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hand, or on the wrong side : " na teora ammiti thuath-chaecha," the three crones blind of the left eye (Rev. Celt., iii. 176); but the ordinary word for " left " in Irish is cle (gl. sinister), as an Idmh chle (" the left hand "). Cle is cognate with the Ind.E. \/deyo ("to incline").

The west is in Irish iar or siar, which also means " behind," " back," " backwards " : " ag dul siar," going to the west ; " ag teacht an-iar," coming from the west ; " ag tuitim siar," falling behind ; " iar-bhuille," a back- stroke.

To the front is the east (oir or soir) ; the Orient, an oir-thear, also an domhan shoir (pronounced " dhown hoir ") = " the Eastern world." Cf. fore, adj., opposed to "back" or " behind," and fore, n., " the front."

T. O'NEILL LANE.

Tournafulla, co. Limerick.

JOHNSON BIBLIOGRAPHY (11 S. viii. 87, 155, 175). The pretty confident belief ex- pressed at the last reference, that Dr. Birkbeck Hill made no remark in his edition of Boswell on the Index to 'The Rambler,' was^ wrong. I wrote without the benefit, to use 'Fuller's phrase, of walking and standing libraries.

The Index is mentioned in the ' Life,' iv. 325, ed. Hill, and Mr. Flexman as the author (see ' D.N.B.,' s. Roger Flexman, 1708-95). Dr. Hill quotes " Shakspeare, Mr. William, &c.," in his note.

EDWARD BENSLY.

JOSEPH LEMUEL CHESTER'S ' WESTMIN- STER ABBEY REGISTERS ' (11 S. viii. 228). I do not think it has ever been suggested that this was published in 1875. Both the Harleian Society's copy and Col. Chester's private copy are, with the exception of their titles and half-titles, identical, and it is generally understood that the first named was " the volume for 1875," but, of course, not completed or published until after May, 1876. At p. 524 additional baptisms, until 19 Dec., 1875, are printed. I should like to learn what facts MR. ROBERT PIERPOINT had in view in writing : "It would appear that, strictly speaking, Chester did not edit the book ' for ' the Harleian Society."

ALECK ABRAHAMS.

"TRAILBASTON" (11 S. viii. 232). See observations by F. M. Nichols, Esq., on the administration of the Criminal Law in the time of Edward I., in eluding observations on the Justices of Trailbaston, in Archwologia, xl. 88-105. E. B.

BOOKS ON LONDON: GREAT CHART (11 S. viii. 232). 'The Picture of London/ attributed to J. Feltham, was first issued in 1802. The Preface begins :

" Every person who opens this book, will be instantly struck with its obvious and indispensible utility, and will feel much surprised that no work, upon the same practical plan, had hitherto made its appearance.

" Every city and considerable town in Great Britain, has, for many years, been provided with its pocket-guide, and yet London, a place which contains such an infinite number of matchless curiosities, was, till the present work, unprovided with a MODERN DESCRIPTION, sufficiently prac- tical and circumstantial to relieve the embarrass- ments, answer the enquiries, and direct the pursuits of Strangers and Foreigners."

'The Ambulator,' described ante, p. 16, was evidently not worthy of consideration in the opinion of the author of this work.

Besides the 1802 edition, the British Museum contains editions dated 1803, 1806, 1807, 1813, 1815, 1816, 1818, 1821, 1826, the edition for 1813 having manuscript notes. The edition for 1803 is in this library.

John Britton re-edited the twenty-sixth edition, the bastard or half-title of which reads :

" The | Original | Picture of London | Re- edited by | J. Britton F.S.A. &c. | London J Published by Longman, Bees, Orme, Brown & Green. | Paternoster Bow." The full title is :

" The Original | Picture of London, | Enlarged and Improved : | Being | A Correct Guide for the Stranger, | as well as for the Inhabitant, to the | Metropolis of the British Empire, together with | A Description of the Environs. Monstrous, Marvellous, Prodigious London,

power, | Surpassing all that was, or is, or may be.
 * Thou Giant City, Mighty in thy size and

rected to the present time. | London : | Printed for | Longman, Bees, Orme, Brown, and Green,
 * The Twenty-sixth Edition, | revised and cor-


 * Paternoster Bow."

It is a 12mo volume of liv+498 pp., and contains :

" Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, with the Borough of Southwark, shewing the situation of the Public Buildings, Parks, Squares, &c.,"

a map of the Environs of London, and numerous illustrations. An Appendix gives a list of London bankers with country agents, bank directors, East India directors, Army and Navy agents, laws relative to the Metropolis, law and public offices, buildings, &c., and an alphabetical list of streets. The copy in this library is at- tributed to the year 1829.

THOMAS WM. HUCK. Literary and Scientific Institution, Saffron Waklen.