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 NOTES AND QUERIES. [9*s.iv. worth gives comments, explanations, and other , r,'?;_.. ...if», ^/.nsinnntlv & ballad or stave of the hope that this will take the shape most con- genial to his own wishes. tenant. (Nichols.) Msxys^^^^ nH Maauet with his adventurous companions Athos Porth'os, and Aramis, has now disappeared, «nd we have in place of that hairbrained adven- ^a moderately responsible and fairly prudent •r who before the volume is over phases . councillor. This last specially high in the estimate of English fair ones. A very large portion-the principal portion, indeed -is occupied with the greed and insincerity of the Cardinal (Mazarin), to whom, however, he strives to be just. Many incidents in the war of the * ronde are depicted with vivacity—with so much vivacity, indeed, that we are not quite contented that some omissions have been made. These are lew and trifling, and, as Mr. Nevill points out, do not affect the fortunes of D'Artagnan. Historically, the life of D'Artagnan is not supposed to be trustworthy or accurate. It casts a certain amount of light, at any rate, upon the time, and bears what seems to be a general air of truth. Sandras has some of the gifts of De Foe, and assigns a wonderful air of verisimilitude to what he tells. We shall be glad to welcome the third portion of .this work the more so that we are unfamiliar- with the contents of the original. The volumes of the ' V le de M. d'Artagnan' were issued by Pierre Marteau at Cologne at different dates, and we can boast the possession of the first two volumes only. Ine translation remains spirited, and the book con- stitutes very agreeable reading. THE catalogue of Messrs. Maggs Brothers con- tains a large number of interesting items connected with early English literature. MR. HARRY SPEIGHT, of Crow Nest, Bingley, the author of various books on historic and picturesque Yorkshire, promises by subscription Upper Wharfedale from Otley to Langstrothdale (we should have reversed the order of the names). Yorkshiremen know through what spots of marvel- lous and romantic beauty the Wharfe passes from Cam Fell by Kettlewell, Barden Tower, Ac., to Bolton Woods and Abbey and so on to Ilkley. The volume will, of course, be freely illustrated. him into conflict with the ambassador, and him Conde, and has him l Zv hive abunlant interest. D'Artagnan shows to We muxt call special attention to the following notices:— ON all communications must be written the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. WE cannot undertake to answer queries privately. To secure insertion of communications corre- spondents must observe the following rule. Let each note, query, or reply be written on a separate slip of paper, with the signature of the writer and such address as he wishes to appear. Correspond- ents who repeat queries are requested to head the second communication " Duplicate. FREDERICK EARI.E ("Rime for Rhyme"). — The former spelling, used by Milton and other early writers, is regularly adopted by us, and declared accurate by the best authorities. Rhyme is founded on a mistaken analogy with rhythm. NOTICE. Editorial Communications should be addressed to " The Editor of ' Notes and Queries' "—Advertise- ments and Business Letters to "The Publisher — at the Office, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, t.C. We beg leave to state that we decline to return communications which, for any reason, we do not print; and to this rule we can make no exception.