Voltaire's Henriade (Vol. iii., p. 388.).-I have two translations of this poem in English verse, in addition to that mentioned at p. 330., viz., one in 4to., Anon., London, 1797; and one by Daniel French, 8vo., London, 1807. The former, which, as I collect from the preface, was written by a lady and a foreigner, alludes to two previous translations, one in blank verse (probably Lockman's), and the other in rhyme. J. F. M. Petworth Register (Vol. iii., p. 449.). Your correspondent C. H. appears to give me too much credit for diligence, in having "searched" after this document; for in truth I did nothing beyond writing to the rector of the parish, the Rev. Thomas Sockett. All that I can positively say as to my letter, is, that it was intended to be courteous; that it stated my reason for the inquiry; that it contained an apology for the liberty taken in applying to a stranger; and that Mr. Sockett did not honour me with any answer. I believe, however, that I asked whether the register still existed; if so, what was its nature, and over what period it extended; and whether it had been printed or described in any antiquarian or topographical book. Perhaps some reader may have the means of giving information on these points; and if he will do so through the medium of your periodical, he will oblige both C. H. and myself. Or perhaps C. H. may be able to inquire through some more private channel, in which case I should feel myself greatly indebted to him if he would have the goodness to let me know the result. Beakesbourne. J. C. ROBERTSON. Apple-pie Order (Vol. iii., p. 330.).—The solution of J. H. M. to Mr. SnEAK's inquiry is not satisfactory. "Alternate layers of sliced pippins and mutton steaks" might indeed make a pie, but not an apple-pie, therefore this puzzling phrase must have had some other origin. An ingenious friend of mine has suggested that it may perhaps be derived from that expression which we meet with in one of the scenes of Hamlet, "Cap à pied;" where it means perfectly appointed. The transition from cap à pied, or 66 сар à pie," to apple-pie, has rather a rugged appearance, orthographically, I admit; but the ear soon becomes accustomed it in pronunciation. [MR. ROBERT SNOW and several spondents have also suggested that the to A. N. other correorigin of the phrase "apple-pie order" is to be found in the once familiar "cap à pied."] Durham Sword that killed the Dragon (Vol. iii., p. 425.). For details of the tradition, and an engraving of the sword, see Surtees' History of Durham, vol. iii. pp. 243, 244. W. C. TREVELyan. Malentour (Vol. iii., p. 449.) - Your correspondent F. E. M. will find the word Malentour, or Malentour, given in Edmondson's Complete Body of Heraldry as the motto of the family of Patten alias Wansfleet (sic) of Newington, Middlesex it is said to be borne on a scroll over the crest, which is a Tower in flames. In the "Book of Mottoes" the motto ascribed to the name of Patten is Mal au Tour, and the double meaning is suggested, "Misfortune to the Tower," and "Unskilled in artifice." The arms that accompany it in Edmondson are nearly the same as those of William Pattyn alias Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor temp. Hen. VI.—the founder of Magdalen College, Oxford. F. C. M. The Bellman and his History (Vol. iii., pp. 324. 377.).-Since my former communication on this subject I have been referred to the cut of the Bellinan and his Dog in Collier's Roxburghe Ballads, p. 59., taken from the first edition of Dekker's Belman of London, printed in 1608. C. H. COOPER. Cambridge, May 17, 1851. "Geographers on Afric's Downs (Vol. iii., p. 372.). - Is your correspondent A. S. correct in his quotation? In a poem of Swift's, "On Poetry, a Rhapsody," are these lines: "So geographers, in Afric maps With savage pictures fill their gaps, Place elephants for want of towns." Swift's Works, with Notes by Dr. Hawksworth, 1767, vol vii. p. 214. C. DE D. Trepidation talk'd" (Vol. iii., p. 450.). — The words attributed to Milton are 66 "That crystalline sphere whose balance weighs The trepidation talk'd, and that first moved." Paterson's comment, quoted by your correspondent, is exquisite: he evidently thinks there were two trepidations, one talked, the other first moved. The trepidation (not a tremulous, but a turning or oscillating motion) is a well-known hypothesis added by the Arab astronomers to Ptolemy, in explanation of the precession of the equinoxes. This precession they imagined would continue retrograde for a long period, after which it would be direct for another long period, then retrograde again, and so on. They, or their European followers, I forget which, invented the crystal heaven, an apparatus outside of the starry heaven (these cast-off phrases of astronomy have entered into the service of poetry, and the empyreal heaven with them), to cause this slow turning, or trepidation, in the starry heaven. Some used two crystal heavens, and I suspect that Paterson, having some confused idea of this, fancied he found them both in Milton's text. I need not