Chapter C: H. Cooper

Cambridge.

_St. Christopher_ (Vol. v., p. 265.).--I know not whether Mr. Drake's explanation (referred to by E. A. H. L.) be the same as that given in _Sacred and Legendary Art_, but the latter seems sufficiently satisfactory.

"It was believed that in consequence of his prayer, those who
beheld the figure of St. Christopher were exempt during that day
from all perils of earthquake, fire, and flood. The mere sight of
his image, that type of strength, was deemed sufficient to inspire
with courage those who had to struggle with the evils and
casualties of life, and to reinvigorate those who were exhausted
by the labours of husbandry.... Hence it became a custom to place
his image in conspicuous places, to paint it of colossal size on
the walls of churches and houses, where it is sometimes seen
occupying the whole height of the building, and is visible from a
great distance, being considered as a good omen for all those who
look upon it. A mountain in Granada, which is first seen by ships
arriving from the African coast, is called San Cristobal, in
allusion to this poetical superstition."--_S. and L. Art_, p. 262.

J. EASTWOOD.

_White Livers_ (Vol. v., p. 127.).--The superstition, that a man or woman who survives several wives or husbands has a white liver, is common among the lower orders in Lancashire.

P. P.

_Torshel's Design to harmonise the Bible_ (Vol. v., p. 199.).--This rare and valuable tract is reprinted in _The Phenix_, 1707, vol. i. pp. 96-113.

JOHN I. DREDGE.

Miscellaneous.

NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC.

The success which has attended the endeavour to supply, by means of the London Library in St. James's Square, the want so long felt by scholars and reading men, of a library of circulation of works of a higher class than those to be met with in ordinary subscription libraries, has just been rendered evident by the publication of the second volume of its _Catalogue_.

From this it appears that there are now in this admirable collection--for it is an admirable one--fifteen thousand distinct works (upwards, we believe, of forty-five thousand volumes), comprising the best and most expensive works in every department of learning, which scholars and men of learning may have the use of in their own studies for the small subscription of two pounds a year. There is little wonder that the plan has succeeded, for it has been well carried out,--thanks to the zeal of the Managing Committee, and to the care and attention of Mr. Cochrane, its able and most efficient Librarian.

_The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France_, by Alphonse de Lamartine. Volume the Second.--The brilliant and eloquent narrative contained in this volume includes the period between Napoleon's departure from Fontainebleau and his abdication. In the course of this history we are presented with scene after scene which dazzle us with all the gorgeous colouring of a panorama; but which, when we come to look into their details, are found to be almost as obscure and indefinite as the objects in those attractive works of art to which we have likened them. The work has all the charms of a romance; but we fear purchases this reputation by sacrificing the more sober requirements of a history.

_Lectures and Addresses in Aid of Popular Education_, by the Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle.--It would be difficult to find a more faithful or a more gratifying type of the present age than this new part of _The Traveller's Library_, in which we see one of England's "belted earls," and one of the most amiable and accomplished men of his time, recording the experiences of his travels; and inviting to join him in the delights which he has gathered from literary pursuits,--not a crowd of titled listeners, but "a band of the hard-handed working men" fresh from the anvil and the loom.

_Were Heretics ever burned at Rome? A Report of the Proceedings of the Roman Inquisition against Fulgentio Manfredi, taken from the Original Manuscript brought from Italy by a French Officer, and edited, with a parallel English Version, and Notes_, by the Rev. Richard Gibbings, M.A.--The _Dublin Review_ for June 1850 having boldly asserted as a fact, that "the Roman Inquisition--that is to say, the tribunal which was immediately subject to the control and direction of the Popes themselves, in their own city, has never been known to order the execution of capital punishment"--the Rev. Richard Gibbings has published, in contradiction of such assertion, this important document, in the history of Father Fulgentio, who was hanged and burned in the _Campo di Fiore_.

BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES

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SCOTT'S CONTINUATION OF MILNER'S CHURCH HISTORY. Vol. II. Part II. 8vo.

