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CONTENTS. - No. 19.
NOTES:-Stonyhurst Cricket, 361-Works on Tobacco, 362
Sir C. Murray and Goethe-Mrs. Adams and Mrs. H. B.
Stowe, 363-San Lanfranco-Monks and Friars-Henry
Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, 364-Sir George Etheredge
Fond" - Wild Geese Emblems of Constancy, 365-
Browningiana-Rhyme for Book-borrowers - Binding of
Periodicals-Chancellor Harcourt, 366.

ductions, the originals being preserved at Stonyhurst.

The following notes are partly founded on my observation of the Willett collection, partly taken from the college magazine. The wicket was a large stone, 17 in. high and 13 in. broad. The bat was 4 in. wide and nearly 3 ft. 2 in. long, without any shoulders, QUERIES:-Port Arthur-Key of the House of Commons- but gradually tapering towards the handle. A crow to pluck with"-Domestic Implement-The It weighed from 1 to 2 b. The game was a defects of his qualities"-Fesswick-Royer's Histoire de la Colonie Française en Prusse-Wedding Eve Custom, sort of single wicket, the bowling distance 367-Inventories of Church Goods-Three Impossible being about thirty yards. The bowler deThings Essay by Carlyle-List of Books-German Schools livered the ball as fast as he could under-Tattooing in Japan-French Psalter-Clockmaker-Rolls in Augmentation Office-"Auld Kirk"The Colleen hand, and the batsman, who never blocked, Bawn, 368-Crabe of the Greine-"Scotch "-Edward could refuse it if it came as a full pitch or Parry-"Posca"-Scotch Farm Leases, 369. bounded only once. The ball itself was not REPLIES:-Siege of Siena, 369-Swansea, 370-Dame E. Holford, 371-Bibliography of Rye House Plot-Tapestry a simple orb, but had a raised seam running Melton Club-Breadalbane-Armorial-Rotten Row, 372 round it from half to three-quarters of an - Esprit d'escalier "-Tyrawley-Wewitzer-Cold Har- inch broad; except for this rim it looked bour-Christening New Vessels - Canaletto, 373-Commander-in-Chief Elephant-Masterson-Goudhurst, 374 like an ordinary small cricket-ball, and was Hogarth's March to Finchley-Bath Apple-Gloves at made by the local shoemakers. Fairs" Buried, a Stranger," 375-To "Bull-doze General Wade-Mr. John Chapman-The Death of Chatham-"Strongullion" - Draycot-Transcripts of Parish Registers, 376-Col. Ferribosco-Branwell-Moon through Coloured Glass-Plural of Nouns in O-Rifled Firearms-The only other writer who has touched upon Daniel Hooper, 377-Culamites-Authors Wanted, 378. NOTES ON BOOKS:-Merewether's Tour through the Famine Districts of India' - Reviews, Magazines, and

Periodicals.

Notices to Correspondents.

Notes.

The rules of the game as given in the Stonyhurst Magazine are not complete or explicit.

the subject, so far as I am aware, is Mr. Percy
Fitzgerald, in his 'Stonyhurst Memories.' He
throws fresh light on it; but his account
hardly agrees with that given in the maga-
zine, nor does his description of the im-
plements of the game correspond in all
particulars with the appearance of those at
Brighton. Perhaps he will forgive my quoting
him somewhat at length. He writes as
follows:-
:-

"The reader will wonder as he hears how our
cricket was conducted. It was played with a sort
of club, slightly curved, bound with thick waxed
cord and having a fine spring. The wickets were
We always
nothing more nor less than stones.
stones from their shape. There was opportunity
insisted that they must have been discarded mile-
for fine sweeping strokes, and a long-armed fellow
would flourish the bat over his head before striking.
The balls were formed of strips of india-rubber
wound round and round and tightened, the whole
being covered with kid leather sewn on with extra-
ordinary neatness. Seven or eight of these were
prepared for a match, which usually took place on
Sunday in the summer. There were three or four
players on each side, those who were 'out' standing
twenty or thirty yards off. When the ball was
sent against the wall it rebounded into the air,
describing a long parabola. It had then to touch
the palm of the hand, which dropped it on to the
ground, and as it rose it was sped back with great
force. A skilful player did wonders under these
difficulties."

