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THE ATHENÆUM

JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LITERATURE, SCIENCE,
THE FINE ARTS, MUSIC, AND

THE DRAMA.

The ATHENÆUM for June 29 contains Articles on

TWO BOOKS on CHINA.

GOVERNMENT or HUMAN EVOLUTION.

A LIFE of JOAN of ARC.

A KIRKWALL CHRONICLE.

SOME EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CORRESPONDENCE.

The ATHENEUM for June 22 contains Articles on CANADA and the EMPIRE.

The SOCIAL PROBLEM.

KANT'S RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY.

A FRIEND of WALTER SCOTT.

M. GASTON PARIS on VILLON.

NEW NOVELS:-The Vicar of St. Luke's; Chapenga's White Man; NEW NOVELS:-Our Friend the Charlatan; The Crisis; The Archbishop The Sea hath its Pearls; The Whirligig; Christine; Lulu.

BIBLICAL LITERATURE.

GARDEN BOOKS.

TRANSLATIONS.

ITALIAN LITERATURE.

NEW BOOKS FROM FRANCE.

OUR LIBRARY TABLE (Temperance Compensation; American After-
Dinner Oratory; History of the Turf; The World's Fighting Ships;
Rosa Amorosa; The New Rambler).

LIST OF NEW BOOKS.

EDWARD FITZGERALD; SOME SUGGESTED EMENDATIONS in
CHAUCER'S TEXT; DR. GARDINER, OLIVER CROMWELL,
and the MAJOR-GENERALS; LIFE of PANIZZI; The ASH-
BURNHAM MSS.

LITERARY GOSSIP.

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SCIENCE:-Mineralogy of Scotland: Anthropological Notes; Astro-
nomical Notes; Societies; Meetings Next Week.

FINE ARTS-Sir Joshua Reynolds; The Monastery of St. Luke in
Stiris; Warwickshire Ecclesiology; Gossip.

MUSIC-Carmen,' 'La Tosca,' and Tristan': Philharmonic Con-
cert; 'The Golden Legend'; Gossip; Performances Next Week.
DRAMA:- La Course du Flambeau'; 'A Happy Nook'; Gossip.

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and the Lady; The Exte rmination of Love; A Woman Derelict; The Aristocrats; Robert Annys, Poor Priest. SPORTS and PASTIMES.

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The ATHENAUM for June 8 contains Articles on

MODERN ITALY.

The RECORDS of LEICESTER.

OUR INDO-GERMANIC ANCESTORS.

MR. KERNAHAN'S ESSAYS.

The RIGHT to LIVE.

NEW NOVELS:-Pacifico; The Lord of the Sea; Parlous Times; A
Forbidden Name; The Devil's Plough; Her Majesty's Minister;
By Command of the Prince; Her Mountain Lover; The Interloper;
Eva.

SPANISH and ITALIAN LITERATURE.

LAW-BOOKS.

SHORT STORIES.

OUR LIBRARY TABLE-LIST of NEW BOOKS.

The DAISY in AMERICA; The MEANING of "GENTE DISPETTA"
in the 'INFERNO' ORIGIN of PECCARY"; SUGGESTED
EMENDATIONS in CHAUCER; INTERNATIONAL PRESS CON-
GRESS; The BARROIS-ASHBURNHAM MANUSCRIPTS.
ALSO-

LITERARY GOSSIP.

SCIENCE:-The Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Societies; Meetings
Next Week; Gossip.
FINE ARTS:-The Royal Academy; Sculpture; "The Chimes";
Sales; Gossip.
MUSIC:-Stanford's
about Nothing'; • Siegfried ';

'Much Ado

Die Meistersinger'; Recitals by Mr. Friedheim, M. Godowsky,
and M. de Pachmann; Gossip; Performances Next Week.
DRAMA: L'Aiglon '; 'Women are so Serious'; 'A Lady from
Texas'; Gossip.

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NOTES on ENGLISH ETYMOLOGY, chiefly Reprinted from the

Transactions of the Philological Society. By the Rev. WALTER W. SKEAT, Litt.D.

Contents.-Introduction-Notes on English Etymology-The Language of Mexico-Words of Brazilian Origin-Words of Peruvian Origin-Words of West Indian Origin-A Rough List of English Words found in Anglo-French SpellingAdditional Note on "Bud"-Additional Note on "Taw"-Index.

NEW EDITION, completely REWRITTEN and REARRANGED. Post 8vo, pp. xvi-664, cloth, 58. 6d. A CONCISE ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. By the SAME AUTHOR.

Demy 8vo, pp. 1354, buckram, 32s.

The COMPLETE WORKS of JOHN GOWER. Edited from the
Manuscripts, with Introductions, Notes, and Glossaries, by G. C. MACAULAY, M.A., formerly
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The ALFRED JEWEL. An Historical Essay.

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The LEGAL PROCEDURE of CICERO'S TIME. By A. H. J.

