66 the double alphabet in which M may be M or R, while W may be W or H, will be found to yield very interesting results. If your questioner desires to know more about the light and dark "A he is recommended to study Baptiste Porta's 'De Furtivis Literarum' (1602), and the 'Cryptographiae' of Gustavus Selenus (1624). E. NESBIT. Well Hall, Eltham, S.E.9. "CONTY (12 S. viii. 50).-Should not this word be "couter"? A couter is a common slang word for a sovereign, being derived, according to the 'Slang Dictionary (John Camden Hotten, London, 1869) from the Danubian Gipsy word cuta, a gold coin. Illustrations of its use are given in the 'N.E.D.,' which quotes the 'Slang Dictionary' for its origin. T. F. D. PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART'S SWORDS (12 S. viii. 27).-The inscription on the second of the two swords mentioned at this reference would appear not to have been placed thereon by the order of Prince Charles even if the sword were presented by him. Not to speak of other serious difficulties, there was no such thing as the Throne of Great Britain" from the Jacobite point of view. The Act of Union was regarded as a mere nullity, like all post-Revolution legislation, for want of the assent of a lawful king. F. W. READ. FRENCH PRISONERS OF WAR (12 S. vii. 469, 517; viii. 38).—Your correspondent will find much to interest him in 'The Depôt for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire, 1796 to 1816,' by T. J. Walker, M.D. (of Peterborough), Constable & Co., 1913. W. H. WHITEAR, F.R.Hist.S. SCOTT OF ESSEX (7 S. vi. 194; 12 S. viii. 11). The late Mr. Golding's MSS. are, I believe, in the possession of the Essex Archæological Society at their Museum, Colchester Castle. WILLIAM GILBERT, F.R.N.S. AUTHOR OF QUOTATION WANTED.(12 S. viii, 12.) 2. The Observer on January 31, 1915, published a letter signed "Alice Cobbett," and dated from Uckfield, Sussex, from which I append an extract: "Last November the New York Herald published some verses of mine, in which I emphasised the Call of the Blood.' I have received in answer the enclosed verses from California. I have no Udimore: Past and Present. By Leonard J. Hodson. (Robertsbridge, Sussex, 58. post free.) THIS pleasant little book deals with a small East Sussex parish consisting of 2,884 acres, with 5 acres of water, having a population at the last census of no more than 416 souls. It lies on a ridge between two valleys north and south on the western side of Rye; and in the earliest extant record of it-an entry in Domesday Book -appears, as the holding of one Rein bert, under the name of Dodimere. The families with which it was most notably associated in the Middle Ages are the Echinghams and the Elringtons. In the sixteenth century it passed to the Windsors, who were followed by the Bromfeilds, as these by the Comptons with whom it remained till 1843, when it was sold to Thomas Cooper Langford. The name, which cannot be explained with absolute certainty, and the church are the subject of a legend, of a well-known type. The site first chosen for the church was not acceptable, it seems, to Heaven. Work done by day disappeared during the night, till the watching parishioners beheld a company of angels taking up the materials and conveying them across the water, chanting the while "Over the mere! Over the mere!" The church built in legendary days has been replaced by an early English structure-small, bare, and plain, thought to be the work of a builder who made other churches in West Sussex. It has undergone divers vicissitudes in the way of decay, of lamentable alteration and restoration and, again, of restoration both careful and affectionate.. It seems to have lost a south aisle, of which no trace remains-and has a curious feature in twodoors side by side both now walled up. The interior has some interesting detail in the way of carving, but is in general, except for modern colouring, plain. Traces of ancient colour decoration have been discovered. Mr. Hodson goes thoroughly into every detail of it. The monumental inscriptions are both more numerous and more interesting than such often are in a church of this character. Our author gives a chapter to the history of the advowson and a list of the Incumbents but for a few decades subsequent to 1792, are described as "Perpetual Curates." From Nicholas Chauntler (1600-1601) onwards most of the names have some notice attached to them. In 1676, the year of Archbishop Sheldon's religious census, a single Non-conformist was mentioned in the return for Udimore. Early in the nineteenth century Methodism gained a footing there, and flourished-to the extent of erecting a chapel, though not maintaining a resident minister. The chapter on Parish Records gives us several good things in the way of detail as well as some interesting particulars regarding management under the old Poor Law, and the upkeep of the parish workhouse. Under Miscellanea' is collected a number of interesting odd notes; and under the heading Ancient Homes and Families' we are given a good account of the principal houses of parish-forming one of the best of these chapters. 6 Those who possess Mr. Hodson's History of Salehurst' will find his Udimore' no less useful and entertaining than the former work. The Adventures of Ulysses. By Charles Lamb. Edited by Ernest A. Gardner. (Cambridge University Press. 