North" (vol. ii. p. 317, 1862), where the Scotch
version, as sung often in my hearing by the late
P. S. Fraser, F.S. A.Scot., is given complete. It
is also in Logan's 'Pedlar's Pack,' p. 43, 1869.
J. W. EBSWORTH.

The Priory, Molash, by Ashford, Kent.

PHENOMENAL FOOTPRINTS IN SNOW, S. DEVON (7th S. viii. 508).-The beast was discovered to be a common badger, and the storm that the footprints had caused dropped to dead calm in a single day. D.

[Many similar replies are acknowledged.] SEETHING LANE MINCING LANE (7th S. viii. 327, 395).-After the quotations given, there can be no doubt that Mincing is a corruption of Middle English mynechene, Old English mynecenn, i. e., the feminine to monk, munk, Old English munuc, a nun, so that the name means originally Nun's Lane. To explain the meaning of Seething Lane some more quotations, and more ancient ones, are wanted. T. HOOPS.

Your correspondent is in error_in_thinking "there is no evidence to show that the Duke had any Celtic blood in his veins." There is ample evidence. The Cooleys, or Cowleys, were for many generations stewards in the Ormond household at Kilkenny. In this position they put money together and became esquires on their own account early in the sixteenth century. In the reign of Elizabeth one of them rose to legal eminence. The branch of the family from which the duke was descended adopted the name Wesley, or Wellesley, but it is a singular fact that in Sir John Davis's At the latter reference, MR. MASKELL incident-report to James I. on the decadence of the English ally refers to Mincing Lane. Is there any doubt about this having derived its name from the mynchens, or nuns, of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, having been holders, or occupiers, of property there? I have a faint recollection, too, of having read somewhere that Seething Lane owed its nomenclature to the once thriving business and manufactories, or boiling houses, of the wax and tallow chandlers of the City of London.

Brown's Green, Birmingham.

R. W. HACKWOOD.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON (7th S. viii. 429, 497). The descent of the Duke of Wellington can be clearly traced step by step from Robert Cowley, Bailiff of Dublin A.D. 1515. The printed State Records of England and Ireland alone afford quite sufficient information. I have, however, not discovered any authority for the statement, found in some peerages, that Cowley was born in England, or that he came of a Rutland family. I believe the late duke had an idea that his family was pure Irish, the name being originally O'Kolly. This is disproved by a letter of Archbishop Loftus, who states that his son-in-law, George Cowley, grandson of Robert, was of English birth, by which is meant English descent. The earliest records of the city of Dublin show that Cowleys were citizens in the thirteenth century, at which time Dublin was a plantation from Bristol. Cowley is also a very old Bristol name. The Bristol and Dublin citizens, as their names show, were in very many cases from the counties of Somerset and Gloucester. Smith, in his 'Lives of the Berkeleys,' gives an account of the family of Cowley of Cowley (now Coaley), which was a male branch of the great house of Berkeley. Unless some proof can be produced that

interest in Ireland the Wesleys are particularly named as having completely adopted Irish habits and customs, calling themselves not by their old name, but by the Celtic one of MacQuorish or McYorish. All these facts are easily accessible, but history is sometimes inclined to "boycott' truth when it ceases to be fashionable.

W. F. BUTLER.

7, Charles Street, St. James's. In connexion with this subject permit me to say that Sir Bernard Burke gives the reign of Henry VII., and not Henry VIII., as the period of the immigration of the ancestar (Walter Cowley, of Colley, who lived in Drogheda in 1506) of the Waleran de Wellesley was justice itinerant in Duke of Wellington into Ireland; and also that Ireland in 1261, and was father of Waleran de Wellesley, of Brienstown, co. Meath, from whom the duke was also descended.

It may not be out of place to remark that the families named were not of English, but of Norman origin. In The Norman People' (Messrs. H. S. King & Co., Wellesley" family came from "Robert Bordet, of London, 1874), it is recorded that the "Colleycharter of the Count of Anjou in 1050." The Cuilly, near Falaise, Normandy, who witnessed a

Baroness Burdett-Coutts is of the same ancestry.

Freegrove Road, N.

