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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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dant, crowned with the imperial crown, or; si- 

 nister, an unicorn argent, armed, crined, unguled, 

 gorged witli a coronet composed of crosses patees, 

 and fleurs-de-lis, a chain affixed thereto ])assing 

 between its forelegs, and reflexed over the back, 

 all or. These have been used as the ro3'al snp- 

 porters ever since tlieir first adoption, wiili bnt 

 one exception, and that is in the seal of the Ex- 

 chequer, time of Charles I., where tlie supporters 

 are an antelope and stag, botli ducally collared 

 and chained. E.K. 



Tlie JFrog and the Crow of Ennoiv. — In answer 

 to M. (Vol.ii., p. 136.), I send you tlie edition of 

 "the frog and the crow" which I have been fami- 

 liar with since childhood. I can give you no his- 

 tory of it, save that it is tolerably well known in 

 Lancashire ; and that tlie point consists in giving a 

 scream over the last "oh! "which invariably, if 

 well done, elicits a start even in those who are 

 familiar with the rhyme, and know what to expect. 



The Frog and the Crow. 



" There was a jolly fat frop; lived in the river Swimmo, 

 And tliere was a comely black crow lived on the 



river Brimmo ; 

 Come on shore, come on shore, said the crow to the 



frocT, and then, oh ; 

 No, you'll bite me, no, you'll bite me, said the frog 



to the crow again, oh. 



" But there is sweet music on yonder green hill, oh. 

 And you shall be a dancer, a dancer in yellow, 

 All ill yellow, all in yellow, said the crow to the frog, 



and then, oh ; 

 Sir, I thank you. Sir, I thank you, said the frog to 



the crow again, oh. 



"' Farewell, ye little fishes, that are in the river Swimmo, 

 For I am going to be a dancer, a dancer in yellow ; 

 Oh, beware. Oh, beware, said the fish to the frog 



again, oh ; 

 All in yellow, all in yellow, said the frog to the fish, 



and then, oh. 



" The frog he came a-swimming, a-swimming, to 



land, oh, 

 And the crow, he came a-hopping to lend him his 



hand, oh ; 

 Sir, I thank you ; Sir, I thank you, said the frog to 



the crow, and then, oh ; 

 Sir, you're welcome ; Sir, you're welcome, said the 



crow to the frog again, oh. 



" But where is the music on yonder green hill, oh ; 

 And where are the dancers, the dancers in yellow. 

 All in yellow, all in yellow? said the frog to the 



crow, and then, oh ; 

 Sir, they're here ; Sir, they're here, said the crow to 



the frog, and eat him all up, Oh," (screamed.) 



The moral is obvious, and tlie diction too recent 

 for the song to have any great antiquity. I have 

 never seen it in print. T. I. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC. 



Tt would, we think, be extremely difficult to find any 

 subject upon which persons, otherwise well informed, 

 were so entirely ignorant, until the appearance of Mrs. 

 Jameson's Sacred and Legendary Art, as the one upon 

 which that lady treated in those ably written and beau- 

 tifully illustrated volumes. It seemed as if the Act of 

 Henry "\'III., which declared that the n.ime and re- 

 membrance of Thomas a Becket should be erased from 

 all documents, had had the effect of olilitcrating from 

 all memories not only the often puerile, often offensive 

 stories of the legend-mongers, but, with them, all re- 

 membrance of those holy men of old, whose piety to- 

 wards God, and love for tlieir fellow men, furnished 

 example for all succeeding ages. To readers of all 

 classes Mrs. Jameson opened up a new and most in- 

 teresting subject : to lovers of Art almost a new world, 

 from the light which her learning and criticism threw 

 upon its master-pieces. What wonder is it, then, that 

 the success of her Sacred and Legendary Art, confined 

 as the two volumes necessarily were to legends of 

 angels and archangels, evangelists and apostles, the 

 Fathers, the Magdalene, the patron saints, the virgin 

 patronesses, the martyrs, bishops and hermits, and the 

 patron saints of Christendom, should have led Mrs. 

 Jameson to continue her labours? The first part of 

 such continuation is now before us, under the title of 

 Legends of the Monastic Orders : and most fitting it is 

 that the three great divisions of the regular ecclesiastics 

 should be thus commemorated, since of them Mrs. 

 Jameson aptly remarks, that while each had a distinct 

 vocation, there was one vocation common to all : — " The 

 Benedictine Monks instituted schools of learning ; the 

 Augustines built noble cathedrals ; the Mendicant j 

 Orders founded hosjiitals : all became patrons of tlie i 

 Fine Arts on such a scale of munificence, that the pro- I 

 tection of the most renowned princes has been mean 

 and insignificant in comparison." Nor is this their 

 only claim ; for the earliest artists of the Middle Ages 

 were monks of the Benedictine Order. " As architects, | 

 as glass painters, as mosaic workers, as carvers in wood 

 and metal, they were the precursors of all that has since 

 been achieved in Christian Art : and if so few of these 

 admirable and gifted men are known to us individually 

 and by name, it is because they worked for the honour 

 of God and their community, not for profit, nor for 

 reputation." The merits of IMrs. Jameson's first series 

 were universally acknowledged. The present volume 

 may claim as high a meed of praise. If possible, it 

 exceeds its predecessors in liter.ary interest, and in the 

 beauty of the etchings and woodcuts which accompany 

 it. As a handbook to the traveller who wanders 

 through the treasuries of Art, it will be indispensable; 

 while to those who are destined not to leave their 

 homes it will be invaluable, for the light it throws 

 upon the social condition of Europe in those ages in 

 which the monastic orders had their origin. It is a 

 volume highly suggestive both of Notes and Queries, 

 and in such forms we shall take occasion to return to it. 



Messrs. Puttick and Simpson (191. Piccadilly) will 

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