GREENIDGE, M.A., Lecturer and late Fellow of Hertford College; Lecturer in Ancient History at Brasenose College, Oxford; Author of Infamia in Roman Law.'

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The HISTORY of SOUTH AFRICA to the JAMESON RAID.

With numerous Maps. By the SAME AUTHOR.

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William Fitz Aldeline, 42-American Slang, 43.
QUERIES:-Sir H. D'Wyvill - Storming of Lincoln
Badges-Pictures of Taverns, 43-Droits de l'Homme-
"Of whom" for "Whose "-Recorder of Nottingham-
Dr. Gentianus Harvet-'The Synagogue'-Cundy Family
-The King of Calicut-Alba Pottery-De Clare-Oldest
Licensed House-" Corne bote," 44-Travels of Peter

1896, March 31st (Marquis of Salisbury).
MADAME LOUISA BODDA-PYNE.

"In consideration of her eminence as a
singer and of her services to English opera.
70l."

first appearance 1842 ('Men and Women of
Born 1832; pupil of Sir George Smart
the Time').

1896, March 31st (Marquis of Salisbury).
LADY BARNBY.

"In recognition of the services of her late
husband, Sir Joseph Barnby, as
a choral
conductor and composer of choral music.
70%."

"The most gifted_member of a musical

Teixeira-Alum-Thomas Glasse-Count Thoss-Dunnet
-James II.-Cudworth-"Væsac Mihm "-" Co-ruff," 45
-Mackesy, 46.
REPLIES:-Prisoners of War-The Halberts, 46-Allusion
in Wordsworth-" Fair" and making "Fair"-B. Walker
-The Troth of Gilbert à Beckett'-Portrait of Lady
Harley-Orientation, 47-Ernest Bussy-Scott Query-family" (Athenæum, February 1st, 1896).
"Between the devil and the deep sea' "Shoehorned,"
48-Lake," a Precious Stone-Unmarried Lord Mayors
-English Oratory-Rungs of a Ladder-Louis XVI., 49
Iveagh-Book of Common Prayer in Latin-Crosier and
Pastoral Staff, 50-"Then "-Than- "Fire-fanged

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Troubadour and Daisy- Porte-manteau," 51-Haydon
Family-
-"Snicket -Hull Saying, 52—“Hedge"
Cromwelliana-Manor of Tyburn-Peter Thellusson, 53-
"Capt. Rock"-" Bull and Last," 54.

NOTES ON BOOKS:-'A New English Dictionary'

Miss Graham's 'S. Gilbert of Sempringham-Anderson's

Roll of Alumni in the University of Aberdeen'
Prideaux's Bibliography of Coleridge.'
Notices to Correspondents.

Botes.

CIVIL LIST PENSIONS.

(Continued from p. 10.)

MUSIC.

1880, June 19th (W. E. Gladstone).

MRS. ANNE JANE SAMPSON and MISS JULIA
Goss.

"In consideration of the services of their

father, the late Sir John Goss. 601. jointly."
Sir John Goss (1800-80) succeeded Attwood
as organist of St. Paul's in 1838; retired in
1872 with the honour of knighthood; com-
posed "If we believe" for the funeral of the
Duke of Wellington, and "The Lord is my
strength" for the Thanksgiving service in
1872 on the recovery of the Prince of Wales
('Cassell's Biographical Dictionary').

1895, May 16th (Earl of Rosebery).

LADY STEWART.

"In consideration of the services of her
late husband, Sir Robert Stewart, in the
cultivation of music in Ireland. 501"

Sir Robert Stewart (1825-94), conductor
of the University of Dublin Choral Society
and also of the Dublin Philharmonic. He
did much for the cause of good music. Sir
Robert obtained many prizes for glees, in
which branch of his art he displayed marked
ability.

1897, June 2nd (Marquis of Salisbury).
MRS. MARIA GARRETT.

"In recognition of the merits of her hus-
band, the late Dr. George Garrett, as a com-
poser of Church music. 50l."

Dr. George Garrett (1834-97), organist and
composer of an oratorio 'The Shunammite,'
various cantatas, and much Church music,
to which branch of music he specially devoted
himself. Organist of Madras Cathedral
1854-6.

1899, June 14th (Marquis of Salisbury).
MRS. MARY ELLEN ROBINSON.

"In consideration of the services rendered
to music in Ireland by her late husband, Mr.
Joseph Robinson, and of her inadequate
means of support. 401."

founded the Antient Society at Dublin, of
Joseph Robinson, born 1816. In 1834 he
which he was conductor for twenty-nine
there the year after its production at Bir-
years. Mendelssohn's' Elijah' was performed
mingham. It was for Robinson that Mendels-
sohn scored his 'Hear my Prayer,' which
originally had only organ accompaniment.
From 1837 to 1847 he was conductor of the
University Choral Society, He wrote songs
and anthems, and arranged Irish melodies.

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