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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2"J S. IX. Jan. 7. 'GO. 



1833, a "Vindication of the Ancient Independ- 

 ence of Scotland." He died April 3, 1843. His 

 character has been eloquently drawn by his friend 

 Lord Brougham, in the third series of the " His- 

 torical Sketches of the Statesmen of the Time of 

 George TIL" 



" A Reply to Dr. Lingard's Vindication of his 

 History of England" as far as respects Arch- 

 bishop Cranmer, by the Rev. H. J. Todd, appeared 

 in 1827. 



The article in the Quarterly Review, vol. xxxiii., 

 on the Reformation in England, and that in vol. 

 xxxvii. on Hallam's Constitutional History of Eng- 

 land, are ascribed to Robert Southey by a writer 

 under the signature of " T. P." in the Gentleman s 

 Magazine for June, 1844, p. 579. 'Aaicvs. 



Horse-talk (2 na S. i. 335.) — In making this 

 Query, J. K., of "Wandsworth, Surrey, assured 

 your readers, " It involves an etymological ques- 

 tion of considerable interest to students of the 

 legal and constitutional history of England, as I 

 hope to be able to show in your pages hereafter." 

 But, although answers were received from your 

 learned correspondent F. C. H. (who anticipated 

 what I had to say on Norfolk horse talk), from 

 Me. Stephens, and others, J. K. has not fulfilled 

 his promise. I am curious (and may I say) 

 somewhat incredulous as to any such results ; 

 may I therefore call upon him to lay it before 

 your readers ? Let me add a contribution to the 

 history of horse talk. In " Robyn Hode and the 

 Potter " (2nd ballad in Ritson) occurs the fol- 

 lowing stanza (lines 113 — 117) : — 



"Thorow the help of howr ladey, 

 Felowhes, let me alone ; 

 Heyt war homte, seyde Koben, 

 To Notynggam well y gon." 



There can be little doubt, I think, though 

 Ritson queries the meaning of " Heyt war howte," 

 that it was Robin's exclamation to his horses, 

 when with the potter's cart and horses, he 



"... droffe on hes wey 

 So merry ower the londe. 

 Heres mor and after ys to saye 

 The best ys behinde." 



As some of your readers, too, will say if J. K. 

 fulfils his promise. E. G. R. 



ffli&ttllxneauss. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 



Lord Macaulay, the brilliant Orator, the exquisite 

 ^ Poet, the unrivalled Essayist, and the greatest Historian 

 which our age has seen, has been added to the list of the 

 mighty dead. Wednesday, the 28th of December, 1859, 

 deprived England of him who has in so many ways shed 

 lustre upon her glorious literature. Lord Macaulay has 

 died full of honours, if not of years, and on Monday he 

 will be laid in the " one cemetery only worthy to contain 

 his remains — in that temple of silence and reconciliation 



where the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in 

 the great Abbey." 



Gog and Magog. The Giants in Guildhall ; their Real 

 and Legendary History. With an Account of other Civic 

 Giants at Home and Abroad. By F. W. Fairholt, F.S.A. 

 With Illustrations by the Author. (Hotten.) 



Mr. Fairholt is a sound antiquary, and an accomplished 

 artist; and in this little volume his pen and pencil com- 

 bined have curiously illustrated one of the most interest- 

 ing chapters in the social history of the great trading 

 corporations of the olden times. 



Government Examinations : being a Companion to "Un- 

 der Government" and a Key to the Civil Service Examin- 

 ations. By J. G. Parkinson. (Bell & Daldy.) 



Mr. Parkinson's Under Government told us pretty ac- 

 curately what every situation under government was 

 worth, including its prospective as well as its immediate 

 advantages ; from this " Companion " we ma3' learn all 

 the necessary qualifications for each office, and the steps 

 required to obtain admission to the service of the Crown, 

 including the most recent change in each office. 



Letts's Extract Booh prepared for the Reception of Va- 

 rious Scraps from Various Sources, but especially from the 

 Newspapers. (Letts, Son, & Co.) 



This is really a capital idea. Well may the publisher 

 remind us how often we have made cuttings of interest 

 from newspapers, and lost them before we could find a 

 fitting place for their preservation. This little book, 

 with its Index, supplies the want : and we think many 

 readers of " N. & Q." will thank us for drawing their at- 

 tention to it. 



We have a few words to say respecting some of our 

 contemporaries. Fraser is quite up to the mark. Mr. 

 Peacock's Memoir of Shelley 13 extremely interesting. 

 The Laureate's Sea Dreams, and Tom Brown at Oxford, 

 Chaps. VII., VIIL, and IX., give value to Macmillan. 

 Bentley's Quarterly Review starts with a strong political 

 article, The Coming Political Campaign, and has another, 

 Mill on Liberty. The paper on The Ordnance Survey is 

 amusing and instructive. The same may be said of that 

 on Domestic Architecture. The literary articles are four 

 in number, and well varied — George Sand, Ben Jonson, 

 Modern English, and Greek Literature, and the Number, 

 which fully maintains the reputation which the Review 

 has obtained, concludes with a Biographical Sketch of 

 The Earl of Dundonald. 



fiatittZ ta €arre^antsenU. 



Among other articles of interest which uu have been compelled to post- 

 pone vutil next ueck, are papers on The Gowry Conspiracy, The 

 Sweeper of the Crossings, Bazels of Baize, Sea Breaches, Suffragan 

 Bishop of Norwich ; tor/ether with many Note3 on Books, and the 

 Slonthly Feuilleton on French Literature. 



The Index to t?ie volume just completed icill be delivered with "N. & 

 Q." of the 21 st instant. 



P. H. B. icillfind in ShaJcspeare's Coriolanus, Act I. Sc. 3. : — 

 " He has such a confirmed coimtenance, 

 I saw him running after a gilded butterfly." 



V. D. P. The Letter of Cromwell to his daughter Bridget Ireton, of 

 which you have kindly forwarded us a co/»/, has been printed by Carlj/le, 

 vol. i. p. 213, edition, 185". 



Jieplies to other correspondents in our next. 



Errata. — 2odS. via. p. 481. col. ii. 1. 18. from bottom. fur" Kol-op " 

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 1, 9. for ** Schouwtooned," read " Schouwtooncch ; " 1. 12. for "sta- 

 tics, read "statica ; " p. 529. col. i. 1. 35. for "fitted," read" filled." 



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