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ham as having transcribed Breck's Hist. Sketch of the Continental Bills of Credit from the original MS., etc. This is an error ; it was transcribed from a printed copy upon paper of a suitable size for the book he designed. I refer to this, not for cor- rection, but to indicate in connection with it a pleasing and valuable characteristic. " I regularly at this season," said Mr. Ingraham to me (it was the month of August) " enter my office by seven o'clock in the morning. In order to make this copying, I changed my hour from seven to half- past six o'clock. I did this for a fortnight, and the work was done without having cost me any time."* The economy which he supposed he had achieved was, though not literally, yet practically true. I- H. A.

Numismatic Query (2 nd S. i. 95.) The sup- posed coin, respecting which CLERICUS inquires, is probably a jetton, or Nuremburg counter, which is very common, and may be known by its thin- ness. See Snelling's View of the Origin, Nature, and Use of Jettons or Counters, small folio, Lon- don, 1769. A. B. C.

Calembourg (I st S. xii. 128.) This species of pun, the homophonous, has always been attributed to Count Calemberg, who illustrated it in Paris in the days of Louis XV. At least this is the ac- count of the Conversations-Lexicon, a not un- patriotic book ; and your correspondent who transfers it to Wigand of the Bare-Hills is plus Allemand que les Allemands, I. H. A.

Book-Worms (2 nd S. i. 143.) A writer in The North American Review, for October 1854, while discoursing on book-worms, states that,

'SA. little alum or vitriol mixed with the binder's paste will set the marauder at defiance. Where this has been neglected, a strong infusion in the paste with which the book-plate is fastened in will be of service." P. 371.

EDWARD PEACOCK.

NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC.

The crowded state of our columns warns us that "we must this week content ourselves with noting the receipt of a few books, mostly of a religious character. Among these we may mention, Passion Week, a Collection of Poetical Pieces on Subjects suited to this Holy Season. This beautiful selection from the writings of all our greatest devotional poets Milton, Herbert, Southwell, Donne, Crashaw, Kirke White, Milman, &c. is divided into five portions, viz., General Introduction ; Part I., Our Blessed Lord's Entry into Jerusalem ; Part II., The Passion of Our Blessed Load ; Part III., The Resurrec- tion of Our Blessed Lord; and Conclusion; and is a fitting companion to its predecessor, Christmas Tyde. We cannot give it higher praise.

The next two works have been published with the laudable object of spreading a knowledge of the Church

Services, and showing how admirable is the arrangement and how well suited to all our wants is our beautiful Liturgy. Readings for a Bible Class on the Morning Prayer is in- tended for the benefit of those who have left the National and Sunday Schools, but are yet able to attend private classes for religious instruction, which are now established in so many parishes. The next is addressed to a wider class of readers, but is written in the same plain and un- affected style. It is a volume of Plain Sermons on the Book of Common Prayer, by a Writer in the Tracts for the Christian Seasons.

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EASBY. The charade " I sit here on a rock," is (he subject of communi- cation, ante p. 83., and in our 1st S. xii. 365.

ABHBA. For notices of the French Huguenots in Ireland see our 1st S. vi. 316. 423. ; xi. 267. 333.

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