Chapter C: Forbes

_Sir Josias Bodley_ (Vol. vii., p. 357.).--Your correspondent Y. L. will find some account of the family of Bodley in Prince's _Worthies of Devon_, edit. 1810, pp. 92-105., and in Moore's _History of Devon_, vol. ii. pp. 220-227. See also "N. & Q.," Vol. iv., pp. 59. 117. 240.

J. D. S.

_Claret_ (Vol. vii., p. 237.).--The word _claret_ is evidently derived directly from the French word _clairet_; which is used, even at the present day, as a generic name for the "_vins ordinaires_," of a light and thin quality, grown in the south of France. The name is never applied but to red wines; and it is very doubtful whether it takes its appellation from any place, being always used adjectively--"_vin clairet_," not _vin_ de _clairet_. I am perhaps not quite correct in stating, that the word is always used as an adjective; for we sometimes find _clairet_ used alone as a substantive; but I conceive that in this case the word _vin_ is to be understood, as we say "du Bordeaux," "du Champagne," meaning "du vin de Bordeaux," "du vin de Champagne." _Eau clairette_ is the name given to a sort of cherry-brandy; and lapidaries apply the name _clairette_ to a precious stone, the colour of which is not so deep as it ought to be. This latter fact may lead one to suppose that the wine derived its name from being _clearer_ and lighter in colour than the more full-bodied vines of the south. The word is constantly occurring in old drinking-songs. A song of Olivier Basselin, the minstrel of Vire, begins with these words:

"Beau nez, dont les rubis out coute mainte pipe
De vin blanc et clairet."

By the way, this song is the original of one in the musical drama of _Jack Sheppard_, which many of the readers of "N. & Q." may remember, as it became rather popular at the time. It began thus:

"Jolly nose, the bright gems that illumine thy tip,
Were dug from the mines of Canary."

I am not aware that the plagiarism has been noticed before.

HONORE DE MAREVILLE.

Guernsey.

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Miscellaneous.

NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC.

Now that the season is arriving for the sportsman, angler, yachtsman, and lover of nature to visit the wild and solitary beauties of _Gamle Norge_, nothing could be better timed than the pleasant gossiping _Month in Norway_, by J. G. Holloway, which forms this month's issue of Murray's _Railway Library_; or the splendidly illustrated _Norway and its Scenery_, comprising the _Journal of a Tour_ by Edward Price, Esq., and a _Road Book for Tourists, with Hints to Anglers and Sportsmen_, edited by T. Forster, Esq., which forms the new number of Bohn's _Illustrated Library_, and {562} which is embellished with a series of admirable views by Mr. Price, from plates formerly published at a very costly price, but which, in this new form, are now to be procured for a few shillings.

As the Americans have been among the most successful photographic manipulators, we have looked with considerable interest at a work devoted to the subject which has just been imported from that country, _The History and Practice of the Art of Photography, &c._, by Henry H. Snelling, _Fourth Edition_; and though we are bound to admit that it contains many hints and notes which may render it a useful addition to the library of the photographer, we still must pronounce it as a work put together in a loose, unsatisfactory manner, and as being for the most part a compilation from the best writers in the Old World.

When Dr. Pauli's _Life of Alfred_ made its appearance it received, as it deserved, our hearty commendation. We have now to welcome a translation of it, which has just been published in Bohn's _Antiquarian Library_,--_The Life of Alfred the Great, translated from the German of Dr. Pauli; to which is appended Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of Orosius, with a literal English Translation, and an Anglo-Saxon Alphabet and Glossary by_ Benjamin Thorpe; and it speaks favourably for the spread of the love of real learning, that it should answer the publisher's purpose to put forth such a valuable book in so cheap and popular a form. Mr. Thorpe's scholarship is too well known to require recognition at our hands.

BOOKS RECEIVED.--_Remains of Pagan Saxondom, principally from Tumuli in England, by_ J. Y. Akerman. The present number contains coloured engravings of the _Umbo of Shield and Weapons found at Driffield_, and of a _Bronze Patera from a Cemetery at Wingham, Kent_.--_Gervinus' Introduction to the History of the Nineteenth Century_. Apparently a carefully executed translation of Dr. Gervinus' now celebrated brochure issued by Mr. Bohn; who has, in his _Standard Library_, given us a new edition of _De Lolme on the Constitution_, with notes by J. Macgregor, M.P.; and in his _Classical Library_ a translation by C. D. Yonge of _Diogenes Laertius' Lives and Opinions of the Ancient Philosophers_.

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BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE.

WALKER'S LATIN PARTICLES.

HERBERT'S CAROLINA THRENODIA. 8vo. 1702.

THEOBALD'S SHAKSPEARE RESTORED. 4to. 1726.

SCOTT, REMARKS ON THE BEST WRITINGS OF THE BEST AUTHORS (or some such title).

SERMONS BY THE REV. ROBERT WAKE, M.A. 1704, 1712, &c.

HISTORY OF ANCIENT WILTS, by SIR R. C. HOARE. The last three Parts.

REV. A. DYCE'S EDITION OF DR. RICHARD BENTLEY'S WORKS. Vol. III. Published by Francis Macpherson, Middle Row, Holborn. 1836.

DISSERTATION ON ISAIAH XVIII., IN A LETTER TO EDWARD KING, ESQ., by SAMUEL LORD BISHOP OF ROCHESTER (HORSLEY). The Quarto Edition, printed for Robson. 1779.

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Notices to Correspondents.

_We are compelled to postpone until next week many interesting articles which are in type, and many Replies to Correspondents._

MR. RILEY'S _Reply to the_ REV. MR. GRAVES' _notice of_ Hoveden _did not reach us in time for insertion this week._