HENRY GERALD HOPE.

HERALDIC (7th S. viii. 368, 414, 476).—Exceptions to the rule "colour upon colour or metal upon metal is bad heraldry" are far from unknown in Italy. Three ancient and illustrious Tuscan houses bear metal upon metal. Alighieri: Party per pale or and sa, over all a fess arg.

NOTES ON BOOKS, &o.
Dictionary of National Biography. Edited by Leslie
Stephen. Vol. XXI. Garnett-Gloucester. (Smith,
Elder & Co.)

two most important contributions of Mr. H. R. Tedder;
Miles de Gloucester, Earl of Hereford, that of Mr.
Round; and Sir Vicary Gibbs that of Mr. Russell Barker.
Prof. Tout deals with Owen Glendower; Canon Venables
with Thomas Garnier. Mr. Courtney sends lives of Lady
Elizabeth Germain and Sir John Germain, and Mr.
Manners Chichester of George Sackville Germain, whose
mismanagement at Minden so annoyed King George.
Dr. Garnett deals principally with the bearers of his
own name, and supposedly the members of his family.
Dr. Norman Moore and Prof. Laughton keep entire con-
trol of their respective departments, and do highest
Mr. Thomas Bayne, Mr. G. C. Boase, and
service.
many well-known writers, keep up the standard of the
work. We had almost forgotten to mention the exhaus-
tive account of Geoffrey de Muschamp, Bishop of Lich-
field, by Miss Kate Norgate.

A Historical Companion to Hymns Ancient and Modern.
Edited by the Rev. Robert Maude Moorsom, M.A.
(Parker & Co.)

PUNOTUALLY with the close of the quarter comes the new volume of the 'Dictionary of National Biography.' The contents are pleasantly varied, and many of the lives may be read for their own sake, apart from the question of reference. In history the place of honour is occupied by the lives of the four Georges. Covering, as In an elegant and well-printed volume, exactly the size these do, a period extending from the Restoration to the beginning of railways, it is seen how many historical to be slipped into the pocket, we have here the original events of highest importance are included in the period. hymns, Greek, Latin, German, Italian, French, Danish, Two of the lives-those of George I, and George IV. and Welsh, the translations of which are sung by are in the hands of Prof. Ward. George II. is treated the first fifteen centuries have been taken so far as church choirs and congregations. The Latin hymns of by Mr. J. M. Rigg, and George III, is the subject of an admirable biography by the Rev. William Hunt, who is possible from the Sarum, Hereford, York, and Aberdeen Breviaries and the Durham or Anglo-Saxon Hymnary. responsible for other important contributions, including Hymn writers are given in chronological order. By Geoffrey, Bishop of Coutances; Geoffrey of Gorham; Geoffrey, Count of Brittany: Gervase of Tilbury; and simplified. Towards the worthy Anglo Catholic hymnal means of full indexes the task of finding any hymn is Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre. Mr. Leslie Stephen sup for the widespread Anglican Church for which the plies a fair number of biographies, the most important editor longs this volume is a contribution. Scholars, at being that of Edward Gibbon, a model in all respects, least, will be glad to have in so accessible a form hymns The estimate of Gibbon's personal and literary merits is convincing, and a pleasant compliment to the late J. the beauty of which cannot easily be overstated or Cotter Morison is paid. It is amusing to find Mr. overpraised. Those portions of certain Psalms which Stephen occupying himself with Charles Gildon. Grace, are given are from the Vulgate. In the case in which Lady Gethin, is accorded a short notice from his pen, and the originals of hymns have not been discovered Mr. the arduous struggles of Gifford, the editor of the Quar-Moorsom appeals for assistance. It is especially in the terly, are painted with unusual vivacity. Among Mr. case of hymns translated by the Rev. J. M. Neale from Sidney L. Lee's contributions the most interesting, if not the Greek that the source is sought. Many hymns belong. the most important, is the life of Gayton, the author of ing to the eighteenth century, with which Charles Coffin, the 'Festivous Notes to Don Quixote.' To some extent principal of the college of Beauvais, enriched the this pleasant memoir is a vindication of Gayton, who Breviary of Paris, are given, though the editor holds has been treated with scanty courtesy by Wood and that more importance than they in themselves deserve Hearne. George Gascoigne, the poet of the Steele has perhaps been assigned them. A glossary of Greek Glas,' is also by Mr. Lee. The initials to the volume of and Latin words in less common use adds greatly to the comfort of the reader not specially well up as regards Gascoigne's collected verse published in his absence are mediæval forms. conjecturally filled in, H. W. becoming Henry? Wotton? and G. T., George Turberville. We wonder if Mr. Lee is responsible for this. For this, too, the literary verdict will command highest respect. Not less excellent are the biographies of Gilbert Gifford, Alexander Gill (first and second), and others.

