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outside, adj. " What appears in him mirth is merely outside." ' D.M.,' I. i. 188. (First ex. 1634.)

ovation, noun = exultation. " As in triumphs and ovations." ' Cuck.,' I. i. 2. (First ex., 1649.)

-passage, noun ==locus in a book. " "Tis neither satire nor moral, but the mean passage of a his- tory." Ind. to ' Malcontent,' 67. (First ex., 1611.)

perspicuous, adj.=eminent, conspicuous. "My weighty and perspicuous comment." ' D.M.,' Dedication. (First ex. of this meaning, 1634.)

l>i'n--icew, a scornful interjection. " Pew-wew, sir, tell not me." ' W.D.,' I. ii. 76. (First ex., 1638 ; pew occurs singly in Fletcher, 1625.)

policy, noun = a promissory note. "I'll fetch a policy for a hundred double ducats." ' D.L.C.,' III. ii. 142. (First ex., 1709 ; pre- viously the meaning of policy for insurance is often illustrated.)

propriety, noun=fitness. " He could not have invented his own ruin with more propriety." ' W.D.,' V. i. 69. (First ex., 1615.)

prospect, noun = expectation. " Noble houses have no such goodly prospects as into their own land."' D.L.C.,' I. i. 175. (First ex., 1665.)

provocative, adj. =aphrodisiac. " The provocative electuaries doctors have uttered." 'W.D.,' I. ii. 102. (First ex. as an adjective, 1621.)

purchase, noun = purchase - money. " I never would give great purchase for that thing." ' D.L.C.,' V. i. 18. (First ex., 1718.)

put off, act. v. =to sell away fraudulently. " To put off horses and slight jewels." ' W.D.,' III. iii. 51. (First ex., 1653.)

rapture, noun=charm, delight. "Her discourse

is so full of rapture." ' D.M.,' I. i. 208. (First

ex., 1629.) rid off, act. v. =to sell off (stale commodities).

" Their false lights are to rid bad wares off."-^-

' D.M.,' I. i. 448. (First ex., 1680.) ring in, act. v.=to surround. "The iron wall

that rings this pomp in." ' App.,' I. iii. 127.

(First ex., 1871.) ropes, noun =tight ropes for vaulting. " Flamineo

is dancing on the ropes." 'W.D.,' V. ii. 117.

(First ex., 1620.) run, intrans. v. =to be persistent in a family.

" The lunacy runs in a blood." ' D.L.C 1 .,' IV.

ii. 72. (First ex., 1777.)

Scotchwoman, noun. " Nor the Scotchwoman with the citterne." ' D.L.C.,' I. ii. 172. (First ex., 1818.)

sea-music, noun = music performed on water. " What brave sea-music bids us welcome." ' Mon. Hon.,' 53. (First ex., 1819.)

tingle-sword, noun=a sword used in duels. " What 's the weapon ? Single - sword." ' Cuck.,' I. ii. 94. (First ex., 1688, when the \\nnl is explained as single-stick, which seems wrong, as in the present case the duel is to be a si'i-iuus affair.)

sillhiu, noun = a spell of sitting to an artist for a portrait. "At next sitting." 'D.L.C.,' I. i. l.VJ. (First ex., 1706.)

snwll drink, noun = a restorative drink or julep. II' would call for small drink." 'D.L.C..' IV. ii. 384. (First ex., 1659.)

B ON A. F. BOURGEOIS.

SIR JOHN GILBERT, J. F. SMITH, ANI> 'THE LONDON JOURNAL.'

(See 11 S. vii. 221, 276, 375 ; viii. 121, 142; x. 102, 144.)

A COMPLETE LIST OF THE TALES SIR JOHN GILBERT ILLUSTRATED IN 'THE LONDON^ JOURNAL.'

TURNING over the pages of The London Journal, I happened to see the following announcement (20 Nov., 1847) :

" Cartoons for the people : the first six after Hogarth* [but they were not, as No. 6 was after Wilkie, published on 17 June, 1848 ; see p. 229- of The London Journal]. The other six will be selections from the finest pictures of other great masters : price one penny each to subscribers,, one shilling to others."

The only cartoon I can find in the National Library copy is No. 1, bound up between vols. vii. and viii. This is a print of Ho- garth's ' Marriage a la Mode,' dated 17 Nov. r 1847. I believe it is by Gilbert.

On 20 May, 1848, vol. viii. p. 170, is announced :

" Cartoons for the People : No. V. Mr. Gilbert's picture of a scene from ' Othello.' We have great pleasure in presenting to our readers the fifth number of our ' Cartoons for the People,' a very beautiful engraving from an original oil painting by Mr. Gilbert, an artist already favourably known to our subscribers by his spirited executions in this Journal, particularly for his illustrations of ' Faust,' and ' Martin the Foundling.' "

I was very much surprised at this, as I had settled that the illustrations to neither of these romances were Gilbert's (see 11 S. vii.. 222). I now find Gilbert began with' chap. Iv. of ' Faust,' which had up to then been illustrated by another artist.

In deference to the statement by the editor of The London Journal I have in- serted ' Martin the Foundling ' in the list below, but I still cannot believe the engrav- ings are Gilbert's. If they are, he imitated the French drawing well, but I would ask readers to compare the style with that of a beautiful portrait in the same volume (L.J., 12 June, 1847, vol. v. p. 225) of Jenny Lind, which is undoubtedly by Gilbert ; and a splendid' picture in black and white of ' Old Christ- mas ' (27 Dec., 1845, vol. ii. p. 241), which is signed J. Gilbert, G. Stiff being the-


 * In reply to my question Messrs. Bradley,,
 * he publishers, write to me : " We regret that

we are unable to add to the information you already possess re The. London Journal cartoons. They were issued as supplements, and are not Jound up in the volumes in our possession."