Notes and Queries, Number 34, June 22, 1850: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 34, June 22, 1850: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Questions and answers -- Periodicals
_Dr. Maginn's Miscellanies_ (Vol. i., p. 470.).--Mr. Tucker Hunt (brother
of Mr. F. Knight Hunt, author of _The Fourth Estate, a History of
Newspapers, &c. &c._) showed me some years since a collections of these
papers from various sources, which he proposed to publish, and which I was
very glad to learn, as I had always regretted that Dr. Maginn had left no
memorial of his splendid talents in a seperate publication, but frittered
away his genius in periodicals. As "J. M. B." appears very anxious to
obtain an authentic reference to any article contributed by the Dr., I
think if he could communicate with Mr. Tucker Hunt, it might be of great
assistance. I have not the latter's address, but probably a note to the
care of his brother's publisher, "D. Bogue, Fleet Street", might lead to a
communication.
W. H. LAMMIN.
Fulham, June 5. 1850
_Living Dog better than a dead Lion_.--For an answer to my Query at Vol.
i., pp. 352. 371., where I asked for the authority upon which Baunez gave
_Homer_ credit for the expression (which is evidently none of his), "quod
leoni mortuo etiam lepores insultant," a friend has referred me to
_Antholog. Graec._. 8vo. Lipsiae, 1794, tom. iv. p. 112.; out of which you
may, perhaps, think it not too late to insert the following Epigr. xi.
[Greek: "Hos apo Hektoros titroskomenou hupo Hellenon,]
[Greek: Ballete nun meta potmon emon demas. hotti kai autai]
[Greek: Nekrou soma leontos ephubrizousi lagooi."]
J. SANSOM.
_Gaol Chaplains_ (Vol. ii., p. 22.) were made universal by act of
parliament in the fourth year of George IV. Before that they may have
existed in some places. In Gloucestershire from 1786.
C. B.
_Rome Ancient and Modern_ (Vol. ii., p. 21.)--Such a map as your
correspondent A. B. M. describes, was at Rome in 1827. It was by Vasi. I
got it, but never saw it in England.
C. B.
_Trianon_ (Vol. ii., p. 47.).--In justice to myself, and in reply to your
correspondent C., who believes I have "not the slightest authority" for my
explanation of the word _Trianon_, I beg to refer him to the French
dictionaries, in some of which, at all events, he will find it thus
written: _Trianon_, subst. masc., _a pavilion_.
J. K. R. W.
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Miscellanies
_Aboriginal Chambers near Tilbury_ (Vol. i., p. 462.).--Mr. Cook, of
Abeley, Essex, having seen this Query, which had been kindly quoted into
_The Athenaeum_ of the 25th ultimo, communicated to that journal on
Saturday, June 1st, the following information respecting two of these
caves, the result of a personal examination of them:--
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