STONYHURST CRICKET. MOST Englishmen take a certain interest in cricket. I therefore venture to write about an archaic form of that game which has only died out within the last few years. It was played at the Roman Catholic College of Stonyhurst, Lancashire, and an account of it appeared in the Stonyhurst Magazine for May, 1885. As to its origin, it may have been a survival of a local form of cricket; but as the College was not removed to its present site till near the end of last century, when cricket had almost assumed its present form, this seems hardly probable. It is more likely that Father Robert Persons, an Oxford man, who founded the College at St. Omer in 1592, took with him this game, which he had played in his youth. Thence it would have been handed on to Bruges in 1762, to Liège in 1773, to which places the College was successively moved, and at length brought to Stonyhurst in 1794. In the Willett collection at Brighton there are two or three specimens The concluding paragraph of this descripof the bats used in this form of cricket, also tion is, I confess, a complete puzzle to one a ball, and a water-colour drawing of a youth who has only played the ordinary form of batting, his costume indicating that it dates cricket. Are we to understand that at the from the earlier part of this century. I Stonyhurst game it was the correct thing believe that these are all copies or repro- for the fields to miss catches? Perhaps

some "old boy" will kindly tell us a little
more about Stonyhurst cricket, and help to
preserve it from oblivion.
PHILIP NORMAN.

UNIQUE COLLECTION OF WORKS ON
TOBACCO.

language. There are at least 16 works in Latin, 8 in French, 7 in German, 1 in Italian, 1 in Spanish, and 6 in Dutch, as I conjecture from the names of the towns where the books were printed, my studies not having included a knowledge of the last-named tongue. As regards the places of publication, some of the chief cities and towns of Europe are conspicuous, Rome noticeably so.

dates.

IN the Reference Department of the Todmorden Free Library there is an almost, if not The dates of publication of these books quite unique collection of works on tobacco. range, as nearly as can be ascertained, from It contains 144 books and pamphlets 1580 to this decade of the nineteenth century. on this subject alone. Probably in the There is a German work bearing the date of British Museum only is there a collection to 1592. Sixteen books were printed in the equal, for variety and numbers, this at Tod-seventeenth century. A few are without morden. There are all sizes of works, from tiny, daintily bound booklet to ponderous One booklet must certainly not be overtome, though in the main the volumes are looked; it is from the pen of King James I., small. The subject of tobacco is treated from and is entitled 'A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco. almost every conceivable standpoint, but, it The 'Counter-Blaste' was first printed, withmust be stated, in the majority of instances out name, in quarto in 1616. There are writers vaunt loudly the praises of this two copies of this work, one being published popular weed. One writer gives an account in the "Bibliotheca Curiosa" series, a very of the manufacture of tobacco; another con- daintily printed edition. But it must be dissiders it in connexion with alcohol; whilst tinctly understood that these two copies are others look at it from a medical point of not the original editions. Later writers have view, as, for instance, in a French production, not forgotten the royal author, as we find 'De l'Action du Tabac sur la Santé.' The in 'A Dedication to Ye Memorie of King titles of one or two books will serve to in- James the First's Counter-Blaste.' Coming dicate the widespread interest that has been to less august penmen, I may point out two taken in this custom of smoking and the study works markedly in contrast, A Lyttel devoted to the question for several generations Parcell of Poems and Paradyes in Praise of One book is entitled 'The Universal Soother'; Tobacco' and 'Satyra contra Abusum Taanother, bearing the date 1580, being a trans-bacco,' the latter containing the figure of a lation from the Spanish, has the following skeleton on the frontispiece, which, I suppose, quaint title, Joyfull Newes out of the Newe is intended to indicate to how pitiful a conFounde Worlde, wherein is declared the dition smoking brings a man, and under the Virtues of Diverse and Sundrie Herbes,' skeleton we read, "Latet anguis in herba.* tobacco being included. A third, part of the Which side in this tobacco question 'A Looktitle of which I quote, takes a very different ing-Glass for Smokers' (printed in 1703) takes view, 'Tobacco Battered and the Pipes I cannot say. Here and there a writer anShattered (about their Ears that idly idolize nounces his production with an alluring title, so base and barbarous a weed), by a Volley of as may be instanced in The Fascinator Holy Shot.' In 'Death in the Pipe' there is and The Holy Herb,' the latter in verse. sounded no uncertain note. A few writers Not the least curious is 'Cigars and Tobacco, take a middle course, and in a more impartial Wine, and Women as they are. A solitary manner consider both the use and abuse of work is from the pen of one of the fairer sex, the weed. The more enthusiastic eulogize 'A Woman on Tobacco.' the habit, it would seem, in no stinted terms, soaring into the loftier regions of poetry, as apparently best fitted to express their fervid ideas. There are verses in humble English lyrical form as well as sounding Latin hexameters, the latter being a favourite vehicle of utterance. There are likewise effusions in German and French, written in various metres. Indeed, the poetical works are rather numerous.

A distinguishing feature of this collection is that the list is not confined to the English

So important an article as the pipe has by no means been neglected. 'Smokiana treats of the pipes of all nations, including the Arctic regions. As regards these there is the following noteworthy information: “In this part of the world there is not much material for the making of pipes, for the only wood is generally brought up by the kindly Gulf Stream from the West Indies." 'Smokiana' is not the only work on this subject; some of the books contain illustrations of pipes (queer-looking articles many of them)

used by the natives of Africa and the Far for a specimen of his autograph. The lines East, and other savage and semi-civilized nations, in well-nigh all parts of the world.

