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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9* s. x. DEC. 27, 1902.

Book, or the peerage, found in Who f s Who.'

He is pretty sure to be

Upper Norwood Athenceum : the Record of the Winter Meetings and Suinmer Excursions, 1901-2. ANOTHER year of useful work is recorded in this interesting little book, full of illustrations thanks to the kindness of the managers of the Illustrated London Neivs and other friends some being from photographs and sketches taken by members. The places visited included West- minster School ; the church of St. Saviour, Southwark ; and the Horsleys, Horsham. In the paper read by Mr. Truslove mention is made that during the restoration of the church a large number of monuments were removed from its walls and placed in the tower, including three of the Shelley family : Sir Bysshe Shelley, who died in 1815, aged eighty-three ; Sir Timothy Shelley, Bart., died 1844, aged- ninety-one; and Elizabeth, his widow, who died 1846, aged eighty-three. There is also one to the poet Shelley. In the churchyard, but in different parts, are two stones with peculiar inscriptions : one, to a man, having only the two words, "He was"; the other, to a woman, "She was." Bayham Abbey and Scotney Castle were visited on June 7th, when the careful editors of the society's books Mr. Stanley and Mr. Harradence were the leaders. The next excursion was to Bramshill and Eversley. An illustration is given of the Troco Terrace, where the old game of troco was played. Panshanger, Oxford, Strood, Twickenham, and Bexley were also included in the rambles. At this last, under the leadership of Mr. T. P. Wiggins, the dene holes on Mr. C. Harston's estate were visited, and one of them in Stankey Wood was explored. The descent of more than seventy feet was made. Lighted candles arranged around re- vealed supporting columns of flint and chalk, and from the main chamber smaller ones extend. By the aid of flashlight some photographs were ob- tained. In addition to Mr. Wiggins s paper, Mr. W. F. Harradence and Mr. W. F. Potter contribute some interesting notes on dene holes. The intro- duction to this record closes with the appropriate motto

To find out,

Walk about.

THE Intermediaire must be invaluable to students of Gallic heraldry and pedigrees, for every number seems to contain information relating to the noble and gentle families of France, while at the same time celebrated or notorious people sprung of lowlier stock also receive the attention due to the influence they once exercised for good or evil in the world. The birthplace of the sanguinary (jueen Fredegonde is debated on one page, the trial of Marshal Ney is dealt with on another, and the discussion of general subjects ranges from children's games and the order of the Golden Fleece to the custom of chanting the " De prof undis " at funeral feasts, and to the holy shroud of Turin.

A COUPLE of magazines reached us too late for in- clusion in the last summary. These are the English Illustrated and the Idler. The former, a Christmas number, has some excellent Japanese illustrations by Yoshio Markino (including a coloured frontis- piece), ' Christmas with the Italian Masters,' ' The Romance of Coal,' and a good account of the Fleet River and its associations. The Idler, now pub- lished by Messrs. Chatto & Windus, has a brilliant

cover and many bright illustrations. It depicts what is called 'Student Humour in Paris,' but is really the practical jokes of the rapins, gives the third part of the Humbert fraud, and a good account of ' Capturing the Nile's Golden Floods.'

THE De la More booklets issued from the De la More Press seem intended as a substitute for Christmas cards, and are far prettier and more sensible. Those now published consist of Shelley's 4 Adonais,' Keats's ' Eve of St. Agnes,' and Milton's 'Ode on the Nativity.' They are, of course, gems of printing. From the same Press we receive the ' Omar Khayyam Calendar,' each page containing a verse of the FitzGerald translation, together with an artistic coloured illustration by Blanche McManus.

MAJOR YARROW BALDOCK writes : " Mr. George Chambers died suddenly at the Tyssen Library at Hackney on the 14th inst. Mr. Chambers was a well-known member of the Library Association, and on one or two occasions had contributed to the columns of ' N. & Q.' His knowledge of East London topography was unique, while he was exceptionally well versed in the literature of tobacco and folk-lore relating to smoking. He was a member of the very old-established firm of tobacco brokers of Fenchurch Street which bears his name and that of his brother. London students of archaeology, genealogy, and topography always found in him a courteous and generous friend, ever ready to place his valuable knowledge at their service, and never grudging assistance to the diligent searcher amongst the unique series of Hackney records forming the Tyssen collection at the Town Hall, which he loved so much in life and from which he was not separated in death."

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