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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 68. 



gether false and puerile. Neither were they giants, 

 nor are we dwarfs, but all of us men of the same stand- 

 ard ; and 7ve, the taller of the two, by adding their 

 height to our own. Provided always that we do not 

 yield to them in study, attention, vigilance, and love 

 of truth ; for if these (jualitics be wanting, so far from 

 mounting on the giant's shoulders, we throw away the 

 advantages of our own just stature, by remaining pros- 

 trate on the ground." 



Liidovicus Vives, the eminent Spanish writer, 

 died in 1540, and therefore preceded tlie active 

 period of Lord Bacon's mind by about half a 

 centvtry. 



Mr. Stewart likewise cites the following sen- 

 tences of Seneca, which, however, can hardly be 

 said to contain the G;erm of this thought: — 



" Vcniet tempus quo ista qure nunc latent, in lucem 

 dies extrahet, ct longioris a:vi diligentia. . . . Veniet 

 tempus, quo poster! nostri tarn apei ta nos nescisse mi- 

 rabuntur." — Quccst. Nat. vii. 25. 



L. 



Umhrdla (Vol. !., p. 414. ; Vol. ii., i^p. 23. 93. 

 126.346.491.523.; Vol. iii., p. 37.).— Although 

 I conceive that ample proof has been given "in 

 your columns that umbrellas were generally known 

 at an earlier period than had been commonly sup- 

 posed, yet the following additional facts may not 

 perhaps be unacceptable to your readers. 



In Bailey's Dictionary, vol. i. (8th edit. 1737), 

 are these articles : — 



" Parasol, a sort of small canopy or umbrella, to 

 keep off the rain.'' 



" Umbella, a little shadow ; an umbrella, bon-grace, 

 skrcen-fan, &c., which women bear iu their hands to 

 shade them." 



" Umbeli.iforous Plants [among hoiamsti\. Plants 

 which have roimd tufts, or small stalks standing upon 

 greater ; or have their tops branched and spread like a 

 lady's vmhrdla." 



"UiiiiUFLLo [Om&rc//e, F. ; Owhrella, Ital. o( Um- 

 bella, or Umhrecula, L ], a sort of skreen that is held 

 over the head for prest-rving from the sun or rain ; also 

 a wooden frame covered with cloth or stuff, to keep off 

 the sun from a window." 



In Bailey's Dictionary, vol. ii. (3rd edit. 1737), 

 is the following : — 



" Umbei.latei) [Umbtllatus, L.] ; bossed. In hotatt. 

 writ, is said of flowers when many of them grow to- 

 gether, disposed somewhat like an umbrella. The make 

 is a sort of broad, roundish surface of the whole, &c. 

 &c." 



Horace Walpole {Memoirs of the Beign of 

 George II., vol. iii. p. 153.X narrating the punish- 

 ment of Dr. Shebbeare for a libel, 5th December, 



1758, says, — 



" The man siood in the pillory, having a footman 

 holding an umbrella to keep off tlie rain." 



In Burrow's Reports (vol. ii.. p. 792.) is an 

 account of the proceedings in the Court of 'King's 

 Bench against Arthur Beardmore, under-sheriff°of 



Middlesex, for contempt of court in remitting 

 part of the sentence on Dr. Shebbeare. The affi^ 

 davits produced by the Attorney-General stated — 

 " That the defendant only stood vpon the ])latform of 

 the pillory, unconfined, and at his ease, attended by a 

 servant in Uverij (which servant and livery were hired 

 for this occasion only) holding an umbrella over his 

 head, all the time : " 



and Mr. Justice Dennison, in pronouncing sen- 

 tence on Beardmore, did not omit to allude to the 

 um.brella. C. H. Cooper. 



Cambridge, January 2,5. 1851. 



Form of Prayer at the Healing (Vol. iii., p. 42.). 

 — A copy of this service of an earlier date than, 

 those mentioned is before me. It was printed in 

 folio at the Hague, 1650; and is appended to "a 

 Form of Prayer used in King Charles II.'s Chap- 

 pel upon Tuesdays, in the times of his trouble and 

 distress." Charles I. was executed on that day of 

 the week. J. H. M. 



iHigrcirauc0tt£f. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC, 



" Thoughts take up no room," saith Jeremy Collier, 

 in a curious passage which Mr. Elmes has adopted as 

 the motto of a pretty little volume, which he has just 

 put forth under the following characteristic title : 

 Ifora; Vaciva, a Thout/ht-l/ook of the Wise Spirits nf all 

 Ages and all Countries, fit for all Men and all Horns. 

 The work appears to have furnished a source of occu- 

 pation to its editor when partially recovering from a 

 deprivation of sight. It is well described by him as a 

 " Spicilegium of golden thoughts of wise spirits, who, 

 though dead, yet speak ; " and being printed in Whit- 

 tiiigham's quaintest style, and suitably bound, this 

 'I'hought-book is as externally tempting as it is intrin- 

 sically valuable. 



The Calendar of the Anglican Church Illustrated, with 

 Brief Accounts oftheSaints wlw have Churches dedicated in 

 their Na?ne!!, or whose Images are most frequently met with 

 in Enghmd ; the Early Christian and MecUaival Synilols ; 

 and an Index of Emblems, is sufficiently described in 

 its title-p.ige. The editor very properly explains that 

 the work is of an archaeological, not of a theological cha- 

 racter — and as such it is certainly one which English 

 archceologists and ecclesiologists have long wanted. 

 The editor, while judiciously availing himself of the 

 labours of Alt, Iladowitz, Didron, and other foreign 

 writers, has not spared his own, liaving, with the view 

 to one portion of it, compiled a list of all the churches 

 in England, with the saints after whom they were 

 named. This is sufficient to show that the work is 

 one of research, and consequently of value ; that 

 value being materially increased by the numerous 

 woodcuts admirably engraved by Mr. O. Jewitt, with 

 which it is illustrated. 



Books Received. — Helena, The Physician's Orphan. 

 The third number of Mrs. Clarke's interesting series 

 of tales, entitled. The Girlhood of S/iakspeare's Heroines. 



