Chapter I: H. M

_Lowbell_ (Vol. vii., pp. 181. 272.).--This is also surely a Scotch word, _low_ meaning a light, a flame.

"A smith's hause is aye lowin."--_Scots. Prov._

R. S. N.

_Burn at Croydon_ (Vol. vii., p. 283.).--This seems to be of the same nature as the "nailburns" mentioned by Halliwell (_Arch. Dict._). In Lambarde's _Perambulation of Kent_, p. 221., 2nd edit., mention is made of a stream running under ground. But it seems very difficult to account for these phenomena, and any geologist who would give a satisfactory explanation of these _burns_, _nailburns_, subterraneous streams, and those which in Lincolnshire are termed "blow wells," would confer a favour on several of your readers.

E. G. R.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC.

Our learned, grave, and potent cotemporary, _The Quarterly Review_, has, in the number just issued, a very pleasant gossiping article on _The Old Countess of Desmond_. The writer, who pays "N. & Q." a passing compliment for which we are obliged, although he very clearly establishes the fact of the existence of a Countess of Desmond, who was well known and remarkable for her _extreme_ longevity, certainly does not prove that the old Countess actually lived to the great age of 140 years.

The publisher of _Men of the Time, or Sketches of Living Notables_, has just put forth a new edition of what will eventually become a valuable and interesting little volume. There are so many difficulties in the way of making such a book accurate and complete, that it is no wonder if this second edition, although it contains upwards of sixty additional articles, has yet many omissions. Its present aspect is too political. Men of the pen are too lightly passed over, unless they are professed journalists; many of the greatest scholars of the present day being entirely omitted. This must and doubtless will be amended.

It is with great regret that we have to announce the death of one whose facile pen and well-stored memory furnished many a pleasant note to our readers,--J. R. of Cork, under which signature that able scholar, and kindly hearted gentleman, MR. JAMES ROCHE, happily designated by Father Prout the "Roscoe of Cork," was pleased to contribute to our columns. _The Athenæum_ well observes that "his death will leave a blank in the intellectual society of the South of Ireland, and the readers of 'N. & Q.' will miss his genial and instructive gossip on books and men."

_The Photographic Society_ is rapidly increasing. The meeting on the 7th for the exhibition and explanation of cameras was a decided failure, from the want of due preparation; but that failure will be fully compensated by the promised exhibition of them in the rooms of the _Society of Arts_. While on the subject of Photography, we may call the attention of our readers to a curious paper on Photographic Engraving, in _The Athenæum_ of Saturday last, by a gentleman to whom the art is already under so much obligation, Mr. Fox Talbot.

BOOKS RECEIVED.--_Wellington, his Character, his Actions, and his Writings_, by Jules Maurel, is well described by its editor, Lord Ellesmere, as "among the most accurate, discriminating, and felicitous tributes which have evaluated from any country in any language to the memory of the great Duke."--_Temple Bar, the City Golgotha, a Narrative of the Historical Occurrences of a Criminal Character associated with the present Bar_, by a Member of the Inner Temple. A chatty and anecdotical history of this last remaining gate of the city, under certainly its most revolting aspect. The sketch will doubtless be acceptable, particularly to London antiquaries.

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BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES

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ARCHÆOLOGIA. Vols. III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII., X., XXVII., XXVIII. Unbound.

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BAYLE'S DICTIONARY. English Version, by DE MAIZEAUX. London, 1738. Vols. I. and II.

GMELIN'S HANDBOOK OF CHEMISTRY. Inorganic part.

LUBBOCK, ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON THE TIDES.

SANDERS (REV. H.), THE HISTORY OF SHENSTONE. 4to. Lond. 1794.

SWIFT'S (DEAN) WORKS. Dublin: G. Faulkner. 19 Volumes. 1768. Vol. I.

TODD'S CYCLOPÆDIA OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. Vols. I. and II.

ARCHÆOLOGIA. Vols. III., IV., V., VIII. Boards.

MARTYN'S PLANTÆ CANTABRIGIENSES. 12mo. London, 1763.

ABBOTSFORD EDITION OF THE WAVERLEY NOVELS. Odd Vols.

THE TRUTH TELLER. A Periodical.

SARAH COLERIDGE'S PHANTASMION.

J. L. PETIT'S CHURCH ARCHITECTURE. 2 Vols.

R. MANT'S CHURCH ARCHITECTURE CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO THE MIND OF THE CHURCH. 8vo. Belfast, 1840.

CAMBRIDGE CAMDEN SOCIETY'S TRANSACTIONS. Vol. III.--ELLICOTT ON VAULTING.

QUARTERLY REVIEW, 1845.

GARDENERS CHRONICLE, 1838 to 1852, all but Oct. to Dec. 1851.

COLLIER'S FURTHER VINDICATION OF HIS SHORT VIEW OF THE STAGE. 1708.

CONGREVE'S AMENDMENT OF COLLIER'S FALSE AND IMPERFECT CITATIONS. 1698.

FILMER'S DEFENCE OF PLAYS, OR THE STAGE VINDICATED. 1707.

THE STAGE CONDEMNED. 1698.

BEDFORD'S SERIOUS REFLECTIONS ON THE ABUSES OF THE STAGE. 8vo. 1705.

DISSERTATION ON ISAIAH, CHAPTER XVIII., IN A LETTER TO EDWARD KING, &c., by SAMUEL HORSLEY, Lord Bishop of Rochester. 1799. First Edition, in 4to.

BISHOP FELL'S Edition of CYPRIAN, Containing BISHOP PEARSON'S ANNALES CYPRIANIA.

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"Music has charms to soothe a savage breast,"

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