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the circumstances under which they were introduced into the Plays. 

 He pointed out that "It was a lover and his lass," (As You 

 Like It) was composed by a contemporary of Shakespeare (Thomas 

 Morley) and published in the year 1600. The words of the song 

 " Should he Upbraid," were altered from the speech of Petruchio 

 in the •' Taming of the Shrew." The song was composed by Sir 

 H. Bishop, and originally sung by a lady in " The two Gentlemen 

 of Verona," but had lately been introduced into the Play to 

 which the words belonged. 



The Programme included selections from Mendelssohn's music 

 to " A Midsummer Night's Dream," the Overture Scherzo, 

 Nocturne, and Wedding March, four Piano Duetts being ex- 

 ecuted by Messrs. Fred and Saville Myers. Miss Horner sang 

 with taste and feeling. Miss Mary Hutton and Mr. Arnold sang 

 excellently, and Mr. Pennington displayed great skill with his 

 violin. The Soiree was a decided success. 



PLACE NAMES IN AND AROUND BURNLEY. 



By THOMAS DEAN, M.D. November 13th, 1888. 



In introducing his subject, the reader first took 



A Glimpse at the Ancient Bkitons. 



Before the Eomans conquered Britain, the inhabitants of this 

 part of the island were a wild, uncultivated, pagan people ; what 

 culture existed was confined to the Druidical Priests. The people 

 were scattered in tribes, each tribe fighting for its own hand ; 

 when they wore clothing in the colder months it consisted of the 

 skins of wild animals taken in the chase ; rude huts made from 

 the boughs of trees protected them from the weather ; their food 

 consisted of acorns, wild roots, com and fruit, and those wild 

 animals and birds they could kill by hunting. Bears, wolves, 

 beavers, and lesser wild animals were very common, the hills in 

 this neighbourhood showed their bare tops through the woods 

 and forests, and the valleys were marshy, and in rainy weather 

 nearly impassable on account of the numerous pools or meres that 

 existed ; there were no roads, and the tribes, when defeated, took 

 to the hills. The language of this people was similar to the 

 Welsh of the present day. Bather more than half a century 

 before the Christian Era the Romans invaded Britain and finally 

 conquered it, but did not leave much of their civilization in these 

 parts of Lancashire. There are traces of their presence ; we can 

 just say they came and they went. When the Eomans retired, 



