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1634 by Clarencieux, I believe (or possibly Eouge Dragon).

"Arms of Litle of Hahted. Sable, a pillar ducallj crowned between two wings expanded and joinec to the base of the last, impaling gules, two lions passant ermine (Sorrell). Crest, a cock standing on an arrow or, combed and wattled gules (Litle)." Visitation of 1634.

"Arms of Littdl of Hoisted. Sable, a column between two wings emanating from the base of the column and surmounted by a ducal coronet or Crest, a cock or, combed and wattled gules, stand ing on an arrow lying fesswise of the first. Geoffrey Litle of Halstead, in com. Essex, died 1521 and is there buried. Will dated 21 Jan. 1521." Visitation of 16G4-8.

W. F. LITTLE.

PALINDROME. I find the following palin- drome in a contemporary. Will some one give me a literal translation and explain the word "arepo," which puzzles me immensely? Sator arepo tenet opera rotas.

W. H. M.

MACERLEAN SURNAME. This well-known Ulster family name is from the Gaelic MacGiollaEain, " son of the slave of John." It has always had a fascination for me, because it is exceptional as a transcription. In most other surnames which have as their middle element the word yiolla it is angli- cized as il, el, oral ; for example, Macll heron, MacElfatrick, MacAleese, from the Gaelic MacGiollaChiarain ("son of the slave of Ciaran"), MacGiollaPhadruig ("son of the slave of Patrick "), MacGiollalosa (" son of the slave of Jesus "). There are a few instances in which c/iolla appears in English as a mere vowel, a or ee.g., MacAreavey, MacEvoy, from the Gaelic MacGiollaRiabhaigh, Mac- GiollaBhuidhe. But MacErlean comes under none of these heads. It is unique. Is there any reason why the word giolla, in this name alone, should appear in the English form as erl ? Can any reader tell us how far back this perplexing erl can be traced 1

JAS. PLATT, Jun.

' SECRETS IN ART AND NATURE.' A pamphlet entitled l Secrets in Art and Nature 'was advertised to be published in The Liverpool Advertiser of 11 February, 1757. Author, Thomas Laurenson, engraver ; pub- lisher, 11. Williamson, Liverpool. Can any one inform me where a copy can be seen ?

W. TURNER.

48, High Street, Buxton, Derbyshire.

OPHELIA. Can any of your readers tell me if the name Ophelia occurs in parish registers or family records before the publi- cation of 'Hamlet'? or is it at all known whence Shakespeare derived the name ? It

occurs in Sannazaro's 'Arcadia' (first pub- lished in 1504), Egloga Nona, as Ofelia, and as the name of a herdsman ; but it does not appear to be classical. A family table states that one John Rickman, who was baptized at Stanton Prior, 25 March, 1587, married Ophelia Marchant. As their only child, John, was baptized at Stanton Prior, 7 July, 1611, we may suppose that Ophelia Marchant was born between 1587 and 1590; but this is before the first sketch of ' Hamlet.' A. F.

[MR. F. ADAMS at 8 th S. xi. 104 drew attention to the occurrence of Ofelia as a masculine name in Sannazaro's 'Arcadia.'']

" OUR LIVES ARE SONGS." In what book by the Rev. Thomas Gibbons a Nonconformist clergj'rnan living in London in the eighteenth century are to be found these lines ? Our lives are songs ; God writes the words,

We set them to music at leisure, And the song grows glad or the song grows sad As we choose to fashion the measure.

D. M.

Philadelphia.

WARLOW, GERMAN PLACE-NAME. Can any one tell me the origin of the German place- name Warlow ? According to a gazetteer of the world, there are two villages of this name, one in Mecklenburg-Schwerin and another in Prussia. Can any historical fact in con- nexion with either be given ? G. H. W.

EARRINGS : THEIR HISTORY. I am anxious to discover whether there is any modern work on this subject. About 1830 or there- abouts a small work was published entitled 'The Practice of wearing Earrings : its Anti- quity ' ; but I have been so far unable to find a copy of it. Perhaps some reader of 'N. & Q.' may know of other literature dealing with this practice, which, after nearly dying out, seems to be reviving again.

FREDERICK T. HIBGAME.

E. SAMUEL. On p. viii of the appendix to

The British Code' (referred to ante, pp. 49,

94) I find this remark : " An ingenious and

ntelligent author, in an historical account

of the British army, under the name of E.

Samuel."

What was the author's real name ? He appears only to have written the above book under the name of Samuel.

RALPH THOMAS.

TWINS. I shall be glad if any readers will lelp me to cases of twins, especially well- unown people, alive or close to our own time,

o show : 1. Close likeness, mental as well physical. 2. Great dissimilarity, mental and physical. RUDOLPH DE CORDOVA.