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first time distinctly perceptible in ' A Cure for a Cuckold,' and afterwards to become so apparent in ' Appius and Virginia.'

H. DUGDALE SYKES. Enfield.

THE SPLIT INFINITIVE. (See 7 S. xi. 188.) At the place here cited CELEB inquired whether this solecism could be traced back beyond 1858. It occurs in ' Dombey and Son,' 1848, chap. v. ; and in Browning's ' Fra Lippo Lippi, a few years later. But an earlier example (see Gent. Mag., July, 1814) is from the pen of W. T. Titz-Gerald, "the Hero " being the Emperor Alexander :

When the fell Corsican's destroying hand Ravag'd with Sword and Fire his Native Land, Th' Imperial Hero Scorn'd to basely yield, But led his Warriors to the Patriot Field.

RICHARD H. THORNTON. "8, Mornington Crescent, N.W.

GERMAN WAR FETISHES : THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL AND HINDENBURG. - - * N. & Q.' has contained from time to time references to the old superstition that one could injure or kill a person by sticking pins into an image representing him. A parallel to this practice, but with the contrary idea of -expressing admiration, seems to have become prevalent in Germany during the war, and it is fitting that this should be put on record in 'N. & Q.' The Daily Chronicle of 16 August, under the heading ' Sidelights from Germany,' contained the following account of one of these war fetishes :

" The Gigantic Hindenburg. Even Berliners, -probably the most uncesthetic population in Germany, are beginning to feel nervous about the ' kolossal ' wooden monument of Hindenburg to be unveiled next month opposite the Reichstag building. They are objecting to the bulk of the monstrous thing, but, above all, they seem to squirm at the idea of hammering nails into the vital and tender portions of their idol's anatomy. They are comforted with the reflection that it is only wood which is to be punctured by the nails, but the idea is gruesome and cannot be ignored. To hammer nails into a dragon, 6r an Iron Cross, or an eagle, even into a mythical person, even into the Archangel Michael, may be quite all right, but into Hindenburg !

" We have further details of the monument. The great strategist's face is said to have a serious expression, his eyes a far-away look. His right .hand holds his sword, his left is laid over his right a,rm and holds his cap. The open military cloak displays the Pour le Merite order. Hindenburg's head is over 4 ft. long, his sabre is over 20 ft. long. His boots are "so big that ten men could be hidden in one of them. The weight of the wooden monumenfc will be 20 tons, and will be built of 21 separate portions, carved out of 125 thick planks. Into the head and hands no naite will be hammered.

To cover the other parts 1,600,000 nails will be required. The nail armour is calculated to weigh

10 tons. An iron nail will cost a mark, a silver nail 5 marks, a gold nail 100 marks. Each contri- butor will be presented with a pin bearing the inscription, ' For the Iron Hindenburg, 1915.' "

What will be the next development of German " Kultur " ? J. R. THORNE.

MARTYRS IN ENGLAND, 1400-1611. I propose to redeem my promise made at

11 S. i. 334, under the heading of ' Lists of Martyrs,' by means of a short note.

The ' List of Persons burned for Heresy in England,' compiled by the late Rev. W. A. Summers, and printed in the Congre- gational Historical Society's Transactions at vol. ii. pp. 362-70, sets out the names of some 455 persons, according to the summary at p. 370. This summary is divided into periods thus :

" From the first Statute of Heresy, 1400, to the renunciation of Papal Supremacy, 1534, 111 ; remainder under Henry VIII. to 1547, 51 ; under Edward VI., 1547-53, 2 ; under Philip and Mary, 1553-8, 284 ; under Elizabeth and James I., 1558-1611, 7. Total, 455."

The list proper opens with the name of William Sawtre, alias Chatrys, burned in Smithfield 26 Feb., 1401, and closes with Bartholomew Legate, in Smithfield also,

18 May, and Edward Wightman, of Burton- on-Trent, 11 April, 1611. There are also some few notices (described as of doubtful authenticity) concerning earlier sufferers, the first being to the effect that in the year 1210 "an Albigensian was burned in London, and others in other parts of the country."

An appendix enumerates some twenty to thirty persons put to death in Scotland from 1407 to 1558.

WILLIAM McMuRRAY. St. Anne and St. Agnes, &c.,

Gresham Street, E.C.

TEE-NAMES. The " tee "-name, that is to say, " to "-name, or nickname, is still prevalent among Scots fishermen to a legree not generally understood en this side of the Border. Here is an example from The Banff shire Advertiser, Buckie, of

1 9 August :

" COWIE. At 5, Commerce Street, Buckie, on the 18th inst., Willliam Cowie, " Codlin," isherman, aged 79 years."

' Tee "-names are used in legal documents as well. J. M. BULLOCH.

123, Pall Mall, S.W.

[See also the examples cited at 11 S. xi. 320, 405, 480.]