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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 230. 



Episcopacy from Apostolick Times." — Milton, of Pre- 

 latical Episcopacy, Ed. Col. Amst., 1698, vol. i. p. 245. 



Is not this a more probable origin of the word 

 than the pettivogueur of our etymologists ? And 

 Mr. Keightley will, I am sure, permit me to 

 suggest that it is a derivation at least as obvious 

 and expressive as petty folker. William Beal. 



Brooke Vicarage, Norfolk. 



Views in London oy Canaletto (Vol. ix., p. 106.). 



— In reply to the Query of your correspondent 

 Gondola, I beg to say that I have long had the 

 pleasure of possessing one of Canaletto's London 

 views, that of the Thames from the Temple 

 Gardens, in which the hand that painted gondolas 

 and masks may be traced in Thames wherries and 

 grave Templars. I believe there are others in the 

 collections of the Dukes of Buccleugh and Nor- 

 thumberland. Edmund Phipps. 



Park Lane. 



During the residence of Antonio Canaletto at 

 Venice, he painted a number of pictures, at low 

 prices, for Joseph Smith, Esq., the British consul ; 

 but that gentleman retailed those paintings at an 

 enormous profit to English travellers. Canaletto 

 finding this out, was induced to visit a country 

 where his talents were so much appreciated. He 

 accordingly came to England in the year 1746, 

 being then about fifty years of age. He remained 

 with us six or seven years (not two, as stated by 

 Walpole), and during that period received great 

 encouragement from the English nobility. His 

 delineations of London and its environs, especially 

 those of Thames scenery (of which he seems to 

 have been very fond), are deservedly admired. 

 Two of these are at Goodwood, and another (Par- 

 liament Street, looking towards Charing Cross) is 

 in the Buccleuch Collection. Several London 

 paintings were, at the beginning of the present 

 century, in the possession of the Hon. Percy 

 Wyndham. Some others are to be found in the 

 royal collections, and in those of many noblemen 

 and gentlemen of fortune. 



Edward F. Rimbault. 



London Fortifications (Vol. ix., pp. 174. 207.). 



— During the last civil war a fortification was 

 erected at the Brill Farm, near old St. Pancras 

 Church, where, 120 years after, Somers Town was 

 built. A view of it is extant, and may be obtained 

 for a few shillings. The Brill is also stated to 

 have been a Roman station, but, I believe, without 

 foundation. G. J. S. 



Tavistock Terrace, Holloway. 



What Day is it at our Antipodes f (Vol. viii., 

 pp. 102. 649.). — After the able way in which this 

 subject has been treated by A.E. B., I will only 



add an extract from A Complete System of Geo- 

 graphy, by Emanuel Bowen, London, 1747, vol. iii. 

 p. 250.: 



" One thing more is worth ohserving concerning 

 this place (Macao), namely, that the Portuguese 

 Sunday here is the Saturday with the Spaniards of the 

 Philippine Islands, and so forward through all the 

 days of the week, although there be scarce any differ- 

 ence in the longitude of both places. But the reason 

 is, the Portuguese, in coming to Europe, pass east- 

 ward, whereas the Spaniards, coming from America, 

 pass westward ; so that between both, they have sailed 

 round the globe : in doing which there is necessarily 

 one day lost, as we have taken occasion to show in the 

 introduction to this work." 



John P. Stilwell. 



Dorkinjr. 



MtectTlHixtawi. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 



When Dr. Ure tells us that from the year 1804, 

 when he conducted the schools of chemistry and ma- 

 nufactures in the Andersonian Institution, up to the 

 present day, he has been assiduously engaged in the 

 study and improvement of most of the chemical, and 

 many of the mechanical, arts ; that during that period 

 he has been habitually consulted professionally by 

 proprietor* of factories, workshops, and mines, to 

 rectify what was amiss in their establishments, and to 

 supply what was wanting, he shows clearly how great 

 were his qualifications for the preparation of A Dic- 

 tionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, containing a. 

 clear exposition of their principles and practice : and it 

 is therefore little wonder that a work undertaken with 

 such advantages should have reached what is now 

 before us, a " fourth edition, corrected and greatly en- 

 larged." Dr. Ure has, in this edition, turned to good 

 account the many novelties of an interesting and useful 

 nature first displayed in the Great Exhibition, and 

 his two portly volumes may be consulted with ad- 

 vantage not only by manufacturers and professional 

 men, but by lawyers, legislators, and, in short, all who 

 take an interest in those achievements of science to 

 which this great country owes its pre-eminence. 



Unnoticed by reviewers, and unaided by favour or 

 influence, Mr. Keightley tells us that his Mythology of 

 Ancient Greece and Italy has reached its third edition. 

 So much the better, for it proves that the book has 

 merits of its own, and those merits have won for it a 

 place which will keep Mr. Keightley's name in me- 

 mory as long as a love for classical literature and taste- 

 ful learning remains; and this, we suspect, will be 

 longer than Mr. Keightley anticipates. As the success 

 which has attended this valuable and original exposition 

 of classical mythology renders it unnecessary to say 

 one word as to its merits, we may content ourselves 

 with stating that this edition has been carefully re- 

 vised, has received numerous additions, and, although 

 it is beautifully got up, is published at a lower price 

 than its predecessor. 



