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ye depended on in the matter of spelling Sir Walter's proper names, whether Christian or mrnames, because, full and accurate as it is in other respects, it is marvellously inaccurate t n this, and especially so in * Guy Mannering.' May I refer our Editor, C. C. B., and MR. RANDALL to what I said on this subject in 7 th S. vi. 462, 8.v. 'Dogs mentioned by Sir Walter Scott'? It is so strange that the matter of ' The Waverley Dictionary ' should be so accurate and that there should at the same time be so many misspellings of names, both in the body of the work and in the index, that I can only suppose that the com- piler, owing to some untoward circumstance, was unable to revise her proofs. Under the head of ' Guy Mannering ' we have, in addi- tion to Guilbert Glossin, Vanbest Brown, Jock o' Dawson, Paulus Plydell (a scarcely recognizable surname), Sir Robert and Charles Hazzlewood, Meg Merriles, Mortlock (for Mortcloke), Peter Proctocol. All of these errors, except Meg Merriles, are repeated in the index.

The name Gilbert occurs apparently five times in the Waverley novels. Scott always spells it Gilbert, but in ' The Waverley Dic- tionary' it is sometimes Gilbert, sometimes Guilbert. The Templar's name in ' Ivanhoe ' is Bois - Guilbert, of course. Then Caleb Balderston appears as Balderson ; Caxon as Caxton ; Maulstatute as Maulstatue, thereby spoiling the point of the joke ; Orson Pinnit as Oscar Pinnit ; Nick Strumpfer as Stump- fer; Frank Tunstall as Turnstall ; and in one instance, though I think only one, my own not very lovely Christian name is spelled Johnathan. There are errors other than these, but ohe ! jam satis. Notwithstanding these nomenclatory slips, 'The Waverley Diction- ary ' is decidedly useful to readers of Scott ; and one can only regret that a work care- fully compiled, and evidently a labour of love, should be disfigured by so many errors or misprints in names.

My edition of ' The Waverley Dictionary ' is dated 1879. Is there one later than this 1 ? JONATHAN BOUCHIER. Ropley, Hampshire.

"TRYST" (8 th S. xi. 127, 189 ; 9 th S. ii. 532). At the last reference the question is raised as to the etymology of tryst. In my ' Etymo- logical Dictionary ' I connect it with trust ; but this is not my latest note, in the note to 'Troilus,' ii. 1534, I refer it to tristre in Stratmann. Now the form tristre is obviously French ; and Godef roy has it under ' Tristre,' with a variant triste, as meaning a place of ambush. But three out of four of his examples are from Anglo-French, so that the word is

probably Norman. But, if Norman, it may surely be of Norse origin. Hence it is possible that the A.-F. tristre or triste may be from the Icel. treysta after all. Can any one give us further information ? See Ducange, s.v. 'Trista.' W T ALTER W. SKEAT.

BOOKS ON GAMING (7 th S. vii. 461, 481 ; viii. 3, 42, 83, 144, 201, 262, 343, 404, 482 ; ix. 24, 142 ; xi. 337, 375 ; 9 th S. ii. 436, 468). In reply to MR. McTEAR's courteous challenge, I shall be happy to look up my neglected notes on this subject, and, with the permission of our worthy Editor, will offer them to the readers of ' N. & Q.' To say truth, I feared that they had rather bored the readers above named in former days ; and I was not encouraged by the single appeal which I then received (7 th S. xi. 337) to continue them at that time, though, as I must admit, the name of the respected correspondent who made that appeal should have inspired me with more confidence ; and I did make a promise, which I have as yet omitted to fulfil. It is, how- ever, still not too late to mend, and I shall be happy to do my best to repair my fault.

As regards the second edition of Hoyle, of which MR. McTEAR has a copy, I believe that I only said / knew of but one copy of that rare issue, and not that there existed but one. The latter would have been far too rash an assertion, for there may be others extant, though they are doubtless very few. As to priority of issue, I think there is no means of deciding whether his claim is justified or not. But the question is interesting without doubt. I now have a copy similar to his. JULIAN MARSHALL.

An edition of 'Annals of Gaming' was published in 1773, and was " to be continued annually." The second edition bears no date. In 1820 'Annals of Gaming ' was incorporated with the ' Gaming Calendar.' A full descrip- tion of the book will be found in ' N. & Q.,' 7 th S. vii. 462, 481.

When will MR. JULIAN MARSHALL favour the readers of ' N. & Q.' with the remainder of his interesting notes on 'Gaming,' pro- mised in May, 1891, which the Editor said would be welcomed ?

EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road.

Perhaps the following may be the book J. S. M. T. is inquiring about : " Annals of Gaming ; or, the Fair Player's Sure Guide ;. containing Original Treatises on Whist, Hazard, Tennis, Lansquenet, Picquet, Bil- liards, Loo, Quadrille,Lottery, Back-Gammon