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NOTES AND QUEEIES.

[9 th S. I. MAY 7, '98.

John Philipson, Vice-President, in the chair. Dr. T. Hodgkin read a note by the Rev. E. J. Taylor, F.S.A.,of St. Cuthbert's, Durham, on the ' Wedding Eve,' formerly observed at Hartlepopl. The note stated that the register of the parish church at Hartlepool contained an entry in the year 1598 [?], which was before the Reformation, recording the fact that a couple who were about to be married watched in the church throughout the whole night. That was in conformity with a custom that a man and a woman should keep vigil through the night preceding their wedding day, and be ready to take part at the earliest celebration before proceeding to the wedding sacrament."

Did the above custom ever prevail elsewhere ; or was it confined to Hartlepool ?

H. ANDREWS.

INVENTORIES OP CHURCH GOODS. Can any reader refer me to a list of printed inventories of church goods temp. Edward VI. for the several counties of England and Wales 1 Some have been printed in magazines. I shall be obliged for a complete list.

W. G. PENGELLY.

Columbus, Ohio.

THREE IMPOSSIBLE THINGS. Can you inform your readers what are the three impossibles referred to in the following extract from the last page of Cotton Mather's 'Magnalia Christi Americana ; or, Ecclesiastical History of New England '; and who is Carthagena 1

"Errata. Reader, Carthagena was of the mind that unto those three things which the Ancients held impossible, there should be added this fourth, to find a book printed without Erratas [sic]. It seems the hands of Briareus and the Eyes of Argus will not prevent them."

W. J. G.

ESSAY BY CARLYLE. In ' Chambers's Papers for the People, 5 vol. ix., 1851, there is an article entitled ' Fichte : a Biography. Though unsigned, it is palpably Carlyle's. Froude does not mention it, so far as I remember, nor Dr. Garnett's ' Bibliography, which professes to be complete. Can you tell me where, if at all, it has been collected in Carlyle's works 1 S. H.

LIST OP BOOKS. Where can I find a com- plete list of books printed in England between 1564 and 1616 1 If no such list exist, perhaps some contributor could supply me with a few names and dates. J. B. S.

Manchester.

[The best lists we know are found in Arber's reprint of 'The Stationers' Registers,' Lowndes's ' Bibliographer's Manual,' and the British Museum Catalogue of Early English Books.]

GERMAN SCHOOLS. Can any one well ac quainted with Germany secondary schools tell me the usual age at which boys leave

rymnasien and Realschulen ? Is there any j raining for teachers beyond the Probejahr ? \ 's it possible to procure questions set at examinations in German secondary schools ?

G. H. C.

TATTOOING IN JAPAN. This custom was I some fifteen or twenty years ago forbidden i )y the Government, and an article on the subject appeared in one of the leading Lon- lon daily papers the Standard, I think. I want to know when the Japanese Govern- ment made the edict, the date of the article referred to, and the paper where it appeared. Failing this, where can I get the information?

TATTOO.

FRENCH PSALTER. Wanted, dates of various early editions, where and by whom printed. JOHN HAMILTON. 56, George Street, Edinburgh.

CLOCKMAKER. I shall feel much obliged to any of your readers who will give me informa- tion respecting " Devaulx, Horloger de S.A.R. Madeinoisell d'Orleans, Palais Eoyal 124, Galerie des bons Enfans, Paris."

H. B. HYDE.

Baling, W.

KOLLS IN AUGMENTATION OFFICE. In the second paragraph of chap. i. of Theophilus Jones's 'History of Brecknockshire' there occur these words :

"In the rolls in the Augmentation Office, in the 17th of Queen Mary, among his [i.e., Stafford, Duke of Buckingham] possessions are recited ' rents of assize amounting to III. 15s. 8d. from tenants at will in Garthmadryn,' within the lordship of Brecknock."

I should be glad if some contributor would tell me (a) what is the Augmentation Office ; (6) whether the description given, " 17th of Queen Mary," is correct.

G. H. J. DUNNING. Brecon.

"AuLD KIRK." How did Scotch whisky come to be known as " Auld Kirk " ?

s. & c.

[See 8 th S. vi. 367, 474 ; vii. 38, 115.]

' THE COLLEEN BAWN.' In Gerald Griffin's admirable story 'The Collegians 'the basis of the play ' The Colleen Bawn 'the heroine is murdered by the servant of "Hardress Cregan," and ultimately the murderer is executed, and his master dies on the convict ship. As a matter of fact, the "Colleen Bawn" was avenged by the execution of Capt. Scanlan (the original of Hardress Cregan). The execution took place a Limerick, in spite of the strenuous efforts