appointment as next Gifford
Lecturer
Convent Life,' by the Rev.
Athenaeum - London - 1912a
xcv.
p.
318), the
list (assuming it, of course, to be genuine) - ary, 24th following-fourteen in all-are,
extra 101. a play was given them because
belonged to that office. The list, having each of them, play after play, specifically
“ they were not only at ye losse of their
been made out probably by one of the stated to have been acted at Hampton day at home, but at extraordinary charges
players (it seems to be in the handwriting of Court. Indeed, a small space is left, and a
by travayling, and carriage of their
Eillardt Swanston), and handed by him to line drawn above the first of these entries
goods. "
the Lord Chamberlain, would, according to and beneath the last, to distinguish them Further, it would have been clear to him
custom, have been forwarded by his Lord. from the rest, which are stated to have been then-as it can be made clear to us now
ship, with his warrant, to the Treasurer of acted at Whitehall, Blackfriars, and St. by carefully studying the Lord Chamberlain's
the Chambor as his voucher for the payment James's.
warrants—that, when such special expenses
of the money due to the players for the
Would a forger, we may ask incidentally,
and losses are not specifically noted in the
performances therein recorded. Passed on have gratuitously inserted such
particulars warrants as the reasons for granting the
by the Treasurer to his " very loueing friends of place, so liable to be erroneous, if made extra 101. , they were understood and implied
the Auditors of his Mats Imprest,” they must
both by the players and their paymasters ;
have remained in the Audit Office for
and that when there were no losses or no
* Herbert's list includes two plays by Beeston's Company,
upwards of two centuries at least-until
which would have no place in the Audit Office list, as that extra expenses, or when these were made
1842, when Cunningham printed the list, with relates only to those given by the King's Company It also up to the players in some other way, then
the two other documents, in the Introduction instead of the 17th to Rollo," but this may be an error of
the regulation fee of 101. only per play would
to his
* Extracts,' p. XXV.
Some time transcription.
be authorized in the warrant,
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66
'to
The last case, in fact, was just that of the statement, and seeks to set him right by number must be consulted before the text
fourteen plays we have been discussing, and asseverating :-
can be established with any certainty.
I can prove conclusively, not only that these
“. But it could only be The Royal Slave'
The report gives the result of Dom
plays might have been, but that they must
which was acted at Hampton Court, because the
Donatien De Bruyne's researches in the
have been, actod at Hampton Court, and other 21 had only the usual allowance of 101. , libraries of Spain, where he has been suc-
that they could have been acted at no other and must have been acted in London. But cessful in discovering the manuscripts of
place for the following reasons. Through the writer of the list makes 14 of them acted at
Roda-now in the cathedral of Lerida
out the winter months 1636–7 the plagu
Hampton Court !
and of Urgel, which were supposed to be
was raging in London, the theatres were Clumsy forger! Ignorant man !
lost. Dom De Bruyne has also visited
closed by Order in Council, and the Court,
Yet Herbert, the Master of the Revels,
libraries in Austria and Germany, and it is
having retired early in the autumn to
Hampton Court, remained there in closely agrees with him and with the Lord Chamber satisfactory to learn that he found the
lain, and not with your correspondent.
treasures of which he was in search care.
For
being allowed within ten miles of the palace. ) (as printed, p. 239, vol. iii. , of the Variorum,
guarded seclusion, nobody from London in Malone's verbatim transcript of his list fully preserved and catalogued. The Com-
mission add a note of special thanks to Mr.
The King's players, however, were spe. 1821) we find the heading " At Hampton Pierpont Morgan for permission to collate
cially summoned by his Majesty to Court
, 1636," applying to all the plays from the famous Hamilton MS. 251–a work
assemble their companie and keepe them.
“ the first part of
Arviragus, Monday performed by Mr. Hoskier, and now available
selves togither neere
in a magnificent folio volume, containing
our Court for our afternoon, 26 Decem. ," to "Julius Cæsar
service”;
also a palæographical and critical introduc-
and were granted a special at St. James's, the 31 Jan. , 1636. ” But
tion.
allowance of 201. a week for their expenses, perhaps your correspondent will maintain
The report includes a list of the codices
commence from the first day of Novem- that Herbert was wrong, too.
ber last past, and to continue during our
that have been photographed or collated
He concludes with a remark about the
pleasure, to be taken unto them as of our ink. He had before assured us that “the (in English) upon the present state of the
with printed Bibles, a most interesting note
princely bountie”-and your correspondent constituents of the ink used in the Record Vercelli Gospels, and six illustrations.
did not know that”! This truly Office were the same from before the begin-
" princely bountie ” lasted until the end of ning of the seventeenth century down to
January. My authority is the original the date at which he [i. e. , Cunningham) used
'Letters'
FORTHCOMING BOOKS.
under the Privy Seal, dated it. ” He now declares : “ The fact that the
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Theology.
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a
are
accentuation, and so forth. Indeed, the The brief sketch of his life, edited by his
Literary Gossip.
difficulty will be rather for the new daughter, M. J. Shaen, which Messrs.
