322 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2-4 S. VI. 147., Oct. 23. '58. 



" Will be sure to jade in a long journey." — Gurnall's 

 Cliristian in Armour, iii. 348. 408. 



" Over a narrow bridge wbere a wrie step may hazard 

 his life." — lb., iii. 424. 



" Such is the pride of man's heart he had rather play 

 the merchant, and truck his duties for God's blessing, 

 than receive them gratis." — lb., iii. 468. 



" As for those that can fudge verj' well with their lusts 

 and the company of the wicked here, I know not how they 

 can deprecate that place where they shall meet with 

 what pleases them so much on earth." — //•., iii. 508. 



" Thou canst not fadge to live long without praver, if a 

 saint." — /i., 692. 



••■ Strong faith can live in any climate, travel iu all 

 weather, and fadge with any condition." — lb., ii. 575. 



" From the words thus senc't, we shall a while dwell on 

 these two propositions." — lb., iii. 546. 



"The intrinsicaW'OHiV]/ and excellence of holiness." — 

 lb., iii. 567. 



" Of what sort are those that have been trapand into 

 dangerous errors iu our late unhappy times ? Are they 

 not such who would sooner hearken to a stranger (may 

 be a Jesuit in a buff coat or with a blue apron before him), 

 seek to any mountebank, than to their own ministers." — 

 lb., iii. 209. 



" A pilot without his chard." — lb., iii. 108. 



" Ship^vrecks at sea, arid scare fires at land." — lb., 

 ii. 60. 



" I, but now the case is altered." — Jacob's Altar, by 

 N. Whiting, 154. 



The same substitution of / for aye appears 

 pp. 48. 67. of the Lihe)- Famelicus of Sir John 

 Whitelocke, just issued by the Camden Society. 

 We find also various references to opinions then 

 held in Natural History. 



" The fox, they say, when hard put to it, will, to save 

 himself, fall in among the dogs, and hunt among them as 

 one of the company." — Gurnall's Christian in Armour, 

 iii. 467. 



" As bears go down hills, backward." — lb., ii. 362. 



" They say of the peacock, that roast him as much as 

 you will, his flesh when cold will be raw again." — lb., 

 ii. 127. 



" What some say of horsehairs, that, though lifeless, 

 yet lying nine days under water, they turn to snakes, 

 may pertinently be applied to superstitious ceremonies." 

 — Swinnock's Cliristian jSIan's Calling, 71. 



" The elephant is said to turn up towards heaven the 

 first sprig he feedeth on : friend, wilt thou be worse 

 than a beast ? " — lb., 298. 



" Dost thou take the swan, r nd stick the feather in the 

 room ? " — Gurnall, iii, 534. (Does this allude to any old 

 custom ?) 



S. M. S. 



MES. GLASSE, AND HER COOKERY BOOK. 



Who was Mrs. Glasse ? Reader, who was Sir 

 Isaac Newton ? Ask Lord Brougham and the 

 good folks of Grantham, who have lately been in- 

 augurating a statue in honour of England's and 

 Europe's greatest philosopher ? And yet we sus- 

 pect that Jlrs. Glasse has contributed as much to 

 the comfort of philosophers, and the spread of 

 physical science, as the illustrious knight of Gran- 

 tham. Where, we should like to know, would our 

 Whewells, our Faradays, and Brewsters have 



been, if Mrs. Glasse had not taught their maternal 

 ancestors the A?-t of Cookery made Plain and 

 Easy ? How much depends upon a good diges- 

 tion ! Could M. Donati have discovered his world- 

 famed comet, if his stomach had been out of order? 

 Could the great Master of Trinity College have 

 written his History of the Inductive Sciences while 

 labouring under a fit of indigestion ? The ques- 

 tions are absurd. The mens sana in corpore sano 

 is indispensable for the investigations of science ; 

 and no reasonable man can doubt that the cook is 

 the true agent of the corpus sanum. Read the 

 " Art of Dining," by Mr. Alexander Hayward, 

 Q.C. O ! shade of Byron ! Thou who couldst 

 twit John Murray on his Cookery Book ! Didst 

 thou know who Mrs. Glasse was ? Aye, who was 

 Mrs. Glasse ? Our grandmothers and great-grand- 

 mothers talked of Mrs. Glasse. Now by putting 

 ourselves into an express train, and hurrying to 

 Mr. Panizzl's glorious reading-room at the British 

 Museum, and searching the thousand and one 

 volumes of the Catalogue, and waiting till about 

 4 P.M. in an October afternoon, we might 2'ossiMy 

 find a solution to our question. But who amongst 

 the world-spread readers of " N. & Q." could do 

 this ? The shade of Mrs. Glasse is now presiding 

 over the stew-pans at Eraser River, or at Hong 

 Kong ; is kindly watching the departure of the 

 Bishops of Wellington and Nelson for their " dis- 

 tant dioceses" (where we hope they will remain 

 till a fit of indigestion sends them home) ; has 

 assisted good Bp. Selwyn to make " a cold curate" 

 palatable, according to facetious Sydney ; is re- 

 conquering India with Lord Clyde ; is warning 

 my Lord Derby how to avoid a fit of the gout. 

 And yet, who amongst these illustrious individuals 

 knows who Mrs. Glasse was ? We confess our- 

 selves bitten with bibliomania. We cannot pass a 

 bookstall, however urgently pressed by business. 

 And if we have met with our reverses through 

 this little failing, we have not been altogether with- 

 out our bright moments and successes. Amongst 

 our ivhite days this thirteenth day of October in 

 the year of Grace 1858, is to be marked. We 

 met with, at a stall in the good city of Bristol, a 

 copy of T'ke Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy, 

 ^•c, by a Lady, the 4th edition, &c., 1751 : London, 

 printed for the Author, and sold at the Blue-coat 

 Boy, near the Royal Exchange; at Mrs. Ashburn's' 

 China-shop, the Corner of Fleet Ditch ; at the Leg 

 and Dial, in Fleet Street, &c., &c. Attached is 

 the warning : — 



" This EOOK is published with His Ma.iesty's Royal 

 Licence: and whoever prints it, or any Part of it, will be 

 prosecuted." 



Opposite the title is a copper-plate, surmounted 

 by the arms of the Prince of Wales ; and the fol- 

 lowing inscription, which will at once inform us 

 who Mrs. Glasse was : — 



" Hannah Glasse, Habit Jlaker to Her Royal Highness 



