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 9". s. viii. AUG. 3, 1901.) NOTES AND QUERIES.

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miide zu sein," attributed to old William, nor the equally famous " Lerne zu leiden ohne zu klagen," with which the Emperor Frederick is credited, was ever spoken by them, as has been certified to the editors of the newest edition of Biichmann's ' Gefliigelte Worte ' by the highest authority of course, not directly. I can only say that a similar anecdote was, on the occasion of the ninetieth birthday of our old Emperor, generally circulated in our daily papers. But it was not a Rothschild who was related to have said, " Majestat, ich nehme Sie nicht unter Pari" there is no Rothschild who was on familiar terms with the sovereign but Baron von Kohn, a resi- dent of Dessau, who, having had an oppor- tunity in the critical year of 1848 of rendering a great service to him, had since become his Court banker. DR. G. RRUEGER.

Berlin.

ST. BARNABAS'S DAY, 11 JUNE (9 th S. vii. 445). The old saying,

Barnaby bright, Barnaby bright,

The longest day and the shortest night,

must have been written at any rate prior to 1752, when the Old Style was changed for the New and an alteration of several days made in the calendar. JOHN PICKFORD, M.A. Newbourne Rectory, Woodbridge.

THE LETTERS OF JUNIUS (9 th S. viii. 41). Is it possible that Dr. Routh for once forgot to "verify his quotations"? The Dean of Norwich from 1765 to 1790 was Dr. Philip Lloyd, according to Le Neve's 'Fasti' (ed. Hardy, ii. 477). I do not find any further information as to " a Mr. York, in the Foreign Office," in the ' Diet. Nat. Biog.,' but the clue is worth following up. C. E. D.

[Our correspondent is right and Dr. Routh is wrong : Dr. Parr's candidate for Junius was Charles Lloyd, brother to the Dean above mentioned and private secretary to Grenville. See Parr's Works, ed. Johnston (1828), vol. vii. p. 677.]

GLADSTONE VOLUME (9 th S. vii. 488 ; viii. 21). -Whilst agreeing with MR. J. B. McGovERN in his general estimate of the article that appeared in the Daily Telegraph of 5 January, 1898, I cannot think he has employed the right epithet in calling it "lengthy." It was long, but not lengthy, and when I read it I wished it had been as long again. The reasons for letting this composition " lie in unworthy oblivion " are probably comprised in the one word "Copyright" which heads the article. A note records the fact that it was also 'copyright in the United States and Canada by the Youth's Companion" in which publica- tion I believe it simultaneously appeared. It is to be regretted that the owners of the

English copyright have not permitted its republication in this country in a suitable form.

Mr. Gladstone mentioned in this article the small volume of verse, printed in 1830, of which he still possessed a copy presented to him by the author. Of this rare volume only five or six copies seem to be in existence. He referred particularly to a poem standing as No. 1 of * Meditative Fragments,'* and addressed to "My bosom friend." Mr. Glad- stone added that while no name was given, internal evidence admitted of an identifica- tion beyond all reasonable doubt, and he quoted the lines :

Like a bright, singular dream

Is parted from me, the strong sense of love

Which, as one indivisible glory, lay

On both our souls, and dwelt in us, so far

As we did dwell in it.

This friend was with Hallam during the latter's visit to Italy in 1827-8, for he says : Thine eyes look cheerful, even as when we stood By Arno, talking of the maid we loved.

Who was he 1 Mr. Gladstone described him as a person

"possessed of intellectual powers above the vulgar strain, yet by no means remarkable ; and endowed with a capacity of tenacious, loyal, and warm- hearted friendship such as is rarely met with."

I may conclude by venturing the opinion that Mr. Gladstone was the author of the brief but eloquent "appreciation " of Arthur Hallam which was printed towards the end of the preface of Mr. Hallam's edition of his son's 'Remains.' W. F. PRIDEAUX.

These addresses were published by the Youth's Companion of Boston in its issue of 6 Jan., 1898. They were afterwards issued as one of its "Companion Classics" by the Perry Mason Publishing Company, of Boston. N. W. J. HAYDON.

Brookline, Mass.

AMERICAN SLANG (9 th S. viii. 43). As bear- ing upon the point noticed at this reference, a " bunt," according to an authority cited by the 'H.E.D.,' means "a push with a knock in it, or a knock with a pusn in it "; and a " bunt ahead" would mean a "push ahead." The 'E.D.D.' gives meanings peculiar to dialect usage, but it does not give all the meanings. The weaver is mentioned in connexion with the word, but the reeler is omitted. When a cotton-yarn reeler delivers in her work she is said to " bunt.*' In the cases both of the cloth made by the weavers and the knots or skeins made by the reelers the work is de-

Fragments,'
 * Misprinted in the Daily Telegraph ' Meditation