Thames means that the service was discontinued immediately after the explosion of the Cricket, I think he is mistaken. I remember the Ant and the Bee, and occasionally travelled by them; but this cannot have been so early as 1847. Speaking from memory only, I think the halfpenny boats were running at all events as late as 1854. WILLIAM HUGHES. 62, Palace Road, Tulse Hill. Immediately to the west of Ivy Lane still, of course, remain the Adelphi Arches-often called the Dark Arches. The principal arch yawns off South Strand (Durham Street, near Dent's clock and opposite Bedford Street). Through these arches, in pre Embankment days, one could reach the river. I had not entered them for nearly fifty years, but looked through them when passing the other day. I found that the western arch, which originally opened into a side street, was bricked up; but one could come in view of the Embankment, though there was no through way. W. J. FITZSIMMONS. Cromwell Avenue, Highgate. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED (10th S. v. 108). Is there never a chink in the world above So fit as thine to falter forth a sorrow DR. BRUSHFIELD'S interesting article set me a-thinking. Before the Embankment was made, this lane-gloomy, narrow, dark, the sky being visible only here and there between the backs of tall houses-led down to the muddy foreshore of the Thames. On the western side was the brick boundary of the Adelphi Arches. At the water's edge a string of barges with connecting gangways led on to the crazy pier from which the halfpenny boats gallantly set off for London Bridge. An old volume of The Illustrated London News in my possession contains a couple of drawings of the explosion of the Cricket, as mentioned by DR. BRUSHFIELD; there is also an account of the inquest, at which it was stated that the engineer used to wedge down is from 'James Lee's Wife,' one of Browning's the safety valve with a baton of wood! But this accident did not terminate the heroic halfpenny service in 1847, as stated by DR. BRUSHFIELD, although the accident may of course have interrupted it. The service was certainly a going concern (Jupiter and Venus being names of two of the boats) at least ten years later, as I frequently, as a boy with heart aglow, made the water journey about 1857, perhaps a little later. I saw a day or two ago that the iron post and the top hinge of the gate that gave entrance to the lane from the Strand still cling to the wall of the shop immediately west of the Cecil Hotel. A yard or two to the east (or the west ?) of the steamboat pier in question was another barge, moored in front of "The Fox under the Hill." "The Fox" was a waterside public-house, on the floating barge moored in front of which were tables and benches at which tired man might recuperate. In the fifties I was a "reading boy" at a large printing office in the neighbourhood, and in summer-time I often dined on the floating palace-happily if not sumptuously! It was to "The Fox" that the boy Dickens must have picked his steps by way of the foreshore at low tide from the blacking warehouse in Hungerford Market (now Charing Cross Station); for he describes the resort and its customers in one of his works (possibly in his Sketches'?). Dramatis Persona.' J. B. DOUGLAS. I was WILLIAM ETTY (10th S. v. 88). — Until, perhaps, twenty years ago, a niece of Etty's, Mrs. Robert Smithson, was living in York. She left children, and I believe that one of her sons is now resident at Hitchen. given to understand that Mrs. Smithson represented the third volume of the Betsey or Bessy who lived for about a quarter of a century with her painter uncle and was his domestic all-in-all." See Gilchrist's 'Life of William Etty, R.A.' vol. i. p. 222. In the preface to that work Mrs. Bennington" of N. & Q.' appears as Mrs. Binnington. ST. SWITHIN. 66 NELSON RELIC IN CORSICA (10th S. v. 89).— I venture to suggest that there has been some error in the report of Mr. Norgate's lecture, for I do not see how or when Nelson could possibly have made any presentation to a church in Corsica. Certainly he could not have done so when he was in the Mediterranean as Commander-in-Chief, 1803-5. On the other hand, he did at that time present articles of silver to some of the churches along the north coast of Sardinia, and, in particular, to the church at Maddalena, a cross and two candlesticks. (See Nelson,' in "Men of Action Series," p. 193.) It seems not improbable that this is what Mr. Norgate referred to. J. K. LAUGHTON. Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, &c. The English Voyages of the Sixteenth Century. By FIRST printed in April, 1905, as an introduction to that can be desired. The first deals with the voyagers themselves, the assiduous questors after passages North-East, Far East or North-West, and all who sought to bridge or pierce the huge unbroken continent that stretched from Nova Zembla to Magellan the Portuguese and Italian navigators; the Spanish cavaliers, who, unable to exterminate with sufficient rapidity by the sword, called in the aid of the Inquisition; the English shipmen; the Frenchmen and the Dutch men; and all who joined in the pursuit of treasure, or the search for the earthly paradise or the realni of Ophir. A second instalment deals with Richard Hakluyt himself, who, cleric though he was, contrived to build himself an immortality scarcely less assured than that of our Drakes, Kaleghs, Hawkinses, Frobishers, Grenvilles, Cavendishes, and the like; while a third shows the influence of the English voyages upon poetry and imagination. To not a few readers the last portion will be the most interesting and significant. Those most familiar with the Tudor literature generally, and the Tudor drama in particular, know how potent an influence was exercised by the precise details narrated in the voyages no less than by the general spirit of discovery current in the epoch. Nowhere else is the literary influence of these things so well and so nobly shown as in the Musophilus' of Samuel Daniel, and it is gratifying to discover the most pregnant and prophetic passages of Daniel quoted in the Professor's volume. Though expressly intended to serve for Hakluyt, English Voyages are just as useful in connexion with Coryat's Crudities,' and, in a sense, with this first reprint of the Purchas collection. It is, however, bootless to insist upon this fact, since we cannot readily fancy any purchaser separating the various works, or regarding them as other than one inspired and precious whole. As frontispiece to a valuable and delightful volume appears a finely reproduced portrait of Queen Elizabeth, wearing her crown, and holding the sceptre in her right hand and the orb in her left. The two volumes of Purchas just issued bring us half way towards completion of Purchas's magnificent collection. Vol. ix. opens with the relation by Edward Terry, "Master of Arts and Student of Christ-Church in Oxford," of his voyage to the East Indies. Many of the features on which he comments intelligently are still to be observed, and others have but recently disappeared. Fights with character on both sides-are well described. Some the Portuguese-often of the most determined characteristic proceedings of Master Coryat are related. An interesting account is given of the clepsydra clocks. Lewis Barthema, whose narrative follows, seems almost to have anticipated the deeds of Sir Richard Burton. Some of his accounts are singularly naive, and he describes, with a freedom that must have shocked some of his English comoften attained by the natives. Much of the pious peers, the queenly interest in his nudity. To temperance he assigns the great age of 125 years comment and edifying reflection with which the comments of Catholic observers are accompanied must be attributed to Purchas himself. To the student of primitive culture or folk-lore the work offers unending attraction. As a rule, men of Latin Englishmen. Richard Jobson is, however, an exrace deal more freely with such subjects than ception, and is sufficiently outspoken. In vol. x. the book of Antonio Galvanos of 'The space. It includes some romance; see the tender Discoveries of the World' occupies a considerable story of the discovery by Macham of the isle of Madera and its consequences. interesting portions of this volume are Coryat's travels to and observations in Constantinople, and Among the more the Briefe Memoriall' of the travels of Sir Robert Sherley. We have also an account of those Dutch proceedings at Amboyna which subsequently moved to indignation Cromwell and Dryden. Scenes from Old Playbooks, arranged as an Introduction to Shakespeare. By Percy Simpson, M.A. (Oxford, Clarendon Press.) A HAPPY idea is here admirably carried out. A series of scenes from Shakespeare, Beaumont and Fletcher, Marlowe, Heywood, Marston, and Massinger are so arranged by the assistant master at St. Olave's Grammar School as to form a pleasant guide to Shakespeare and the Tudor stage. Introductions on A Shakespearean Play' and 'Shakespeare's Theatre' reveal much observation and knowledge, some of it practical; a presentation, from Mr. Sidney Lee's 'Life of Shakespeare,' of the famous 1596 design of the Swan Theatre, serves as frontispiece; and the whole, which is intended for schools and the young, forms a most helpful and valuable volume. The stage notes are specially useful, and there is a glossary. Poems of Love. Edited by G. K. A. Bell. (Rout- EVERY ingenious youth with a love for "wine, stanza of "Phillida flouts me