Academy to assign just and reasonable Longmans will shortly publish, will show
At the recent celebration of the seventy- limits to its reforming activities than to that the great aim of his life was to help
fifth anniversary of the foundation of the find uses for its learning and industry. the weak and oppressed wherever he had
University of Athens, noticed by us last ONE of the developments of the Uni-
the opportunity.
week, the following were included in the versity Extension work of the University
IN 'A Parson's Defence,' which Messrs.
list of those nominated to honorary of London has been the arrangement of Longman have in the press, Mr. S. C.
degrees in the Faculties of Law and a Training Course for Lecturers, which Carpenter takes for granted that the
Philosophy : LL. D. , Sir John Sandys will be repeated this term. The course parson must necessarily approach both
and Mr. William Miller (author of The will consist of four lectures on The Art religion and life from a standpoint which
Latins in the Levant); and Ph. D. , of Lecturing,' by Prof. John Adams; differs considerably from that of the lay-
Sir Donald MacAlister, Dr. Bywater, Dr. and four lectures and demonstrations on
man, and insists that Christian faith is
Kenyon, and Dr. Mahaffy.
* The Management of the Voice,' by Dr. not based on the Bible, or Theism, or
He discusses
In view of next year's centenary of H. H. Hulbert. There will, further, be conduct, but on Christ.
the birth of David Livingstone, the six meetings, at one or other of which the nature and consequences of belief
Edinburgh Royal Scottish Museum is to each student will have an opportunity of in our Lord's divinity, the immanence of
God, the Church, and the Bible, and
form a temporary exhibition of objects delivering a portion of a lecture on
ends with
connected with his life and work. These subject settled beforehand.
a suggestion that certain
include specimens of rocks, minerals,
parochial ” matters are more important
THE sisters of Lord Russell, Chief
and native gold sent to his friend the Justice of England, were all Sisters of
than is commonly supposed.
director, Dr. George Wilson, in 1858, Mercy. The eldest died comparatively The preface to the revised edition of
the labels being in Livingstone's hand- young, and the account of her is confined Mr. Lovat Fraser's book “India under
writing. A native loom, mill for grind to a chapter or two; but full and Curzon, and After,' which Mr. Heinemann
ing corn, maps and scientific instruments, intimate accounts are given of the two is publishing, deals at length with the
and other relics will also be shown.
other sisters in The Three Sisters of recent Imperial visit to India.
Mr. A. J. BALFOUR has accepted the Lord Russell of Killowen and their
MESSRS. STANLEY PAUL & Co.
appointment as next Gifford Lecturer Convent Life,' by the Rev. Matthew publishing immediately the second annual
for the session of 1913–14. The appoint- Russell, which Messrs. Longmans will volume of Canada of To - day. " In
ment is for two years.
shortly publish. The book is largely made
a series of special articles, illustrated
In the preliminary programme of the several chapters are devoted to the private by upwards of 300 pictures from photo-
summer Edinburgh Vacation Course for life and character of their brother, the portrays something of the extent and
and plans, the book
1912 it is announced that there will be Chief Justice, who figures frequently in variety of Canada's resources.
no courses in French and German, owing their correspondence.
to the poor response made by British
teachers and others. Mr. A. A. Jack is lish next Tuesday the new issue of his ninetieth year, of the Rev. Frederic
MESSRS. MACMILLAN & Co. will pub- of the past was broken by the death, in
A LINK with the Cambridge scholarship
to lecture in Part I. American
· The Statesman's Year-Book. ' As in
Writers, and Prof. Kirkpatrick on the past, the information given in this
on Monday last. Senior Classic
* Idiomatic English. In Part II. Mr. annual has undergone thorough revision,
in 1845, First Chancellor's Medallist, and
W. L. Carrie will lecture on Modern and in addition certain features of special
a Wrangler, he was one of the brilliant
English Poetry’; and Prof. Kirkpatrick interest have been included.
group
of scholars whom Prince Lee sent
continues his lectures • Idiomatic
up from King Edward's School, Birming-
English. '
MESSRS. SMITH & ELDER will pub- ham, and who, according to an American
A COURSE of eight lectures on His- lish on May 2nd a novel by Miss Jean contemporary at Cambridge, C. A. Bristed,
torical Sources' will be given at the McIlwraith,
entitled ' A Diana of Quebec. ' were as various in their gifts as they were
London School of Economics and Political The threads of the story are knit together capable.
Science by Mr. Hubert Hall, beginning the later years of the American War of at Harrow, retiring in 1881. Since that
by Nelson's meteoric visits to Quebec in
For thirty-three years he was a master
next Wednesday at 6 P. M.
Independence.
time he had done some work on the New
At a meeting of Glasgow University
Court last week, a letter was read from
On May 9th the same firm will pub- Testament, editing the Acts of the
the Exhibition association, stating that lish two companion books—Tales of Apostles, the Galatians, and the Hebrews,
the surplus could not fail to provide the
our Grandfather; or, India since 1856,' and “reading " theology for a well-
sum of 15,0001. required for the proposed by, F. and C. Grey, with a portrait of known publisher
. A man of pre-eminently
sum of 15,000! . required for the proposed Col. L. J. H. Grey, C. S. I. , who is the sound judgment, he combined an excellent
Chair of Scottish History and Literature
at Glasgow University.
grandfather of whom the tales are told; style with great accuracy in scholarship.
LOVERS of letters of whatever nation- F. W. Grey, with a portrait of the author. Folkestone on Wednesday last, had been
and Seeking Fortune in America,' by
MR. JUSTIN MCCARTHY, who died at
ality will be interested to hear that a Col. Grey provides a preface to each in frail health for some time. His career
Gaelic Academy is about to be set on foot volume. His reminiscences extend from has been told by himself in his “Remi-
in Scotland. The objects of the Associa- Mutiny days to the present time, and niscences,' 1899. As a reporter, leader-
tion, as they are defined in the prelimi- range from war and sport to engineering writer, and editor, he was in contact with
nary Gaelic prospectus, are to preserve and the administration of a native state.
the Gaelic language and literature from Seeking Fortune in America' is the story Parliament. He had not, like Parnell,
Cobden and Bright long before he entered
corruption, and generally to promote of the son of Col. Grey and his adven- the necessary firmness for a leader, but
the cause of good literature in whatever turous career in the West from the age his geniality won him a host of friends of
direction and by whatever means it may of nineteen.
be possible for the Academy (Ard-chom-
all sorts of views. His many novels are
hairle na Gàidhlig) to compass those ends.
