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NOTES AND QUERIES. [10* s. n. JULY 30,

Yorkshire Notes and Queries. July. (Stock.) MR JOSEPH KENWORTHY contributes an interest- ing and well-illustrated article on the antiquities of JBolsterstone and its neighbourhood. He takes the liberal and correct view of antiquity. We have not only an account of the discovery of urns of what is usually considered the Celtic type, and of a stone which the writer thinks to have formed one member of a trilithon, but also of old barns of sixteenth or seventeenth century date, and even of the parish .stocks and whipping-post. This is as it should be. Interesting objects do not interest merely on ac- count of their age ; we are, therefore, always glad to find a record of things whose uses have passed .away, and have thus become in the minds of thoughtful people memorials of a state of civiliza- tion no longer ours. There are, we believe, old people yet among us who can remember when the whipping-post and the stocks were deemed very serviceable instruments for the reformation of offenders.

An engraving of the Bradford Horn is given. It, we need not say, cannot be compared with the Tiorn which is the chief treasure of the Corporation of Ripon, but it is an interesting relic of consider- able antiquity, though its age is very uncertain. It -probably at one time belonged to the Corporation, but is now the property of the Bradford Philo- sophical Society.

A sketch of the life of Mr. Samuel Waddington, 'the poet, is given. He was born at Boston Spa on the Wharfe in 1844. His ancestors lived near -the neighbouring village of Bardsey during the Commonwealth, the place where William Congreve, the dramatist, was born. Some of Mr. Wadding- ton's shorter poems are quoted. They are of con- siderable merit.

The Reliquary and Illustrated Archceoloffist. Edited

by J. Romilly Allen. July. (Bemrose Sons.) The contents are of the usually interesting character. The first article, on ' Ossuaries,' is by Gladys Dickson. The ancient tombs found in Palestine are mostly artificial caves cut out of the rocks; these tombs were adapted for a limited number. Therefore, when these graves became filled up they had to be either permanently closed, or cleared for later interments. As the bones were cleared from the graves they were thrown into small chambers or pits that were specially prepared for them. "But in the later tombs, about 200 B.C. and onwards, the bones of each indi- vidual were collected into ossuaries. These were small rectangular cases, cut from soft limestone, and deposited in the chambers." The average length of an ossuary is from two and a half to three feet. The article is well illustrated. Mr. F. W. Galpin gives some 'Notes on a Roman Hydraulus,' or water organ of the ancients. Owing to its associa- tion with the gladiatorial shows and pagan orgies, the instrument was proscribed as an element in Christian worship. Dr. Cox writes on ' Pewter Plate,' and refers to the remarkable revival of interest in old pewter. " A fashionable craze for its collection has set in, so that its value has more than doubled, and is still rising." The article speaks highly of two recent works on pewter plate : Mr. Masse's 'Historical and Descriptive Handbook,' " brought out in the handsome fashion characteristic of Messrs. George Bell & Sons' publications," and Mr. Redman's " well-illustrated handbook, with various plates of pewter marks." Among illustra-

tions in the latter is a photograph of two pewter flagons, in good condition, at Haworth Church. ' These were used for sacramental purposes in the

days of John Wesley They are both dated 1750,"

and on each a stanza has been inscribed. One bears this inscription :

Blest Jesus, what delicious fare !

How sweet thine entertainments are !

Never did angels taste above,

Redeeming grace or dying love.

Mr. G. F. Hill writes on 'Medallic Portraits of Christ in the Fifteenth Century,' and Mr. G. Le Blanc Smith on ' Three Pre-Norman Crosses in Derbyshire.'

JOHN LORAINE HEELIS, who died at Penzance on Monday, 18 July, was a frequent contributor to our columns, his last two notes. appearing as recently as 4 June ; he was a most charming letter-writer, and in all his letters to us he made constant refer- ence to subjectsltreated in ' N. & Q.' He was for many years a contributor to the Publishers' Circular, and had a considerable knowledge of French and German literature. He received his education at the City of London School. On leaving he was articled to Mr. Wheeler, of Cambridge, was for many years in the service of the Longmans, and afterwards in the firm of Sampson Low, Marston & Co. On re- tiring to Penzance he devoted himself to literature and to good work in connexion with the public library there. His well-stored memory made him a delightful companion, and his affectionate disposi- tion endeared him to every one.

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EVLOSER. The reference on p. 80 should have been ' Hamlet,' Act I. sc. ii.

EVERARD HOME COLEMAN (" Scriptures out of church"). The line in 'Don Juan' was quoted at 9 th S. xii. 496.

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