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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 59. 



Frances Lady Norton. — Can any of your 

 readers fjive me an account of the life of Frances 

 Lady Norton, who wrote a work, entitled The 

 Applause of Virtue, in Four Pa?-ts, consisting of 

 Divine and Moral Fssaijs towards the obtaining of 

 True Virtue, 4to 1705 ? It is a very delightful 

 book, full of jiatristic learning. I am aware she 

 was the daughter of Ralph Freke, Esq., of Han- 

 nington, and married Sir George Norton, Knt , of 

 Abbot's Leigh, in the county of Somerset. I wish 

 to know what other books she wrote, if any, and 

 where her life may be found ? Perhaps the Freke 

 family could furnish an account of this learned 

 lady. The work I believe to be extremely scarce. 



Richard Hoopek. 



Westminster Wedding. — Jeremy Collier says, 

 in one of his Essays (Part iii. Essay viii.) : 



" As for the business of friendship you mentioned, 

 'tis not to be had at a ll'estminster Weddiug." 



Being much interested in weddings in West- 

 minster at the present day, I should be much 

 obliged to any of your readers who can throw any 

 light on the observation of the Essayist, as above 

 cited. What other authors use the term? R. H. 



Stone'.'i Diary. — Stone, the celebrated sculptor, 

 left a valuable diary. The MS. was in the pos- 

 session of Vertue the engraver. Has it ever been 

 printed ? Edward F. Rimbault. 



Dr. King's Poem of The Toast. — Where can I 

 find a key to Dr. King's Heroic Poem, called The 

 Toast f Isaac Reed's copy, with a manuscript hey, 

 sold at his sale for \0l. 10s. 



Edward F. Rimbault. 



Anima Magis, Sfc. — To whom is this sentence 

 to be ascribed — 



" Anima magis est ubi amat 

 Q.uam ubi auimat." 



Ttro-Ettmologicus. 



The Advenhires of Peter Wilkins. — Is the author 

 of this delightful work of fiction known? The 

 first edition was published in 1751, but it does 

 not contain the dedication to Elizabeth, Countess 

 of Northumberland, found in later impressions. 

 When was this dedication axlded ? It is observable 

 t.hat in all the editions I have seen, the initials 

 R. P. are signed to the dedication, while 1\. S. 

 appears on the title-page. 



Edward F. Rimbault. 



Tahmid, Translations of. — 1 . Have there been 

 any English translations of the Talmud, or any 

 complete section of it? 2. What are the most 

 esteemed Continental and Latin translations ? 



S. P. H. T. 



Toi'u by Horses. — What is the last instance in 

 the histoi-y of France of a culprit being torn by 

 horses? Jean Chatel, who attempted to assassi- 



nate Henri Quatre, suffered thus in 1595. (Crowe's 

 France, i. 364.) Ed. S. Jackson. 



The Marks *, f , |, §r. — What is the origin of 

 the asterisk, obelus, &c., used lor references to 

 notes ? When were they first used ? AVhat are 

 their proper names ? Ed. S. Jackson. 



Totteridge, Herts, Oct. 23. 



Blackguard. — Walking once through South 

 Wales, we found an old woman by the roadside 

 sellin<r a drink she called blacksruard. It was com- 

 posed of beer and gin, spiced with pepper, and well 

 deserved its name. Is this a common beverage 

 in the principality ? J. AV. H. 



SJciiIit^. 



CHURCH HISTORY SOCIETY. 



I am much obliged to your correspondent 

 Laicus for his inquiry respecting the proposed 

 Society (Vol. ii., p. 464 ), \\' ill you allow me to 

 express to him my confident hope, that the pro- 

 posed plan, or some modification of it by a com- 

 mittee (when one shall exist) may in due time be 

 carried out. But there seems to be no reason for 

 haste ; and in the formation of such a body it is 

 desirable to have as many avowed supporters to 

 select from as possible. I do not think that the 

 matter is much known yet, though I have to thank 

 you for a kind notice ; and I need not tell some 

 of your correspondents that I have received very 

 encouraging letters. But, in truth, as I did not 

 expect any profit, or desire any responsibility as to 

 either money or management, and only wished to 

 lay before the public an idea which had existed 

 ii\ my own mind for some years, and which had 

 obtained the sanction of some whom I thought 

 competent judges ; and as I had, moreover, pub- 

 lished pamphlets enough to know that a contribu- 

 tion of waste paper to any object is often one of 

 the most costly, I did not feel myself ciJled on to 

 go to so much expense in advertising as I perhaps 

 might have done if I had been spending the money 

 of a society instead of my own. I sent but few 

 copies; none, I believe, except to persons with 

 whom I had some acquaintance, and whom I 

 thought likely to take more or less interest in the 

 subject. 



I trust, however, that the matter is quietly and 

 solidly growing ; and from communications which 

 I have received, and resources on which I believe 

 I may reckon, I feel no doubt that if it were con- 

 sidered desirable, friends and money enough to set 

 such a society going might be immediately brought 

 forward. It is one advantage of the proposed 

 plan, that it may be tried on almost any scale. A 

 society so constituted would not begin its exist- 



