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may be traced in a score important works to be found in all well-equipped libraries. Mr. Elvin's aim is to present in alphabetical order, and as succinctly as is reconcilable with accuracy and intelligibility, a list of terms used in the science, together with appropriate illustrations. The work is thus equally useful to the amateur who seeks to blazon such coats as he encounters and to the practical artist. Upwards of two thousand illustrations accompany the text. Many of these, together with many of the terms, are not to be found in any other heraldic glossary. The arrangement is simplicity itself. In the body of the book, under which the terms employed in heraldry are explained, references are made to the pages on which the thing is depicted. Heraldry has been said to be the most easily acquired of all sciences. As such it comthose who see in it perhaps the most important side-light cast upon history. Mr. Elvin's book cannot fail to facilitate the mastery of the subject, and may be commended to all students. To the same author we are already indebted for 'Anecdotes of Heraldry,' a 'Handbook of Mottoes borne by the Nobility, Cities, &c.'

important works, for new editions of which scholarship is beginning to intercede. The Dictionary of Roman Coins' is, however, up to date, and its appearance, long retarded by causes beyond human control, will now be warmly welcomed. There is no need in these pages to dwell upon the importance, from whatever standpoint it is regarded, of the study of numismatics. A comprehensive knowledge of ancient coins, and especially of the moneta Romana, is the most enviable of possessions for the archeologist and the historian. Guides to the student and the collector have not been wanting. In the present volume, however, for the first time we have a comprehensive dictionary, written in the vernacular, and wholly occupied with Roman numismatics. Three objects have-as is announced in the original prospectus, which is reprinted-mends itself to those with limited leisure, as well as to been kept before the eyes of the successive editors. To furnish (1) an explanation of the types, devices, symbols, &c, which appear on coins with Latin legends, minted under the government of ancient Rome, both consular and imperial; (2) biographical, chronological, and monetal references to the emperors, empresses, and Cæsars, from Julius (B.c. 44) to Mauricius (A.D. 1602); (3) mythological, historical, and geographical notices in

ences are numerous.

elucidation of curious and rare obverses and reverses. The arrangement is alphabetical, and the cross referA work of this description has long been called for in England, and its appearance is a matter for congratulation. To the labours of his predecessors in general the editor does full justice, though no mention is made of the Dutch numismatists of the seventeenth century. To all, including the publishers, concerned in the production of this masterly work, who are in a position to be gratified by human homage, we offer our congratulations. It is equally difficult to over-estimate the amount of labour and energy involved in its production and the value of the result now happily ob

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Annual Register for the Year 1888. (Rivingtons.) YET once more the Annual Register makes its all-important contribution to our store of possessed, ranged, and docketed knowledge. To the value of compilations such as this full tribute has always been rendered. It is only in modern days, however, in which scrupulous accuracy is demanded and unsupported statements bring confusion on those who put them forth, that the full utility of the Annual Register stands apparent. Nothing can be more serviceable than to have a well-digested summary of the year's proceedings. To the statesman and the journalist the work remains indispensable. Apart from its other merits, one of the greatest recommendations is that it saves the accumulation upon the overburdened shelves of huge series of books. The Annual Register defies, of course, criticism and analysis. It is a book not to be judged, but to be used. Those who have once profited by the ease and convenience of reference, and the consequent diminution of annoyance, will never be without it, and the circle to which it appeals must necessarily be widening. The historical portion is, of course, the most important; but the chronicle of events, the retrospect of literature, &c., the obituary, and the index-the last two especially-are perhaps even more serviceable.

A Dictionary of Heraldry. By Charles Norton Elvin,
M.A. (Kent & Co.)

WORKS on heraldry multiply with a rapidity that shows
how largely the study of this fascinating subject is in-
creasing. Mr. Elvin's book puts forward strong and dis-
tinct claims upon attention. Its purpose is less historical
than practical. The antiquity and progress of heraldry

Books received include The Standard of Value, by William Leighton Jordan, sixth edition (Longmans & Co.); Life: what is it sustained by, and Cognate Subjects, by William Boggett (Trübner & Co.); and A Kindergarten Drawing-Book, Part II., by T. E. Rooper (Griffith, Farran & Co.).

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LELIUS ("Silver Plate ").-Mr. Chaffers's Hall Marks on Plate,' sixth edition (1883), and Mr. W. J. Cripps's 'Old English Plate' (1878), Old French Plate' (1880), and College and Corporation Plate' (1881). These are all the works on the subject we recall, and we know of none that gives the modern value.

HISTORICAL STUDENT.-(1." Richmond Palace.") The information you seek is supplied in N. & Q.,' 6th S. vii.. 518.-(2. "Esher.") Wolsey "took up his abode" at Esher Place. The only remaining portion of the old building is still called Wolsey's Tower.

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SEVENTH SERIES.-VOL. VII.

[For classified articles, see ANONYMOUS WORKS, BIBLIOGRAPHY, BOOKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED, EPIGRAMS, EPITAPHS, FOLK-LORE, HERALDRY, PROVERBS AND PHRASES, QUOTATIONS, SHAKSPEARIANA, and SONGS ANd Ballads.]