MR. W. SHAEN, who died in the spring of not likely to be remembered, but his
1887, is best remembered as one of the picturesque style and keen and broad
The Academy seems likely to secure friends of Italy in Mazzini's day. He sympathies have made ‘A History of
the support of the leading Gaelic men of also took a prominent part in amending Our Own Times' into something like a
letters and scholars of Scotland, and has legislation affecting women and children. classic. All his historical work is tho-
ample scope for its activities in the pro- He was largely responsible for the starting roughly readable, and has that wider
vincialism of contemporary Gaelic letters, of Bedford College, Girton, Newnham, conception of the subject which is now
and the uncertainties of grammar, spelling, Somerville, and girls' public day schools. common, but was not so in his day.
on
on
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can
With the growing facilities for travel Gibbs (Winifred Stuart), FooD FOR
INVALID AND THE CONVALESCENT.
SCIENCE
at the present day, increasing interest
New York, Macmillan Co.
is being taken in observational geology,
and Prof. Hobbs, with the view of assisting
This book is the result of five years'
Earth Features and their Meaning : an description of certain routes through parts the Poor. During this time the working
the traveller, devotes an appendix to the experience as Dietitian for the New York
Association for improving the Condition of
Introduction to Geology for the Student of North America and Europe where basis has been that of actual incomes of
and the General Reader. By William typical scenic features of geological interest families in relation to the current prices of
Herbert Hobbs. (New York, the Mac- may be studied. These scientific pil- foodstuffs. The exposition is essentially
millan Company. )
grimages have been planned for the practical, the diets being written out in fuli,
Of all branches of geological science, the purpose of illustrating in the field the and can be strongly recommended to those
The reader
lessons learnt by the study of this volume; may be puzzled by the docimal system when
most popular is undoubtedly that which and it is interesting to note that they calculating the amount which the food costs.
deals with the origin and development of include certain parts of Britain, such as
the superficial features of the earth.
Snowdonia and some of the Scottish Haldane (J. S. ), WETHODS OF AIR ANALYSIS,
Every intelligent person surely wishes to Highlands, though it is perhaps a pity 5/ net.
Griffin
bring science into touch with scenery, that, when the American tourist is over This book, without claiming to be a com-
so that he may know something about here, he should not be introduced to plete treatise on gas analysis, contains a
the processes by which our hills and many other localities of geological interest. number of minuto descri of the
valleys have been made and shaped. Another appendix describes some note- original methods which the author
has
Prof. Hobbs, realizing this, has been in worthy methods of practical work carried employed in practical work. A considerable
the habit of giving at the University of out in the author's laboratory in the Physiology, Journal of Hygiene, Transac-
Michigan an annual course of lectures on teaching of geography and geology. tions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, or
geology, in which the physiographical
side has been emphasized; and now
In addition to a number of plates, Blue-books. There are numerous illustra-
in the work before us, which contains his mostly from excellent photographs, there tions.
discourses in a modified form, he addresses hundred figures, which, although in some
are scattered through the text some five Home (Surgeon-General Sir A. D. ), SERVICE
a far wider audience.
MEMORIES, edited by Charles H. Mel-
cases rather bald, are never lacking in ville, 12/6 net.
Arnold
Although the subjects to which the
expression, so far as their geological
volume is devoted are necessarily much features are concerned.
These memories of an old man are inter-
esting, for they recall conditions which
the same as those to be found in all
never return. Science has rendered
modern works on physical geology, they
communication easy, and has thus revolu-
are here treated with a freshness, and in
tionized thought and made the whole world
some cases an originality, that stamp
NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. kin. The work of a soldier in the British
them with distinction. Nor are there (Notice in those columns does not preclude longer | Army leads him to visit many lands and
mingle with many peoples. The Army
wanting occasionally poetical touches roview. ]
where perhaps we should least expect to Ceylon Marine Biological Reports : PART VI. has always travelled extensively;
Medical Corps, being often understaffed,
whilst
find them : thus, in a description of the JANUARY, 1912, Nos. 20–22, REPORT
from the very nature of its work the members
behaviour of quartz under the attack of
ON CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC WORK DONE ON
are always in the forefront of the battle,
THE CEYLON PEARL BANKS DURING
hydrofluoric acid, the etched figures lead
and thus have opportunities for personal
THE YEAR 1911, conducted for the
to the remark, “It is as though the
observation denied to their comrades of
Ceylon Company of Pearl Fishers, similar age and rank. Col. C. H. Melville,
crystal had possessed a soul which under
Limited, by T. Southwell and Lieut. R. A. M. C. , has done well, therefore, in
this trial has been revealed. ”
J. C. Kerkham, 2/8 Colombo, Cottle
printing the reminiscences written by Sir
The reader who is not a geological The subject of superficial and deep Anthony Home, and has performed his.
student will find Prof. Hobbs a most currents is extensively dealt with, supple- editorial duty with skill
.
