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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. vn FEB. 23, 1907.

" KINGSLEY' s STAND " (10 S. vii. 109). This name is derived from the heroic conduct of Kingsley and his regiment at, and imme- diately after, the battle of Minden. Par- ticulars are given in Cannon's ' Historical Record of the 20th Regiment,' pp. 16-19, where it is stated that

"the severe loss sustained by the regiment at the battle occasioned Prince Ferdinand to give direc- tions, on the 2nd of August, in general orders, that 4 Kingsley's Regiment of the British line, from its severe loss, will cease to do duty'; but the sur- viving officers and soldiers were animated with zeal for the service, and a praiseworthy esprit de co/yw led them to solicit to be permitted to take every duty which came to their turn, and on the 4th of August, it was stated in general orders, 'Kingsley's Regiment, at its own request, will resume its portion of duty in the line.' "

Kingsley was colonel of the regiment from 1756 to" 1769. His portrait was painted by

Reynolds. The regiment is now cashire Fusiliers.

the Lan- W. S.

I have always understood this expression to refer to the stand that Col. Kingsley made to keep his regiment in the fighting line after their distinguished services at the battle of Minden. The old 20th Regiment has now become the 1st Battalion of the Lan- cashire Fusiliers ; but when a separate entity its territorial title was that of the East Devon Regiment of Foot, and their nick- name that of the " Minden. Boys." I have notes of three books relating to this regi- ment, viz., the official ' Historical Record of the 20th or East Devonshire Regiment, 1688-1848,' published by Parker in 1848 ; Lieut. Barlow's ' Orders, Memoirs, &c., connected with the 20th Regiment,' pub- lished in 1868 ; and ' The History of the 20th Regiment,' by Lieut, and Quarter- master Smyth, published by Simpkin in 1889. I cannot say at the moment whether any one of these refers especially to the expression at the head of this reply.

G. YARROW BALDOCK.

For a description of the feats which gained the title of " Kingsley's Stand " see the Hon. J. W. Fortescue's ' History of the British Army,' 1899, vol. ii. pp. 485-97.

J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL.

AUTHORS or QUOTATIONS WANTED (10 S. vii. 49). In " Timidi nunquam statuerunt tn>].,eum" there is no need to substitute statuere for statuerunt, so as to make the words part of a hexameter. The Latin is the translation given in Erasmus's ' Adagia ' of a Greek proverb quoted by Plato in his ' Critias ' (108c, 'AA/\a yap d^v/iowres aVSpes rpoTraiov ecrrv^crav). See p. 691, col. 2,

of J. J. Grynseus's ed. of the ' Adagia ' (1629), under the main heading ' Timiditas.*

Erasmus, it will be seen, before citing Plato's words, gives the quotation

'AA.A,' 01 yap dOvfj-ovi'Tts av8pes ovirorf.

'fpoTratov ecmjcravTo.

At enim tropheeum nobile hand vnquam viri,

Statuere pauidi,

adding " Suidas ex Eupolide citat." The attribution to Eupolis is an error due to the fact that in the early editions of Suidas's- lexicon two entries have been run into one. See Gaisford's ed. of Suidas, vol. i. cols. 168-9. The w r ords, even in the form printed in Erasmus, are not a metrical success.

EDWARD BENSLY.

[MR. R. PIERPOIXT also refers to Erasmus's 'Adagia.']

ANAGRAMS ON Pius X. (10 S. i. 146, 253). The words " losephus Cardinalis Sarto," the official title of the Pope regnant before his election, yield the following anagrams, which are not out of place in the present state of France. It may be that MR. J. B. WAINE- WRIGHT, in whose reply " men " ought to be man, has seen others even more a propos.

1. Ruinas fecisti ! Solda oras ! (Thou hast made ruins : thou beggest for full pay ! These words may also mean "Thy prayer is. Mend them!" i.e., the ruins, from the Low Latin verb *otdare.=i,o make solid.)

L'. Stas Francis e uia doloris. (Thou stanclest up, from the road to sorrow, for the Francs. )

3. Ast Francis es doloris uia. (But thou art a way of grief for Frenchmen.)

4. Is lesus al[i]t Francos radio. (This Jesus nourishes the French with a flash of light.)

."). Francise suis sat doloris. (Enough grief for his

people in France.) (5. Eius dolor a Francis satis.

Frenchmen is siitticient.)

7. Saluto Francos sine radiis. men without rods.)

EDWARD

(His grief from the

(I greet French- S. DODGSON.

" SHADOW - CATCHER " = PHOTOGRAPHER (10 S. vii. 67). A few years ago a photo- grapher named Cooper, if I remember rightly had premises on the east side of King William Street, London Bridge, and used to advertise by means of handbills distributed outside his place of business, These announcements were always headed : Of those for whom we fond emotions cherish Secure the shaclcnv, ere the substance perish.

F. A. RUSSELL.

I remember that forty years ago it was Considered " funny " to call photographers ' shadow-smashers " and " physog-makers." ' Shadow-catchers " seems an improvement. The most-used term, however, was " like- iess-takers." THOS. RATCLIFFE.