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 us.vii.Jan.is,i9i.i] NOTES AND QUERIES. 57 No wonder Dr. Krueger is puzzled. The phrase seems to me to have become current within the last ten years or there- abouts. In days gone by one used to say " of a sort." The phrase had a contemp- tuous sense ; thus : "Is Dryasdust a scholar ? " " Well—of a sort." Lindley Murray. Dr. Krueger will find at 9 S. iii. 197, 237, information as to the meaning of this phrase, in reply to a similar inquiry on my part at 9 S. iii. 167. Cecil Clarke. Junior Alheiiasum Club. The Inquisition in Fiction and Drama i(11 S. vii. 10).—Lord John Russell wrote a tragedy called ' Don Carlos,' dealing with the Inquisition. ' From Dawn to Dark in Italy ' was a novel about the Inquisition -which ran in The Sunday at Home (c. 1863). ' John Inglesant ' deals, though slightly, with the same topic. Loyola. The novel dealing with the Inquisition in the Netherlands to which Mr. Eric R. Watson refers is ' The Shadow of Power,' by Paul Bertram. Another novel from the same pen and upon the same subject has recently been published, entitled ' The Fifth Trumpet.' Both these novels have fact as a basis, and the author's treatment is such that although, for artistic purposes, the methods of procedure in force with the " Holy Office " have been compressed and proportioned. The essential details, whether of historical accuracy or dramatic interest, are sufficiently rendered. ' The Shadow of Power ' and ' The Fifth Trumpet' are pub- lished by Mr. John Lane of the Bodley Head. N. R. In Voltaire's famous novel ' Candide, or Optimism,' the Inquisition plays a promi- nent part. In chap. vi. there is a delightful description of an auto-da-fe whereat Candide is flogged and the famous Dr. Pangloss is hanged. C. R. Berrysfield (11 S. vi. 368, 436).—To quote—as is done at the latter reference— such antiquated and untrustworthy works as Edmunds's ' Traces of History in the Names of Places' and Charnock's ' Local Etymology ' is going back with a vengeance to dark days in onomatology. At the first reference the meaning of " Berryfield " or " Berrysfield " is sought. A " berryfield " is normally " the field of the stronghold, or fortified place "—O.E.burh or burg, dat. byrig; .but sometimes the " berry-" may refer to a hill — O.E. be(p)rh or be(o)rg, dat. be(o)rge, as Hill-field is not an uncommon field-name. Berrow, Worcestershire, as the twelfth-century form Berga shows, denotes a hill. The O.E. bearu (a grove) is repre- sented by, e.g., the common Western Beer, as ■ well as -ber(e). " Berrysfield" may exceptionally mean the same thing as " Berryfield," but must normally denote the field of a man named Berry. With field-names, as with place-names, it is, however, necessary to produce early forms in order to attain something approaching certainty. Hy. Harrison. Monuments at Warwick (US. vii. 9).— This Society has a collection of copies of the monumental inscriptions of many places in Warwickshire, including the following: Polesworth, Nether Whitacre, Over Whitacre, Brinklow, Ansley, Kingsbury, Bickenhill, Berkswell, Bulkington, Nuneaton, Mancetter, Shustoke, Coleshill, Fillongley, Baddesley, Rugby (Holy Trinity), Hampton in Arden, Erdington, Sutton Coldfield, Kaye Hill, Birmingham, Whitchurch, Atheratone - on - Stour, Beaudesert, and Henley in Arden. These copies may be seen here at the Society's rooms. Ivy C. Woods, Librarian-Secretary. Society of Genealogists of London, 227, Strand. W.C. Queen Elizabeth and Richard II. (11 S. vii. 6).—Possibly F. L. would find some light thrown on the subject by referring to a paper by Mr. J. R. Planche ' On the Portraits of the Lumley Family at Lumley Castle, and their Effigies at Chester-le- Street,' in the Journal of the British Archaeo- logical Association, vol. xxii. pp. 31-44. One of the portraits represents Richard II., seated in a chair of state in his royal robes, giving a patent of nobility to Sir Ralph Lumley, who kneels before him. The picture is reproduced opposite p. 40. F. H. C. General Beatson and the Crimean War (11 S. vi. 430, 516).—Your correspondents have overlooked the name of Capt. Burton, the most famous member of General Beat- son's staff when commanding the Bashi- Bazouks. If reference is made to the ' Life of Sir Richard Burton' by his widow, very full information will there be found relative to General Beatson's troubles during the Russian War. The omission of Beatson's name from the ' D.N.B.' is remarkable. W. S—R.