48. net.) THIS is a delightful edition of a delightful little work. The short Introduction says what is necesary to make new-comers to the Odyssey at home in it: inevitably negligible by most readers. But every one may be glad to have the sketch map and traditional itinerary of Ulysses : as also the illustrations and, again, the excellent notes, which, though calculated in the first instance, for children, are so pleasantly written and contain so many details which might not have been recalled by the reader, that even for an old lover of the Odyssey and of Lamb they contribute some additional enjoyment. Perhaps a word or two as to Greek vases in general would not have been amiss. A Saunter through Kent with Pen and Pencil. By Charles Igglesden. (The Kentish Press, Ashford, Kent. 3s. 6d.) THE January Quarterly deals chiefly with political and social questions. The three papers which depart from that field are, however, good enough to send a man of letters or of art to the review for their sake alone. First of these is Mr. Cloriston's rendering of Leopardi's Ginestra.' So far as any rendering of it can be satisfactory this may be esteemed so. We quote a short passage as example : There [i.e. at Pompeii], in the dread, uncertain Through silent palaces that flickering goes literature has for its meaning and intention the Notices to Correspondents. EDITORIAL communications should be addressed tisements and Business Letters to "The Publishers"-at the Office, Printing House Square, London, E.C 4.; corrected proofs to the Athenæum Press, 11 and 13 Bream's Buildings, E.C.4. In this volume the fourteenth of the series-to "The Editor of Notes and Queries '"-AdverMr. Igglesden conveys his readers through five parishes to wit, Westwell, Hothfield, Bearsted, Thurnham and Kingsnorth. His method which admits a good deal of description of landscape, and thereby the pleasant creation of a varied picture in the mind's eye-displays itself here to much advantage. In fact the verbal descriptions are far better, as illustrations, than the drawings which lack the qualities necessary for successful reproduction. ALL communications intended for insertion in our columns should bear the name and address of the sender-not necessarily for publication, but a guarantee of good faith. Ir is requested that each note, query, or reply be written on a separate slip of paper, with the sigrature of the writer and such address as he wishes to appear. At Westwell is Ripley Court in the garden whereof Mr. Igglesden maintains that Jack Cade was killed. Here, too, is a well-known beacon, which gives occasion for the insertion of an WHEN answering a query, or referring to an interesting Carde, of the Beacons, in Kent,' article which has already appeared, correspondents about which we should have liked further in-are requested to give within parentheses formation. The churches of all the parishes have been carefully studied and neatly described. 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From Nicholas Chauntler (1600-1601) onwards most of the names have some notice attached to them. In 1876, the year of Archbishop Sheldon's religious census, a single Non-conformist was mentioned in the return for Udimore. Early in the nineteenth century Methodism gained a footing there, and flourished-to the extent of erecting a chapel, though not maintaining a resident minister. The chapter on Parish Records gives us several good things in the way of detail as well as some interesting particulars regarding management under the old Poor Law, and the upkeep of the parish workhouse. Under Miscellanea is collected a number of interesting odd notes; and under the heading Ancient Homes and Families we are given a good account of the principal houses of parish-forming one of the best of these chapters. 6 Those who possess Mr. Hodson's History of Salehurst' will find his Udimore' no less useful and entertaining than the former work. The Adventures of Ulysses. By Charles Lamb. Edited by Ernest A. Gardner. (Cambridge University Press. 48. net.) THIS is a delightful edition of a delightful little work. The short Introduction says what is necesary to make new-comers to the Odyssey at home in it inevitably negligible by most readers. But every one may be glad to have the sketch map and traditional itinerary of Ulysses: as also the illustrations and, again, the excellent notes, which, though calculated in the first instance, for children, are so pleasantly written and contain so many details which might not have been recalled by the reader, that even for an old lover of the Odyssey and of Lamb they contribute some additional enjoyment. Perhaps a word or two as to Greek vases in general would not have been amiss. A Saunter through Kent with Pen and Pencil. By Charles Igglesden. (The Kentish Press, Ashford, Kent. 38. 6d.) In this volume-the fourteenth of the series Mr. Igglesden conveys his readers through five parishes to wit, Westwell, Hothfield, Bearsted, Thurnham and Kingsnorth. His method which admits a good deal of description of landscape, and thereby the pleasant creation of a varied picture in the mind's eye-displays itself here to much advantage. In fact the verbal descriptions are far better, as illustrations, than the drawings which lack the qualities necessary for successful reproduction. At Westwell is Ripley Court in the garden whereof Mr. Igglesden maintains that Jack Cade was killed. Here, too, is a well-known beacon, which gives occasion for the insertion of an THE January Quarterly deals chiefly with political and social questions. The three papers which depart from that field are, however, good enough to send a man of letters or of art to the review for their sake alone. First of these is Mr. Cloriston's rendering of Leopardi's Ginestra.' So far as any rendering of it can be satisfactory this may be esteemed so. We quote a short passage as example : There [i.e. at Pompeii], in the dread, uncertain hour of night, Through empty theatres, disfigured shrines, Through silent palaces that flickering goes literature has for its meaning and intention the Dr. Hagberg Wright, in showing that Russian proclamation of the country's wrongs and sufferings, and the cry for freedom and justice, does not, indeed, present us with a new conception of that literature, but he fills out, justifies and illustrates the conception in a manner which will make his paper welcome to all students of Russia. 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