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 388 NOTES AND QUERIES. [10* s. iv. NOV. u, 1905. fresh grass. She knew her ball because it had a ruby in it, and picking it up she clasped it to her bosom and fell asleep. But the children of the Elysian fields cannot live on_ earth without special preparation, anc this she had not; therefore Phoebus, who in Elysia taught her music, and who knew the pain and sorrow that awaited her on awak- ing, all unprepared for the earthly life, drove his fiery chariot across the sky, and, seeing her, transformed the ball in her bosom into the centre, and her limbs and garments into the white petals, of a daisy, and her green sash and mantle into its sheaf. She was sweet and merry, and all the children now love the field daisy. I am acquainted with the story of 'AloestL and the Daisy,' as told by Chaucer, likewise with the story of ' Bellis and Ephigeus ' and the Celtic legend of ' Malvina and her Infant Son'; but, needless to say, these are not what I want, nor do the classical dictionaries, Smith, Lempriere, Dr. Brewer, &c., throw any light on this particular legend. I should also be glad to know where I can see a paper on 'The Daisy,' read in the first instance by Canon Ellacombe before the Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club in the year 1874, and subsequently printed as an Appendix (A) to his 'Plant- lore of Shakespeare.' I have consulted the only edition of Canon Ellacombe's 'Folk- lore of Shakespeare' in the British Museum, and also the 'Report of the Proceedings of the Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club' for the year 1874, but the paper in question does not appear in either. RITA RUSSELL. Lyceum Club, 128, Piccadilly, W. LA WHENCE.—Can any one give the parent- age of John Lawrence, admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 19 October, 1652 ; B.A., 1656; M.A., 1660? He is described in the college books only as "of Middlesex." A. S. L. AMATEUR DRAMATIC CLUBS. — Can any reader furnish information of any books or journals published in the sixties regarding the earlier Amateur Dramatic Clubs ? J. H. B. B.JOHN HAILE.—Dpm BedeCaram, O.S.B., in his account of this martyr in his 'Lives of the English Martyrs,' vol. i. p. 17, says : " He is said to have held the benefice of Chelmsford. in Essex, before his promotion to Isleworth on the 13th of August, 1521." One John Hall became rector of Chelmsford in 1492 ; but I know of nothing to lead to an identification of the rector of Chelmsford with the vicar of Isleworth. On the other hand, it is certain that John Hale, LL8., who became rector of Cranford, Middlesex, 11 September, 1505, exchanged this rectory for the vicarage of Isleworth, 13 August. 1521 (see Hennessy's ' Novum Repertonum,' pp. 133, 229). He was, as Dotu Bede Camtn points out, Fellow of King's Hall, Cambridge, at the time of his death. Was he the John Hale or Hall who became a Scholar of Eton in 1485 (Harwood's 'Alumni Etonenses,' p. 120)? JOHN B. WAINEWBIGHT. PRINTED CATALOGUES or PUBLIC LIBRARIES. —What public libraries have printed their catalogues 1 I can name only a very few. The British Museum heads the list. The catalogue of Dublin University was, I believe, printed some twenty years ago. I have seen a complete printed catalogue of the National Library of New South Wales. I understand the Bibliotheque Nationale has made a be- ginning of printing its catalogue. Are there any others ? If not, why not ? Is not the utility of a printed catalogue for every public library recognized ? Facility of reference is one of its greatest advantages over the card catalogue. Again, the printed catalogue enables an isolated worker in the country to ascertain which of the works that he may desire to consult is accessible in a neighbour- ing city, and may perhaps save him loss of time and money in a futile visit. There are other advantages also; yet I find public libraries as a rule opposed to the idea. I cannot help thinking this may be due to the formidable nature of the task which publish- ing the catalogue of a great library would involve for the staff. KOM OMBO. DUELLING IN GERMANY.—Will some Ger- man reader of ' N. & Q.' explain the following difficulty to an ignorant Briton ? According to the scraps of information relating to German life which find their way into Eng- lish newspapers, a man of good position is bound by the code of honour to fight if challenged. Duelling is still a recognized institution, and severe social condemnation falls on any one who refuses to face bis antagonist's pistol. Yet in ' Es war,' » story by the celebrated novelist and drama- tist Sudermann, I find that its hero, Leo Sellenthin, is condemned to two years' imprisonment in a fortress for accepting Rhaden's challenge and wounding him mor- tally. It is true that a year of the sentence is remitted : but he undergoes legal punish- ment for doing exactly what the social obligations of his country demand of him. [f national feeling is really in favour of