Page:Notes and Queries - Series 10 - Volume 7.djvu/20

 12

NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. VIL JAN. 5, 1907.

Moxon. His definition " the Treasury " is, however, scarcely adequate, as besides the Treasurer it appears to include the Grand Vizier, the Ministers of Home and Foreign Affairs, &c. I should say that " the Maghzen " is to Morocco much what " the Porte " is to Turkey. In English the best equivalent would be " the Government " ; and just as we can speak of " the Govern- ment " with either a singular or plural verb, so we can say either " the Maghzen is " or "the Maghzen are." In Moroccan Arabic, as readers of Borrow will remember, a soldier or gendarme is called a makliazni, which is an adjective, meaning " governmental." There is a foot-note in Cunninghame Gra- ham's book ' Mogreb-el-Acksa ' (1898, p. 82) which may be quoted in this connexion :

"A tall peaked fez in Morocco is the outward risible sign of a soldier or man of the Mahksen Government, from the Arabic word Mahksen, which is not used in other Arab-speaking countries in the sense of the Government, but simply as signifying a 'Store.'"

JAS. PLATT, Jun.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED (10 S. vi. 469). The verses referring to " Mario's voice " occur in Owen Meredith's (Lord Lytton's) ' The Wanderer,' second edition, 1859, p. 141. I quote the second and third stanzas :

Of all the Operas that Verdi wrote, The best to my taste is the ' Trouvatore ' ;

And Mario can soothe with a tenor note The souls in Purgatory.

The moon on the tower slept soft as snow ;

And who was not thrill'd in the strangest way As he heard him sing, while the gas burn'd low,

"Non ti scordar di me" ?

EDWARD PEACOCK. Wickentree House, Kirton-in-Lindsey.

The quotation beginning " There is a sweetness in autumnal days " is from Sir Lewis Morris's * The Ode of Age.' This forms the ninth division of the volume entitled ' The Ode of Life,' which appeared in 1880, the poet at the time still writing anonymously, and describing himself as " Author of ' The Epic of Hades.' " See also the collected and acknowledged ' Works ' of 1891, p. 310. THOMAS BAYNE.

[MR. J. B. WAINEWRIGHT also refers to Sir Lewis Morris. J

"ITO": " ITOLAND " (10 S. vi. 461). It is very desirable to controvert MR. BRESLAR'S too enthusiastic laudation of Mr. Zangwill in particular and his scheme in general, lest the future student in referring to these pages should gain a false impression of their relative importance. It mustj^be

placed on record that the whole movement is controlled, and solely supported by, the enthusiasts who would be the last to par- icipate in the migration and colony-found- ing, except for administrative purposes. It has barely been recognized by, and cer- tainly has not received support from, the thousands in Russia who are most anxious to emigrate ; and except the attempt to establish a colony in Uganda, nothing has been accomplished. The founding of centres, enrolment of members, and holding of periodical meetings for discussion, in various parts of the United Kingdom, are no measure of the success of the movement ;. and there is no actual and active assistance. The whole movement is, in my opinion, wrong in conception, and at fault in its organization and administration.

ALECK ABRAHAMS. , Hillmarton Road, N.

FOREST OF OXTOWE " (10 S. vi. 450). This is Huckstow Forest, on the borders of Upper Heath, in the parish of Wortheiv partly in Montgomeryshire and partly in> Shropshire. CHAS. HALL CROUCH.

5, Grove Villas, Wanstead.

BlBLIOTHECA FARMERIANA (10 S. VI. 368).

PROF. MOORE SMITH may like to know that in my copy of Dr. Farmer's catalogue (for- merly Dibdin's) the name of the purchaser of lots 7441 and *7441 is given as Harris.

H. J. B. CLEMENTS. Killadoon, Celbridge. ,

CARLYLE ON RELIGION (10 S. vi. 470).- The following occurs in ' Latter-Day Pam- phlets,' No. VIII. , the theme of which is ' Jesuitism ' :

" Simple souls still clamour occasionally for what they call 'a new religion.' My friends, you will not get this new religion of yours ; I perceive you already have it, have always had it ! All that is true is your ' religion ' is it not ?"

With this compare the discussion, under the heading ' Morrison Again,' of " Rituals, Liturgies," &c., in ' Past and Present/

III. xv.

THOMAS BAYNE.

MYDDELTON FAMILY (10 S. vi. 428). Elizabeth and Anne Myddelton after their father Sir Hugh's death lived with their mother at Bush Hill Park, Edmonton. Elizabeth, who was baptized at St.Matthew's,. Friday Street, in October, 1608, married Wm. Grace, gent., of Edmonton. She made her will on 20 Oct., 1645, which was proved on 6 Feb. following, by which she left her New River share to her husband. Anne never married ; she was baptized at