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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 74. 



nearly the whole of the historical portions of which, 

 consisting of rc-vised cojiiesof Achan y Saint, historical 

 triads, cbronicli-s, &c. are ready for the press, having 

 been prepared for the late Record Commission, hy 

 Aneurin Owen, Es((., and since placed hy the Right 

 Hon the iNIaster of the Rolls at the disposal of the 

 Welsh MSS. Society for puhlication. As the first volume 

 consists of ancient jioetry from the sixth to tlie four- 

 teenth centuries, much of which, from its present im- 

 perfect state, requires to be collated with ancient MS. 

 copies of the poems, not accessihle to the former edi- 

 tors ; in Older to afford more time for that most es- 

 sential object, it is projjosed to commence with the 

 publication of the historical matter : while the laws 

 of Howel Dda, having been recently published by 

 the Record Commission, will not be included ; by 

 which means it is expected the original Welsh text and 

 English translations of the rest of the work can be 

 comprised in four or live volumes, as the greatest care 

 will be paid to the (|uantity of matter aiid its accuracy, 

 as well as typographical excellence, so as to ensure the 

 largest amount of information at the least expense. 

 We need hardly say that this patriotic undertaking 

 has our heartiest wishes for its success. 



The Rev. J. t'oishall, one of the editors of the re- 

 cently published Jf'ichlijfd Bible, has just edited, under 

 the title of Remonslrance a(/(tin.st Romish Corruptions in 

 the Church, nd'Iressed to the People and Parliainent of 

 England in 1395, 18 liio. II., a most valuable paper 

 drawn up by I'urvey, one of Wicklifle's friends and 

 disciples, for the king, lords, and commons, then 

 about to assemble in parliament. As presenting a 

 striking picture of the condition of the English 

 Church at the time, when combined efforts were first 

 made with any zealousaess of purpose for its amend- 

 ment and reform ; and affording a tolerably com- 

 plete sketch of the views and notions of the Wick- 

 liUite party on those points of ecclesiastical polity and 

 doctrine, in which they were most strongly opposed to 

 the then prevailing opinions ; this puhlic.uion is an 

 extremely valuable contribution to the history of a 

 period in our annals, which has scarcely yet received 

 its dne share of attention ; while the great question 

 which is agitating the public mind renders the ap- 

 pearance of Purvey 's tract at this moment peculiarly 

 well-timed. JMr. Forshall has executed his task in a very 

 able manner; the Introduotiun is brief and to the pur- 

 pose, and the short glossary which he has appended is 

 just what it should be. 



The Camden Society has lately added a very im- 

 portant work to its list of intended publications. It 

 is the St. Paul's Donitsday of the Minors belonying to 

 the Cathedral in the year l'J22, and is to be edited, 

 with an introduction and illustrative notes, by Arch- 

 deacon Hale. 



IMessrs. Puttick and Simpson (191. Piccadilly) will 

 sell, on Monday next and four following days, a se- 

 lection of valuable Rooks, including old poetry, plays, 

 chap-books, and drolleries, and some important i\ISS. 

 connected with English County and Family History. 



Messrs. Sotheiiy and Wilkinson (:J. Wellington .Street, 

 Strand) will sell on Monday the valuable collection 

 of English coins and medals of Abraham Rhodes, Esq. ; 

 on Wednesday and Thursday, a valuable collejtion of 



engravings, drawings, and painting';, including a very 

 fine drawing of Torento by Turner ; and on Friday 

 and two following days, the valuable assemblage of 

 Greek, &c. coins and medals, including the residue of 

 the Syrian Regal TetraJrachms, recently found at 

 Tarsus in Cidcia, the property of F. R. P. Roocke, Esq. 



Books Received. — Angels the Ministers of God's 

 Providence. A Sermon preached before the University of 

 Dublin on Quinqua;icsima Sunday, 1851, hy the Uev. 

 Richard Gibbiugs, M.A. — The Legend of Saint Peter's 

 Chair, by Anthony Rich, Jun., B.A. A clever and 

 caustic reply to Dr. Wiseman's attack on Lady IMorgan, 

 by a very competent authority — the learned editor 

 of the Iduxirated Companion to the Latin Dictionary 

 and Gretk Lexicon. Dr. Wiseman pronounced Lady 

 IVforgan's statetnent to be " foolish and wicked." Mr, 

 Rich has shown that thee strong epithets may more 

 justly be ajiplied to Dr. Wiseman's ovvn " Remarks." 

 — Supplement to Second Edition of Dr. Herbert Mii/o's 

 Letters on the Truths contained in Popular Superstitions 

 may be best characterised in the writer's own words, 

 as " a notice of some peculiar motions, hitherto unob- 

 served, to the manifestation of which, an influence un- 

 consciously proceeding from the living human frame 

 is necessaiy," and a very startling notice it is. 



Catalogltes Rkceived. — Williams and Norgate's 

 (14. Henrietta Street) Catalogue No. 2. of Foreign 

 Second-hand Books, and Books at reduced Prices; 

 W. Nield's (46. Burlington Arcade) Catalogue No. 5. 

 of Very Cheap Books; W. Waller and Son's (188. 

 Fleet Street) Catalogue, Part 1. for 185 !, of Choice 

 Books at remarkably low prices. 



BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 



WANTED TO FURCH.\SE. 



The Patrii-hn, eibteJ by Burke. Vol. 1. 



Historical ItEGisTKH. January, 181''. N'os. l.to4. 



A MittiKjK I'oii W.iTHEMATIcs, by ICobert Famicr, Gent. Lon.lon, 



l.)S7. 

 Had. Campin's Fiiench Revolution (English Translation). 

 Pakhy's .\utric VoVKGE. 



I'ltANKLI.N'S AltCTIC VoYAGE. 



•«• Letturs stating particulars and lo'vpst p-ice, cnrri.ige free, 

 to be sent to Mu. Bull. Pobliiher ot " NOTES AND 

 QUEKIES," ISU. Fleet SirCLt. 



JI'(' l/i/s week linvf the jilcasure of presenting our readers with 

 an extra Eigttt Pages, reniiereU necessary b" our increasing car- 

 respundence If each one of our readers could procure us one 

 additional suhscrilier. it would enable us to nialce this enlargement 

 permanent, instead of occasional. 



E. N. \V. A ring irhich nad belonged to Mary Queen of Scots, 

 very similar to th.it teliick E. N. W pjsscsscs, was exliibiled same 

 years since. A friend, on w/uise judgment ire place great reli' 

 ance, is of opinion tliut tlie cutting on E. N. W.'s ring is modern. 

 Could nit K. X. VV. er/iUnl it at tli' Sicieti/ of ,-tntiqu:iries ? Mr. 

 Aherman, the resident Secretary would take charge of it for tliat 

 purpose. 



Lammer Beids. Justice to Mr. Blowen requires that ve 

 should expla n that his article in No. (»8 wns accidentally inserted 

 after tie had expressed his wish to willtdraw it, in consequence of 

 j\Ir. Way's must satisfactory paper in No. G7. 



E. jNI. '* God tempers tiie wind," &c. Much curious illustra' 

 tian of this proverb, of which tlie French version occurs in Gr titer's 

 Florilegium, printed in Hill, wilt be found in "Notes and 

 QliEKiLS," Vol. I., pp. 'ill. 2:iG. 3^5. 357. 418. 



E. M. " Vox I'opuli Vox Dei " were tlie words chosen by 

 .Archbishop Mepham for his Sermon, u'hen Edio. III. was calUat 

 to the throne. .SVe " Notrs and Queries," Vol. 1., pp. 370. 419. 

 492. for further illustrations. 



