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NOTES .AND QUERIES. [9 th s. VIIL OCT. 12, 1901.

meaning covered thereby was obvious to the most unwilling.

Of Robert Ashley, the traveller and linguist, we have an interesting account derived from his unpublished autobiography. He learnt Latin and French under the well-known Adrian Saravia, who received a few pupils of upper-class families for the purpose of teaching them modern languages. Some of the punishments inflicted by the college authorities were strange. There are several instances of Fellows being compelled to study in the library in atonement for irregularities. Was some staid person told off to stand over these delinquents, to see that they did not waste their time ? We have known persons to whom it would never have occurred, had they been imprisoned in a college library, to take down a book. Another curious example of punishment is recorded. John West, who had been elected in consequence of a royal missive, was, it is evident, a very unsatis- factory member of the college. In 1612 he was twice punished for disorderly conduct, and warned to avoid suspicious company. This was in addition to having to make a speech in hall at dinner-time against drunkenness and bad companions. A certain William Mason, probably one of his riotous friends, was ordered to do the like on the same occasion. We wonder whether these harangues were delivered in Latin or in the vernacular.

The list of college plate given at the end of the volume is interesting. Many of the vessels have the arms of the donors engraved thereon, and these are described in heraldic terms.

The History of Rosmll School. By John Frederick

Rowbotham. (Hey wood.)

THOUGH it has been in existence as a public school little over half a century, Rossall School has a good record, and can point to many men distinguished in scholarship, literature, and science who received there the education that fitted them for the struggle after the success they have now achieved. Mr. Rowbotham, who was himself a captain of the school, has written a history occupying between four and five hundred pages, and giving all the information which those interested in the school can desire. It is furnished with portraits and other illustrations. The information supplied is ample, and is up to date. There are a few errors, however, and it lacks an index, which must surely be supplied when the work, which is now in a second edition, reaches a third.

THOUGH political articles hold the place of honour in the Nineteenth Century, there is a larger per- centage than usual of matter of diversified interest. Mr. Arnold Haultain depicts ' A Winter's Walk in Canada.' Some of the features of Canadian life are calculated to surprise the travelling Englishman. Fancy the morning milk cans being covered with furs ! W e have, however, known English milk cans wrapped in straw. Sir Herbert Maxwell dwells on The Sad Plight of British Forestry,' a subject on which he is well entitled to speak. Ignorance is the chief cause of the failure in forest trees, but sentiment, the desire to preserve picturesque'ness has also its responsibilities. Many suggestions as to the management of State woodlands are advanced Very interesting are the ' Fragments of Mr Glad' stone s Conversation ' supplied by Mrs. Goodhart. Especially noteworthy is what is said by Gladstone about John Bright. The dead leader is, indeed

seen throughout at his best. No less interesting revelations are furnished concerning Garibaldi, Wilberforce, and others. There are also a few excellent jokes. 'Operative Surgery in America' suggests that we in England have a good deal to learn concerning the advantages of aseptic treatment as opposed to antiseptic. ' George Eliot and George Sand,' by Lady Ponsonby, treats with some daring the latter writer, and is a thoughtful essay. The rehabilitation of both authors is said to be an accomplished fact. Mrs. R. M. King, under the title 'A Newe Herball,' writes on the famous 'Herbal' of Dr. William Turner. ' Concerning an Im- prisoned Rani,' by Cornelia Sorabji, is a little diffi- cult of comprehension. A valuable paper is that by Mr. W. H. Grenfell on ' The Mediterranean Tunny.' We should like it better did not the writer speak of the horrible Sicilian martanza as " a sight worth seeing." To Scribner's President Roosevelt sends the first of two stimulating papers descriptive of wild sport, entitled ' With the Cougar Hounds.' Our reason for drawing attention to this is that we hear frequently of " bobcats," a name unfamiliar to us, and not to be found in the ' H. E.D. ,' the ' Century,' or the Funk & Wagnalls 'Dictionary.' "Bobcat" is, Mr. Roosevelt tells us, the hunter's and trapper's name for the lynx. We commend the word to the attention of future lexicographers. There is a second paper, by General Greene, on 'The United States Army.' The historical portion ends with the Mormon war. Some good pictures of uniforms and some striking illustrations of combats add greatly to its interest. Worthy of notice also is a thought- ful and commendatory estimate of 'Thomas Car- lyle.' Mr. Nadal's 'A Horse -Fair Pilgrimage' is brightly written and well illustrated.

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