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The GOLDEN LIBRARY.-Square 16mo. cloth, 28. CHATTO & WINDUS, 110 and 111, St. Martin's-lane, W.C. AUTHOR'S NOTES AND QUERIES. THE HAIRLESS PAPER-PAD. The Volume, JANUARY to JUNE, 1897, With the Index, Price 10s. 6d., is NOW READY. *.* The Index separately, price 6d.; by post, WM. & 6d. Also Cases for Binding, price 18.; by post, 18. 3d. Published by JOHN C. FRANCIS, Bream's-buildings, Chancery-lane, E.C. GEO. LA W. COFFEE-SUGAR-TEA. 104, NEW OXFORD-STREET, W.C. LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1897. and married, on August 12, 1857, Jane Susan Katharine, second daughter of James Brewster, of Huntingdon and Brampton, who predeceased him in 1889. He was buried on July 12, at Brockley Cemetery, in the same grave as his wife. His only child, a daughter, married, in 1882, M. le Capitaine (now M. le Commandant) Armand Duault, of the French Artillery, at the present time quartered at Nice." CONTENT S.-N° 294. NOTES:-Dr. Chance-George Robins, 121-"Anaconda," 123-Archibald Ballantyne-John and George Smith, 124 -Cigars-Lamb's Library-Epitaphs, 125-Samuel Webbe -Ship Henri Grace de Dieu-"Mow Land"-Lion and Unicorn, 126. QUERIES:-Officers of Wellington's Army-Last Century Physicians-Portrait of Ussher-Quarles's Emblems Lord of Allerdale-Stanwood-Martin Luther-Commission of Prince Charles Edward-Miss Wallis-Romney's 'Death of General Wolfe'-Tradition of St. Crux, 127-Armorial"Snipers "-Peter Egerton - Greene Belt of Bossal-copious notes for the instruction of students, English Game Laws-Bees and Rose Leaves-Isle of Man"Bundling"-"Footle "Rewards to Inventors, 128Twelve Counsels of Perfection-" Sovereign of Belfast"Loss of the Eurydice-Howard Medal-Luttrell, 129. land-Author Wanted-Rimes Ollendorffiennes '-Wm. To these I am able from a family source to add that Dr. Bernard had been for some years engaged upon a new translation of the Book of Job, with and, later on, invited the co-operation of his former pupil, Dr. Chance, in correcting his English translation and in preparing the work for the REPLIES:-John Cabot and the Mathew, 129-Macaulay press, which proposal was willingly accepted. Dr. and Montgomery-Pocket Nutmeg-graters, 132-"Civis Romanus Bum"-"Careerin"-Ancestor, 133-Source of Bernard, however, died before he had been able Quotation- -"Skiagraphy": "Skiagram' "Does your to complete his manuscript, and was in poor cirmother know you're out?"-Local Areas in North of Engcumstances, so that all his labour would have been Green-Wooden Saxon Church, 134-Proverb-" Loyal au lost if Dr. Chance had not, with the willing help mort"-Bath Social Amenities-Holly Meadows-Women's of his father, taken upon himself the labour and False Pockets, 135-Luck Money-" Jesu, Lover of my Boul"-" Burvil"-Reference Sought-Sir Jas. Sanderson considerable expense of revising, correcting, com-Topographical Description of Surrey-Cockney Dia-pleting, supplementing with many additional notes, lect. 136-Register of an Obscure Parish-"Not a patch printing, and publishing this book. This in reality upon it,"137-Church Registers-Holy Stones-"Cocaïne," 138. involved so great an amount of continuous hard NOTES ON BOOKS:- History of Royal Berkshire Militia' work and of minute attention in the correction of -Engel's Geschichte des englischen Litteratur'-BaringGould's Lives of the Saints, Vols. IV. and V.-Payne's proofs, during a long period of time, that Dr. Harvey and Galen'-Lynn's 'Celestial Motions,' &c.- Chance never entirely got over the effects of the Serial Publications. devotion to it of so much of his time, both day and Notices to Correspondents. night, and became physically incapable of carrying through his intention of publishing a second volume of notes for the use of students, with which he had made considerable progress. Fotes. FRANK CHANCE, M.B., F.R.C.P. The Times of Thursday, 29 July, gives the following particulars : "Dr. Frank Chance, M.B., F.R.C.P., of Burleigh House, Sydenham Hill, London, one of our leading Hebrew scholars and an accomplished linguist, died at his daughter's house at Nice on the 1st inst. He was the second surviving son of Robert Lucas Chance, of Summerfield House, Birmingham. He studied for the medical profession at King's College, London, and fterwards at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he the B.A. degree in 1854 and the M.B. in 1855. 3 he became a Member of the Royal College of ns, but retired from the practice of medicine the death of his father in 1865. What im most was the study of languages, rew, for proficiency in which he had at Cambridge, the Tyrwhitt Uniholarship......In 1875 he was invited ament Revision Company, in whose ry regular and very active part 1884. In bis younger days he Professor Virchow, made an work on Cellular Pathonce of his mastery of the d Italian he spoke with rless conversant with and modern. The pastime. To the e will be familiar, ment contributor June 22, 1826, With reference to his translation of Virchow's work on 'Cellular Pathology,' I may mention that, in a recent letter from Sir Samuel Wilks, Bart., President of the Royal College of Physicians, asking for information about the deceased Fellow, Dr. Chance, he says that Dr. Chance was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in consequence of this translation, which at that time was most useful. H. T. GEORGE ROBINS, AUCTIONEER. It may, I think, be doubted whether your correspondent, MR. JOHN HEBB, is quite correct in the statement contained in the first few lines of his letter, for George Robins's life covered the period between the years 1778 and 1847. There can, therefore, be few persons still living who have either heard him in the rostrum or seen--except by chance-any of the highly coloured and poetical descriptions of properties brought under his hammer in which this past master in the noble art of puff was wont to indulge. But, be that as it may, he was most undoubtedly a 66 character," a man entirely sui generis, and separated by a broad and clearly drawn line from the ordinary humdrum and utterly prosaic nature of his contemporary brethren of the rostrum. The ATHENÆUM for July 31 contains Articles on WHAT GUNPOWDER PLOT WAS. HORACE SMITH'S POEMS. QUILL'S EDITION of TACITUS. LANG on MODERN MYTHOLOGY The GROWTH of the NAVY. MEMORIALS of HAWTHORNE. The REGISTER of WETHERHAL PRIORY. NEW NOVELS-Salted with Fire; A Rich Man's Daughter; Crooked A CORNISH PARISH-SHORT STORIES. ASSYRIOLOGICAL LITERATUE-AUSTRALIAN FICTION. JOHN MILTON, SENIOR-MR. 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CONTENT S.-N° 294. and married, on August 12, 1857, Jane Susan Katharine, second daughter of James Brewster, of Huntingdon and Brampton, who predeceased him in 1889. He was buried on July 12, at Brockley Cemetery, in the same grave as his wife. His only child, a daughter, married, in 1882, M. le Capitaine (now M. le Com mandant) Armand Duault, of the French Artillery, at the present time quartered at Nice." QUERIES:-Officers of Wellington's Army-Last Century To these I am able from a family source to add Physicians-Portrait of Ussher-Quarles's Emblems'Lord of Allerdale-Stanwood-Martin Luther-Commission that Dr. Bernard had been for some years engaged of Prince Charles Edward-Miss Wallis-Romney's 'Death of General Wolfe-Tradition of St. Crux, 127-Armorial-upon a new translation of the Book of Job, with "Snipers "-Peter Egerton -Greene-Belt of Bossal-copious notes for the instruction of students, English Game Laws-Bees and Rose Leaves-Isle of Man"Bundling". -"Footle "- Rewards to Inventors, 128Twelve Counsels of Perfection-"Sovereign of Belfast"Loss of the Eurydice-Howard Medal-Luttrell, 129. REPLIES:-John Cabot and the Mathew, 129-Macaulay and Montgomery-Pocket Nutmeg-graters, 132-" Civis Romanus Bum "Careerin"-Ancestor, 133-Source of Quotation-" Skiagraphy": "Skiagram' -"Does your mother know you're out?"-Local Areas in North of EngGreen-Wooden Saxon Church, 134-Proverb-"Loyal au mort"-Bath Social Amenities-Holly Meadows-Women's False Pockets, 135-Luck Money-Jesu, Lover of my soul"—" Burvil"-Reference Sought-Sir Jas. Sanderson Topographical Description of Surrey-Cockney Dialect. 