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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. ix. APRIL is, 191*.

first edition, 34L ; and ' Descriptive Sketches,' 35Z. A Horn Book on ivory brought 9Z. 5s. ; and a collection of books relating to Shakespeare formed by Prof. Dowden, with his bibliographical notes on the fly-leaves, fetched 145Z.

WE have received from Messrs. Bell & Sons a further instalment of Bohn's Popular Library. These delightful little volumes bound in crimson cloth, and printed on thin but opaque paper are a pleasure to handle, and at one shilling net per volume are a marvel of cheapness. While remem- bering the originator of the "Library" with gratitude, we cannot but contrast these with the old dark-green cloth, costing 3s. 6 r l. and 5s. each volume, with the name of Bohn impressed three times on every cover. His successors are more modest, for, with the exception of a bell, which is depicted ringing merrily, there is nothing to indi- cate that Messrs. Bell & Sons are the publishers till one turns to the title-page. This present issue should induce many to turn to old friends : Trollope's Barsetshire "Novels, Trelawny's ' Adventures of a Younger Son,' Emerson, Macaulay's five essays which appeared in ' The Encyclopaedia Britannica, and Manzoni's * The Betrothed,' among others.

The Antiquary. April. (Elliot Stock, 6d.) MARY F. A. TENCH, in ' Dartford Town and Church,' remarks that it is strange that Camden should have said so little in regard to Dartford in Kent, never mentioning its church at all. The present building was begun temp. Edward I. There is in St. Mary's Chapel a fresco of St. George slaying the dragon. Of this an illustration is given, as well as of a brass of an unknown lady in fifteenth -century costume. There is also a copy of an old print of the Priory. Mr. R. A. H. Unthank concludes his account of ' Beadlow Priory, 1119-1435,' giving a list of priors as perfect as the records will allow ; and Mr. J. Tavenor- Perry writes on ' Allhallows the More.' Mr. Cyril Hurcomb continues ' The Posts under the Tudors,' and shows the burdens which their service en- tailed upon the towns on the main lines of com- munication : horses were sometimes refused, for they were not always well treated. In such cases the aggrieved individual would try to obtain satisfaction from the constables who had taken up the horses. There are the usual notes of the month and antiquarian news.

Obituarg.

EDWARD MARSTON, 1825-1914.

THE death of Edward Marston has received ful record in the daily press, but ' N. & Q.' musl render its tribute to one whose contributions were always welcome.

Born on St. Valentine's Day, 1825, in the parish of Lydbury, Salop, Marston at the age o 21 came to Ixmdon, entered the house of Sampson Low, and in 1856 became a member of the firm After fifty-six years he retired, and in his leisure wrote the story of his life, which he published in 1904 under the title of ' After Work.' In this he gives an account of some of the authors fo whom he published, and of other friends, man} of whose portraits are included. There is an interesting appendix (supplied by his old frien j

ohn Slark) giving a list of London publishers ind booksellers in 1837, to supplement Marston's emembrances which date from 1846 only. The lineteen names that had disappeared during the nine years' interval are marked with a star.

In the Preface he modestly states : "I have

een known in the angling world for many years

s ' The Amateur Angler ' ; now I must call nyself ' The Amateur Writer.' " He was much gratified at the success of the book, about which

e had been anxious. The notice of it in ' N. & Q.' ^leased him greatly, and he wrote to me to thank inight for it, and " for the honour of giving it he first place."

Marston's contributions to ' N. & Q.' extend >ver many years, his name frequently appearing n the Ninth and Tenth Series. His last com- munication was at 11 S. v. 397 strangely enough,

n the well-known lines " Our life is but a winter's day."

Edward Marston's charming little books

Dove Dale Revisited,' ' Fishing for Pleasure,' and others, will always find readers, for they at

nee transport you from town to green fields, shady trees, and the singing of birds. Country ife had ever a charm for him, and although his work with its manifold interests was in London, ic made no secret of the fact that he always longed to get out of London. In his

ittle book ' By Meadow and Stream ' he gives an account of his boyhood, spent in the " beloved county " where he was born ; and his later books continue the same theme. One he calls, by a misnomer, ' An Old Man's Holidays,' for Marston was never an old man : he retained his boyhood all through his long and useful life. To him it was always " the time of roses," and each dawn would bring to him a new delight.

In the early morning of the 6th inst. he passed happily and peacefully away. To the many who enjoyed his friendship he will be a lasting and treasured memory. JOHN COLLINS FRANCIS.

ON all communications must be written the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith.

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.

To secure insertion of communications corre- spondents must observe the following rules. Let each note, query, or reply be written on a separate slip of paper, with the signature of the writer and such address as he wishes to appear. When answer- ing queries, or making notes with regard to previous entries in the paper, contributors are requested to put in parentheses, immediately after the exact heading, the series, volume, and page or pages to which they refer. Correspondents who repeat queries are requested to head the second com- munication " Duplicate."

G. T CLODGH. For proverbial use of horns see 8 S. iv. 349, 477. For the horns of Moses see 9 S. v. 284; vi. 176.

CORRIGENDUM. Ante, p. 275, col. 2, 1. 4 from foot, the date should run "mil iii c iiii 2 " (Du Guesclin died 1380).