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 10 s. XL JAN. 2, 1909.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

' Desire,' p. 69. Things much retain'd, do make us, &e.

' Epist., Edward IV. to Jane Shore,' (signed) Idem, viz., Dray ton.

' Dispaire,' p. 74. Farre greater folly is it, &c.

' Legend of Cbrdilla,' st, 48, (signed) I. H., ' Mir. of M.'

' Envie,' p. 84. The other held a snake. &c.

' Faerie Queene,' V. xii. 30-31, (signed) Idem, viz., Spenser.

' Envie,' p. 86.

Envy barboureth most, &c.

' Arcadia ' [Grosart, ' Poems,' iii. 36], (signed)

S. Ph. Sidney. Fell Envies cloud still dimmeth, &c.

'Faerie Queene,' V. xii. 27, (signed) Ed. Spencer.

Correct Collier, who refers the following to " M. Drayton's ' Mortimeriados,' 1596 " :

1 Error,' p. 88.

Errors are no errors, <fcc.

' Civil Wars,' iii. 18 (only in ed. 1595), (signed)

S. Daniell. To heare good counsell Error never loves.

'Fig for Momus,' Sat. i. (signed) D. Lodge.

' Faith,' p. 91. Adde Faith unto your force, &c.

' Faerie Queene,' I. i. 19 (signed) Ed. Spencer.

' Fame,' p. 93. Fame with golden wings, &c.

'Ruines of Time,' 11. 421-4, (signed) Ed. Spencer. 'Fate,' p. 102.

The F_ates can make, &c.

' Faerie Queene,' III. iii. 25, (signed) Ed. Spencer.

Indeed the Fates are firme.

' Faerie Queene,' III. iii. 25, (signed) Ed. Spencer.

' Feare,' p. 105.

In vaine with terror is he fortified. ' Civil Wars,' i. 54, (signed) S. D.

CHARLES CRAWFORD.

(To be continued.)

GENEALOGICAL CIRCULATING LIBRARY. For some time past I have thought it would be a great convenience to amateur genea- logists, especially those residing in country places, if a Genealogical Circulating Library could be established.

There must be plenty of persons interested in this science who have already a large collection of heraldic and genealogical works now lying idle on their shelves, that they could easily lend, at a small charge, the borrower paying postage each way. The borrower might leave a deposit with the owner, according to the value of the books he proposed to borrow, which would be returned to him, less the charge for reading and amount of postages incurred, when he had finished borrowing.

I, for one, should be very glad to avail myself of some such system. I have more

than once contemplated starting such a library myself, but, as I may remove from here on selling my house, I cannot establish a library until in a more permanent residence.. I hope, however, to do it later.

If genealogists interested in a certain district or county were willing to lend their books, or certain of them, on some such terms as I have suggested, they might com- bine to compile a compound advertisement giving the names and addresses of owners of books for each district or county. This would make the cost of advertisement small for each member, and the advertisement itself would be a useful directory to all genealogists requiring any book on a par- ticular district in which they might be interested.

A library comprising books for the whole of England and Wales would be within the means of very few, but numbers of amateurs could give mutual help by lending each other the works connected with a particular district.

I shall be glad to hear suggestions from any of your correspondents regarding this matter. E. DWELLY.

Ardmor, Herne Bav.

ORKNEY HOGMANAY SONG. The following Hogmanay song I took down from the lips of a girl here in January last. It is doggerel in parts, but I give it as I heard it :

This is good New Year's evening night,

We 've all come here to claim our right,

Dance before our Lady,

Dance before Prince Albert's sight,

We sing our song so clearly.

Prince Albert, he is not at home,

He is to the greenwood gone,

Courting a lady and bringing her home,

And that 's* before our Lady,

And that 's before Prince Albert s sight,

We sing our song so clearly.

Get up, old wife, and shake your feathers ;

Dinna think that we are beggars ;

We are children come from home,

Seeking our Hogmanay.

That's before Prince Albert's sight,

And that 's before a lady.

Gie 's the lass wi' bonnie broon hair.

Or we '11 knock yer door upon the floor ;

That 's before Prince Albert 's sight,

That "s before a lady.

The children go round the table,

With their pockets full of money

And their barrels full of beer.

Do you wish'to remind us A nappy ^ew \ ear.

Me feet's cold, me shaes are thin :

Gie me a halfpenny, an' let me rin.

ALEX. RUSSELL. Strom ness.


 * A bow.