IN LONDON DOCTORS WHO REMAINED DURING THE PLAGUE OF 1665 (10 S. xi. 266). Add Dr. Nicholas Davis and Dr. Edward Deantry (see Intelligence, 7 Aug., 1665).

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IF I ONLY KNEW' (10 S. xi. 410).-The monologue with musical accompaniment is 'If We Only Knew.' It is by Mel. B. Spurr, who used to recite it at the Maskelyne and Cooke at the former Egyptian entertainments Hall, Piccadilly: he died some eighteen It is to be obtained of the publishers, Messrs. Reynolds, 13, Berners Street, W.

months ago.

LIONEL SCHANK.

T. TRUMAN, BOOKSELLER, 1746 (10 S. xi. 347, 418).—There was a Gabriell T. Truman in Drury Lane at the sign of "The Goat," as his token indicates. It bears the initials in the "field," G. T. T. Even though booksellers did not issue tokens, yet he may have been related to the T. Truman of the query (Akerman's 'London Tokens,' 1849, No. 591).

J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL.

PRIME MINISTER (10 S. ix. 425).-During the present year a further step has been taken in the long process of giving a gradually increasing official recognition to the office of Prime Minister. Down to the end of last session all resolutions moved by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons were entered in the Orders and Votes under his name; from the beginning of the present session the name has been dropped, and substituted. The Prime Minister

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Miscellaneous.

NOTES ON BOOKS, &a.

Notes by the Way. By John Collins Francis. (T. Fisher Unwin.) A WORK which, so far as our knowledge goes, has not yet seen the light, but for which, we are convinced, an expectant posterity is looking, is a Individual bioGeneral History of Editors. graphies we have, but a comprehensive work on this entrancing subject still awaits a Prometheus. Editors may roughly be divided into two classes: those who, like Delane, are known to the world as editors, and nothing more; and those who, like Steele, are editors, and a great deal more. In political journalism an editor who travels beyond the strict limits of the leading article is regarded with suspicion, and Chenery, the successor of Delane, was heavily handicapped by the fact that Arabic literature was popularly supposed to hold a higher place in his affections than the battles of parliamentary frogs and mice. In this matter editors are at a disadvantage as compared with their staff. The principle of anonymity, in which we have the profoundest faith, protected Edward Henry Palmer, who, not being an editor, was enabled, in. spite of his Arabism, to write leading articles that took the public fancy. Joseph Knight belonged to the school of Steele, to whom in temperament, if not in genius, he bore a marked resemblance. In largeness of nature, in geniality of spirit, in tender chivalry towards women, the friend of Addison was closely paralleled by the generous Yorkshireman who for a longer period than any of his predecessors conducted the fortunes of' N. & Q.”

Knight came up to London from Leeds in 1860, when he had just completed his thirtieth year. He then felt capable of editing The Times, but destiny reserved him for a happier fate. He became in due course an editor, but how much more than an editor his friends will not soon forget. Mr. Francis has done well to write the memoir of his old associate and chief that opens this fascinating volume. Those who knew Knight will be grateful to him for placing on permanent record an account of the early years of one with whom most of them were only brought into contact in later life; while those who had not the good fortune to possess his friendship will be glad to learn something of the career of one whose influence was not to be measured by the space that he occupied in the public eye. The present writer had the privilege of knowing Knight for the last twenty years of his life, the date of first acquaintanceship being marked by the gift of his recently published Life of Rossetti,' which was taken down from the bookshelves in the closely packed little study, and placed in the visitor's hands with a few kindly and cordial words. Then the host turned to his two favourite writers and teachers, Shakespeare and Froissart, both of whom harmonized so well with his broad and humorous outlook on life and the chivalrous spirit with which he regarded the deficiencies of human nature, and expatiated with pride on the points of the ancient folios in his possession. During those twenty years of which we speak, whether in his own small sanctum, or at those more spacious dinners at the Garrick Club in which his hospitable soul delighted, not an illnatured jest or an unjust criticism ever passed his lips in our hearing. Like all strong characters. he had, of course, his likes and dislikes. We shall not soon forget his jovial remonstrance when we rallied him on his personal likeness to Mortimer Collins, a writer with whom-rather unjustly, as we thought he found himself in very scant sympathy. On the subject of the modern stage he was generally reticent, and in his capacity of a dramatic critic had some aversion from talking shop"; but he was never tired of speaking with almost paternal fondness of the merits of that incomparable actress whose Juliet and Rosalind are among the imperishable memories of middleaged playgoers-Lilian Adelaide Neilson.

