Sept. 13. 1851.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



199 



I very much doubt also whether the style of 

 " Tlie Honorable " is properly given to the judges. 



It would be curious to trace the commencement 

 of the practice of addressing a judge on the bench 

 as " My Lord." In the Year Books are numerous 

 instances of his being addressed simply " Syr." 

 OiF the bench the chief alone is entitled to the de- 

 signation " 2dy Lord," and that address can be 

 properly given to the puisne judges only when 

 they are on the circuit, and then because they are 

 acting under a special royal commission. 



Edw. Foss. 



The Ring Finger (Vol. iv., p. 150.). — -In the 

 ancient ritual of marriage, the ring was placed b/ 

 the husband on the top of the thumb of the left 

 hand, with the words " In the name of the Father;" 

 he then removed it to the forefinger, saying, " and 

 of the Son;" then to tlie middle finger, adding, 

 " Jind of the Holy Ghost ;" finally, he left it as now, 

 on the fourth finger, with the closing word 

 " Amen." K. S. H. 



Morwenstow. 



iHt'Sccriaucnuo. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC. 



The name of Dr. Freund is probably known to many 

 of our readers as that of the most profound lexico- 

 grapher of the present day, so far as the Latin language 

 is concerned. His larger Latin-German Lexicon is as 

 remarkable for its philosophical arrangement as for the 

 philological acquirements of its author ; and of thati 

 important and valuable work a translation, or rather an 

 adaptation, is now before us, in one handsome octavo 

 volume, under die title of A Copious and Critical Latin- 

 English Lexicon, founded on tlie larger German- Latin 

 Lexicon of Dr. JVilliam Freund : with Additions and 

 Corrections from the Lexicons of Gesner, Facciolali, 

 Scheller, Georges, &c. By E. A. Andrews. LL.D., &c. 

 Dr. Andrews and his assistants have executed their 

 respective portions of the work in a most able manner ; 

 and the book, which in its getting up is as creditable to 

 American typography as its editing is to American 

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The Churchyard Manual, intended chiefly for Rural 

 Districts, by the Rev. W. H. Kelke, is a little volume 

 publi^hed for the purpose of promoting the improve- 

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 Christian character. It is illustrated with some ex- 

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 and contains a judicious selection of epitaphs, and is 

 indeed altogether well calculated to accomplish the 

 good end at which the author aims. 



Archmological Guide to Ely Cathedrid i prepared for 

 the Visit of the Bury and IVest Suffolk Archrtologiciil 

 Inttitiite, .Sept. 1851, is a most useful little tract, cal- 

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 of the 13ury Institute, in their visit to the venerable 

 pile which it desciibes, but furnishing just the heads 



of information which future visitors will require, and 

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BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES 



WANTED TO PURCHASE. 



No. 3. of Summer Productiohs, or Progressive Miscellanies, 

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History of Virginia. Folio. London. 1624. 



The Apologetics of Athenagoras, Englished by D. Hum- 

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Bomllus de Ammj: iMiiotcTALiTATE, ETC. Lugdunt, 1.522. 4to. 



Kcinoel's Nov. Trsr. Tom. 1. 



The Friend, by Coleridge. Vol.111. Pickering. 



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F. S. The allusiun to which our correspondent rrfers, is to a 

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" The Sun's perpendicular heat 

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 And the lislies. hetiiiuiing to sweat,* 

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Radix. A diamond Latin Dictionary, by Middle, has, we be- 

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G. JL P., who inquires as to the origin and proper name of the 

 character " & " (and-per-se-and, and-by-itseli-and), ij referred 

 to our 2nd Vol. pp. 2.iU. 284. 



E. A. T. Das Knahen Wunderhorn has never been translated 

 into English, fi'e have no doubt, huwtver, but that translations 

 have been made of many of the pieces contained in it, 



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 of Way — Poidster. 



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