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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. vi. SEPT. 28, 1912.

HOGG ON SCOTT. In 1834 there was pub- lished a small duodecimo volume with the following title-page :

" The Domestic Manners and Private Life of Sir Walter Scott. By James Hogg. With a Memoir of the Author, Notes, &c. MDCCCXXXIV. Glasgow : John Reid & Co. ; Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd ; London : Black, Young, and Young." Pp. iv, 136.

In 1882 Mr. William Brown, the well-known Edinburgh bookseller, republished the volume in an edition limited to 250 copies ; and in 1909 another appeared, with a memoir by the Rev. J. E. H. Thomson, D.D.

The book is an almost exact repro- duction of

" Familiar Anecdotes of Sir Walter Scott. By James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd. With a Sketch of the Life of the Shepherd, by S. Dewitt Bloodgood. ' A man 's a man for a' that.' New- York : Published by Harper & Brothers, No. 82, Cliff-Street. And sold by the principal Booksellers throughout the United States. MDCCCXXXIV." Post 8vo, pp. vi, 251.

This is undoubtedly the original edition. In a short Preface the editor says :

" It is believed that the character of Sir Walter Scott could not be perfectly appreciated, much as it has been studied and described, if something of the nature of these Anecdotes were not to appear. How they came to be first offered to the American public will be seen in the following pages. The publishers have made a very liberal arrangement with the Editor, by which, if the work proves successful, something substantial may be realised for the benefit of the Shepherd.''

Doubtless Hogg did not anticipate that the New York volume would be so soon fol- lowed by the pirated Glasgow version. Its appearance " deeply offended Lockhart, who viewed it as an intrusion upon his special domain " (Mr. Thomas Bayne in ' D.N.B.'). When writing of Hogg's death (' Life of Sir Walter Scott ') Lockhart remarked that

" it had been better for his fame had his end been of earlier date, for he did not follow his best benefactor until he had insulted his dust."

It would be interesting to identify the editor of the Glasgow volume. He does not mention the New York original, and omits all the references to America which it contains, as well as the promise of pecuniary help to " the Shepherd." The books of Messrs. Harper might possibly show if Hogg (who died in 1835) reaped any benefit from the publication. The volume seems to be almost unknown, and there is no copy of it in the British Museum Library.

C. D.

Ugiwrus.

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.

TOKEN-MONEY. We shall be grateful to any readers of ' N. & Q.' who will give us information, or helpful suggestions, as to the meaning of" token-money " in the fol- lowing quotations :

1573, ' Ludlow Churchw. Ace.' (Camden Soc.), 156 : " receavede at Easter of token money. . . . xlvs."

1574, ibid. : " Inprimis at Easter for paschall and token money."

1610, ' Churchw. Ace. St. Margaret's, West- minster ' (Nichols, 1797), 29 : " Received for the token-money for the whole year ended the 11 th day of May 1611 61. 5s."

We know, of course, other senses of the term, referring to the issue of private tokens for small coin in the eighteenth century, and to money which has not the intrinsic value legally assigned to it, but is exchange- able for gold. But these quotations evi- dently refer to some kind of small contribu- tions for religious purposes. (Can they have been small payments for the " tokens " given before the Reformation to persons after confession, empowering them to be admitted to Communion, a practice con- tinued in Scotland in the " Communion tokens " issued to members qualified to receive the Sacrament ?)

JAMES A. H. MUBBAY.

Oxford.

LAWBANCE. (1) John Lawrance, Ameri- can judge and statesman, 1750-1810, is mentioned briefly in Phillips's ' Dictionary of Biographical Reference ' (London, 1871). Brief genealogical notes concerning him would be esteemed.

(2) An American correspondent tells me that he recently read an article by a Miss Lawrance, extracted from ' London in the Olden Time,' called 'The GreatBalasRuby.' Who was this author ? Was she of Aber- deenshire lineage ? The article is in ' The Casquet of Literature,' vol. iii. p. 40.

ROBEBT MUBDOCH LAWBANCE. Cairnchina, 23, Ashley Road, Aberdeen.

JUDGES WHO HAVE DIED ON THE BENCH. Sir Robert Hyde (1595-1665), Chief Justice of the King's Bench, died suddenly on the Bench, 1 May, 1665, and was buried in Salisbury Cathedral. Sir Robert is credited with having sheltered Charles II. after the