attractive exponent of the principles
mented by useful charts. There are also It is clear from the reminiscences that
which underlie the evolution of scenery, under lease, and a description of ten new
nautical observations on the pearl banks Surgeon-General Home combined with ex-
cellent professional knowledge an indi-
whilst the technical student may use the species of cestode parasites from Ceylon viduality which led to his selection for
work as an excellent textbook, provided, of marine fishes.
many important posts. His modesty must
course, that he recognizes its limitations. Clayton (Edwy Godwin), ARTHUR HILL have been invincible, and it is difficult to
It does not profess to deal with petrology
HASSALL, PHYSICIAN AND SANITARY
discover from his pages that he had done
or palæontology, though it can hardly
REFORMER, a Memoir.
more than his routine duty in & creditable
avoid touching the former, nor is it con-
Baillière, Tindall & Cox
The title-page shows, however,
cerned either with historical or astro-
that he won the V. C. , and The London
A competent monograph on the distin-
nomical geology: it is, in truth, essen- guished sanitary physician, and a résumé Gazette states that he earned it by persever-
tially a work on structural geology, offer- of his crusade against the adulteration of ing bravery and admirable conduct at
Lucknow when he was in charge of wounded
ing, an insight into the building of the foods and drugs. His disinterested labours
men who had been left behind the column.
various types of landscape, and bringing his perseverance in the face of the resistance In like manner the K. C. B. was earned by
to bear upon this fascinating subject the of the superstitious devotees of antiquated services in Ashanti.
views of the best and latest authorities. theories, make him a figure well worth
The book is provided with an index
notice.
The author gives much attention to the biographical
His
which is rather scanty and a portrait of Sir
culminating
geological agency of ice, as might, indeed, achievement was the foundation of the Anthony Home.
geological agency of ice, as might, indeed, Royal National Hospital for Consumption Home University Library of Modern Know-
wrote elaborately on glaciers (Athen. , are a bibliography of his publications and a
ledge: AGRICULTURE, by William
July 8th, 1911, p. 48). Deserts, too, number of appendixes embodying extracts
Somerville, 1/ net. Williams & Norgate
receive exceptionally full treatment, a from reports and discussions in medical
The Sibthorpian Professor of Rural Eco-
matter which has abundant interest for and other journals concerning his work.
nomy at Oxford has contributed an unusually
technical book to the series, dealing with
the American traveller who vis the
Crispin (Edward S. ), THE PREVENTION AND
soils, manures, and crops. It makes the
arid regions of the West. On dynamical TREATMENT OF DISEASE IN THE TROPICS:
results of laboratory work at the University
geology Prof. Hobbs has written rather A HANDBOOK FOR OFFICIALS AND TRA-
accessible to the practical farmer.
extensively, and he has naturally here VELLERS, compiled chiefly for the Use
something to say about the great Cali-
of Officials in the Sudan, 1! net. Hutchinson's Popular Botany, Part II. ,
Griffin 7d. net.
fornian earthquake of 1906; whilst with
A useful manual, clearly arranged, with
reference to volcanoes he notices even so
We noticed the first part on the 13th
directions adapted for “first aid
in cases
inst. (p. 415). The one before us has the
recent an event as last year's eruption of urgency, or fuller treatment where no same merits. Some of the illustrations show
of Taal volcano, in the Philippine Islands. ! doctor is available.
plant life admirably in its natural setting.
9)
manner.
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game, and with it the fly; hence arose a
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and presents his views with a modesty which Stephenson read a paper on Some Recently
does not weaken his case.
Discovered Palimpsest Brasses. These
Besides general notes on agriculture and
prised the Ashbey brasses at Harefield, Middlesex,
the development of natural resources, special
He then proceeds to describe big and wbich have on their reverses portions of shroud
articles are devoted to the cocoanut and its small game, and recounts some marvellous figures, a symbol of the Trinity, and a fragment
of a very large face, probably a waster. " Some
commercial uses; the cotton soils of Nyasas sufficiently thrilling. A man was on horse- parts of the sheroucis are identical with the books
from Mauritius ; the rubber and timber back, following what he believed to be a
Mr. Stephenson also drew attention to the brass
resources of Uganda ; aromatic grass oils, buck. . It proved to be a lion in the act of
of Arthur Cole, President, at Magdalen College,
The
of this consists of
and other topics relevant to the scope of this springing, which missed its aim partially, Oxford.
the nearly complete figure of a priest, and
periodical. It is edited by the Director, and but wounded the horse. The
horse, in its
to
prepared in the main by the scientific and struggles, shot its rider straight into the part of the inscription is cut from
Marjery, wife of William Chamberlain, who died
technical staff of the Imperial Institute.
jaws of a second lion, which trotted off with
in the eleventh year of Henry VI. As a Marjery,
him. How he kept his head and saved his wife of William Chamberlain, was buried at the
Milham_(Willis Isbister), METEOROLOGY :
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this brass came from that house.
Another remarkable performance, equal also showed rubbings of an incised slab of Martin,
Mr. Stephenson
A TEXTBOOK ON THE WEATHER, THE
CAUSES OF ITS CHANGES, AND WEATHER to any yet reported in the annals of military first vicar of Barking, 1315–28, and of a brass to
FORECASTING, for the Student and aviation, is that of vultures dropping stones Richard Malet, priest, both found recently on the
General Reader, 19/ net.
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site of Barking Abbey.
