Page:Notes and Queries - Series 10 - Volume 1.djvu/374

 306

NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* s. i. APML ie, 100*.

aus Petzholdt's Neuern Anzeiger fur Biblio- graphic und Bibliothek-iuissenschaft, Heft 11. 8vo, Dresden, 1880. (Wyman, C.) B. Q., a Biographical and Biblio-

Eraphical Fragment. (25 copies printed.) 16mo, ondon, 1880.

Bernard Quaritch's Annual Trade Sale, 1885. Karl W. Hiersemann. Sonder - Abdruck aus dem Bdrsenblatt fur den Deutschen Buchhandel, No. 265. 8vo, Leipzig, 1885.

Mr. Bernard Quaritch, the eminent Biblio- grapher. By F. M. Holmes. With portrait. Great Thoughts, Third Series, vol. ix. No. 226. London, 1897.

Bernard Quaritch's Semi-Centennial. With portrait. Publishers' Weekly, vol. Hi. No. 19. New York, 1897.

Quarterly Review. The History of Bookselling in England. January, 1892.

Ralph, James, 1705 (?)-62. The Case of Authors by Profession or Trade Stated ; in Regard to Book- sellers, the Stage, and the Public. 8vo, London, 1758.

Rees, Thomas, 1777-1864, and Britton, John, 1771- 1857. Reminiscences of Literary London from 1779 to 1853. With Interesting Anecdotes of Publishers, Authors, and Book Auctioneers of that Period. Privately printed, 1853. New edition, " Edited by a Book-Lover," New York and London, 1896.

Eeligious Tract Society. '

The Jubilee Memorial of the Religious Tract Society, containing a Record of its Origin, Pro- ceedings, and Results, A.D. 1799 to A.D. 1849. By William Jones, Corresponding Secretary. Large 8vo, London, 1850.

The Story of the Religious Tract Society for One Hundred Years. By Samuel G. Green, D.D. 8vo, London, 1899.

Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761. The Correspond- ence of Samuel Richardson. With Memoir by Mrs. A. L. Barbauld. 6 vols. crown 8vo, Lon- don, 1804.

The Collected Works of Samuel Richardson. With a Sketch of his Life by the Rev. E. Mangin. 19 yols. crown 8vo, London, 1811.

Samuel Richardson : a Biographical and Critical Study. By Clara Linklater Thomson. With portrait. Crown 8vo, London, 1900. Miss Thomson's book lias a full Bibliography of Hichard- Eoniana.

Rivington, House of. The House of Rivington.

By Septimus Rivington. 8vo, London, 1894.

1 o^ ubl J? he, rs ' 9 ircular ' J 5 January, 1885 ; 2 June,

1890. Bookseller, January, 1885; 6 June, 1890. Roberts, William. The Earlier History of English

Bookselling. Crown 8vo, London, 1889; new

and cheaper edition, London, 1892. "The present volume only brings my scheme up to the arher part of the last [i.e. eighteenth] century." Preface.

16 Ao 1890* ^ the Poultry ' ~ City Press ' Rome. The Book -trade of Ancient Rome. See

Book-Lore, vol. iv. 121. London, 1886. Ruddiman, Thomas, 1674-1757. The Life of Thomas Kuddiman, Keeper for almost Fifty Years ol the Library belonging to the Faculty of Advo cates at Edinburgh. By George Chalmers 8vo, London, 1794. Book auctioneer, printer, Latin grammarian.

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Fors Clavigera, 1871-84. (The references are to the numbers of the letters. )

The Author's Battle with Booksellers, a Losing Game at First, but now nearly won, 62 ; and those they hire, 89.

Bookselling Trade, Author's principles as managed by Mr. Allen, 6, 11, 16, 62, 89 (and see Notes and Correspondence, 10, 14, and 15).

Publishing and Bookselling Trade, abuses of, 53, 57.

Rylands, W. H. Booksellers in Warrington, 1639, 1657. (Liverpool Historic Society's Proceedings- vol. xxxvii.) 8vo, Liverpool, 1888.

WM. H. PEET. (To be concluded.)

'DERBY'S RAM.' The following song was learnt by a Cape Cod sailor during the war of 1812-15, when it was common, and was taught to his nephew, of whom I have it : As I was going to Derby on a pleasant summer day, 'Twas there I spied the biggest ram that ever was

fed on hay.

He had four feet to walk upon and four feet to stand, And every foot he stood upon covered forty acres of

land. Chorus: Turua ra zee, sir, and his eyes, sir,

And his head was bigger than his eyes.

The horns upon this ram, sir, they reached up to

the moon ; A man went up them in January aud didn't come

down till June.

Chorus : Turna ra zee, sir, &c. The wool on this ram's back, sir, it reached up to

the sky, Where the eagles built their nest, for I heard the

young ones cry. Chorus.

The man that butchered this ram, sir, was drowned

in his blood, And forty more astanding around was carried away

in the flood. Chorus.

Now this old ram's pizzle, sir, measured forty yards

and an ell,

That was sent to Ireland to ring St. Patrick's bell.

Chorus. There was forty gentlemen of honor, sir, come to see

this old ranrs bones, And forty ladies of honor went to see this old ram's

stones. Chorus.

The man that owned this ram, sir, was counted very

rich, But the one that made this song was a lying son of

a bitch.

GEORGE DAVIS CHASE. Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. [This version of the well-known song differs widely from that generally cited.]

' HERRING SONG.' The following ' Herring Song ' was sometimes used by the men as a cradle song :

As I was walking down by the seaside, I saw an old herring floating up with the tide ; He was forty feet long and fifty feet square, If this ain't a great lie I will sing no more here.