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note informs readers this was "a common name for a clasp-knife made originally at Sheffield by Jaques de Liege, a Fleming " (the italics are my own). Again in 1689 there is a charge " for a jock ye Leg sueding knife from mr Ha. ferguson." In 1695 we have the following item, " For a new blaid to my wifes jock ye leg " ; then in 1696 "for a Jock the leg knyfe," and in 1702 "for a jock the leg knyfe."

With regard to the knives and forks com- monly carried for the purposes indicated in the quotation before us, I very recently quoted elsewhere from the "accounts" as follows: "May 12, 1697, for 6 kilmares knyfes, a fork, and caise, 3:0: 0." Needless to say, Kilmaurs was celebrated for its manu- facture of cutlery.

ALFRED CHAS. JONAS.

Thornton Heath.

COLISEUMS OLD AND NEW (10 th S. ii. 485, 529 ; iii. 52, 116, 189, 255, 437). If the Editor has space for any more remarks on this subject, I should like to add, with reference to the name, that in The Mirror, No. 354, 31 January, 1829, it was observed :

" Its original name, or, we should say, its popular name, was the Coliseum, evidently a misnomer, from its distant resemblance to that gigantic work of antiquity. The present and more appropriate name is the COLOSSEUM, in allusion to its colossal dimen- sions ; for it would not show much discernment to erect a building like the Pantheon, and call it the Coliseum. The term Diorama has likewise been strangely corrupted since its successful adoption in the Regent's Park it being now almost indefinitely applied to any number or description of paintings."

This paragraph receives confirmation from the fact that in the letterpress description in Elmes's 'Metropolitan Improvements' the building is called the Colosseum, whereas in the plates, which were evidently preparec before the text, it is called the Coliseum, It may be noted for the benefit of collectors of London topographical prints that Thos H. Shepherd's view of ' The Coliseum ' occurs in two states. In the earlier one the en graver's name, " H. Wallis," is given at the right-hand corner, and the date of publica tion is 21 April, 1827. In the later impres sion not only is the plate considerably retouched, but the engraver's name is erased and the date of publication is 21 April, 1828

c the accompanying view by Shepherd The Coliseum and Part of Regent's Park, which is engraved by W. Tombleson, I hav< not met with more than one state.

A very fine set of aquatint engravings o folio size was published in June, 1829, fy R. Ackermann & Co., 96, Strand. Of thesi I have the following four : Plate I. Grano

ntrance to the Colosseum, Regent's Park'; 3 late III. 'The Fountains surrounding a marble Statue at the Colosseum, Regent's 3 ark'; Plate IV. ' The Geometrical Ascent to ,he Galleries, &c.'; Plate V. ' Bird's-Eye View rom the Staircase and the upper part of the ^avilion, &c.' I believe these prints to be scarce, as they do not appear to form a part of the Crace Collection, and I should be under a great obligation to any contributor to 'N. & Q.' who could help me to complete my set.

There is a view in the Crace Collection, No. 120, Portfolio xxx., entitled 'The Colos- seum, looking towards the South, Regent's Park,' and described in the catalogue, "T. T. Paris del. T. Higham sculp., 1846." I have

copy of this fine steel plate, which was issued with the ' Stationer's Almanac ' for 1830. It was probably reissued in 1846, after the building had been remodelled. The name of the draughtsman is properly given in my copy as E. T. Parris.

In 1845 the guide-book of which a descrip- tion was supplied by MR. W. E. HAELAND- OXLEY, ante, p. 52, was issued. There were also very interesting papers with numerous illustrations in The Illustrated London Neu>& for 26 April and 3 May, 1845, and in the new series of The Mirror, No. 3, 19 July, and No. 5, 2 Aug., 1845. To the same date I ascribe a handsome lithograph in folio, " G- Hawkins Jun 1 Lith. Day & Haghe, Lith 1 ' 3 to the Queen."

In 1848 the building was again remodelled,, the panorama of 'Paris by Night' being substituted for that of 'London by Night/ and a handbook, of which the following is- the title, was issued :

A | Description | of | The Royal Colosseum, | Re- opened in M.DCCC.XLV., | Under the Patronage of Her Majesty the Queen, and H.R.H. Prince Albert, trations, and Eight Sections | of | The Grand Pano- rama | of | Paris by Moonlight. I Twenty-second Edition. | London :' Printed by J. Chisman, 42; Albany Street, Regent's Park, i M.DCCC.XLYIII.
 * Re-embellished in 1848. | With Numerous Illus-

This guide-book is in a great measure a reprint of the former one, with such ad- ditions as the " re-embellishment " rendered necessary. Amongst the chief attractions, which I remember well, were " The Stalac- tite Caverns, constructed by Mr. W. Brad- well and Mr. Tel bin," which were copied from the well-known caves at Adelsbejrg> near Trieste. The later history of the building is given in Thornbury and Walford's ' Old and} New London,' and by Mr. Wheatley in hi& ' London Past and Present.'

W. F.