New York, Macmillan Co. Much interesting information about fresh. Further Romano-British Finds near Kettering
Mr. F.
list (assuming it, of course, to be genuine) - ary, 24th following-fourteen in all-are,
extra 101. a play was given them because
belonged to that office. The list, having each of them, play after play, specifically
“ they were not only at ye losse of their
been made out probably by one of the stated to have been acted at Hampton day at home, but at extraordinary charges
players (it seems to be in the handwriting of Court. Indeed, a small space is left, and a
by travayling, and carriage of their
Eillardt Swanston), and handed by him to line drawn above the first of these entries
goods. "
the Lord Chamberlain, would, according to and beneath the last, to distinguish them Further, it would have been clear to him
custom, have been forwarded by his Lord. from the rest, which are stated to have been then-as it can be made clear to us now
ship, with his warrant, to the Treasurer of acted at Whitehall, Blackfriars, and St. by carefully studying the Lord Chamberlain's
the Chambor as his voucher for the payment James's.
warrants—that, when such special expenses
of the money due to the players for the
Would a forger, we may ask incidentally,
and losses are not specifically noted in the
performances therein recorded. Passed on have gratuitously inserted such
particulars warrants as the reasons for granting the
by the Treasurer to his " very loueing friends of place, so liable to be erroneous, if made extra 101. , they were understood and implied
the Auditors of his Mats Imprest,” they must
both by the players and their paymasters ;
have remained in the Audit Office for
and that when there were no losses or no
* Herbert's list includes two plays by Beeston's Company,
upwards of two centuries at least-until
which would have no place in the Audit Office list, as that extra expenses, or when these were made
1842, when Cunningham printed the list, with relates only to those given by the King's Company It also up to the players in some other way, then
the two other documents, in the Introduction instead of the 17th to Rollo," but this may be an error of
the regulation fee of 101. only per play would
to his
* Extracts,' p. XXV.
Some time transcription.
be authorized in the warrant,
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66
'to
The last case, in fact, was just that of the statement, and seeks to set him right by number must be consulted before the text
fourteen plays we have been discussing, and asseverating :-
can be established with any certainty.
I can prove conclusively, not only that these
“. But it could only be The Royal Slave'
The report gives the result of Dom
plays might have been, but that they must
which was acted at Hampton Court, because the
Donatien De Bruyne's researches in the
have been, actod at Hampton Court, and other 21 had only the usual allowance of 101. , libraries of Spain, where he has been suc-
that they could have been acted at no other and must have been acted in London. But cessful in discovering the manuscripts of
place for the following reasons. Through the writer of the list makes 14 of them acted at
Roda-now in the cathedral of Lerida
out the winter months 1636–7 the plagu
Hampton Court !
and of Urgel, which were supposed to be
was raging in London, the theatres were Clumsy forger! Ignorant man !
lost. Dom De Bruyne has also visited
closed by Order in Council, and the Court,
Yet Herbert, the Master of the Revels,
libraries in Austria and Germany, and it is
having retired early in the autumn to
Hampton Court, remained there in closely agrees with him and with the Lord Chamber satisfactory to learn that he found the
lain, and not with your correspondent.
treasures of which he was in search care.
For
being allowed within ten miles of the palace. ) (as printed, p. 239, vol. iii. , of the Variorum,
guarded seclusion, nobody from London in Malone's verbatim transcript of his list fully preserved and catalogued. The Com-
mission add a note of special thanks to Mr.
The King's players, however, were spe. 1821) we find the heading " At Hampton Pierpont Morgan for permission to collate
cially summoned by his Majesty to Court
, 1636," applying to all the plays from the famous Hamilton MS. 251–a work
assemble their companie and keepe them.
“ the first part of
Arviragus, Monday performed by Mr. Hoskier, and now available
selves togither neere
in a magnificent folio volume, containing
our Court for our afternoon, 26 Decem. ," to "Julius Cæsar
service”;
also a palæographical and critical introduc-
and were granted a special at St. James's, the 31 Jan. , 1636. ” But
tion.
allowance of 201. a week for their expenses, perhaps your correspondent will maintain
The report includes a list of the codices
commence from the first day of Novem- that Herbert was wrong, too.
ber last past, and to continue during our
that have been photographed or collated
He concludes with a remark about the
pleasure, to be taken unto them as of our ink. He had before assured us that “the (in English) upon the present state of the
with printed Bibles, a most interesting note
princely bountie”-and your correspondent constituents of the ink used in the Record Vercelli Gospels, and six illustrations.
did not know that”! This truly Office were the same from before the begin-
" princely bountie ” lasted until the end of ning of the seventeenth century down to
January. My authority is the original the date at which he [i. e. , Cunningham) used
'Letters'
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under the Privy Seal, dated it. ” He now declares : “ The fact that the
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a
are
accentuation, and so forth. Indeed, the The brief sketch of his life, edited by his
Literary Gossip.
difficulty will be rather for the new daughter, M. J. Shaen, which Messrs.
Academy to assign just and reasonable Longmans will shortly publish, will show
At the recent celebration of the seventy- limits to its reforming activities than to that the great aim of his life was to help
fifth anniversary of the foundation of the find uses for its learning and industry. the weak and oppressed wherever he had
University of Athens, noticed by us last ONE of the developments of the Uni-
the opportunity.
week, the following were included in the versity Extension work of the University
IN 'A Parson's Defence,' which Messrs.
list of those nominated to honorary of London has been the arrangement of Longman have in the press, Mr. S. C.
degrees in the Faculties of Law and a Training Course for Lecturers, which Carpenter takes for granted that the
Philosophy : LL. D. , Sir John Sandys will be repeated this term. The course parson must necessarily approach both
and Mr. William Miller (author of The will consist of four lectures on The Art religion and life from a standpoint which
Latins in the Levant); and Ph. D. , of Lecturing,' by Prof. John Adams; differs considerably from that of the lay-
Sir Donald MacAlister, Dr. Bywater, Dr. and four lectures and demonstrations on
man, and insists that Christian faith is
Kenyon, and Dr. Mahaffy.
