"The chimere is the Convocation habit of a doctor of divinity in Oxford, made of silk instead of cloth, as the rochet is an alb of lawn in place of linen, _honoris causâ_: the detaching the sleeves from the rochet, and sewing them to the upper garment instead, is obviously a contrivance of the robe-makers. Dr. Hody says that the scarlet robe worn by the bishops in the House of Lords is the doctor's gown at Cambridge; the first archbishops after the Reformation being of that university. (_Hody_, 140.) At Parker's consecration he appeared first in a scarlet gown and hood; then at the Holy Communion he and two of the consecrating bishops {438} wore white surplices, while the senior had a cope: and after his consecration he and the two diocesan bishops endued themselves in the now customary dress of a bishop, the archbishop having about his neck a collar of sables (_Cardw. Doc. Ann._, i. 243.). Before the Reformation, it was remarked as peculiar to the English bishops, that they always wore their white rochets, 'except when hunting.' (_Hody_, 141.)"--_The Two Convocations, Note on_, p. 195. W. FRASER. Tor-Mohun. _Inscriptions in Books_ (Vol. vii., pp. 127. 337.).--The two accompanying inscriptions in books were given to me the other day. The second is, I believe, much in vogue at Rugby. "Si quis errantem Videat libellum Reddat, aut collo Dabitur capistrum Carnufex ejus Tunicas habebit Terra cadaver." "Small is the wren, Black is the rook, Great is the sinner That steals this book." W. W. As your correspondent BALLIOLENSIS inquires regarding inscriptions in books, perhaps the following may add to his proposed collection, being an old ditty much in use among schoolboys, &c.: "Hic liber est meus, And that I will show; Si aliquis capit, I'll give him a blow." N. N. _Lines quoted by Charles Lamb_ (Vol. vii., p. 286.).--The author of the lines quoted-- "Bind me, ye woodbines, in your twines; Curl me about, ye gadding vines," &c.-- is Andrew Marvell. They are taken from his fine poem on Nun-Appleton, Lord Fairfax's seat in Yorkshire; and will be found in vol. iii. p. 198. of Marvell's _Works_, edit. 1776, 4to. JAS. CROSSLEY. _Parochial Libraries_ (Vol. vi., p. 432.; Vol. vii., pp. 193. 369.).--Upon visiting Cartmel in Lancashire ten years ago, I found a library in the vestry, and in my diary made the following entry: "There is a small library in the vestry, of a very miscellaneous description, left by a former incumbent, two hundred years ago, to the vicar for the time being, to be kept in the vestry. There is a fine copy, in small quarto, of Spenser's _Faery Queene_ in the collection, of the date 1560."