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Thames, at Gravesend, at Liverpool, in the Green 
Park, at Banbury, and near Worthing, to which 
let me add also Walsall and Stafford. J. EB. 
Clifton. 
Mignonette the Badge of the Counts of Saxony (2° 
S. i. 454.) — Does not D. L. mean rue, a wreath 
of which occurs in the arms of Saxony, and of 
which the following origin is given by Heylin ? 
“The arms are Barrewise of six pieces sable and or, a 
bend flowered vert, which bend was added to the coat by 
the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, when he confirmed 
Bernard of Anhalt in the Dukedom, 1180. He, desiring 
the Emperor to have some difference added to the Ducal 
coat (before only Barry sable and or) to distinguish him 
and his successors from those of the former House, the 
Emperor took a chaplet of rue which he had then upon 
his head, and threw it across his buckler or escutcheon of 
arms, which was presently painted thereon.” 
R. W. Hacxwoop. 
Miscelanesus. 
NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 
We are indebted to Messrs. Black of Edinburgh for one 
of the pleasantest books which have been issued during 
the present season. Under the modest title of Memorials 
of His Time, by Henry Cockburn, this accomplished 
gentleman has given us his recollections of the distin- 
guished men and important events that had marked the 
progress of Scotland during his day. The book is a 
model for books of such a nature. Full of gossiping and 
most graphic notices of “ Auld Reekie” at the commence- 
ment of the present century —when the Old Parliament 
House, “the Krames,’ “Wryttes Houses,” and the 
“ Heart of Midlothian,” were all part and parcel of the 
city—rich, too, in pictures of the then condition of society 
in Edinburgh, with all its marked nationalities — yet the 
great charm of Lord Cockburn’s Memorials will be found 
in the author’s clever pen-and-ink sketches of the men 
who made Edinburgh what it is. H. B. could not in a 
few lines have hit off more life-like portraits: and it says 
much for the love of justice and kindliness of heart of 
Lord Cockburn, that he dwells with obvious pleasure on 
the bright side of the characters of those whom he is 
describing. Himself a strong Whig, he likes to speak 
well of men of the opposite side: and none can doubt the 
honesty and true-heartedness of one whose belief in 
the worthiness of human nature breathes through every 
line of this most charming volume. 
From Cockburn to Christopher North is a strange, 
though not altogether unnatural transition: for both are 
painters of Edinburgh society, though their pictures are 
from opposite points of view. We may therefore here 
record the publication of the concluding volume of the 
Noctes Ambrosiane, which is made most acceptable by 
a good Index. For the good things of Christopher are 
so many, and so multifarious, that they stand in great 
need of an Index. 
There is not one of our publishing Societies which does 
its work better than The Hackluyt; and to the many 
excellent unpublished voyages and travels which the So- 
ciety has given to the world, we have now to add The 
East India Voyages of Sir Henry Middleton, edited by 
Mr. Bolton Corney. The scrupulous care and conscientious 
accuracy with which Mr. Corney always discharges his 
editorial duties, are patent in the work before us, which 
is most valuable as throwing light upon the early voyages 
of the East India Company, the narratives of which have 
hitherto remained in comparative and undeserved ob- 
scurity. 
Booxs Recrtvep. — The Transactions of the Surrey 
Archeological Society for the Years 1854-5, Vol. I. part i., 
deserves honourable mention; not only for the abilit: 
displayed in the several papers printed in it, but for the 
neatness with which, without any unnecessary expen- 
diture of the funds of the Society, it has been printed and 
illustrated. 
Disciplina Rediviva, or Hints and Helps for Youths 
leaving School. By the Rey. John Smith Gilderdale, 
M.A. An excellent outline of private study, well de- 
serving the attention of all; but especially of those who 
may contemplate examination by the Civil Service Com- 
missioners, 
An Essay on the Life and Genius of Thomas Fuller ; 
with Selections from his Writings. By Henry Rogers. 
The cheap, useful, and instructive series of works pub- 
lished by Messrs. Longman under the title of the Zra- 
veller's Library, is brought to a fitting close by this ex- 
cellent essay, and the capital selection of Fudleriana which 
is appended to it. 
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