are so printed as to destroy the rime and produce cacophony. The name Phillida is, moreover, throughout spelt "Phillada," a sad oversight. There are many exclusions and one or two inclusions we regret, but the general result is pleasing; it could scarcely, indeed, be otherwise. Book-Auction Records. Edited by Frank Karslake. -Vol. III. Part I. October to December, 1905. (Karslake & Co.) MR. KARSLAKE opens this new part with an interesting account of Messrs. Hodgson's firm, an illustration being given of their handsome auction-room. Very different was the old room where Mr. Edmund Hodgson, the grandfather of the present members of the firm, used to sell. This was under the stationer's shop at the corner of Chancery Lane, very dark and gloomy; but Mr. Hodgson, with his genial, pleasant manners, made buyers forget this. The firm moved to its present premises in June, 1863. There are many prices in this valuable record we should like to quote, did space permit. We cordially agree with Mr. Karslake when he writes that with all its drawbacks, the trade of secondhand bookselling remains an attractive, interesting, and cultured calling. If all the members do not fulfil the requirements and duties completely, that does not detract from the merits of a most intellectual and commendable pursuit." The Englishwoman's Year- Book and Directory, Edited by Emily Janes. (A. & C. Black.) THIS useful work has reached its twenty-sixth year of publication, and is better than ever. The section on 'Sports and Pastimes and Social Life has been rewritten, and under most headings increase or improvement is to be traced. Horace. By Rev. W. Tuckwell, M.A. (Bell & Sons.) To the "Miniature Series of Great Writers" has been added a life of Horace by the Rev. W. Tuckwell, which, short as it is, is a model of tasteful criticism. It has eight illustrations, preserves a charming atmosphere, and is a delightful companion for the scholar. Peg Woffington. By Charles Reade. With an Introduction by Richard Garnett. (De La More Press.) To "The King's Novels" has been added this prose rendering by Charles Reade of his and Tom Taylor's well-known Masks and Faces,' which, so far as we recall, is not always, if often, included in its author's collected works. It has a portrait of Peg by Houston in mezzotint, after Pickering, and is, like other fine booklets of the same series, well printed and prettily got up. Northamptonshire Legends put into Rhyme. By Charles Wise. (Kettering, W. E. & J. Goss.) MR. WISE, the author of 'Rockingham Castle and the Watsons,' and other works of a similar class, has turned into verse some of the legends with which he is familiar, and has issued them with all reservation of right, with illustrations, and with a request (with which we comply) that the stories may not be narrated. As the work of a contributor whom we know to be advanced in years they have much spirit. BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES. WE have received an unusually large number of catalogues for mid-February. Now that we are in the busy season we shall feel obliged by our friends sending their catalogues early. Mr. Thomas Baker's catalogue is chiefly theological, and includes Neale's Eastern Church,' 4 vols., 1850, 57. 58. Mr. B. H. Blackwell, of Oxford, has items under Antiquarian, Bibliography, Folk-lore, &c. We note Smith's 'Collectanea Antiqua,' 1848-80, printed for subscribers only, 4l. 78. 6d.; Foster's Miniature Painters,' 2 vols., folio, 5. 5s., and The Stuarts," 107. 108.; Ralston's Russian Folk-Tales,' 15s; first edition of Kingsley's 'Hypatia,' 1853, 17. 15s.; and Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1880-1905, 177. 178. 'Dic Mr. Richard Cameron, of Edinburgh, has a Catalogue of Scottish History, Ballads, Drama, FineArts, &c. We may mention Jamieson's tionary,' 5 vols., 47. 10s.; and a Manuscript Diary of an Edinburgh Lawyer, 1827-34. The latter contains a detailed account of the Theatrical Fund dinner held at Edinburgh, 23 February, 1827, where Scott first declared himself to be the author of the Waverley Novels. Mr. Bertram Dobell has a rare collection relating to the drama, including a first edition of Beaumont and Fletcher, 1647, 217.; and Sharpe's 'The Noble Stranger,' 1640, 61. 6s.-at sig. G4 of the latter is a reference to Shakespeare's 'Venus and Adonis.' Under Shakespeare is an exceptionally fine copy of the Second Folio, 1632, 125. Under Charles Lamb is Moxon's memoir of him, privately printed, and very rare, 1835, 41. 4s. This is a presentation copy to Robert Southey, "With the Writer's best wishes, and first attempt in prose." Mr. William Downing, of Birmingham, has a fine specimen of illuminated work, a fifteenth-century Latin version of the Psalms of David, 107. 