136-Register of an Obscure Parish-"Not a patch upon it," 137-Church Registers-Holy Stones-"Cocaïne," 138. NOTES ON BOOKS :- History of Royal Berkshire Militia' -Engel's 'Geschichte des englischen Litteratur'-BaringGould's Lives of the Saints, Vols. IV. and V.-Payne's Harvey and Galen'-Lynn's 'Celestial Motions,' &c.Serial Publications. Notices to Correspondents. land-Author Wanted -'Rimes Ollendorffiennes '-Wm. Fotes. FRANK CHANCE, M.B., F.R.C.P. The Times of Thursday, 29 July, gives the following particulars : "Dr. Frank Chance, M.B., F.R.C.P., of Burleigh House, Sydenham Hill, London, one of our leading Hebrew scholars and an accomplished linguist, died at his daughter's house at Nice on the 1st inst. He was the second surviving son of Robert Lucas Chance, of Summerfield House, Birmingham. He studied for the medical profession at King's College, London, and afterwards at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took the B.A. degree in 1854 and the M.B. in 1855. In 1863 he became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians, but retired from the practice of medicine soon after the death of his father in 1865. What interested him most was the study of languages, especially Hebrew, for proficiency in which he had gained in 1854, at Cambridge, the Tyrwhitt University Hebrew Scholarship......In 1875 he was invited to join the Old Testament Revision Company, in whose work he took a very regular and very active part till its completion in 1884. In his younger days he had, at the request of Professor Virchow, made an English translation of his work on Cellular Pathology, thereby giving evidence of his mastery of the German language. French and Italian he spoke with great fluency, and was more or less conversant with several other languages, ancient and modern. The study of languages was to him a pastime. To the readers of Notes and Queries his name will be familiar, as he had been for many years a frequent contributor in his own name. He was born on June 22, 1826, and, later on, invited the co-operation of his former pupil, Dr. Chance, in correcting his English translation and in preparing the work for the press, which proposal was willingly accepted. Dr. Bernard, however, died before he had been able to complete his manuscript, and was in poor circumstances, so that all his labour would have been lost if Dr. Chance had not, with the willing help of his father, taken upon himself the labour and considerable expense of revising, correcting, completing, supplementing with many additional notes, printing, and publishing this book. This in reality involved so great an amount of continuous hard work and of minute attention in the correction of proofs, during a long period of time, that Dr. Chance never entirely got over the effects of the devotion to it of so much of his time, both day and night, and became physically incapable of carrying through his intention of publishing a second volume of notes for the use of students, with which he had made considerable progress. With reference to his translation of Virchow's work on 'Cellular Pathology,' I may mention that, in a recent letter from Sir Samuel Wilks, Bart., President of the Royal College of Physicians, asking for information about the deceased Fellow, Dr. Chance, he says that Dr. Chance was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in consequence of this translation, which at that time was most useful. GEORGE ROBINS, AUCTIONEER. (See 8th S. xii, 22.) H. T. It may, I think, be doubted whether your correspondent, MR. JOHN HEBB, is quite correct in the statement contained in the first few lines of his letter, for George Robins's life covered the period between the years 1778 and 1847. There can, therefore, be few persons still living who have either heard him in the rostrum or seen--except by chance-any of the highly coloured and poetical descriptions of properties brought under his hanmer in which this past master in the noble art of puff was wont to indulge. But, be that as it may, he was most undoubtedly a "character," a man entirely sui generis, and separated by a broad and clearly drawn line from the ordinary humdrum and utterly prosaic nature of his contemporary brethren of the rostrum. |