"I hear a lion in the lobby roar! Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we shut the door And keep him _out_? Or shall we let him _in_, And see if we can get him _out_ again?" To ascertain by whom, and upon what occasion, the above lines were uttered, would considerably gratify SAGITTA. _"The Exercist Day" at Leicester._--In the Chamberlain's accounts for this borough for the year 1604-5, I find the following entry: "_Item._ The vj^{th} of Novemb^r [1604], _being the exercist daye_, given to the preacher and mynist^{rs} at the exercistz, one pottell of clarett s. d. wyne and one quarte of sacke ij iiij There are also charges "for wyne drunk at the _exercist dinners_, on the viij^{th} of Jan^y, the fyfthe of Marche, and the ix^{th} of April," 1605. Were these meetings held for the purpose of _exorcising_ the evil spirits and witches, the belief in which had at that time greatly increased in England, through the recent accession of "the modern Solomon" to the throne? and, if so, was the practice a general one, or were they merely for religious _exercises_? A few years afterwards nine unfortunate women were tried at our assizes for witchcraft, and were convicted and executed! LEICESTRIENSIS. _Ecclus._ xlvi. 20.--Why does the Church order this verse to be omitted in the reading of the lessons? Is it because the passage assumes the fact that Samuel himself appeared to Saul--a statement open to discussion? BOEOTICUS. Edgmond, Salop. _Etymology of Burrow._--In the north of Gloucestershire I have met with the word _burrow_ (I do not answer for the orthography), meaning sheltered, secure from wind, &c. The side of a thick coppice was spoken of as "a very _burrow_ place for cattle." Can any of your correspondents give the etymology of the word, or other instances of its use? BALLIOLENSIS. _Alexander Adamson._--I should be glad to know who Alexander Adamson was (the tutor who accompanied Wm. and Patrick Ruthven, the son of {206} the Earl of Gowrie, in their flight into England in August 1600), and what became of him? There was a Wm. Ruthven, of Scotland, married at Chitterton, Northumberland, to Esther, daughter of Robert Adamson, vicar of that parish in 1681. Was he any relation to the Gowrie family? E. H. A. _Psalmanazar._--The great literary abilities of Psalmanazar, and indeed all the known circumstances of his life and history, excite some curiosity as to his real name. Can any of your readers inform me of this? ST. JOHNS. _Coleridge's Christabel._--In the original edition of this poem, the following lines are to be found at the beginning of Part II.: "Let it rain, however fast, Rest from rain will come at last; And the blaze that strongest flashes, Links at last, and ends in ashes! But sorrow from the human heart, And mists of care, will they depart?"