June 15. 1850.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



47 



Court. The "park" referred to, but not named 

 in the verses, is the disreputable place called 

 " Whetstone Park," near Holborn. C. 



Christabel (Vol. i., p. 262.). — After along hunt 

 among Manx and Iligliland superstitions, I have 

 just found that the passage I was in search of 

 belongs to " The Debateable Land." 



" ' Reverend father,' replied Magdalen, ' hast thou 

 never heard that there are spirits powerful to rend the 

 walls of a castle asunder when once admitted, which 

 yet cannot enter the house iinless they are invited, nay, 

 dragged ooer the threshold^ Twice hath Roland Groeme 

 been thus drawn into the household of Avenel by those 

 who now hold the title. Let them look to the issue.' " 

 — The Abbot, chap. 15., ad fin., and note. 



C. FoBBES. 



Temple, April 15. 



Derivation of^'' Trianon" (Vol. i., p. 439.; vol. ii., 

 p. 13.). — Your correspondent Aredjid Kooes is 

 certainly right : Trianon was the name of a village, 

 which formerly stood on the site of these two 

 chateau.^. (See Vatout, and all the histories of 

 Versailles.) I would take this occasion of suggest- 

 ing, that it is essential to the value of your work 

 that your correspondents should be careful not to 

 lead us astray by mere guesses. What authority 

 has your correspondent J. K. R. W. (Vol. ii., p. 13.) 

 for asserting that '■'■ti-ianon is a word meaning a 

 pavilion?" And if, as I believe, he has not the 

 slightest, I appeal to him whether it is fair to the 

 public to assert it so confidently. C. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, CATALOGUES, SALES, ETC. 



We recently called attention to Mr. Colburn's new 

 Edition of The Diary and Correspondence of John 

 Evelyn. We have now to announce from the same 

 publisher an inedited work by Evelyn, entitled The 

 History of Religion, to be printed from tlie original 

 MS. in the Library at Wotton. The work, which it 

 is said contains a condensed statement and investigation 

 of the natural and scriptural evidences, is the result of 

 an endeavour on Evelyn's part to satisfy himself amidst 

 the startling manifestations of infidelity, fanaticism, and 

 conflicting opinion by which he found himself sur- 

 rounded. 



Sir Fortunatus Dwarris has just put forth a privately 

 printed Letter to J. I'ayne Collier, Esq., in which he 

 endeavours to solve the great political Query of George 

 the Third's time. His pamphkt is called Some new 

 Facts and a Suggested New Theory as to the Authorship 

 of (he Letters of Junius. Sir Fortunatus' theory, which 

 lie supports with a good deal of amusing illustration 

 by way of proof, is, that Jinilus, to use the language of 

 Mark Tapley, was "a Co.," "ihiit the writer was one, 

 but the abettors were many," that Sir I'ljllip I''rancis 

 was the head of the Finn, but that among the sleeping 



partners were Lords Temple, Chatham, and George 

 Sackville, the three Burkes, Colonel Barre, Dyer, 

 Loyd, Boyd, and others. 



It can scarcely be necessary to remind our Archaeo- 

 logical friends that the Annual Meeting of the Institute 

 at Oxford will commence on Tuesday next. The selec- 

 tion of Oxford as the place of meeting was a most happy 

 one, and from the preparations which have been made, 

 both by the Heads of Houses and the Managers of the 

 Institute, there can be little doubt of the great success 

 of this Oxford Congress of ArchiEologists. 



Messrs. Sotheby and Co. will commence on Monday, 

 the 24th of this month, the Sale of the second portion 

 of the valuable stock of Messrs. Payne and Foss, in- 

 cluding an excellent collection of Classics, Philology, 

 History, and Belles Lettres, — a recent purchase from 

 the Library ofa well-known collector, — and about fifteen 

 hundred volumes bound by the most eminent binders. 

 The sale of this portion will occupy nine days. 



We have received the following catalogues : — 

 John Russell Smith (4. Old Compton Street;, A Rider 

 Catalogue of Second-hand Books ; John Miller's (43. 

 Chandos Street) Catalogue, No. 7. for 1850, of Books 

 Old and New; William Heath's (29i. Lincoln's Inn 

 Fields) Select Catalogue of Second-liand Books ; and 

 Bernard Quaritch's (16. Castle Street, Leicester Square) 

 Catalogue No. 17. of Books, comprising Architecture, 

 Fine Arts, Dialects, and Languages of Europe and 

 Asia; and Cole's (15. Great Turnstile) List No. XXVI. 

 of very Cheap Second-hand Books. 



BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 



WANTED TO PURCHASE. 



(In continuation of Lists informer Nos.) 



Arc».na of Science. 1829. 



Andrew Stewart's Lettehs to Lord Mansfield on the 



Douglas Cise. About 17'J3. 

 Newman on the Arians. 

 Lawson on the Hebrews. 



WeSTPHALM MoNtrsiENTA InEDITA KeB. GeRMANICARHM. 



BiBCHERODTOs DE CoRNiBus ET CoHNUTis, 4to. Hal'iiiae. 

 Odd Volumes. 



The first volume of The Works of Alexanher Pope, Esq. 



London, printed in the year 1772. No publislier named. 

 The third volume of 'I'he Works of .Shakspeare, in T*-n Vols. 



Edinburgh, printed by Marteu and Wotherapoon. 17W. 



*»* Letters, stating particul.irs and lowest price, cnrria«e free, 

 to be sent to Mr. Bell, Publisher of '■ NOJ'F.S AND 

 QUERIE.S," 186. Fleet Street. 



^atitei to C0rrc£fp0iitfciit^. 



Chaucer's Tomb. Will J. W. P., who has funrardrd 

 to us a contribution to the Restoration of Chaucer's Monu- 

 meitt, favour us with his name and address ? 



Titie-I'agf. and Indf.x to Voi-u.me THE First. The 

 preparation of the Index with that fullness which can 

 alone render it useful, has tiihen more time than was anti- 

 cipated. It will, however, be ready very shortly. 



Covers for the First Volume ore preparing, and will be 

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