_Burrow_ (Vol. vii., p. 205.).--BALLIOLENSIS says that in North Gloucestershire "the side of a thick coppice is spoken of as a very _burrow_ place for cattle." He understands this to mean "sheltered, secure from wind;" and he asks to what etymology this sense can be attributed. I suspect the Anglo-Saxon _bearo_, a grove or copse, is the word here preserved. As a wood forms a fence against the wind, and is habitually so used and regarded by the agricultural population, the association of ideas is suitable enough in this interpretation. _Bearo_, first signifying the grove itself, might easily come to mark the shelter which the grove afforded. But there is also a compound of this word preserved in the ancient charters, in which the fitness of a place as a pasture for swine is the prominent notion. Kemble, _Cod. Dipl._, No. 288.: "Hæc sunt pascua porcorum, quæ nostrâ linguâ Saxonicâ _denbera_ nominamus." In the same sense the compound with the word _weald_ (= a great forest) is found: weald-_bero_. The wood was considered by our forefathers as propitious to their swine, not only for its shelter, but also for the masts it supplied; and this may have further helped to associate _bearo_ with the comforts of cattle. ORIELENSIS. "_Coming home to men's business_" (Vol. vii., p.235.).--It is hardly requisite to state to the readers of "N. & Q.," that many editions of Bacon's memorable, beautiful, and didactic _Essays_ appeared in the distinguished author's lifetime, obviously having experienced (proved by prefatory epistles of different dates) the repeated revision and emendations of the writer. The _Essays_ were clearly favourites with him, as well as with the then reading public. They were first published in 1597, preceded by a letter addressed "To M. Anthony Bacon, his deare Brother." The _ninth_ edition was issued the year before his death, which took place April 9, 1626. In that edition is added a dedication "To the Right Honorable my very good Lo. the Duke of Buckingham, his Grace Lo. High Admirall of England;" signed, "FR. ST. ALBAN:" previous signatures being "Fran. Bacon" (1597); "Fr. Bacon" (1612); "Fra. Bacon" (no date). In this dedication to the Duke of Buckingham first appeared the passage inquired about: "I doe now (he tells the Duke) publish my _Essayes_; which, of all my other workes, haue beene most current: for that, as it seems, they _come home to Men's Businesse and Bosomes_."--How accurate, yet modest, an appreciation of his labours! A HERMIT AT HAMPSTEAD. My copy of Lord Bacon's _Essays_ is a 12mo.: London, 1668. And in the epistle dedicatory, the author himself tells the Duke of Buckingham as follows: "I do now publish my _Essays_; which, of all my other works, have been most current: for that, as it seems, they _come home to men's business and bosomes_." This will carry J. P. eleven years further back, at all events. RT.