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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9 th s. n. JULY 23, i

esting object is ornamented with heraldic shields, several of which can only be conjecturally identified. It may probably have not been originally intended for Cawston or any other Norfolk church. Among the paintings 011 the lower part of the screen is one of Sir John Schorne, who, the legends say, conjured the devil into a boot. The figure is here repro- duced. He holds a boot in his left hand, out of which is protruding the upper part of a very evil- looking creature, with a horned human head and batlike wings. There is not much known regarding this pseudo-saint. This, however, is not the only representation of him that has survived (see ' N. & Q. ,' 8 th S. vi. 341, 389). In pre-Reformation times the churchwardens were bound to pay a yearly sum for making a crown for the image of St. Agnes which stood on the north side of the high altar. This is curious. What can the crown have been made of ? Not of metal, or it would not have required yearly renewal. Can it have been composed of gilded wax or parchment ?

lona: its History, Antiquities, &c. By the Rev. Archibald Macmillan. Its Carved Stones. By Robert Brydall, F.S.A.Scot. (Houlston.) BY a divided labour Messrs. Macmillan and Brydall have supplied visitors to lona with a concise and trustworthy history of the island, and an account of its ruins, together with drawings and descrip- tions of a selection of the carved stones. Both parts are well executed, and the complete work will add greatly to the delight of the cultivated visitor to lona.

Journal of the Ex-Libris Society. (Black. ) PART VII. of the Journal of this prosperous society is chiefly occupied with a report of the proceedings at the annual meeting and the exhibition of ex- libris with which it was associated. The presi- dential address is supplied in full. A number of plates are ? however, given, including several for identification an interesting branch 01 the society's work.

THE Reliquary, which is now in the first rank of antiquarian publications, has a very good number for July. It contains an interesting and instructive article by the editor, J. Rpmilly Allen, F.S.A., upon ' Pot Cranes and their Adjustments.' Mr. Allen has got together a vast mass of information upon his subject, and he has brought home his remarks to the reader by means of a great quantity of very well-executed illustrations. It is worthy of notice that all the English examples given are from the western or southern part of the country ; the east and north of England never produced ornamental ironwork to any extent. The only illustration supplied which is taken from the latter regions is a reproduction of one of the Boston misereres. Miss Florence Peacock gives an account of a collection of samplers gathered for the most part in Lincolnshire. Some one ought to write a book upon this subject ; Mr. Tuer, of ' Hornbook ' fame, has, we believe, the finest private collection in England, and would be able to do justice to the subject.

THE REV. C. MOOR, M.A., has reprinted in pamphlet form his valuable Historical Notes con- cerning the Deanery of Corringham, first read as a Japer before the Quarterly Chapter of the Deanery, t is full of antiquarian information, and may be obtained from Mr. C. Caldicott, Gainsborough.

THE Field Columbian Museum has favoured us with a series of its deeply interesting and important publications. The value of these cannot easily be over-estimated. Their subjects are, however, chiefly scientific, and we hesitate to devote to them the space requisite to do them justice.

MR. HENRY BRIERLEY (West Royd, Bury, Lane.) writes a letter which may interest some of our readers :

' I have transcribed the Rochdale parish church registers down to the end of 1801 from the point where Col. Fishwick ended his printed copy. Some day I hope all these may be printed. Meanwhile 1 have prepared a most careful index of the whole registers, 1582-1801 inclusive. The christenings I have indexed under the separate heads of the child's name, the father's name, the mother's name ; the weddings, of course, under both husband's and wife's name; and the burials under the separate heads of the person buried and the parent or hus- band of the deceased. To explain what I mean. Supposing you find the entry ' Smith, John,' in an index. This conveys no idea whether John Smith was himself baptized, or whether John Smith was father of some baptized child, or whether John Smith was married or was buried, or whether a child or wife of John Smith was buried. My index, however, separates each class of entry. Conse- quently, if any of your readers desire any genea- logical information, I am in a position to give it without the slightest trouble, and shall be delighted to do so. When I tell you that more than 300,000 entries have been indexed, and that to do the work accurately took nearly seven years, you will be able to estimate that it has been a real labour of love."

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