* The Management of the Voice,' by Dr. not based on the Bible, or Theism, or
He discusses
In view of next year's centenary of H. H. Hulbert. There will, further, be conduct, but on Christ.
the birth of David Livingstone, the six meetings, at one or other of which the nature and consequences of belief
Edinburgh Royal Scottish Museum is to each student will have an opportunity of in our Lord's divinity, the immanence of
God, the Church, and the Bible, and
form a temporary exhibition of objects delivering a portion of a lecture on
ends with
connected with his life and work. These subject settled beforehand.
a suggestion that certain
include specimens of rocks, minerals,
parochial ” matters are more important
THE sisters of Lord Russell, Chief
and native gold sent to his friend the Justice of England, were all Sisters of
than is commonly supposed.
director, Dr. George Wilson, in 1858, Mercy. The eldest died comparatively The preface to the revised edition of
the labels being in Livingstone's hand- young, and the account of her is confined Mr. Lovat Fraser's book “India under
writing. A native loom, mill for grind to a chapter or two; but full and Curzon, and After,' which Mr. Heinemann
ing corn, maps and scientific instruments, intimate accounts are given of the two is publishing, deals at length with the
and other relics will also be shown.
other sisters in The Three Sisters of recent Imperial visit to India.
Mr. A. J. BALFOUR has accepted the Lord Russell of Killowen and their
MESSRS. STANLEY PAUL & Co.
appointment as next Gifford Lecturer Convent Life,' by the Rev. Matthew publishing immediately the second annual
for the session of 1913–14. The appoint- Russell, which Messrs. Longmans will volume of Canada of To - day. " In
ment is for two years.
shortly publish. The book is largely made
a series of special articles, illustrated
In the preliminary programme of the several chapters are devoted to the private by upwards of 300 pictures from photo-
summer Edinburgh Vacation Course for life and character of their brother, the portrays something of the extent and
and plans, the book
1912 it is announced that there will be Chief Justice, who figures frequently in variety of Canada's resources.
no courses in French and German, owing their correspondence.
to the poor response made by British
teachers and others. Mr. A. A. Jack is lish next Tuesday the new issue of his ninetieth year, of the Rev. Frederic
MESSRS. MACMILLAN & Co. will pub- of the past was broken by the death, in
A LINK with the Cambridge scholarship
to lecture in Part I. American
· The Statesman's Year-Book. ' As in
Writers, and Prof. Kirkpatrick on the past, the information given in this
on Monday last. Senior Classic
* Idiomatic English. In Part II. Mr. annual has undergone thorough revision,
in 1845, First Chancellor's Medallist, and
W. L. Carrie will lecture on Modern and in addition certain features of special
a Wrangler, he was one of the brilliant
English Poetry’; and Prof. Kirkpatrick interest have been included.
group
of scholars whom Prince Lee sent
continues his lectures • Idiomatic
up from King Edward's School, Birming-
English. '
MESSRS. SMITH & ELDER will pub- ham, and who, according to an American
A COURSE of eight lectures on His- lish on May 2nd a novel by Miss Jean contemporary at Cambridge, C. A. Bristed,
torical Sources' will be given at the McIlwraith,
entitled ' A Diana of Quebec. ' were as various in their gifts as they were
London School of Economics and Political The threads of the story are knit together capable.
Science by Mr. Hubert Hall, beginning the later years of the American War of at Harrow, retiring in 1881. Since that
by Nelson's meteoric visits to Quebec in
For thirty-three years he was a master
next Wednesday at 6 P. M.
Independence.
time he had done some work on the New
At a meeting of Glasgow University
Court last week, a letter was read from
On May 9th the same firm will pub- Testament, editing the Acts of the
the Exhibition association, stating that lish two companion books—Tales of Apostles, the Galatians, and the Hebrews,
the surplus could not fail to provide the
our Grandfather; or, India since 1856,' and “reading " theology for a well-
sum of 15,0001. required for the proposed by, F. and C. Grey, with a portrait of known publisher
. A man of pre-eminently
sum of 15,000! . required for the proposed Col. L. J. H. Grey, C. S. I. , who is the sound judgment, he combined an excellent
Chair of Scottish History and Literature
at Glasgow University.
grandfather of whom the tales are told; style with great accuracy in scholarship.
LOVERS of letters of whatever nation- F. W. Grey, with a portrait of the author. Folkestone on Wednesday last, had been
and Seeking Fortune in America,' by
MR. JUSTIN MCCARTHY, who died at
ality will be interested to hear that a Col. Grey provides a preface to each in frail health for some time. His career
Gaelic Academy is about to be set on foot volume. His reminiscences extend from has been told by himself in his “Remi-
in Scotland. The objects of the Associa- Mutiny days to the present time, and niscences,' 1899. As a reporter, leader-
tion, as they are defined in the prelimi- range from war and sport to engineering writer, and editor, he was in contact with
nary Gaelic prospectus, are to preserve and the administration of a native state.
the Gaelic language and literature from Seeking Fortune in America' is the story Parliament. He had not, like Parnell,
Cobden and Bright long before he entered
corruption, and generally to promote of the son of Col. Grey and his adven- the necessary firmness for a leader, but
the cause of good literature in whatever turous career in the West from the age his geniality won him a host of friends of
direction and by whatever means it may of nineteen.
be possible for the Academy (Ard-chom-
all sorts of views. His many novels are
hairle na Gàidhlig) to compass those ends.
