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 170 NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. nance. When any dieth, certaine women singe a songe to the dead body, recytinge the iorney that the partie deceased must goe; and they are of belief (such is their fondnesse) that once in their lives yt is good to give a payer of newe shoes to a poore man ; for as much, as after this life, they are to pass bai-efoote through a great launde full of thornes and furzen, ex- cepte by the meryte of the almes aforesaid they have redeemed thereof for- feyte ; for, at the edge of the launde an aulde man shall meete them w"i the same shoes that were given by the partie when he was living, and after he hath shodde them, he dismisseth them to goe through thicke and thin with- out scratch or scalle. An other practise of theirs is more redyculous then the former ; for, when any maydes take the potte of the fyer in great haste, she setts yt downe, and, without feare of burninge, clappes her handes on the pot hookes, to staye them from shakinge ; and this she doth for tender hearte, believinge that our Lady wepeth, or greelith as they terme yt all the while the pott hookes wagle, w'^'^ were a lamentable case." A belief that the soul after death passed over a place called Whinnymoor is said by Aubrey to have been prevalent among the vulgar in Yorkshire in the seventeenth century. We close this notice, expressing an earnest wish that Mr. Walbran may favour the public with further researches into the topography of North Yorkshire ; the various works hitherto published on the subject are in general very unsatisfactory. When may we expect the completion of the author's history of Gainford ? The Churches of Scarborough, Filey, and the Neighbourhood. By G. A. Poole, M.A., Vicar of Welford, and J. W. Hugall of Ponte- fract, Architect, and Secretary to the Yorkshire Architectural Society. 8vo. Masters, London. A collection of notes relative, as the title implies, to the churches of Scarborough and its vicinity, illustrated by numerous cuts of elevations and details. This little volume contains much valuable information, and cannot fail to be acceptable to those archaeologists who may select this pleasant watering-place for their autumnal sojourn. The names of the authors guarantee the accuracy of their notes. Rambles about Bath, and its Neighbourhood. By James Tunstall, M.D. Second edition, with map and illustrations. 8vo. Sirapkin and Co. Ijondon. The present year has been prolific of hand-books, to spots of popular resort in England, of very superior merit ; and among them Dr. Tunstall's publication justly deserves mention. However we may differ from the author in some of his conclusions on archaeological subjects, it affords us much satisfaction to bear witness to the evident high feeling which per-