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distances, the conclusion being that it is extremely difficult, if not altogether im- possible, to reach a general estimate of its character. While, for instance, one glen suffers from the violence of a sudden tempest, there may be in the immediate neighbour- hood " anither glen where a' is lown as faery-land, and the willow leaves, wi' un- twinkling shadows, are imaged in the burnie that has subsided into sleep, and is scarcely seen, no heard ava, to wimple in its dream." Here, one perceives at a glance, it is the purling movement due to a pebbly bed that is the object of attention, and not the winding of the current.

An anecdote resting on personal know- ledge bears directly on the point. An in- imitable story - teller, who caught and fascinated youthful fancy in other days, once indulged in the extension of a pretty idyll with a didactic significance. One summer afternoon, he averred, a horseman on a handsome steed that had evidently done a long journey overtook a boy moving in the same direction as himself. He entered into conversation with the pedestrian as they advanced, drawing from him particulars as to his home life, his school experiences, and so forth. Presently they came to the ford of a stream, where the rider allowed his horse to drink. The animal, with slackened rein, moved slightly up against the current before partaking of the water, which led its master to draw his new friend's attention to its sagacity. '' Now, n said he in conclusion, " when you think of quenching your thirst in a stream, remember the example set you by the horse, and always drink where the water wimples. " There was no thought of meandering here. It was the purling, bubbling movement, indicating the presence of fresh water, that attracted the horse, and prompted the apt and valuable homily of its rider. When the story closed, with the narrator's emphasis on " womples," as he pronounced the onomatopoeic word, there seemed to be momentarily near the fireside on that winter evening

A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June.

It is obvious, of course, that a stream, no less than the worm of a whisky still, may be said to wimple because of its winding or meandering, and that, therefore, there is a sense in which Jamieson and the Burns editors are defensible. The object of the present note is not to dispute the plausibility of this contention, but to show that the

expositors are not always fortunate in the application of their principles, and that the meaning of " wimple " now illustrated often (if not invariably) fails to receive due recog- nition. THOMAS BAYNE.

PUBLIC SCHOOL REGISTERS.

MOST of the books mentioned below are of much use for biography, but many of them are little known, being commonly issued by subscription in limited numbers. Of some there are earlier, and perhaps later, editions than those specified. The histories of a few schools give lists of names occasionally. I have not heard of any printed registers of Birmingham, Bradford, Bromsgrove, Bury St. Edmunds, Giggleswick, Malvern, Oakham, Richmond (Yorks), St. Bees, Shrewsbury, Wakefield, York (St. Peter's). I shall be glad of additions to the following list.

Blundell's. See Tiverton. Bradfield, St. Andrew's College. 1850-93.

Twelfth year of publication, 1893. Brighton College. 1847-63. H. J. Mathews,

1886. Canterbury, King's School. 1808-1908. C. E.

Woodruff and H. J. Cape, 1908 (names

only). Cheltenham College. 1841-89. A. A. Hunter,

1890.

Clifton College. 1862-87. E. M. Oakeley, 1887. Denstone, St. Chad's College. 1873-1904. R. M.

Grier and F. A. Hibbert.

Derby School. 1570-1901. B. Tachella, 1902. Durham School. 1840-1907. C. S. Earle and

L. A. Body, 1908. Elizabeth's, Queen. See Guernsey. Eton School. 1791-1850. H. E. C. Stapylton.

1864. Appendix, 1853-6-9, 1868. Second

Appendix, 1862-5-8, 1871-4-7, 1884. Guernsey, Elizabeth College. 1824-88. Haileybury. 1862-1900. L. S. Milford, 3rd ed,

1900.

Harrow. 1801-93. B. C. Welch, 1894. Isle of Man, King William's College. 1833-1904.

H. S. Christopher, 1905. Kingswood (incorporating Woodhouse Grove

from 1875). 1870-89. Issued at intervals

with the School Magazine. Lanoing, St. Nicholas College. 1848-1900. C. W.

Whitaker, 1900. Leeds Grammar School. 1820-1900. Issued by

the Thoresby Society, 1905. London. Charterhouse. 1800-79. W. D. Parish,

1879. Merchant Taylors' School. 1562-1874. C. J.

Robinson, 2 vols., 1882-3. 1871-1900. W.

Baker, 1908.

St. Paul's School. 1748-1905. R. B. Gar- diner, 2 vols., 1884-1906. Manchester School. 1730-1837. J. F. Smith,

for the Chetham Society, 3 vols., vol. iii.

in 2 parts, 1866-74.

Marlborough College. 1843-79. 1880. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. E. H. Adamson (? date). Repton School. 1620-1894. F. C. Hipkins, 1895.