say that your correspondent is quite right in referring the words first moved to the primum mobile. Again, balance in Milton never weighs. Scale is his word (iv. 997. x. 676.) for a weighing appaWhere he says of Satan's army (i. 349.), ratus. "In even balance down they light On the firm brimstone," he appears to mean that they were in regular order, with a right wing to balance the left wing. The direct motion of the crystal heaven, following and compensating the retrograde one, is the "balance" which "was the trepidation called;" and this I suspect to be the true reading. The past tense would be quite accurate, for all the Ptolemaists of Milton's time had abandoned the trepidation. As the text stands it is nonsense; even if Milton did dictate it, we know that he never saw it; and there are several passages of which the obscurity may be due to his having had to rely on others. Witness the lines in book iv. M. 995-1002. Registry of Dissenting Baptisms in Churches (Vol. iii., p. 370.).—I forward extracts from the Registers of the parish of Saint Benedict in this town relating to the baptism of Dissenters. (Mr. Hussey, mentioned in several of the entries, was Joseph Hussey, minister of a Dissenting congregation here from 1691 to 1720. His meeting house on Hog Hill (now St. Andrew's Hill) in this town was pillaged by a Jacobite mob, 29th May, 1716. He died in London in 1726, and was the author of several works, which are now very scarce.) "1697. October 14th. William the Son of Richard Witnesses, Robert Wilson, "1698. Henery the Son of John and Sarah Shipp "1700. Walter the Son of Richard and Elisabeth "1701. Elisabeth Daughter of Richard Jardine and Elisabeth his wife born October 7. and said to be baptized at a Private Congregation Novemb. 34. "1702. June 22. Miram the Son of Thomas Short Jane the Daughter of Richard Jardine and "1703. John the Son of Alexander Jardine and Separate Congregation, Mar. 31. "1705. Alexander the Son of Alexander Jardine and....... his Wife was as 'tis said baptized in a Separate Congregation July 1705. "1706. John the Son of Alexander Jardine and Elisabeth his Wife said to be baptized at a Private Congregation Dec. 11. "1707, Nov. 11. John the Son of Alexander and Elis. Jardine was said to be baptized in a Separate Congregation. "1710. Aug. 23. John y• Son of Bryan and Sarah Nov. 15. Nath. y Son of Alexander and I have no recollection of having met with similar Redwing's Nest (Vol. iii., p. 408.). — I think that upon further consideration C. J. A. will find his egg to be merely that of a blackbird. While the eggs of some birds are so constant in their markings that to see one is to know all, others— at the head of which we may place the sparrow, the gull tribe, the thrush, and the blackbird-are as remarkable for the curious variety of their markings, and even of the shades of their colouring. And every schoolboy's collection will show that these distinctions will occur in the same nest. 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Books ..nd Odd Volumes wanted Notices to Correspondent Advertisements Page 489 490 491 492 492 493 493 494 496 497 499 499 500 Mackintosh on Ogilvie's Essay on the Right of Property in Lund. At the dispersion of the library of the late Sir James Mackintosh, striking evidence of his extensive reading appeared. It seems to have been his custom to always read with a pencil in his hand, to score the remarkable passages, and to make occasional notes; generally at the end of the book he indicates the place where, and date when he read it. One remarkable and not uninteresting example occurs in the following volume in my possession: "An Essay on the Right of Property in Land, with respect to its foundation in the Law of Nature: its present establishment by the municipal laws of Europe; and the regulations by which it might be rendered more beneficial to the lower ranks of Mankind." London, 1782, 8vo. On the inside of the cover Sir James Mackintosh has written: "Clapham Common, July 18, 1828.- An ingenious and benevolent, but injudicious book, which is a good example of the difficulty of forming plans for the service of mankind. To the author, an accomplished recluse, a lettered enthusiast of no vulgar talent or character, I owe the cultivation of a sense of the beau tiful in poetry and eloquence, for which at the distance of near half a century I feel a lively gratitude. It was written by William Ogilvie, Professor of Humanity in King's College, Aberdeen. I even now recollect passages of his Translation of the 4th Book of the Eneid.-J. MACKINTOSH." I have found a corroboration of the estimate above given of this person, by another of his countrymen, James Ogilvie (who appears to have been an itinerant teacher of oratory in America) in a volume of Philosophical Essays published in Philadelphia in 1816. Speaking of a gifted native of Scotland of the name of McAllester, settled in the far west, near Bard's Town, and lamenting that he should choose to bury his talents in obscurity 510 and indolence, the writer says: VOL. III.-No. 86. |