P. J. F. GANTILLON, B.A. _Sangaree_ (Vol. iii., p. 141.).--I take it that the word ought to be spelled _sansgris_, being derived from the French words _sans_, without, and _gris_, tipsy, meaning a beverage that would not make tipsy. I have been a good deal in the French island of Martinique, and they use the term frequently in this sense as applied to a beverage made of white wine ("Vin de Grave"), syrup, water, and nutmeg with a small piece of fresh lime-skin hanging over the edge of the glass. A native of Martinique gave me this as the derivation of the word. The beverage ought not to be stirred after the nutmeg is put in it, as the fastidious say it would spoil the flavour. T. B. _Point of Etiquette_ (Vol. viii., p. 386.).--The title _Miss_, without the Christian name, belongs to the eldest unmarried daughter of the representative of the family only. If he have lost his own children, his brother is _heir presumptive_ merely to the family honours; and can neither assume nor give to his daughter the titles to which they are only expectants. The matter becomes evident, if you test the rule by a peerage instead of a squirage. Even the eldest daughter of a baronet or landed gentleman loses her title of Miss, when her brother succeeds to the representation, provided he have a daughter to claim the title. P. P. _Etymology of "Monk" and "Till," &c._ (Vol. viii., pp. 291. 409.).--Will you allow me one word on these two cases? _Monk_ is manifestly a Greek formative from [Greek: monos], and denotes a _solitaire_. The proposed derivation of _till_, from _to-while_, is not new; but still clearly mistaken, inasmuch as the word _till_ is found in Scotch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and others of the family. A word thus compounded would be of less general use. Besides which, _to-while_ would scarcely produce such a form as _till_; it would rather change the _t_ into an aspirate, which would appear as _th_. B. H. C. _Forrell_ (Vol. vii., p. 630.).--Your correspondent T. HUGHES derives this word (applied in Devonshire, as he tells us, to the cover of book) from _forrell_, "a term still used by the trade to signify an inferior kind of vellum." Is it not more natural to suppose it to be the same word which the French have made _fourreau_, a cover or sheath? (See Du Cange, vv. _Forellus, Forrellus_.) J. H. T. Dublin. _Parochial Libraries_ (Vol. vii., p. 507.; Vol. viii. _passim_).--There is a library at Wimborne Minster, in the Collegiate Church, which, on my visit two years since, appeared to contain some valuable volumes, and was neglected and in very bad condition. [theta]. * * * * * Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC.