 — 1572, 1627. 

 The tenth chapter is about bells. Magius refers to it 

 in these words : — " In ilia, perscriptum in Italico Ser- 

 mone, et delineatum quisque reperiet, quicquid ad 

 artem ediscendam conducit, usque adeo, ut et quo 

 pacto, Campanaj in turribus constituantur ac move- 

 antur, edoceat, optimeque figuris delineatis common- 

 stret." 



Ducange in Glossario, in vocibus JEs, Campana, Co- 

 don, Cloca, Crotalum, Glogga, Lebes, Nola, Petasus, 

 Signum, Squilla, Tintinnabulum. 



Mersenni (F. M.). Harmonicorum Libri XII. 

 Paris, 1629, 1643. (Liber Quartus de Campanis.) 

 This and Biringuccio contain all the art and mystery 

 of bell- casting, &c. &c. 



Puffendorff. De Campanarum Usu in obitu Paro- 

 cbiani publice significando, in ejus Observationibus. 

 Jur. Univers., p. iv. No. 104. 



And now with regard to our English authors ; 

 their productions seem to be confined chiefly to 

 the Art of Ringing, as the following list will 

 show : 



Tintinalogia, or the Art of Ringing improved, by 

 T. W[hite]. 18mo., 1668. This is the book alluded 

 to by Dr. Burney, in his History of Music, vol. iv. 

 p. 413. 



Campanalogia, or the Art of Ringing improved. 

 18mo., 1677. This was by Fabian Steadman. 



Campanalogia, improved by I. D. and C. M., Lon- 

 don scholars. 18mo., 1702. 



Ditto 2nd edition 18mo., 1705. 



Ditto 3rd edition 18mo., 1733. 



Ditto 4th edition 18mo., 1753. 



Ditto 5th edition, by J. Monk. 18mo., 1766. 



The School of Recreation, or Gentleman's Tutor in 

 various Exercises, one of which is Ringing. 1684. 



Clavis Campanalogia, by Jones, Reeves, and Black- 

 more. 12mo., 1788. Reprinted in 1796 and 1800? 



The Ringer's True Guide, by S. Beaufoy. 12mo., 

 1804. 



The Campanalogia, or Universal Instructor in the 

 Art of Ringing, by William Shipway. 12mo., 1816. 



Elements of Campanalogia. by H. Hubbard. 1 2mo,, 

 1845. 



The Bell : its Origin, History, and Uses, by Rev. 

 A. Gatty. 12mo., 1847. 



Ditto, enlarged. 1848. 



Blunt's Use and Abuse of Church Bells. 8vo., 

 1846. 



Ellacombe's Practical Remarks on Belfries and 

 Ringers. 8vo., 1850. 



Ellacombe's Paper on Bells, with Illustrations, in 

 the Report of Bristol Architectural Society. 1850. 



Croome's Few Words on Bells and Bell-ringing. 

 8vo., 1851. 



Woolf's Address on the Science of Campanology. 

 Tract. 1851. 



Plain Hints to Bell-ringers. No. 47. of Parochial 

 Tracts. 1852? 



The Art of Change-ringing, by B. Thackrah. 

 12mo„ J 852. 



To these may be added, as single poetical pro- 

 ductions, 



The Legend of the Limerick Bell Founder, pub- 

 lished in the Dublin University Mag., Sept. 1847. 

 The Bell, by Schiller. 



Perhaps some courteous reader of "N. & Q." 

 may be able to correct any error there may be in 

 the list, or to add to it. 



There is a curious collection of MSS. on the 

 subject by the late Mr. Osborn, among the Addi- 

 tional MSS., Nos. 19,368 and 19,373. 



H. T. ElXACOMBE. 

 Rectory, Clyst St. George. 



INEDITED LETTEB OF LORD NELSON. 



I have in my possession a long letter written by 

 Lord Nelson, sixteen days before the battle of 

 Trafalgar, to the Right Hon. Lord Barham, who 

 was at that time First Lord of the Admiralty. 

 As an autograph collector, I prize it much ; and 

 I think that the readers of " N. & Q." might be 

 glad to see it. It has not yet, as far as I am 

 aware, been published : 



Victory, Oct. 5th, 1805. 

 My Dear Lord, 



On Monday the French and Spanish ships took 

 their troops on board which had been landed on 

 their arrival, and it is said that they mean to sail 

 the first fresh Levant wind. And as the Cartha- 

 gena ships are ready, and, when seen a few days 

 ago, had their topsail yards hoisted up, this looks 

 like a junction. The position I have taken for 

 this month, is from sixteen to eighteen leagues 

 west of Cadiz ; for, although it is most desirable 

 that the fleet should be well up in the easterly 

 winds, yet I must guard against being caught 

 with a westerly wind near Cadiz : for a fleet of 

 ships, with so many three-deckers, would inevit- 

 ably be forced into the Straits, and then Cadiz 

 would be perfectly free for them to come out with 

 a westerly wind — as they served Lord Keith in 

 the late war. I am most anxious for the arrival 

 of frigates : less than eight, with the brigs, &c, as 

 we settled, I find are absolutely inadequate for 

 this service and to be with the fleet ; and Spartel, 

 Cape Cantin, or Blanco, and the Salvages, must 

 be watched by fast-sailing vessels, in case any 

 squadron should escape. 



I have been obliged to send six sail of the line 

 to water and get stores, &c. at Tetuan and Gi- 

 braltar ; for if I did not begin, I should very 



