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Times as " a gentleman who once preferred a single copy of The Times to all the books of Thueydides." See Morley's ' Life,' vol. ii. p. 428. " HARRY B. POLAND.

Inner Temple.

The poem sought by MR R. J. PATERSON was written by an American author, the late Josiah Gilbert Holland (d. 12 Oct., 188 1), who was the first editor of Scribner's Maga- zine. As this poem has been quoted (only in part, I believe) by Sir Edward Carson, and also adapted by the Suffragists as the ex- pression of their wishes, it maybe of interest to other readers to quote it in full : God give us men ! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready

hands ;

Men whom the lust of office does not kill ; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy ; Men who possess opinions and a will ; Men who have honor men who will not lie ; Men who can stand before a demagogue, And damn his treacherous flatteries without wink- ing!

Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty, and in private thinking : For while the rabble, with their thumb- worn creeds, Their large professions and their little deeds, Mingle in selfish strife, lo ! Freedom weeps. Wrong rules the land, and waiting Justice sleeps !

The above appears in ' The Complete Poetical Writings ' of J. G. Holland, pub- lished in 1879. Holland was also the author of 'Timothy Titcomb's Letters to Young People, Married and Single.'

E. HAVILAND HILLMAN.

(PROF. BENSLY, MR. JOHN FAWCETT, LIBER HOMO, and MR. JOHN PATCHING are also thanked for replies.]

"BURGANES" (11 S. ix. 309). It ha s occurred to rne that this word is related to "Borran " (a mound or heap of stones), and I have noticed that " Borrans " occurs fre- quently in the Northern counties as the name for farms which, as far as I have observed, are invariably situated near to an old Roman road ; for instance :

(a) The Roman road from Appleby to the Tyne Valley passes Kirkland, where there are earthworks, and the name Borrans occurs.

(b) The Roman road from Penrith to Troutbeck Valley has,two houses near Trout- beck called Borrans and Lower Borrans.

(c) The Roman road from Borrow Bridge {Alone) to Watercrook (just south of Kendal) passes over Whinfell, where, on the edge of Whinfell Tarn, is another Borrans.

(d) The Roman road from Overtown (Leek parish), up the valley of the Lune, passes a Borrans situated about a mile north of the village^of Barbon.

There is also a place called Borrans in Gressingham parish, now only a heap of stones, the farmhouse having' been pulled down ; but in the year 1666 it was spelt " Borwence " in a will of that date, and in 1699 " Borrands." There may have been a Roman cross-road between Hornby Castle and Kendal here.

From the fact that this name occurs so often near Roman roads, I suggest that it marks the site of a Roman building which had fallen down and become a " mound or heap of stones " when our Scandinavian or Saxon forefathers occupied the country. Such heaps of stones would be convenient as direction-marks, and so the name Borran would cling to a place so named, whilst ultimately the stones in the mound would be again used for building.

W. H. CHIPPINDALL, Col. Kirkby Lonsdale.

The'N.E.D.' gives the word " Barrace " from O.F. barras :

1. A barrier or outwork in front of a fortress (c. 1375, Barbour, ' Bruce,' iv. 96).

4. The enclosure within which knightly encounters took place; the lists (1513, Douglas, ' ^Eneis,' XII. xiv. 10).

A. R. BAYLEY.

PRINTS TRANSFERRED TO GLASS (11 S. ix. 250, 295). Directions for transferring prints to glass are given in a work by J. Smith, entitled ' The Art of Painting in Oyl,' 3rd ed., 1701, chap. xix. pp. 85-7. I quote fully, since the methods given by your correspon- dents MR. DRURY (10 S. ii. 284) and COL. MALET (ante, p. 295), although of a much later date, are materially the same :

The Art of Back-painting, Mezotincto Prints, with Oyl-Colours.

This mystery consists chiefly in pasting upon a piece of glass of such size as fits the print. Now to do this, take your print and lay it in clean water for two days and two nights, or longer, if your print be on very strong paper ; then take it out and lay it upon two sheets of paper, and cover it with two more, and let it lie there a little to suck out the moisture : In the meantime, take .the glass your print is to be. pasted on, and set it near the fire to warm, then take Strasburg turpentine and put it into a gally-pot, and warm it upon the fire, then take a hog's hair brush, the hairs being well fastned by wedging and therewith spread over the tur- pentine very smoothly on the glass ; then take the print from between the paper, and lay it upon the glass, beginning first at one part, and so rub it down gently, as you go on, till it be close, and there be no wind bladders between, then with your fingers roll or rub off the paper from the backside of the print till you see nothing but the print left upon the glass, and when this is done, set it to dry