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Sclmyle in old Dutch and Flemish is a femi- nine substantive, meaning a hiding-place, nook, or corner, whence comes also another well-known surname, Schuyler. The personal name Verschuyle corresponds to such English surnames as Corner, Hearne, and Wray, all three of which have much the same sense. The spelling Yerschoyle, instead of Ver- schuyle, is either corrupt or a Flemish pro- vincialism, as in some dialects (for instance, in that of Antwerp) the difficult diphthong I wj changes to oy. JAMES PLATT, Jun.

The only time I came across the name Verschoyle was in 1900, when I met a Lieut.-Col. Verschoyle, then commanding a battalion of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. He has now retired from the service. K. M. BEGBIE.

68, St. John'a Park, Blackheath.

Verschoyle is the name of a Dublin family whose ancestor migrated thither from Utrecht, in Holland, to escape the persecutions of Philip II. They were resident in St. Cathe- rine's parish, Dublin. The first were two brothers: 1. Henricke Verschuyle (will proved 1623), of St. Thomas's Street, Dublin, brewer, who had a son Henry ; 2. William Verschoyle (will proved 1648), of Dublin, gent., who married Cath. van Pilkam.

WM. BALL WEIGHT, M.A.

Osbaldwick Vicarage, York.

Verschoyle is the name of a family which settled in Ireland early in the seventeenth century. They are said to have come from Holland on account of the religious persecu- tion in 1568. (See Burke's ' Gentry,' ninth edition.) Probably the name is taken from some village, or they may have assumed the Dutch word Verschil, which means difference or variance, when they left the count ry, as a token of its distracted state.

Folden, from the A.-S. fold, a fold ; and A.-S. den, a valley, an enclosure for deer, &c. JOHN RADCLIFFE.

There are four places named Folden Fiords in Norway, all being within an area of 183 miles by 240.

EVERARD HOME COLEMAN.

BAPTIST CONFESSION OF FAITH, 1660 (10 th S. iii. 89). In the Reference Library of the Baptist Missionary Society in Furnival Street, Hoi born, there is a book entitled 4 Confessions of Faith and other Public Documents illustrative of the History of the Baptist Churches of England in the Seven- teenth Century.' This volume contains " The Second Humble Address of those who are called Anabaptists in the county of Lincoln. Presented to His Majesty, Charles the Second,

King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland," &c. The book can be seen at the library. JOHN BROWN MYEES.

NELSON IN FICTION (10 th S. iii. 26, 77). Through inadvertence I omitted one juvenile work of fiction in my Nelson lists. Towards the end of list No. 1 immediately after 'His Majesty's Sloop Diamond Rock 'I ought to have inserted the following : * Diamond Rock," by J. Macdonald Oxley (Nelson and his times, ending with Trafalgar).

JONATHAN NIELD.

[MR. G. GILBERT states that Nelson figures in Sir A. C. Doyle's ' Rodney Stone.']

"GOD REST YOU MERRY" (10 th S. iii. 49).

See ' As You Like It,' V. i., and ' Romeo and Juliet,' I. ii. The last citation makes it quite clear that " Rest you merry !" was an ordinary colloquial salutation, like the modern Ameri- can "Be good to yourself !" at parting.

EDWARD HERON-ALLEN.

I have always heard the first line of the carol referred to as " God bless you, merry gentlemen," with the comma after "you"; and do not believe that such an expression as " God rest you merry " is known in any sense. W. I. R. V.

COLISEUMS OLD AND NEW (10 th S. ii. 485, 529 ; iii. 52). In a series of ' Letters from London,' which appeared in a New York journal in 1852, one entire letter is devoted to a description of " the wonderful Coliseum, which must ever rank as amongst the most interestingfand artistic exhibitions of the vast metropolis." The panoramic view of London had, however, been replaced by one repre- senting "the Lake of Thun," "a most mar- vellous piece of scenic painting." There were many other things to be seen, including fountains, conservatories, picture galleries, and a magnificent concert hall, while a cyclo- rama, or moving landscape, representing the Tagus from its mouth as far as Lisbon, is described as "alone worth coming many miles to see." After the Coliseum he visits no fewer than seven other panoramic exhibitions, in- cluding the Diorama in Park Square, Regent's Park ; the Diorama of the Ganges, " a superb and extremely fashionable resort in Regent Street "; " Mr. Allom's magnificent panoramic painting of Constantinople " ; " the Cosmorama in Regent Street"; "the Tourists' Gallery," where he much appreciated a tour through Europe ; " the Panorama" in Leicester Square ; and finally "the Gallery of Illustration in Regent Street," where the Diorama of Eng- land, depicting the four seasons, and the sports and pastimes of the people in the eighteenth