A. (E.) on 'Anonymous and Pseudonymous Litera- | Allison (J. W.) on costly books, 484

ture,' 45

A. (F. R.) on Touch surname, 111

A. (H. B.) on Amsterdam Bourse, 15
A. (H. J.) on Mayor's title, 112

'Punch' publications, 290

A. (H. S.) on book illustrating, 47 "Claire-voie," 347

"Pope's size," 351

Translation, errors of, 355

A. (W. E. A.) on Chinese folk-lore, 367
Aberdeen University, its arms, 63
Academia or academia, 423

Ache on dogmatism and puppyism, 449
Acheson Bulla, 207

Acrostic, "Flowers of autumn," 489, 516
Acton (P.) on Stella, 347

Adalbert (Prince) of Prussia, his biography, 55, 172 Addison (Joseph), hymns attributed to, 382; mistake in 'Spectator,' 426, 498

Addy (S. O.) on Robert Allott, 141

Bent or bennet, 25

Choil of a knife, 197

"Twizzel" in place-names, 28

Adrian I. and Charlemagne. See Antiphonaries.
Advent, muffling bells during, 57

Agincourt, battle of, 15

Agrippa (Marcus Vipsanius) and Holland's Pliny, 308, 435

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"Corn-Law Rhymes,' 231 Death warrants, 52

Drinking health in blood, 292

Duffer, its meaning, 458

Euchre, its etymology, 358

Gomez (Pero), 497

Macaulay (Lord), 414

Orange blossoms at weddings, 369

School stocks, 429

Uncle pawnbroker, 56

Allott (Robert), author of England's Parnassus,' 141 Almoran and his ring, 229, 338, 496

Alpha on Prince Adalbert, 172

Crabbe (G.), his 'Tales,' 511
Elwes (John), 308, 475

Farmer (Capt. George), 158

Ffolkes baronetcy, 257

Hervey (John, second baron), 434
Lord Mayor's Show, 294

Magazines, their binding, 352
Mitford (William), 207

Tears represented on tombstones, 478
Westminster School ghost, 488

Alphege on medal of Thomas Johnson, 48

Altar inscriptions, 9, 234

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Colt, coltes, 153

French twenty-franc piece, 156
"Job Johnson's coat," 308
Rook-simpleton, 476
Songs, canting, 229

Uppish and upish, 254

Appleby on Col. Whitelocke, 258

Apprentice, his dress, temp. Elizabeth, 49

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Arbuthnot (Dr. John), his residence, 18
Archer (W.) on Macbeth,' 1673, 275
Archery, its bibliography, 185

Arellian, its meaning, 288

Armiger on arms borne by descendants, 175
Arms, heraldic. See Heraldry.

Arms, manual of, 1770-8, 154, 296, 395, 436
Arnold (F. H.) on executions in Sussex, 338

Arnold (Matthew), his 'East and West,' 152; his
prize poem on Cromwell, 287, 414; blunder in
'Philomela,' 288, 392

"Arrant Scot," misprint, 45, 114, 335, 419, 519

Arthur (Prince), his marriage with Katherine of
Aragon, 465

Arundel (Sir John de), his daughter, 327

Ashbee (H. S.) on Beckford's Vathek,' 413

Aspasia," Divine," 207, 271, 334, 391

Astarte on bears committing suicide, 105
Blanket, its derivation, 106

Charlemagne, 11

Charles V., epitaph on, 165
Cromwell (Henry), 85
Purre, call for pigs, 306
St. Seine and the Seine, 205
Statues, tinted, 94
Travel, books of, 186

United States citizens, 46

Aston (Lady), her death, 187

Aston (Tony), reprints of his 'Brief Supplement,' 16
Atkinson (J. C.) on direction for building churches.
470

De Banco Roll, names in, 91
Duggleby, its locality, 214, 413
Wetherby surname, 9, 253, 331

Attwell (H.) on the Lord's Prayer, 18

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Warple way," 269

Aureole, its origin, 65, 176, 278

Austria, its official calendars, 1700-70, 67,
Authors, their blunders, 288, 392

Aveyron, savage of, 287

236

Axon (W. E. A.) on Walter Lynn, M.B., 241

Preacher and reporter, 365

Rhode Island superstitions, 426
'Village Musings,' 266

Azores, folk-lore in, 106, 297

B. (C. C.) on blunders of authors, 392
Bed-rock, 50

Blanket, its derivation, 238
Bree, a gadfly, 392
Bring and take, 152
'Brussels Gazette,' 294
Clam, its meanings, 498
Cross tree, 138

Darnel, bearded, 198

Digby (Kenelm Henry), 95

"Divine Aspasia," 272

Epitaph, schoolgirl's, 253

Gam (Davy), 15

Gaming, indictments against, 230

"Herbe des trois gouttes de sang," 251

Kissing under the mistletoe, 51

Leather, human, 433

Macaroni=fop, 129

'Macbeth,' edition of 1673, 315
Marriage and longitude, 58
"On the carpet," 476

Orange blossoms at weddings, 474
Pliny: Sunstead, 308
Pulpits in churches, 289
Purre, call for pigs, 376
"Ram Jam," 92

Rose, thistle, and shamrock, 295
Rossetti (D. G.), his sonnets, 228
Victualler, his calling, 518
Wordsworth (W.), 258, 278, 417, 458
B. (E. F.) on grindstone and sapling, 434

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