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the vagueness of the Socialism which "pervades most working-class politics." 'Mr. Henry Reeve' is possibly overrated by the author, but his virtues are now sufficiently rare to deserve emphasis. * The Fifteenth Earl of Derby' is, perhaps, the most attractive paper of all, and full of effective touches. His many good qualities and his limitations are alike laid frankly before us. He planted in his life- time about two million of trees, and, without a par- ticle of ostentation, was among the best-read men of his day, as well as the most generous in disposing of his time and resources.

The paper called ' Formative Influences ' is an interesting study of the men and society who made Lecky what he was. It is both modest and dignified.

. We lay the book aside with the intention of returning to it at leisure. It deserves the fine type which the publishers have given to it.

Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of

the Dead, Ireland : Journal for 1907. Vol. VII.

Part I. Nos. 1 and 2. (The Association.) THE membership of this Association now stands at 184, an increase of 28 as compared with the numbers of 1906. At 10 S. viii. 118 we spoke 9f " the excel- lent and much-needed work " which is being done. The present parts fully maintain the repute of the Association. There are several illustrations of arms, effigies, &c., and interesting notes are added to some of the inscriptions. Thus in Tinnaclash graveyard (co. Carlow) the grave of John Cherry, who died in 1861, includes the words : "The [black sheep] of this [parish] know that I 'm lying here, they may [vote] as they please, for they have no one to fear." The words in brackets were obliterated to avoid offence, but were supplied by a man of ninety-four. John Cherry was "a low-set, hardy stump of a man," who "was disturbed in his mind, never wore shoes, and lived on the bounty of his countrymen. Two records in Kilgullane Church- yard commemorate the conflagration caused by a young man who attempted to put out a fire in a barn, where there was dancing, with a large jug of spirits, which he thought was water. Under 'Monanimy Churchyard' Cork, it is noted that " not a vestige of the ancient church survives a circumstance, perhaps, unprecedented in this country." There are several inscriptions of pro- minent members of Trinity College, Dublin. The tomb of Tickell at Glasnevin explains that "his highest honour was that of haying been the Friend of Addison." Lord Walter FitzGerald comments on several early inscribed slabs.

There is a section of * Notes and Queries ' ; and some Irish funeral entries or certificates, from the end of the sixteenth century, are printed from a manuscript volume in the British Museum (Add MS. 4820). This is one of a set preserved in the Office of Arms, Dublin Castle. The editor notes that the Council of the Association wished to pub- lish all the Irish funeral entries which exist only in manuscript, but apparently the Ulster King-of- Arms refused the necessary permission. We share the editorial regret at this decision, which seems to us short-sighted, to say the least.

The Association prints its transactions in beauti- ful, clear type, and nothing is lacking which scholarship and energy can provide. A slight perusal of the pages before us will show that its labours are needed, not only to read and preserve

the a/uvdpd ypa/it/Ltara of many an inscription, but also to awaken the sense of reverence and care for the records of those who have gone before.

The Journal of Eugenie de Guerin. Published with the Consent of the Family. Translated with an Introduction by William M. Lightbody. (Rout- ledge & Sons.)

THIS is a welcome addition to " The New Universal Library" of Messrs. Routledge, which shows remarkable enterprise on the part of the publishers. The translator's work has been well done, and his Introduction, read in conjunction with Matthew Arnold's well-known essay, will give a sufficient idea of the charming personality which made this simple little masterpiece of love arid devotion.

EDWARD YARDLEY. Mr. Edward Yardley, a constant contributor to ' N. & Q.,' chiefly on the supernatural and the parallel passages in the classical writers and the chief English authors, died on the 14th inst. at the house of his sisters, The Limes, 3, Cypress Road, South Norwood, aged 73. He was the eldest son of the late Edward Yardley, metropolitan police magistrate, nephew of Sii* William Yardley, Chief Justice of Bombay, and first cousin of William Yardley, the cricketer. From 1849 to 1852 he was at Harrow School, in Drury's. In 1856 he was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple, and went the Oxford Circuit. From 1865 to the end of 1898 he was a member of the Reform Club and a regular reader in its library. About that date increasing years compelled him to leave his chambers in the Temple for Norwood.

Mr. Yardley's works (1) 'Fantastic Stories,' 1864; (2) 'Melusine, and other Poems,' 1867; (3) 'Horace's Odes, translated into English Verse,' 1869; (4) ' The Supernatural in Romantic Fiction,' 1880 showed considerable imagination and poetic fancy. W. P. COURTNEY.

[The list of MR. YARDLEY'S contributions in the General Index to the Ninth Series extends to a column and a half.]

We must call special attention to the following notices :

WE cannot undertake to answer queries privately, nor can we advise correspondents as to the value of old books and other objects or as to the means of disposing of them.

To secure insertion of communications corre spondents must observe tht* following rules. Let each note, query, or reply be written on a separate slip of paper, with the signature of the writer and such address as he wishes to appear. When answer- ing queries, or making notes with regard to previous entries in the paper, contributors are requested to put in parentheses, immediately after the exact heading, the series, volume, and page or pages to which they refer. Correspondents who repeat queries are requested to head the second com- munication " Duplicate."

A. C. H. Forwarded.

M. C. L., New York (" Bonnet-Lairds "). See 9 S. x. 328 ; xi. 133.