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on the arms of the four esquires is correct? The reference is Berners's * Froissart, chaps, clxv., clxvii., and clxix. ("Tudor Transla- tions," 1901, vol. i. pp. 381-2, 383-4, 385-6).

S. L. PETTY. Ulverston.

WILLIAM MORRIS AS A MAN OF BUSINESS (9 th S. vi. 406, 495; vii. 54). Dr. Swift's question as to dinner has a parallel in one asked by a Scottish cook, and told in ray hearing by the late Dr. Littledale. It was Friday, and no fish had been prepared for him : the cook, on being remonstrated with, scornfully inquired if " the Almighty hadn't ither things to dee than to be keeking intil Dr. Littledale's stamaeh to see if it contained fish or fowl." But it is somewhat unlucky to speak of Dr. Swift as though he had no regard for detail, and thus bracket him with u the foolish man in Job," for never was there a writer who had more absolute knowledge and command of detail in most unexpected quarters. See all through his works, especially in 'Directions to Servants.' And his daily life, his devotions, his money matters, his regulation of his cathedral, were all exact and particular to a hair.

IBAGUE.

I must confess that the parallel which I pointed out is not exact. The maxim of La Rochefoucauld has no relation to detail. It relates to trifles. E. YARDLEY.

MOVABLE STOCKS (9 th S. vi. 405; vii. 14). The stocks at Beverley were movable, and fitted into sockets near the market cross. They are dated 1789, and are preserved in a chamber at St. Mary's Church at Beverley. They were used as recently as 1853. (Sec Andrews's 'Bygone Punishments,' 1899.)

W. B. GERISH.

Bishop's Stortford.

NOTES ON BOOKS, &c. Index Biblioffraphique. Par Pierre Dauze. (Paris

Repertoire des Ventes Publiques Catalogues.) Ox the appearance of the third volume of tin 4 Index Bibliographique' of M. Pierre Dauze, one o the most indefatigable and trustworthy of Freud bibliographers, we drew attention to the merits o the work and the difficulties that impeded it appearance (see 9 th S. iii. 39). That these diffi culties, though combated, have not been overcom is shown in the fact that the fourth volume, no long issued, carries the record no further tha 30 September, 1897. The present volume is, how ever, much larger than its predecessor, the 47 pages of the third volume giving place to 634 in th fourth. The system of cataloguing adopted in th

enultimate volume is continued in this, no better ystem being, indeed, to be obtained. The lots, 441 in all, numbered consecutively from the revious volume, are entered under the names of the ales and in the order in which these took place, ae number in the sale catalogue being given at the nd of each paragraph. No. 12,151 thus appears in le sale of M. E. L. Champon. It consists of the CEuvres Di verses' of M. de Cyrano Bergerac, aris, Charles de Sercy, 1658-64. The separate orks comprised in the volume are mentioned ; its ondition, in a morocco binding by David, is de- cribed ; and its number in the sale catalogue (1,017)

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Voyages of the Elizabethan Seamen to America.

Edited by Edward John Payne, M.A. Second

Series. (Oxford, Clarendon Press.) SEVEN years have elapsed since Mr. Payne issued jhe first volume of his selections from 'The Principal Navigations ' of Hakluyt, a work the xppearance of which we warmly welcomed (see 3 th S. v. 339). That volume contained the voyages af Hawkins, Frobisher, and Blake. It had a prefa- tory chapter giving a trustworthy and an animated account of the early phases of maritime discovery. A second series, now issued, is occupied with the voyage of Sir Humfrey Gilbert, whose evil star conquered all the benign influences of the "Virgin Queen " ; the voyage of Amadas and Barlow ; the two voyages of Thomas Cavendish or, as Hakluyt uniformly prints it, Candish the first one of the most prosperous ever undertaken, the second no less hapless, ending in the death of the captain or "general"; and Raleigh's 'Discovery of Guiana.' An introduction, neither the least interesting nor the least stimulating portion of the work, deals with the characters of the various navigators and the results of the explorations, while short prefaces to each of the voyages supply connecting links between the various portions of the work. To those who do not possess ' The Principal Navi- gations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation' of Hakluyt, or any of the various reprints, these volumes offer, in a convenient and an attractive form, an appetizing selection from the contents and a spirit-stirring, if not wholly gratify- ing record. With the exception of the omission of