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 518 NOTES AND QUERIES. [io» s. iv DEC. 23,UK Can nobody produce an old form of Chelsea, such as Ceoles-iec/ or Ceoles-ea 1 S. O. ADDY. I venture to draw SIR HERBERT MAXWELL'S attention to two Scottish place-names which seem to support his derivation of Kelso. They are Shetland and Shapinshay, originally Hjaltland and Hjalpandisey. Their initial •was at first pronounced as a palatal aspirate, which easily turns into sh. It is the sound of German ch in the phrase "Ich grolle nidi I, " which English people hear as " Ish grolle nisht." Now if the second element of Kelso is really the word heityh, it commences with this very palatal, and if chalk heugh had only become Kelsho there would be no difficulty, as it would be a perfect parallel to Shetland. The difficulty is that instead of sh we find s, but the two sibilants are doubtless readily interchangeable. JAS. PLATT, Jun. There is a John Hunt, of Chelchehuthe, temp. R. II., whose name occurs in ' Index to Deeds in the Public Record Office,' i. 213, as engaged in some affair with (apparently) a neighbour at Fulham. Beside this, there is •one Geoffre de Chelchehuthe, a prominent citizen of London (p. 269). These items have seemed to me to support the now familiar theory that the place is Chelsea, taking into account the spelling in ' D.B.' But an essay in Tlie Antiquary (xxxix. 3G3, ifec.) by Mr. Harold Peake, written with considerable learning, points to an entirely new direction for the discovery of this elusive place. Mr. Peake claims it for Lich- field, and not without very seductive reasons. The thing is too long to quote here, but I recommend those students interested in the matter to read the article. The charter No. 60 in ' Cartularium Saxonicum' has the form Ethcealchy (anno 681). The earliest entry of Celchyd appears to be anno 785, in charter 247. I make no doubt that Ethcealchy = Cealchithe, and this seems to widen the question considerably. EDWARD SMITH. ANTONIO CANOVA IN ENGLAND (10th S. iv. 448).—If the querist can refer to Melchior Missirini's ' Vita di Antonio Canova' (terza edizione, Milano, MDCCCXXV.), he will find that the famous sculptor reached our shores towards the close of 1815. The second chapter of the fourth and last book of this beautiful little work is entitled ' Viaggio del Cauova A Londra' (pp. 371-7), where an interesting account may be read of his reception in our capital. The Prince Regent gave him a warm welcome and presented him with a costly jewelled snuff-box (rice* tabacchiera brilliantata). He was also entertained by the members of the Royal Academy at a splendid banquet, which is described in "il Giornale di Londra del 10 dicembre." I take this to mean TheTimes of that date. The same newspaper published a very laudatory article on the distinguished visitor when he quitted England on his return to Italy, of which a summary is given by his biographer. Flaxman ("quel Nestor* delleartiinglesi.cheebbeaniraod'agguagliare nolle sue invenzioni 1'ardire del nostro magno Alighieri, e la forza creatrice chespira in ogni parte dell'Odissea e dell'Iliade"),Wilkie, and Haydon, are mentioned as having been his greatest friends. As to the date or Canova's visit we have his own words, for, writing on 9 November, 1815, to his friend Quatremere at Paris, he says: "Eccomi a Londra, mio caro ed ottimo ainico" (p. 375), and then expresses his admiration for the beauty of the streets, squares, and bridges of ouir amazing (sorprendente) capital city. JOHN T. CURRY. NOTES ON BOOKS, *c. GIFT-BOOKS OF MESSRS. BOUTLEIXJK. Grimm'* Fairy Talei and Household Stories. Flower Poem*. By Robert Herrick. The Christmas Book of Carols and Songs. The Grave. By Robert Blair. Illustrated by William Blake. Comuti: o Ma»gue. By John Milton. The Imitation of CJirint. In Four Books. Trans- lated from Thomas a Kempis by Canon Benham. Poem* by Mattheic Arnold. Cujrid and Psyche. From the Latin of Apuleius. By William Adlington. The Books of Kuth and Esther. THE handsome and attractive edition of Grimro'i immortal work is well fitted to take its place on the table as one of the most attractive of the season's gift-books, and in the bookcase as a perma- nent possession. Nowise given are we to burden with matter of ephemeral interest the groaning bookshelves. Heaven forfend, however, that we should be without an illustrated Grimm ! and of such the present volume, with its sixteen full-page plates by H. L. Shiudler, is virtually ideal. Apart from the fact that the stories collected bv the brothers Grimm occupy a permanent and dis- tinguished place in literature, what student is there who cannot, when tired of serious study, lean back in his chair and delectate in the perusal of' Rapunzel,' which so happily inspired William Morris, and of which so excellent a design fonni the frontispiece to the volume? We acknowledge a personal obligation to the publishers for this brilliant and attractive publication, and our only complaint is that it is too seductive, and induce* ourselves to forswear for a little too long those " laborious days " which, with every apology to