Another feature of this volume is an admirable memoir of Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth, whose occasional contributions on ballad-lore will be fresh in the recollection of readers of N. & Q.' Ebsworth also held a post in the editorial phalanx, as for many years he superintended the publications of the Ballad Society. Of this Society he might justly have said, "Pars magna fui," for without his enthusiasm and untiring industry its life would probably have been short. Ebsworth was one of those typical Englishmen with whom the wind is usually in the east; but though of an explosive nature, he rendered permanent service to literature, and was not the less loved by his friends because his heart was on his sleeve.

successor of John Nichols and the other giants of the eighteenth century. It is an advantage to possess in moderate compass information which in a few years it would be difficult to obtain without much toilsome research, and which is now presented to the reader in a modest and attractive form.

The illustrations comprise portraits of Knight as a boy, in middle life, and in mature age. Good as they are, we think the photographs which were published in N. & Q.' at the time of his lamented death were more characteristic of the man. Ebsworth is represented by a portrait and by two of his sketches. One of these, a view of John Knox's house in Edinburgh, belongs to the school of Cattermole, but in chiaroscuro is far superior to anything that artist did; whilst the other might have been produced by the needle of George Cruikshank.

The Index, which has been compiled by Mr. John Randall, is excellent. One name we miss that of John Morley (p. vii). The friends of Knight will remember the zest with which on occasion he recounted anecdotes of his early associations with the present Secretary of State for India, for whom, notwithstanding some divergent views on politics, he ever retained a loyal friendship and admiration.

Authors' and Printers' Dictionary. By F. Howard Collins. (Frowde.)

THE new edition of this excellent guide is very welcome. The little book is already in its tenth thousand, and we hope it will reach many more readers, for it is remarkably cheap at a shilling. All who are concerned with the correction of the press should get it, for it will save many of the slips into which the most wary of experts fall from time to time. Indeed, it is the result of a mass of experience in proof-reading, Mr. Collins having been assisted by many competent hands. The new title, introducing the word "Dictionary," is misleading. for the book, though it has received corrections and additions, offers only a selection of difficult points, whereas a 'Dictionary' is generally understood to be something of an exhaustive character.

abbreviations, and the notes as to popular phrases We particularly commend the explanations of which are frequently misunderstood and wrongly

used.

BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES.-JULY.

MR. RICHARD CAMERON of Edinburgh has in his Catalogue 226, as usual, many Scottish items. These include a nearly complete set of Archæologia Scotica with Smellie's historical account, 17921876, 5 vols., 21. 158. Under Arctic is the weekly periodical issued during Capt. Parry's expedition, Nov. 1, 1819, to March 20, 1820, presentation copy from Capt. Parry, 58. 6d. Under Burns is Pickering's Aldine edition, 3 vols., 1839, 11. 58. Other works are Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, 12 vols. in 6, 1832-44, 168.; Chalmers's Caledonia,' 7 vols., 4to, 31. 158.; Jamieson's Dictionary, 5 vols., 4to, 1879-87, 4l. 58.; and Hugh Miller's Poems, 1839, 88. 6d. A copy of the first edition of Rob Roy,' 3 vols., 1818, is 37. 10s. ; and Smith's 'Catalogue Raisonné,' 9 vols., 8vo, 51. 58. There is a copy of The Owl, weekly journal, February to July, 1865, for 2s. 6d. ; and a collec

tion of Scottish trials.

