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 400 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s.vm. MAY 14,1021. for ' Le Misanthrope ' ? The tradition has been challenged, but it is an old one, and the Dauphin's governor, as his contemporaries represent him, has many points in common with Alceste ; the chief difference is that of age, for Montausier in his youth was not conspicuous for virtue. It is perhaps a tribute to the interest of Mr. Tilley's ob- servations that we should wish to see them am- plified. Certain small inaccuracies have sur- vived the correction of proofs. In October, 1658, when Moliere began his career in Paris, " his Majesty was a lad of seventeen " (p. 14). Louis XIV. was born Sept. 5, 1638. In chap. iv. the allusions to the secret societies of the period are confusing. If the Company of the Holy Sacrament of p. 105 is La Compagnie du Saint- Sacrement of p. 98, the date of its foundation, given as 1680, is incorrect. If they are not identical the distinction should be made clear. The Gild of St. Mary, Lichfield. (Oxford Univer- sity Press, for the E.E.T.S., 15s.) IT is a pleasure to welcome another of these well- known volumes. The one before us is No. CXIV. of the " Extra " Series of the Early English Text Society, and it gives us first Richard II. 's Ordin- ances of 1387 in the English version made in 1538, secondly Sir Humfrey Stanley's Ordinances of 1486, and thirdly Dean Heywood's Reform of " Our Lady's Alms-Chest," 1486. On the back of two of the leaves are minor documents : the expulsion from the Gild of William Stondenoght for refusing to serve as Master in 1538, a " Memo- randum for the A-compt of the Master of the Gilde," 1539 ; and the account of a levy of a fifteenth from Lichfield in 1558. Canons Radclyf and Herwood had severally in 1457 put 20 in a coffer or alms-chest in the Lady Chapel of Lich- field Cathedral, to be lent to poor men of Lich- field. This sum of 40 had, by Dean Heywood's time, come down to no more than 13. 20 more was recovered, making 33 in all, and the Dean adding 7 to make up the original amount, places the whole in one chest and provides for its better keeping. A pleasantly-worded marginal summary makes reference to the sections of these documents easy. In view of "Lady Day" having become so firmly identified with the Feast of the Annunciation we think it a pity that the margin should have this name for the feasts both of the Conception and of the Nativity of Our Lady which are mentioned in full in the text. This volume also includes the first and second Charters of the Lichfield Tailors (1576 and 1697 respectively) and the two Ordinances (1601 and 1630) of the Lichfield Smiths' Gild. The West Riding of Yorkshire. By Bernard Hobson. (Cambridge University Press. 4s. 6d. net.) THIS new member of the Cambridge series of County Handbooks takes its place worthily among its predecessors. The bulk of material to be dealt with, within the narrow limits laid down by the plan of the series, has made strict compression necessary. One may say that scarce a word has been wasted ; and the result of this economy is a thick pack of information which includes a sufficient account of all important matters, and something more than mere mention of a surprisingly large number of places and subjects of secondary importance. The scientific Eortion merits especial praise, partly no doubt ecause the conditions imposed bear somewhat less hardly here than they do on history and antiquities, or even on topography partly, but not entirely, for skill in the selection and ar- rangement of material and a workmanlike diction bear a great part in the success. .The ilhis- trations form a satisfactory featxire ; both the hackneyed and the insignificant, by the one or other of which books of this kind are apt to be beset, have, on the whole, been happily avoided. WE have received the April number of the Annals of Archceology and Anthropology, pub- lished by the University of Liverpool. Professor Halliday, continuing the learned and lively ' Study of Good Form in Fifth Century Athens,' treats of the schooling of Pheidippides and his life as a fashionable young man. Mr. Newstead gives the second part of his minutely detailed report of the Roman cemetery excavated in the In- firmary Field, Chester. The Organization of Archaeological Research in Palestine is a sub- ject which should certainly find many supporters : Dr. Garstang contributes a short note on it here. THE May number of The Cornhill Magazine begins with a first instalment from a batch of forty letters written between 1838 and 1870 by Carlyle to Thomas Story Spedding. They have been selected by Mr. A. Carlyle, who supplies a short introduction and notes. We have here thirteen of flarlyle's letters, and, inserted in their places, three of Spedding's good letters, and well worth the attention of a lover of Carlyle. The rest of the number is well proportioned to so good a beginning. Miss MacCunn's study of Peguy, if a little long-winded, interprets faith- fully and with discrimination the mind and work of a remarkable man. ' Do Cats Think ? ' is a delightful article from the pen of Mr. W. H. Hudson, a pen which has never lost the cha,rm which, so many years ago now, first revealed La Plata to us. ' Golf Marginalia ' Judge Parry's very pleasant contribution is full of good detail. It contains that curious word " peeved " a back-formation, says Prof. Week- ley which has not yet made many appearances in printed prose outside of dialogue. Mr. Charles Fletcher writes with knowledge and sympathy of a Boys' Club ; and we enjoyed the gaiety and wit of ' Cock-a-doodle-doo ! ' to Correponbent. EDITORIAL communications should be addressed to " The Editor of ' Notes and Queries ' " Adver- tisements and Business Letters to " The Pub- lishers " at the Office, Printing House Square, London, E.G. 4; corrected proofs to The Editor, ' N. & Q.,' Printing House Square, London, E.C. 4. ALL communications intended for insertion in our columns should bear the name and address of the sender not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. CORRIGENDA. Ante, p. 372, col. 1, for "Dec., 1885," read Dec., 1865.