MR. W. SHAEN, who died in the spring of not likely to be remembered, but his
1887, is best remembered as one of the picturesque style and keen and broad
The Academy seems likely to secure friends of Italy in Mazzini's day. He sympathies have made ‘A History of
the support of the leading Gaelic men of also took a prominent part in amending Our Own Times' into something like a
letters and scholars of Scotland, and has legislation affecting women and children. classic. All his historical work is tho-
ample scope for its activities in the pro- He was largely responsible for the starting roughly readable, and has that wider
vincialism of contemporary Gaelic letters, of Bedford College, Girton, Newnham, conception of the subject which is now
and the uncertainties of grammar, spelling, Somerville, and girls' public day schools. common, but was not so in his day.
on
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can
With the growing facilities for travel Gibbs (Winifred Stuart), FooD FOR
INVALID AND THE CONVALESCENT.
SCIENCE
at the present day, increasing interest
New York, Macmillan Co.
is being taken in observational geology,
and Prof. Hobbs, with the view of assisting
This book is the result of five years'
Earth Features and their Meaning : an description of certain routes through parts the Poor. During this time the working
the traveller, devotes an appendix to the experience as Dietitian for the New York
Association for improving the Condition of
Introduction to Geology for the Student of North America and Europe where basis has been that of actual incomes of
and the General Reader. By William typical scenic features of geological interest families in relation to the current prices of
Herbert Hobbs. (New York, the Mac- may be studied. These scientific pil- foodstuffs. The exposition is essentially
millan Company. )
grimages have been planned for the practical, the diets being written out in fuli,
Of all branches of geological science, the purpose of illustrating in the field the and can be strongly recommended to those
The reader
lessons learnt by the study of this volume; may be puzzled by the docimal system when
most popular is undoubtedly that which and it is interesting to note that they calculating the amount which the food costs.
deals with the origin and development of include certain parts of Britain, such as
the superficial features of the earth.
Snowdonia and some of the Scottish Haldane (J. S. ), WETHODS OF AIR ANALYSIS,
Every intelligent person surely wishes to Highlands, though it is perhaps a pity 5/ net.
Griffin
bring science into touch with scenery, that, when the American tourist is over This book, without claiming to be a com-
so that he may know something about here, he should not be introduced to plete treatise on gas analysis, contains a
the processes by which our hills and many other localities of geological interest. number of minuto descri of the
valleys have been made and shaped. Another appendix describes some note- original methods which the author
has
Prof. Hobbs, realizing this, has been in worthy methods of practical work carried employed in practical work. A considerable
the habit of giving at the University of out in the author's laboratory in the Physiology, Journal of Hygiene, Transac-
Michigan an annual course of lectures on teaching of geography and geology. tions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, or
geology, in which the physiographical
side has been emphasized; and now
In addition to a number of plates, Blue-books. There are numerous illustra-
in the work before us, which contains his mostly from excellent photographs, there tions.
discourses in a modified form, he addresses hundred figures, which, although in some
are scattered through the text some five Home (Surgeon-General Sir A. D. ), SERVICE
a far wider audience.
MEMORIES, edited by Charles H. Mel-
cases rather bald, are never lacking in ville, 12/6 net.
Arnold
Although the subjects to which the
expression, so far as their geological
volume is devoted are necessarily much features are concerned.
These memories of an old man are inter-
esting, for they recall conditions which
the same as those to be found in all
never return. Science has rendered
modern works on physical geology, they
communication easy, and has thus revolu-
are here treated with a freshness, and in
tionized thought and made the whole world
some cases an originality, that stamp
NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. kin. The work of a soldier in the British
them with distinction. Nor are there (Notice in those columns does not preclude longer | Army leads him to visit many lands and
mingle with many peoples. The Army
wanting occasionally poetical touches roview. ]
where perhaps we should least expect to Ceylon Marine Biological Reports : PART VI. has always travelled extensively;
Medical Corps, being often understaffed,
whilst
find them : thus, in a description of the JANUARY, 1912, Nos. 20–22, REPORT
from the very nature of its work the members
behaviour of quartz under the attack of
ON CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC WORK DONE ON
are always in the forefront of the battle,
THE CEYLON PEARL BANKS DURING
hydrofluoric acid, the etched figures lead
and thus have opportunities for personal
THE YEAR 1911, conducted for the
to the remark, “It is as though the
observation denied to their comrades of
Ceylon Company of Pearl Fishers, similar age and rank. Col. C. H. Melville,
crystal had possessed a soul which under
Limited, by T. Southwell and Lieut. R. A. M. C. , has done well, therefore, in
this trial has been revealed. ”
J. C. Kerkham, 2/8 Colombo, Cottle
printing the reminiscences written by Sir
The reader who is not a geological The subject of superficial and deep Anthony Home, and has performed his.
student will find Prof. Hobbs a most currents is extensively dealt with, supple- editorial duty with skill
.
attractive exponent of the principles
mented by useful charts. There are also It is clear from the reminiscences that
which underlie the evolution of scenery, under lease, and a description of ten new
nautical observations on the pearl banks Surgeon-General Home combined with ex-
cellent professional knowledge an indi-
whilst the technical student may use the species of cestode parasites from Ceylon viduality which led to his selection for
work as an excellent textbook, provided, of marine fishes.
many important posts. His modesty must
course, that he recognizes its limitations. Clayton (Edwy Godwin), ARTHUR HILL have been invincible, and it is difficult to
It does not profess to deal with petrology
HASSALL, PHYSICIAN AND SANITARY
discover from his pages that he had done
or palæontology, though it can hardly
REFORMER, a Memoir.