Mr. George Gregory's Bath Catalogue 189-190 contains a good general assortment of books at low prices, also a number of the Parker Society's publications. Among other entries we find works on voyages and travels, to which Mr. Gregory devotes in his establishment a special room. Among general literature we may mention the Edition de Luxe of Matthew Arnold's Works, .61. ; Balzac's Comédie Humaine,' edited by

Journal of the Saintsbury, 40 vols., 5l. 58. ; Ex-Libris Society, 11 vols., 4to, 61. 68.; Brown's "Britannia's Pastorals,' 2 vols in 1, small folio, crushed dark-green levant by Rivière, first edition, 1613-16, 211.; and Campbell's 'Vitruvius Britannicus,' 5 vols., royal folio, 1715-71, 107. There is a choice copy of Roberts's Holy Land,' each drawing hand-coloured, the six volumes in purple levant, in a specially made Chippendale 421. Under Cruikshank is a complete set of his "Fairy Library," 201. Under Walpole is a rare collection of separate pieces by him and others printed at Strawberry Hill, 1764-79, 20l. There is a handsome copy of Lavater, 5 vols., imp. 4to, whole russia, 1810, 51. 58. Under Lever is the Copyright Edition, with the original 147. plates, 37 vols., 1897-9, scarce, Those interested in the old city of Bristol will find a collection of water-colour drawings.

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duplicated in place of Rochester and Ruckhurst); and The Faerie Queene,' edited by Wise, illustrations by Crane, 6 vols., 4to, 41. 4s.

Messrs. James Rimell & Son's Catalogue 216 is devoted to Books on Art. There are altogether thirteen hundred items. Catalogues of Collections and Exhibitions include a complete set of the Royal Academy Catalogues from the excessively rare first number in 1769 to 1900, bound in 13 vols., half-morocco, 10. Among works on Costume are Hull's British Army' and Gauci's 'British Navy,' 1 vol., folio, half-bound, 1829, 1007.; and Planche's Encyclopædia,' very scarce, 2 vols., 4to, halfmorocco, 6. Other works are Lacombe's Florence Gallery, 4 vols. in 2, and supplemental volume, Paris, 1789-1807, 137. 13s.; Goupil Gallery,' 12 folio volumes, half blue morocco, 81. 8s.; Musée Français,' 7 vols., atlas folio, 14/. 148. ; and 'The Wallace Collection,' by A. G. Temple, 10 parts, folio, 187. 18%. Under Turner we find the largest-paper copy of Picturesque Views in England and Wales,' proofs before letters, and a duplicate set of the original etchings, except that of The Straits of Dover,' of which only three are said to have been printed, imperial folio, full morocco, very scarce, 1832, 281. Under Boydell is the collection of 100 plates to illustrate Shakespeare, 2 vols. in 1, imperial folio. full crimson morocco, Boydell, 1803, 217.; and under Rowlandson are a copy of Cries of London,' from the collection of Joseph Grego, 57. 15s. 6d. ; Microcosm of London,' 3 vols., 4to, morocco, 1808, 207.; and Tours of Dr. Syntax,' 3 vols., new morocco, 1812-21, 157.

Messrs. Simmons & Waters of Leamington Spa send two catalogues. No. 234 contains Topographical and Antiquarian Books relating to the British Isles. The arrangement of the items under counties makes reference easy. Catalogue 235 is devoted to Numismatic Books. Among these are Atkins's Middlesex Tokens of the Eighteenth Century,' interleaved with additions in MS. and notes and cuttings from contemporary newspapers, together 3 vols., half-morocco by Riviere, 1892, 167. 16s.; Virtuoso's Companion and Coin Collector's Guide,' 1795-7, 8 vols. in 1, 2. 178. 6d. ; and British Numismatic Journal and Proceedings of the Numismatic Society,' 4 vols., 4to, 31. 38. [Notices of several other Catalogues are held over.

Notices to Correspondents.

ON all communications must be written the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith.

We beg leave to state that we decline to return communications which, for any reason, we do not print, and to this rule we can make no exception.

Editorial communications should be addressed to "The Editor of Notes and Queries ""-Advertisements and Business Letters to "The Publishers" at the Office, Bream's Buildings, Chancery Lane, E.C.

B. U. HARE ("Two Kings of Brentford.")-See Cobham Brewer's Reader's Handbook under Brentford.

EMERITUS and W. G. RICHARDS.-Forwarded. CORRIGENDUM.-10 S. xi. 518, col. 1, I. 4, for 'Holy hard' read Hold hard.