Of course the story of Sir Walter Raleigh has been told at some length. There are also booklets on Carlyle, Ruskin, and Charles Lamb. Another is devoted to anecdotes concerning Victor Hugo, Kingsley, Bismarck, and other eminent men. Quotations from ancient and modern authors are numerous, one being from so old-world a poet as Pindar, his lines printed in the original Greek. He is eulogized as "poeta religiosissimus."*

There is a copy of a Bill concerning tobacco passed in the sixth session of the first Parliament of George II., and a list of members of the House of Commons who voted for it is appended.

will be found in book iv. of the Zahner Xenien' (Werke,' ed. Hempel, vol. ii. p. 377).

Lately, in a house in Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, I came across an ancient-looking portrait of Goethe with these same lines written underneath, apparently in the poet s handwriting. The owner of the house has since informed me that on taking this picture out of the frame, he found the words, "Weimar, 7 Nov., 1825"-an appearance of the "impromptu" five years before it was written for Sir Charles Murray. Was this an amiable weakness on the part of the sage of Weimar-a confirmation of Carlyle's fear that "the World's-wonder in his old days was growing less than many men"?*

Sir Charles mislaid the autograph, and This department of the Todmorden Refer- never could find it again, though, he adds, ence Library constitutes a most interesting "the stanza was indelibly engraved on my collection. Any one wishing to make an memory." He does not seem to have had exhaustive study of tobacco, its growth, the faintest suspicion that it was inscribed manufacture, influence on health, the ques- in a good many albums besides his own. tion of its good or evil effects, the soothing and inspiring properties its votaries believe it to possess, will find on the shelves ample material for his work.

This splendid collection of works on tobacco has been made by Mr. Wm. Ormerod, of Scaitcliffe Hall. Mr. Ormerod has now generously handed over the books to the Todmorden Free Library for the use of his fellow-townsmen. The task of collecting them has been the labour of years, and indicates much industry and no little talent.

F.

SIR CHARLES MURRAY AND GOETHE.-The late Sir Charles Murray, in a letter written by him to the Academy, recounting a visit which he paid to Goethe in 1830, says:—

"I ventured to ask if he would complete his kindness by writing for me a stanza which I might keep as an autograph memento of my visit. After a minute's reflection he wrote for me the following quatrain :

Liegt dir gestern klar und offen,
Wirkst du heute kräftig treu:
Kannst auch auf ein Morgen hoffen,
Das nicht minder glücklich sey."

It is pretty clear from the words I have
italicized that Sir Charles believed these
lines to be an impromptu specially composed
for himself, and took the "minute's reflec-
tion" to be a pause for the poet's inspiration.
It is, therefore, rather amusing to learn from
Hempel, in a note in his edition of Goethe's
works, that the poet frequently wrote this
stanza (of which he seems to have made also
English and French renderings) when asked

[* This must, of course, be a joke.]

OSWALD HUNTER BLAIR, O.S.B.

MRS. S. F. ADAMS AND MRS. H. B. STOWE. -The publication of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' naturally attracted attention to the stories and sketches which its talented authoress had already contributed to various periodicals. As there was no copyright between Great Britain and the United States the publishers had a free hand, and made use of their freedom. There lies on my desk 'Uncle Sam's Emancipation; Earthly Care a Heavenly Discipline; and other Tales and Sketches,' by Tom's Cabin' (London, T. Nelson & Sons, Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of 'Uncle 1853). At p. 30 of this little miscellany we come upon the hymn "Nearer, my God,"

which is thus unhesitatingly attributed to Mrs. Stowe, who had, of course, not the slightest share in its composition. Of the five verses the first three only are given. "Nearer, my God, to Thee," one of the loveliest hymns in any language, was written by Sarah Flower Adams, the wife of Mr. W. B. Adams, and the friend of Browning, Leigh Hunt, Mill, and other notables. She was one of the congregation of Mr. William Johnson Fox, who for many years united the functions of minister and member of Parliament, and was one of the most effective platform orators when Bright and Cobden were in their prime. A facsimile of the MS. of the hymn, dated 1840, is given in Dr. Moncure D. Conway's 'Centenary History of the South Place Society' (London, 1894, p. 48). The same volume

Letter from Carlyle to his brother John, 16 April, 1828 ('Goethe-Carlyle Correspondence,' p. 81),

contains portraits both of Sarah Flower to find the church mentioned by Murray. Adams and her lovely sister Eliza Flower. But was Archbishop Lanfranc ever canonized! ST. SWITHIN.

In the late Rev. 'W. Denton's interesting HENRY STAFFORD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM which was published in 1888, shortly after work 'England in the Fifteenth Century,' the author's death, there is a noteworthy inadvertence respecting the Duke of Buckingham who rebelled against Richard III. At p. 184 we read:-

"The crown of England would probably have graced the brow of Henry Stafford, instead of resting