more than his routine duty in & creditable
avoid touching the former, nor is it con-
Baillière, Tindall & Cox
The title-page shows, however,
cerned either with historical or astro-
that he won the V. C. , and The London
A competent monograph on the distin-
nomical geology: it is, in truth, essen- guished sanitary physician, and a résumé Gazette states that he earned it by persever-
tially a work on structural geology, offer- of his crusade against the adulteration of ing bravery and admirable conduct at
Lucknow when he was in charge of wounded
ing, an insight into the building of the foods and drugs. His disinterested labours
men who had been left behind the column.
various types of landscape, and bringing his perseverance in the face of the resistance In like manner the K. C. B. was earned by
to bear upon this fascinating subject the of the superstitious devotees of antiquated services in Ashanti.
views of the best and latest authorities. theories, make him a figure well worth
The book is provided with an index
notice.
The author gives much attention to the biographical
His
which is rather scanty and a portrait of Sir
culminating
geological agency of ice, as might, indeed, achievement was the foundation of the Anthony Home.
geological agency of ice, as might, indeed, Royal National Hospital for Consumption Home University Library of Modern Know-
wrote elaborately on glaciers (Athen. , are a bibliography of his publications and a
ledge: AGRICULTURE, by William
July 8th, 1911, p. 48). Deserts, too, number of appendixes embodying extracts
Somerville, 1/ net. Williams & Norgate
receive exceptionally full treatment, a from reports and discussions in medical
The Sibthorpian Professor of Rural Eco-
matter which has abundant interest for and other journals concerning his work.
nomy at Oxford has contributed an unusually
technical book to the series, dealing with
the American traveller who vis the
Crispin (Edward S. ), THE PREVENTION AND
soils, manures, and crops. It makes the
arid regions of the West. On dynamical TREATMENT OF DISEASE IN THE TROPICS:
results of laboratory work at the University
geology Prof. Hobbs has written rather A HANDBOOK FOR OFFICIALS AND TRA-
accessible to the practical farmer.
extensively, and he has naturally here VELLERS, compiled chiefly for the Use
something to say about the great Cali-
of Officials in the Sudan, 1! net. Hutchinson's Popular Botany, Part II. ,
Griffin 7d. net.
fornian earthquake of 1906; whilst with
A useful manual, clearly arranged, with
reference to volcanoes he notices even so
We noticed the first part on the 13th
directions adapted for “first aid
in cases
inst. (p. 415). The one before us has the
recent an event as last year's eruption of urgency, or fuller treatment where no same merits. Some of the illustrations show
of Taal volcano, in the Philippine Islands. ! doctor is available.
plant life admirably in its natural setting.
9)
manner.
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No. 4409, APRIL 27, 1912
THE ATHENÆUM
coin-
reverse
one
on
то
the
Imperial Institute Bulletin : a Quarterly
game, and with it the fly; hence arose a
SOCIETIES.
Record of Progress in Tropical Agricul- cry for the extermination of certain species
ture and Industries, and the Commercial
of big game. Our author wisely deprecates SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES. - April 18. —Sir
Utilization of the Natural Resources
any hasty conclusions, gives his facts, Arthur Evans, V. -P. , in the chair. -Mr. Mill
of the Colonies and India, April, 2/6 net.
and presents his views with a modesty which Stephenson read a paper on Some Recently
does not weaken his case.
Discovered Palimpsest Brasses. These
Besides general notes on agriculture and
prised the Ashbey brasses at Harefield, Middlesex,
the development of natural resources, special
He then proceeds to describe big and wbich have on their reverses portions of shroud
articles are devoted to the cocoanut and its small game, and recounts some marvellous figures, a symbol of the Trinity, and a fragment
of a very large face, probably a waster. " Some
commercial uses; the cotton soils of Nyasas sufficiently thrilling. A man was on horse- parts of the sheroucis are identical with the books
from Mauritius ; the rubber and timber back, following what he believed to be a
Mr. Stephenson also drew attention to the brass
resources of Uganda ; aromatic grass oils, buck. . It proved to be a lion in the act of
of Arthur Cole, President, at Magdalen College,
The
of this consists of
and other topics relevant to the scope of this springing, which missed its aim partially, Oxford.
the nearly complete figure of a priest, and
periodical. It is edited by the Director, and but wounded the horse. The
horse, in its
to
prepared in the main by the scientific and struggles, shot its rider straight into the part of the inscription is cut from
Marjery, wife of William Chamberlain, who died
technical staff of the Imperial Institute.
jaws of a second lion, which trotted off with
in the eleventh year of Henry VI. As a Marjery,
him. How he kept his head and saved his wife of William Chamberlain, was buried at the
Milham_(Willis Isbister), METEOROLOGY :
life we leave readers of the book to discover. Greyfriars, London, in 1431, it seems likely that
this brass came from that house.
Another remarkable performance, equal also showed rubbings of an incised slab of Martin,
Mr. Stephenson
A TEXTBOOK ON THE WEATHER, THE
CAUSES OF ITS CHANGES, AND WEATHER to any yet reported in the annals of military first vicar of Barking, 1315–28, and of a brass to
FORECASTING, for the Student and aviation, is that of vultures dropping stones Richard Malet, priest, both found recently on the
General Reader, 19/ net.
into an ostrich's nest.
site of Barking Abbey.
New York, Macmillan Co. Much interesting information about fresh. Further Romano-British Finds near Kettering
Mr. F.
