With reference to the origin of the name, I may mention, that there is a valley called Raydale, between Wensleydale and Craven, adjacent to Coverdale and also a village in Westmoreland, near to the western extremity of Wensleydale, called _Wray_ or _Ray_. The arms of the Wensleydale Wrays are: azure, a chevron ermine between three helmets proper on a chief or, three martlets gules; crest a martlet, and motto "Servabo fidem." I am informed that there is to be found, in the Heralds' College, an entry of a _Wray_ pedigree with these arms; and I should be glad to have particulars of such entry. The motto of the St. Nicholas family is, to the best of my recollection, "Et juste et vraye:" a canting motto, as is that of PAK-RAE. Calcutta. _Irish Rhymes_ (Vol. vi., pp. 431. 539. 605.).--For the benefit of Irishmen, I beg to adduce Shakspeare as a writer of _Irish Rhymes_. In that exquisite little song called for by Queen Catharine, "to soothe her soul grown sad with troubles," we have: "Everything that heard him _play_, Even the billows of the _sea_." W. C. {53} * * * * * Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. We have received a copy of _Notes and Emendations on the Text of Shakspeare's Plays from Early Manuscript Corrections in a Copy of the Folio in the Possession of J. Payne Collier, Esq., F.S.A., forming a Supplemental Volume to the Works of Shakspeare, by the same Editor, in Eight Volumes, 8vo._ With the nature of this volume the readers of "N. & Q." are already so fully acquainted, from the frequent references which have been made to it in these columns, that on this occasion we feel that we need do little more than record its publication, and the fact that it appears to be edited with the same scrupulous care, for which all works which appeared under the superintendence of Mr. Collier are invariably distinguished. That all the critics will agree either with the MS. corrections, or with Mr. Collier in his estimate of the value of the emendations, is not to be expected; but all will acknowledge that he has done good service to Shakspearian literature by their publication.