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48 NOTES AND QUERIES. [iis.ix.joi.Yie, 1921. practical and most useful Mrs. Cowden Clarke's original work will ever remain with Shakespeare readers and students, it may be worth noting that Alexander Schmidt's later Shakespeare lexicon presents, at the same time, as its title states, a methodical arrangement and definition of the words, according to the various sense and different meaning in their connexion. As an instance of its completeness, the verb "to chide," occurring in '2 Hen. VI.' in. i. 182, is registered under "loser" as well.

—'Cassell's Book of Quotations,' by W. Gurney Benham, p. 461, has:—

Hops, Reformation, Bays, and Beer Game into England all in one year. Old Rhyme. Hops, carp, pickerel, and beer Came into England all in one year. Another version of the same, referring to 1532.

According to Brewer's 'Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,' p. 29 :

Hops were introduced from Holland and used for brewing in 1524, but their use was prohibited by Act of Parliament in 1528 a prohibition which soon fell into disuse.

W. Toone, 'Chr. Hist.' i. 122, under the date 1525, wrote:

Divers things were imported into England, whereupon this rhyme was made:

Turkeys, carps, hops, piccarel and beer Came into England all in one year. Southey's ' Common-place Book,' first series (2nd ed.), p. 413, quotes from ' The Virtue of Sack ' in Beaumont's poems, There's heresy in hops ; and from 'The Old Song of the Ex-ale- tation of Ale ' : To the Church and Religion it is a good friend, Or else our forefathers their wisdom did fail, That at every mile next to the church stile Sat a consecrate house to a pot of good ale. But now, as they say, Beer bears it away, The more is the pity if right might prevail ; For with the same beer came up heresy here, The old Catholick drink is a pot of good Ale. JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT. CHARLES DICKENS. In ' The Minor Writings of Charles Dickens,' 1900, Mr. F. G. Kitton identified two only as appear- ing in vol. i. of All the Year Round, 1859. But I think the following note, printed at p. 442 (September 3), bears the hand of " the Chief " too plainly for error : It will be perceived that the title of this journal, All the Tear Round, is repeated at the head of every page instead of every alternate page, as heretofore. Our apology for this tautology is obedience to the Majesty of the Law. That powerful engine is set in motion by the 18th Victoria, cap. 2, which, in its wisdom, commands
 * hat not only the date of each number, but the title

shall be printed at the top of every page of every periodical, before the Post-Office authorities can .egally register it for transmission to foreign coun- tries and the colonies. The Law being the perfection of human reason, gives as its reason for this absurdity, that the constant repetition prevents fraud. In what manner, or in whom, or where, or how, or why, we are unable to divine ; neither s it in the power of the Postmaster-General to enlighten our benighted understanding. G. A. Sala, in his ' Life and Adventures,' 1894, says: " The only notice that the State liad ever taken of Charles Dickens was to sanction the prosecution of the proprietors of The Household Budget by the Inland Revenue authorities for an alleged violation of the Stamp Act. I think that the prosecu- tion broke down." W. B. H. POPE : SMOLLETT.- I do not know whether the following " crib " has been noticed : Dunciad (1728) : i. 279. How Index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of Science by the tail. Peregrine Pickle (1751) : c. 42. " He rated him in his own mind as a mere index-hunter who held the eel of science by the tail." H. C. N. finerfe*. 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. PRINCE RUPERT'S FORT, CORK HARBOUR (see 12 S. viii. 169). From the map of 1774 previously referred to, Prince Rupert's Fort was situated near the present Fort Carlisle on a commanding position on the cliff above the battery, which formed part of its defence, at the water's edge. Its form was square with flankers at each corner. A map of the old fort on Haulbowline, built by Lord Mount joy in 1601 (vide ' Pacata Hibernia,' vol. ii., p. 424), is strikingly similar, but no mention can be found that any work was erected at the harbour mouth in that period. That there had been one is, however, apparent from official correspondence of 1625, in which year a King John's Fort was