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certain facts about the churchyards. Corre- spondence of interest respecting the work has been inserted, and the volumes have been very strongly bound, in order that they may last with reasonable care for C3nturies to come.

It should be stated that all the foregoing may be freely consulted by appointment at the residence of the Hon. Secretary of the East Herts Archaeological Society, Ivy Lodge, Hockerill, Bishop's Stortford ; or inquiries will be answered, if a stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. Correspond- ents are asked, however, to allow a reason- able time for research and reply.

W. B. GEBISH.

LINES BY SIDNEY GODOLPHIN. Saints- Tmry in vol. ii. of his ' Caroline Poets ' collected the scattered verse of Sidney Godolphin, but he missed one piece which, though of no great intrinsic interest, has yet a certain value in that it displays him as a critic of religious verse. In MS. Lansd. 489, f. 127 verso, occurs the following :

Y* Judgm"* off Sidney Godolphin On y fformer worke not printed Not in y* ardent course, as where he woes Y e sacred Spouse, & her Chast love persues With brighter fflames ; And with a higher Muse : This worke had bin proportion'd to our sight Had you but knowne w" 1 some allay to write, And Now preserv'd your authors strenght, & light :

But you soe Crush those odors, soe dispense Those rich perfumes, you make y* too intense : And such ! Alas ! as too much please our sense. S. G.

The " former work," which begins on f. 121, is a ' Paraphrase uppon y e songe of Solomon.' It was apparently addressed to Henrietta Maria, for it is preceded by a twelve-line poem, ' To y e Queene,' signed " G. S." ; but when Sandys printed it in 1641 he dedi- cated it to the king. The criticism upon it seems to be quite justified.

WILLIAM DINSMOBE BBIGGS.

" ANENT." This useful, but neglected word usually has a North British origin assigned to it, with a derivation which makes the t intrusive. I note, however, from the records of one of the Livery Gilds that it was in not unfrequent use in London in the Tudor period, and was then written anendes. The ' N.E.D.' refers to this variant of the word, and suggests the inference that the t (or d) is not intrusive, but a salient portion of it ; and if so, the commonly accepted derivation may need revision.

E. L. PONTIFEX.

"FELIX SUMMEBLY " (SiB HENBY COLE, C.B.). The pretty little handbooks by this author are an interesting item in the bibliography of London. The following list is compiled from the author's own set :

' Dulwich Gallery,' 1842.

' Pictures in the Soane Museum, Society of Arts,

and British Museum,' 1842. 'City of Canterbury,' 1843. ' National Gallery.' 1843. ' Westminster Abbey,' 1843 ; French edition, 1843 ;

abridged edition (1845?). ' Excursions out of London ' (1843 ?), reprinted from

The AthencEum of 1842. ' Hampton Court,' 1st edition, 1845 ; 6th edition,

1852.

4 The Vernon Gallery,' 1848. ' The Temple Church,' 3rd edition (1848?).

ALECK ABBAHAMS.

BENJAMIN WHICHCOTE. The notice of Dr.- Whichcote, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, in ' D.N.B.,' Ixi. 1, states that " the name of his wife is not recorded."

He married Rebecca Glover, widow, of St. Swithin's, London, at St. Mary Cole- church, London, 26 April, 1649 (Parish Register). DANIEL HIPWELL.

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

"PLACING" IN UNIVEBSITIES. In the early days at Harvard College the members of the Freshman class were not arranged alphabetically, but were " placed " in accord- ance with the social position of their fathers ; and, next to expulsion, the highest punish- ment was " degradation," or putting a student below the place originally assigned him. This curious system, so alien from present notions of equality, lasted for about a century and a third (1639-1772). The class that graduated in 1772 was " placed " in June, 1769, or nearly a year after its entrance, and the members of that class retained the places assigned them through- out their college course. The class that graduated in 1773 was arranged alpha- betically at entrance. Hence " placing " disappeared at Harvard on Commencement Day, 1772.

Did this system of " placing " ever exist at Oxford or at Cambridge ? If it did, how late did it last at those universities ? Where can information be found on this matter ? Some of the university men who came to this