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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 237. 



" Some say, that Signior Bononcini 

 Compared to Handel's a mere ninny ; 

 Others aver, that to him Handel 

 Is scarcely fit to hold a candle : 

 Strange that," &c. 



in. In "N. & Q.," Vol. i., p. 245., the following 

 passage occurs : 



" In the Imitation of the Second Satire, Book I. of 

 Horace, only to be found in modern editions, there is an 



allusion to 'poor E s,' who suffered by 'the fatal 



steel' for an intrigue with a Royal Mistress." 



Query, in ichat modern editions is this imitation 

 found ? I have searched most of them (including 

 the last, and by no means the worst, by Mr. 

 Robert Carruthers) in vain. 



IV. It has alvvay seemed to me desirable that 

 a perfect edition of an author like Pope, whose 

 pages teem with proper names frequently re- 

 peated, and personal allusions, should be furnished 

 with an Index nominum propriorum, which would 

 enable the reader to refer in a moment to the 

 exact whereabouts of the line wanted. I once 

 took the trouble to make such an Index to Pope 

 for my own use, and add one word of it as a 

 specimen : 



Granville's moving lays - - Past. i. 46 



Granville commands, &c. - Wind. For. 5 



Granville could refuse to sing, 



what Muse for - „ 6 



Granville sings, or is it - - „ 282 



Granville of a former age, Sur- 

 rey the ... - „ 292 



Granville's verse recite, the 



thoughts of God let - „ 425 



Granville's Myra die, till - Epist. toJervas 76 



Granville the polite - - Prol. to Sat. 135 



Is this a hint worthy the notice of Mr. Croker, 

 Mr. P. Cunningham, or Mr. John Murray, whose 

 joint labours promise us a new edition of Pope ? 



V. Roscoe and Croly give four poems on Gul- 

 livers Travels. Why does Mr. Carruthers leave 

 out the third ? His edition appears to contain 

 (besides many additions) all that all previous edi- 

 tors have admitted, with the exception of this 

 third Gulliver poem, the sixteen additional verses 

 to Mrs. Blount on leaving town, the verses to Dr. 

 Bolton, and a fragment of eight lines (perhaps by 

 Congreve) ; which last three are to be found in 

 Warton's edition. Harry Leroy Temple. 



Garrick Club. 



HAMPSHIRE FOLK LORE. 



Churching. — A woman in this village, when 

 going to church for the first time after the birth 

 of her child, keeps to the same side of the road, 

 and no persuasions or threats would induce her to 

 cross it. She wears also upon that occasion a pair 

 of new boots or shoes, so that the mothers of large 



families patronise greatly the disciples of St. 

 Crispin. I should much like to know if this two- 

 fold superstition is prevalent, and how it first 

 originated. 



Bees. — There is not one peasant I believe in 

 this village, man or woman, who would sell you a 

 swarm of bees. To be guilty of selling bees is a 

 grievous omen indeed, than which nothing can be 

 more dreadful. To barter bees is quite a different 

 matter. If you want a hive, you may easily ob- 

 tain it in lieu of a small pig, or some other equiva- 

 lent. There may seem little difference in the eyes 

 of enlightened persons between selling and bar- 

 tering, but the superstitious beekeeper sees a 

 grand distinction, and it is not his fault if you 

 don't see it too. 



When a hive swarms, it is customary to take 

 the shovel from the grate, and the key from the 

 door, and to produce therewith a species of music 

 which is supposed to captivate and soothe the 

 winged tribe. If the bees do not settle on any 

 neighbouring tree where they may have the full 

 benefit of the inharmonious music, they are ge- 

 nerally assailed with stones. This is a strange 

 sort of proceeding, but it is orthodox, and there is 

 nothing the villagers despise more than modern 

 innovations of whatever kind. 



Charming. — As regards charming, the wife of 

 the village innkeeper who preceded the present 

 one (she now rests in the churchyard), used to 

 whisper away burns. Her form of words, if she 

 had any, is unknown. The mind has great in- 

 fluence upon the body, and the doctor knows it, or 

 he would not give his nervous lady patients so 

 many boxes of bread pills, and sleeping draughts 

 in the shape of vials filled with savoury rum- 

 punch. Doubtless this good woman cured her 

 patients by acting on their imaginations. If the 

 agency of imagination is an incorrect supposition, 

 I see but one way of accounting for the curative 

 powers of whispering, namely, by means of animal 

 magnetism. I trust your medical readers do not 

 question the curative powers of animal magnetism 

 in certain cases ; if they do, I would recommend 

 them to read a work entitled Human Magnetism, 

 its Claim to Dispassionate Inquiry, by W. Newn- 

 ham, Esq., M.R. S.L. It is published by John 

 Churchill, Princes Street, Soho. 



Eustace W. Jacob. 



Crawley. 



THE MOST CURIOUS BOOK IN THE WORLD. 



The following account of this truly wonderful 

 specimen of human patience and skill is from a 

 rough copy that I took some years ago. I regret 

 that I cannot give any reference, as I made no 

 note of my authority, which has now escaped my 