Among eighteenth century lives those of Gay, the poet, and of Gilray, the caricaturist, by Mr. Austin Dobson, are of the most importance. They are written with Mr. Dobson's customary insight and lucidity. No life of primary importance is sent by Mr. Bullen, who has, however, short and interesting accounts of Humphrey Gifford, Henry Glapthorne, and Octavius Graham Gilchrist, the antiquary. Anne Gilchrist is in friendly and family hands, being dealt with by Mr. H. H. Gilchrist. The Rev. J. Woodfall Ebsworth deals appreciatively with George Gilfillan and with David Cooke Gibson, an almost forgotten artist and poet. Gibson, the sculptor, and Thomas Girton are in the hands of Mr. Cosmo Monkhouse. Mr. C. H. Firth sends an excellent account of Sir John Gell, the Parliamentarian, concerning whom Mrs. Hutchinson had so low an opinion. Geoffrey of Monmouth and Thomas Gent, the York printer, are the

MR. SWINBURNE, in the Fortnightly, commemorates the death of Robert Browning by what is called a " sequence of sonnets." Some of the poems are in Mr. Swinburne's happiest vein. Prof. Tyndall's 'Personal Recollections of Thomas Carlyle' will attract and repay general attention. Its statements are, of course, intended to relieve Carlyle from some of the charges he has incurred. His memory must, however, always be associated with grimness. Following this article comes the Bishop of Peterborough's much discussed paper on The State and the Sermon on the Mount.' Prof. Dowden supplies in An Eighteenth-Century Mystic' an account of the extraordinary experiments essayed by some of the pietists of the last century. No fewer than three of the Fortnightly articles are unsigned.-Two countesses, in the Nineteenth Century, write on the very remarkable change that has come in recent days over womanhood. Lady Cowper deals with 'The Decline of Reserve among Women,' a matter more noticeable, perhaps, in great cities than in the country, but perceptible everywhere. She holds that it may almost be said that "in these days there is no longer any inward life, for it is so turned

Binding.' A view, from the Quiver, of Mr. Shore's library is curious, as bestowing the name "library" on a room apparently almost without books.

THE Monthly Chronicle of North Country Lore and Legend (Walter Scott) maintains worthily its reputation as one of the most interesting and valuable of antiquarian periodicals. Alnwick Church, Warkworth and Muncaster Castles, and Hebburn Hall are among the places depicted.

THE Rev. John Peake, Vicar of Ellesmere, Shropshire, has reprinted, with additions, from Eddowes's Shropshire Journal a paper on Ellesmere, with an account of the parish church. It supplies much curious and valuable information and is liberally illustrated.

UNDER the editorship of the Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D., F.S.A., the Antiquary begins a new and improved series. It is still published by Mr. Elliot Stock, who also issues the Field Club, No. I.. a magazine of general natural history, and Springtide, an illustrated magazine for children.

