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Mr. H. G. Marillier, in his ' University Magazines and their Makers ' (1902), origin- ally a paper read before the Sette of Odd Volumes, says (p. 40) :

' : ' The Shotover Papers ' appeared at Oxford in 1874-5, and were promoted by four writers, one of whom was lately editor of The Manchester Courier, helped to form the new Pall JJferW Gazette, and is now writing leaders for The Daily Tele- graph (E. B. Iwan-Miiller). They consisted of verses, essays, and parodies, of which the best was an article professing to find evidence of Bishop Colenso's want of character and heresies, underlying the questions in his arithmetic. Much of this was genuinely funny."

Elsewhere (p. 75) Mr. Marillier gives the names' of the four editors associated with Ernest Bruce Iwan-Miiller (New Coll.). They were Wilson Edward William Morrison (Queen's), Frederick Gordon Bluett Camp- bell (Exeter), Francis Griffin Stokes (Merton), and Frederick Sanders Pulling (Exeter), Professor of History, Yorkshire College, Leeds, in 1 877, and editor of the ' Life of Lord Salisbury.' There were thirteen numbers in all. A. R. BAYLEY.

The second name of the three in the query is wrong. It should be F(rederic) S(anders) Pulling of Exeter. In 1874 I was a young B.A. of Exeter (F. S. P. being an Exhibi- tioner), and knew F. S. P. well, becoming later on one of the godfathers of his eldest son. He, as well as the two other persons mentioned, had certainly a great deal to do with ' The Shotover Papers,' some numbers of which I still possess. But I do not recollect hearing that " Lewis Carroll " had any share in the witty, though rather free-spoken, little paper though it is quite possible that he had.

W. A. B. COOLIDGE.

HANCOCK AS A PLACE-NAME (US. v. 428). To compare with Hank-hurst, the ' Inquis. post Mortem ' gives Hanke-don, Hanke- rigge, Hanke-well ; all with the dissyllabic prefix Hank-e, not Hank. It makes a difference.

I distrust the book on ' British Place- Names,' as the author seems not fully to understand the principles of Teutonic philo- logy. Hanc-hemstede has nothing to do with the present question. The nc is merely the scribe's way of writing ng ; and Hanc- hemstede merely means Hang-hemstede, just as Centinces in the same line means Centinges. And what has Hanger to do with Ongar ? Does a Teutonic h go for nothing ?

The combination hank is hardly possible in A.-S. ; at any rate, no example is known.

But it might arise by contraction. For example, it might be short for Hanek. which is actually given as a place-name in the ' Inquis. post Mortem.' Similarly Hanke- may fairly represent Hanecan, gen. of Haneca, a name which occurs in Hanecan- hamm (supposed to be Hanham, Glouc.) in Birch, ' Cart. Saxon.,' ii. 587, in which (if it be so) the k has been suppressed. Hence, if Hancock was really once a place- name, it may represent Hanecan-ac, '.., Haneca's oak. But the usual Hancock, the surname, is a totally different word, as Bardsley shows. Hane-ca is merely the diminutive of Hana, " a cock."

WALTER W. SKEAT.

LEO C. might consult ' A Dictionary of English and Welsh j Surnames,' by the Rev. Charles Waring Bardsley. There he will find Hancock, Hancox, and other variants set down as baptismal names derived from Han = John : " With the suffix cock (v. HanJh'n), Hancock was more popular than HanHn, and is found in the Hundred Rolls, 1273."

Barber, in ' British Family Names,' has the following :

" Hancock. From Hencot, or Hengoed, a local name, Salop.

"'W. de Sprenchaux, from Sprenchaux in Bur- gundy, lord of H(encot) temp- K.. Step.' Eyton s 'Salop.'"

But Bardsley's seems the more likely origin. JOHN LIVESEY.

The place quoted from McClure's ' British Place-Names ' should be Hanc-hemstede not Hane-hemstede. LEO C.

ST. WlLHELMINA, PATRON SAINT OF

NURSING MOTHERS (11 S. v. 428). When I was at Brunate in the spring of 1902, I made the acquaintance of the parish priest, a benign old man with the charming manners of the North Italian clergy. He showed me a small vellum-bound book which belonged to the church, and which was a Life of Santa Guglielmina, the sister of an English king. He also gave me a summary of the legend which was contained in the book, which, I am sorry to say, after the lapse of ten vears, has passed from my memory. It has been a matter of lasting regret to me that I did not take notes of the book and its story at the time. To the best of my recol- lection, it was printed in the sixteenth century, and, I fancy, must be exceedingly rare. as. after searching the pages of Brunei, I can find no mention of it. MR. \\AINE- WBIGHT may be glad to know of the existence