10s. Burton's Scotland,' 9 vols., 1867, is 81. 88. Under John Bright are seven autograph letters, price 21s. One to Charles Sturge contains this passage: "I suppose my acceptance of office will seen at best a very doubtful step to thee, as it seems to me. A copy of Pierce Egan's Life in London,' 1823, is priced 37. 3.; and a set of the Musées Français et Royal,' 107. 10s. Mr. William Dunlop, of Edinburgh, has works relating to Africa, America, English topography, and general literature. Messrs. William George's Sons, of Bristol, have a set of Spedding's 'Bacon,' 1864-91, 14 vols., 41. 4.; Dryden's Fables,' with drawings by Lady Diana' Beauclerk, engraved by Bartolozzi, 1797, 37 38.; Cotman's Antiquities of Norfolk,' Bohn, 1838, 37 10.; Sauvigny's Essais Historiques sur les Meurs des Français,' 1785-92, 27. 10s.; Kerr's 'Voyages and Travels,' 1811-24, 37. 38. ; Giraldus de Barri's 'Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales in 1188, 1806. 47. 10.; The Speaker's Commentary, 11 vols, 37. 10s.; and a remarkably large There are also first editions of Borrow. copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle,' 1493, 16'. 16s. Mr. William Glaisher's fresh list of Publishers' Remainders is full of tempting bargains. Mr. Haslam has some interesting sketches made by Katharine Fry, a daughter of Elizabeth Fry, well known in her day as an indefatigable archæologist. One series, made on the Continent, 1829-60, Mr. John Hitchman, of Birmingham, has Hill's Organs and Organ Cases of the Middle Ages,' 6. 6.; Racinet's 'Le Costume Historique,' rare, 11. 11.; Stubbs's Cambridge,' édition de luxe, 31. 58.; D'Urfey's Wit and Mirth,' Pearson's reprint, 31. 15s.; Hogarth, 2 vols, folio, largest paper, 1821, very rare. 67. 10s.; Linton's Masters of Wood Engraving,' 31. 3s.; and a fine copy of Plutarch, 1612, 4/. 4s. School Lists, 1791 to 1850, 158.; FitzGerald's Readings in Crabbe,' Quaritch, 1883, rare, 37. Library Edition of Froude's England,' 12 vols., 7. 178. 6d.; Fox-Davies's Armorial Families,' 21.; and 'The Faerie Queene,' the limited edition of 1896, 51. 5s. Messrs. Henry Young & Sons, of Liverpool, have under Archaica a reprint of scarce old English prose tracts, 1575-1620, 5 vols., 5l. 58. A first edition of Marmion,' with autograph letter of Scott, is 5. 5s.; Froude's Life of Carlyle,' 4 vols., with three autograph letters, 77. 10s.; Byron's Works, Mr. G. A. Poynder, of Reading, has Thoresby's extra-illustrated, with Moore's Life, 9 vols., 217. Topography of Leeds,' 1816, 37. 38. ; a set of "The Report of the Voyage of the Challenger, 16 vols., Delphin Classics," 1819-21, 87. 8s. ; and The Gentle-half-morocco, 20.; Pugin's Ecclesiastical Ornaman's Magazine, 1732 to 1853, 71. 78. He also sends ment,' first edition, 1846, 41. 4s.: a complete set of The Dial, 1840-44, Boston, U.S.A., 71. 78.; a very us a Clearance Catalogue. fine copy of Manwood's Forest Laws,' 1598, 77. 10.; the original edition of Lavater, 15/. 158. the Library edition of Lever's Works, 37 vols., 371.; Pennant, a complete set, 27 vols. in 22, 1776-1801, 25.; Prynne's Histriomastix,' first edition, 1633, 5. 15s.; Scott's Border Antiquities,' first edition, 1814, 71. 78.; and Enderbie's 'Cambria Triumphans,' the extremely rare first edition, with a large number of coats of arms, 1661, 51. 5s. There are also interesting specimens of early printing and an illuminated MS. of the Koran. energy. Mr. Ludwig Rosenthal, of Munich, is full of Only a fortnight back we noticed his Catalogue of Catholic Theology; to-day we have a fresh list from him, No. 110, devoted to Le Danemark, la Suède et la Norvège; L'Invasion des Suédois en Allemagne ; Le Slesvig-Holstein jusqu'à 1864; Les Pays-Polaires. Messrs. W. 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When answerpurse formerly belonging to Edmund Kean, 227. 10s.;ing queries, or making notes with regard to previous sword and dagger worn in the character of Mephis- entries in the paper, contributors are requested to topheles in Faust,' 31. 10s. There are also por: put in parentheses, immediately after the exact traits of Ellen Terry and Peg Woffington: and heading, the series, volume, and page or pages to among pictures and drawings, Cattermole's 'Ham- which they refer. Correspondents who repeat let's Address to the Players,' 267. 5s., and a design queries are requested to head the second comfor the costume of Othello by Tenniel, 217. munication "Duplicate." Mr. James Thin, of Edinburgh, has a set of Blackwood, 1817-1904, 187. 10s. Bentham's Works, 11 vols., 1843, 9.; Lodge's Portraits,' 6. 6s.; Paleographical Society's Publications, 1873-94, 6 vols., royal folio, 30; Transactions of the Royal Society, Edinburgh, 1788-1900, very scarce, 55'. 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