MATTHEWS FAMILY OF GLOUCESTER (6 S. Although England owes them a debt of gratitude which ix. 8).—As a descendant of the James Matthews she is not siw to acknowledge, they are generally de who settled in Yarmouth, Cape Cod, some time other than they were. Mr. Streatfeild has we believe, scribed, both in history and romance, as something quite before 1643 (in which year his name appears on a succeeded in firnishing & picture which is as little out of town roll, I also should be glad of any infor- drawing as the scanty materials at his command will mation concerning the Matthews family of Tewkes- simit of. The greater part of the volume is taken up bury, co. Gloucester, and especially of any evidence by an analysis of the local names of Lincolnshire which tending to show that the James Matthews who derivation of place-names is so beset with pitfalls that, indicate the presence of the Panes. The subject of the emigrated to New England was the James until his conclusions have been tested by time and fresh Matthews who was a son of Edward Matthews, of discoveries, it would be rash to estimate the amount of the Lodge, Tewkesbury. My father, Mr. Edward his success. We curselves believe that where he derives Matthews, now of this city, was the first of James the first part of Lincolnshire place-names that end in by Matthews's descendants to leave Yarmouth, where from the personal names of the first Scandinavian settlers he is almost always on sure ground. On the contrary, the family have been for now nearly two centuries when the name is interpreted so as to convey informa and a half. So far as I know, the name has always tion as to the natural features of the country, we believe been spelt as I have here written it. The immi-him to be very frequently in error. As an instance of grant James Matthews was living in 1673; his what we mean, we will take Brumby, a hamlet in the descendant and namesake James Matthews, my parish of Frodingham, Seme Lincolnshire directory seems to have informed the author that Brumby stands grandfather, was born in 1778. It is at least a upon a bold declivity overlooking the vale of the coincidence that the names Edward and James, Trent." This little village was certainly in existence in borne by the Tewkesbury family, should survive to the time of the Conqueror, for it occurs in Domesday as the present day in the Yarmouth family. Brunei, and till recent days it almost always appears in records spelt with the letters. The notion that Brumby stands on the top of a declivity has misled Mr. Streat fell into suggesting that it may be interpreted as "the PYSE (6th S. viii. 388).-I regret I cannot afford which, he tells us, is often used to express the brow of village of the brow, from run or trys, an eyebrow," FLEUR-DE-LYS the information required about this a hill or the edge of a moor. Now in the township of word, nor have any of the friends whom I have con- Brumby there is such a brow or declivity as Mr. Streatsulted been able to assist me. As a mere sugges-feld thinks of, but it is nearly a mile away from the tion I may refer to the Persian word pås, guard, protect, which in the mouth of a Bombay buggy driver may have acquired a meaning equivalent to the French gare à vous. I will keep the matter in mind, and make inquiries when next in Bombay. New York. JAMES BRANDER MATTHEWS. W. F. P. village, which stands, and always, we may be certain, direction. Though this derivation is manifestly wrong, we has stood, on a gentle slope dipping in the contrary are by no means sure that the true one can be discovered. We hold, at least provisionally, that it has derived its name from some early settler whose name was Brun. Mr. Streatfeild has added a useful glossary of Lincolnshire dialect words that are near akin to Scandi"SOLITARY MONK WHO SHOOK," &c. (6th S. viii.navian forms. We have read it carefully, and find his 465; ix. 75).—MR. LYNN will find that the couplet definitions remarkably correct. quoted ("Streams meander level with their fount") is not from Robert Montgomery's works, but from the Botanic Garden or the Loves of the Plants, by Dr. Eramus Darwin. I have not Darwin's works at hand, but I am quite certain that the couplet belongs to him, although so unscientific and impossible in fact. Miscellaneous. ESTE. NOTES ON BOOKS, &c. Lincolnshire and the Danes. By the Rev. G. S. Streatfeild. (Kegan Paul & Co.) THIS is a very carefully executed book. However much we may differ from many of the conclusions of the author, no one who is at the pains of reading his pages with attention can doubt that he has worked up to his conclusions with due industry. There are few modern books bearing on the subject of Scandinavian placenames that he has not consulted. The fault, if fault there be, lies in the opposite direction. Mr. Streatfeild Occasionally takes the trouble of directing attention to demonstrably false guesses of his predecessors, which are quite beneath his notice. The sketch given in the early part of the book of the manners and morals of the Northern sea-rovers is remarkably good and well timed. The River of Golden Sand. By the late Capt. William officer in the expedition against the Maris. When this was over he made an attempt to get to Merv, but was obliged to give it up for want of time, as an extension of leave was refused him. In 1881 he explored Tripoli, In 1882 he was sent out to Egypt on special service, and on August 11th, together with Prof. Palmer and Lieut. Charrington, he was cruelly murdered in the Wadi Sadr. Such was the career of this resolute and accomplished traveller, whose life was one of unceasing activity, aud whose death in the prime of his life was a distinct loss to his country. It should be added that the book is illustrated with woodcuts from drawings made from Capt. Gill's rough sketches, and that an excellent portrait of him, etched by Mr. Wirgman, forms the frontispiece of the volume. John Bull and his Island. By Max O'Rell. Translated from the French under the supervision of the Author, (Field & Tuer.) MAX O'RELL is quite as amusing in his English dress as in his native war-paint. His book is throughout, like most French criticisms on England and English manners and customs, serio-comic. Occasionally he hits a real blot, and that, we admit frankly, among his own countrymen as well as among ourselves, so that his desire to be impartial is evident. In some of the more serious ques tions which he discusses it would be well for Max O'Rell to look a little deeper below the surface before bringing out a new edition. He says, for instance, that there is no such thing among us as the "Registre de l'Etat Civil," from which we may conclude that, while in England, he did not get married at a registrar's office, and, as he appears to think matrimony quite a light and airily easy affair in John Bull's island, we may assume that he did not attempt to marry a ward in Chancery without the leave of Court. He might otherwise have come sadly to a different conclusion, and have acknowledged that, after all, marriage in England might be a serious matter. The British and Foreign Bible Society ought to be gratified at finding that Max O'Rell, like most of his countrymen at the present day, has Bible Society on the brain. They tell us that our Madagascar telegrams are sent by agents of this nefariously ubiquitous society, and poor, innocent Max O'Rell cannot come to see John Bull in his island without that persevering Bible Society setting traps to convert him. But we apprehend that Max is still unconverted Max. Aleriel; or, a Voyage to Other Worlds. A Tale. By Rev. W. S. Lach-Szyrma. (Wyman & Sons.) THIS very fantastic tale has been written with a fixed purpose. That purpose was to encourage the study of astronomy amongst the young. The author, as he informs us in the preface, sees no reason to suppose that the earth is the sole abode of life. His hero, Aleriel by name, is an inhabitant of the planet Venus; and it is his travels in the realms of space which are here recorded. 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