THE past year has exacted further toll in removing from us Frank A. Marshall, a well-known dramatist and Shakspearian critic, and a frequent contributor to 'Shakspeariana' and other portions of our columns. More than one of Mr. Marshall's dramas displayed very genuine ability. His 'Study of Hamlet' and his edition of the Henry Irving Shakespeare' are the works by which he was best known to our readers. He was born in London

inside out for all who care to see, that not only is there nothing kept private between man and man, but hardly is anything allowed to remain sacred between man and his Creator." Lady Jersey's 'Ourselves and our Foremothers' is, to a certain extent, an apology for her sex. In The Ascertainment of English the late Charles Mackay makes some sensible suggestions as to reverencing and preserving our language. When he deals with the abuses of style of which writers are guilty he is on safe ground. Now and then, however, the cloven foot is exhibited, and the Keltic theories are advanced. Dr. Bamberger describes the German Daily Press,' and Mr. Huish writes on 'Ten Years of British Art.-To the Century Miss Amelia B. Edwards, the honorary secretary of the Egypt Exploration Fund, sends Bubastes: an Historical Study." It is brilliantly illustrated with designs of monuments, all of which are now given for the first time. Mr. Jefferson's autobiography is pleasantly continued. Under the name of Louise Morgan Sill appear some lines forcibly recalling Poe. Mr. Henry James gives an excellent and a well illustrated account of Daumier, the French caricaturist. The grim tragedy of the assassination of Lincoln and the subsequent death of Booth is told with dramatic effect.-Mr. William Minto writes in Macmillan upon The New Biography of Pope,' speaking favourably of the work in the main, but taking exception to portions of the treatment. The Father of Low German Poetry' deals with the dialect poetry of Klaus Groth, the Platt-Deutsch poet, whose seventieth birthday has recently been commemorated. Leaves from a Note-Book' are very interesting.in 1840, and educated at Harrow and Oxford, and left 'Casanova,' a bold subject for a magazine, is discussed in a somewhat restrained fashion in Temple Bar. The early portion of Casanova's career alone is, it is needless to say, dealt with. The Decline of Goethe' is the curious title of a not very mature paper. The Catastrophe of Sedan' is depicted.-Dr. Smiles begins in Murray's a dissertation on Authors and Publishers.' The ground covered is too extensive, but much of interest is said. Madame Schumann and Natalie Janotha' is compiled from the diary, written in Polish, of the late Madame Janotha, niece of the pianist.-Mr. W. J. Lawrence gives in the Gentleman's Pantomime in the Far West,' which means, of course, in America. The Rev. S. BaringGould, who has been assiduous of late, writes in characteristic style on 'The Philosopher's Stone.' The question "Who was Robin Hood?' is also raised.-'A Realist at Work,' by Thomas St. E. Hake, contributed to Belgravia, deals with Balzac, and is the only article in the magazine not belonging to fiction.-In the Newbery House Mr. Baring-Gould continues his Recent Discoveries in Christian Archæology in Rome,' and Mr. A. G. Hill, F.S.A., writes on The Altar and the Screen.'-' Circuit Notes' and 'A Wild Swannery,' in the Cornhill, are both to be commended.-As regards both letterpress and engravings, Sir Frederick Dickson's 'The Straits Settlements is the most noticeable of the contents of the English Illustrated. A bold experiment is tried by Mr. Walter Besant in continuing Ibsen's A Doll's House.'Mr. Lang's Prospective Review,' in Longman's, is very happily carried out. "The Home of Charlotte Brontë is pleasantly described.-Among contributors to Woman's World is Mrs. Bancroft.-In A Summer's Dream,' in the New Review, Mr. Swinburne draws nearer to the Triumph of Time' than he has done for many years. Mr. Gosse writes Robert Browning: in Memoriam.' Lady Dilke, Mr. Henry James, Mrs. Lynn Linton, Mr. Walter Besant, Mr. Hardy, and Mr. Rider Haggard are among the contributors.

THE Bookbinder, No. XXX., gives many admirable reproductions of ancient and fine bindings, and a continuation of Mr. Quaritch's brief History of Decorative

the university without taking a degree. Previous to taking up literature as a profession he was six years in the Audit Office. His family are well known in Yorkshire and in Cumberland, and have considerable estates situated on the English Lakes. William Marshall, his father, was M.P. for East Cumberland. Frank Marshall was of very amiable and social nature, and will be much missed. The origin of his illness was jaundice. He died at his residence, 8, Bloomsbury Square, on Saturday last.

MR. J. M. CowPER promises the Registers of the Parish of St. Alphage, Canterbury,' being the third of the series of " Canterbury Parish Registers" he has copied and edited.

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