WINKELMAN'S REFLECTIONS ON THE PAINTING OF THE GREEKS, translated by FUSELI. London, 1765. 8vo.

ROYAL PROCLAMATIONS IN ENGLAND IN THE YEAR 1688, EXTENDING TO AND INCLUDING THE YEAR 1707. London, folio.

TYRWITT'S SOLID REASONS FOR PHILOSOPHIZING. Winchester, 1652.

BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The first two Volumes. In Numbers preferred.

MARVELL'S WORKS. 3 Vols. 4to.

MARVELL'S (ANDREW) LIFE.

KINGSTON-ON-HULL, any work upon.

EDWIN AND EMMA. Taylor, 1776. 5_s._ will be given for a perfect copy.

JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Vol. V. Part I.

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POPE'S WORKS, BY WARTON, 1797. Vol. IV.

ROSCOE'S NOVELIST'S LIBRARY.--TRISTRAM SHANDY. Vol. II.

LINGARD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. 4to. edit. Vol. VII.

LEBEUF, TRAITE HISTORIQUE SUR LE CHANT ECCLESIASTIQUE.

NOTES AND QUERIES. No. 19.

GEMMÆ ET SCULPTURÆ ANTIQUÆ DEPICTÆ IN LATINUM VERSÆ, per Jac. Gronovium. Amstelodami, 1685.

SWALBACI DISSERTATIO DE CICONIIS, &c. Spiræ. 1630.

SYNTAGMA HERBARUM ENCOMIASTICUM, ABR. ORTELIO INSCRIPTUM. Ex officina Plantin. 1614.

TYRWHITT, THO., CONJECTURÆ IN STRABONEM. London, 1783.

CRAKANTHORP'S DEFENCE OF JUSTINIAN THE EMPEROR AGAINST CARDINAL BARONIUS. London, 1616.

HALLERI (A.) ELEMENTA PHYSIOLOGIÆ CORPORIS HUMANI. 8 Vols. 4to. Lausannæ and Lugd. Batav. 1757-66. Vol. III.

RACCOLTA DI OPUSCULI SCIENTIFICI, &c., dal Padre Calogera. Venezia, 1728-57.

THE WHOLE DUTY OF A CHRISTIAN, by Way of Question and Answer: designed for the Use of Charity Schools. By Robert Nelson, 1718.

QUARTERLY REVIEW. Nos. 153. to 166., both inclusive.

BELL'S FUGITIVE POETRY COLLECTION. Vols. X. and XVI. 12mo. 1790.

THE CRITIC, London Literary Journal. First 6 Nos. for 1851.

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ANNUAL REGISTER, from 1816 inclusive to the present time.

MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL TRANSACTIONS. From Part II. of Vol. XI. March 1819; and also from Vol. XXX.

THE CODE MATRIMONIAL. Paris, 1770.

PRO MATRIMONIO PRINCIPIS CUM DEFUNCTÆ UXORIS SORORE CONTRACTO RESPONSUM JURIS, COLLEGII JURISCONSULTORUM IN ACADEMIÂ RINTELENSI. Published about 1655.

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Notices to Correspondents.

Replies Received.--_Knights Templars--Greek Macaronic--Miniature of Cromwell--Folk Lore, Isle of Man--Dr. Fell--Amyclæ--Rhymes connected with Places--Family Likenesses--Spanish Verses on the Invasion of England--Sir Thomas Frowyk--George Trehern--John Goldesborough--Lists of Prothonotaries--Sailor's Superstition--Boiling to Death--St. Christopher--Marriage of Mrs. Claypole--"Black Gowns and Red Coats"--Periwinkle--Deaths from Fasting--Almascliffe--London Genealogical Society--Earl of Errol--Artificial Memory--and very many others, which we are this week prevented from acknowledging._

R. S. H.'_s letter to_ F. C. _has been duly forwarded._

W. S. _The copy of Hoffman von Fallersleben has been left for him, as he wished._