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 474 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s.vm. JUNE 11,1021, JAMES MACBUBNEY (12 S. viii. 431). It is ; unsectarian. Since the beginning Madame d'Arblay, in her * Memoirs of Dr. it has extended its range very greatly. JBurney," gives the following from a memo- j v. B. S. randtim written by Dr. Burney himself : My grandfather, James Macburney, who, by ' I take the following from ' Education letters which I have seen of his writing, and circum- 1 in the United States,' ed. Butler (1900), stances concerning him which I remember to ! 23 . Jiave heard from my father and mother, was a ' gentleman of a considerable patrimony at Great Hanwood, a village in Shropshire, had received a very good education ; but, from what cause does not appear, in the latter years of his life, was appointed land-steward to the Earl of Ashburn- ham. He had a house in Priory Garden, Whitehall. In the year 1727 he walked as Esquire to one In America the name Chautauqua [not Chatau- n stands for a place, an institution, and an The place is a summer town on Lake Chautauqua in south-western New York. It is a popular educational resort during the months of July and August for several thousand people who go there from all parts of the country to It is a kind of educational Bayreuth for the people. And the following from ' The Cyclopedia of Education' (New York, 1911), s.v. :- of the Knights, at the Coronation of King George I hear lec tures and music, to attend class courses of the Second. My father James, born likewise at instruction, to enjoy College life and open air. Hanwood, was well educated also, both in school learning and accomplishments. He was a day scholar at Westminster School under the celebrated Dr. Busby while my grandfather resided at Whitehall. . . . Notwithstanding the Mac which was prefixed In 1874 > Chautauqua Sunday School Assembly to my grandfather's name, and which my father was founded by Lewis Miller .... and Dr. retained for some time, I never could find at what I J - H - Vincent. . . . The fundamental idea of period any of my ancestors lived in Scotland or j the Assembly was to afford a broader training in Ireland, from one of which it must have been ! for Sunday School teachers, to combine formal derived. My father and grandfather were both i instruction with informal conferences, and to born in Shropshire, and never even visited provide recreation and entertainment. either of those countries." TTI 1/^1 111- -IOF- Hebrew and Greek were added in 1875, James Macburney was living at Coton French and German in 1878, and Hill, Shrewsbury, when Charles (Dr.) Burney each successive year saw a lengthening of the ^as born in 1726, but quitted that town ; session, an enrichment of the popular lecture soon after and set himself up as a portrait- ! programme, an enlargement of the curriculum, painter and teacher of drawing in Chester,! l n 1878 the Chautauqua 'Literary and Scientific Circle was founded, and within a few years 60,000 readers were following the prescribed courses. In 1883 instruc- ,and I think it was then also that he dropped the " Mac " in his name. He was, we are told, a gentleman of " convivial spirit,' ready repartee, and care- tion by correspondence was started. chasing pleasantry," and consequently ,; The ori inal idea hag been .^ imitated it may be added, was very neglectful of unti i the word Chautauqua has become a common his family. He was certainly in Chester noun. up to 1744, but I have not yet found out the j Each of the articles cited gives much place and date of his death, though I ; information respecting the movement, with consulted several of the ~* ' have registers. It is probable that this easy-going gentle- man moved on to some other, town after professional work began to drop off. JOSEPH C. BRIDGE. Chester. Chester a list of books in which still more informa- tion may be found. DAVID SALMON . Swansea. "LITTLE ENGLANDEB " (12 S. viii. 431). A phrase first applied by the Pall Mall Gazette, when a Liberal paper, to those persons in the country who disagree with " Imperialism," and are usually found in "CHAUTAUQUA" (12 S. viii. 431). It is impossible in a brief note to supply an, adequate description of the Chautauqua opposition when the Government are en- Movement. It started at Chautauqua Lake g a 8 ed m disputes and wars ; the " peace as an open-air meeting for religious exercise, I at an y P rice " P art y- Son y I cannot give " to join in a broad movement for the in- i date - The P hr ase " Little Englanders " crease of power in every branch of the I also occurs in the Westminster Gazette for Church." i Aug. 1, 1895, and " Little Englandism " A charter was granted by the Legis- ! in The Times for J an - 2( >, 1899. lature of the State of New York in 1871. ARCHIBALD SPABKE.