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The Original, Best, and most Liberal. Cash Prices. No extra charge for time given. ALL THE YEAR ROUND. Conducted by CHARLES DICKENS. The current Monthly Part contains the Opening Chapters of a NEW SERIAL STORY, entitled Subscribers' Copies can be forwarded direct from the Office, 26, Wellington Street, Strand, London. Terms for Subscription and Postage: WEEKLY NUMBERS, 10s. 10d. for the Year; MONTHLY PARTS, 12s. 6d. Post-Office Orders should be made payable to MR. HENRY Walker. Sold also at all the Railway Bookstalls and by all Booksellers. LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1884. CONTENTS.- N° 229. QUERIES:-"The Newcomes"-Fifteenth Century Menu Oway-Broadbridge: Charles-Inverted Chevron, 387-Mrs. name borne by that which is before me. This has no frontispiece nor "Explanation." Collation : Title, 1 f.; Epistle, 2 ff.; Contents 1 f. (This differs from the table of contents of the 1721 edition, inasmuch as it does not include the "Gentleman's Diversion.") Chapters i. to xi.; i. to v.; and i. to v.; 104 pp. It may be remarked that on p. 104 ("of Billiards"), in the fourth line of the last paragraph, making is here corrected to make, and kitching to kitchen, as in the edition of 1721; these words are uncorrected in all preceding editions, including that of 1709. (B.M.; and J. M.) The next edition is called : The Compleat Gamester...... London: Printed for J. REPLIES:-Quaviver, 390-Notes on "Folk-Etymology," 391 -Tho. Dunckerley FitzGeorge, 392-Beachy Head, 393- The Explanation, 1 f.; Frontispiece, 1 f.; Title, 1 f.; Epigram on Sleep-Flying Kites-Alpine Custom-Tennis- Epistle, 2 ff.; Contents, 1 f.; Games on the Cards, within Edinburgh Castle-Romany, 394-"Virtue," &c.-St. Golder the tables, and without the tables, 104 pp. (same as in -Ballet-Rev. R. Harris-Proverb Wanted, 395-Old Pro"Games most in Use"); Riding, &c., and Bowling, 44 pp. verb-Rev. J. (or Samuel) Perkins-Gordon of Lesmoir"Russet-pated choughs "-A. E. Brae-Signatures to League The frontispiece is the same plate as that of the and Covenant, 396-T. L. Peacock-Song by Handel-editions of 1680 and 1709, but the final e of ComPrujean Square-Mrs. H. Lynch-Lloydia serotina-Family Name, 397-Drinking Toasts-Viscount Montague-Mufti-pleate has been erased, and an e inserted in the London Paved with Gold-King Stephen and the Hostage-middle of the word Gamster; the address of Hen. Shillitoe Family, 398-Authors Wanted, 399. NOTES ON BOOKS:-Long Scott's "Letter Book of Gabriel Notes. COTTON'S AND SEYMOUR'S "GAMESTERS." (Concluded from p. 323.) 66 Brome has disappeared from the foot of the plate. A book must here be mentioned which Lowndes dates 1690, but of which the only two copies I have yet found are undated; the title is as follows: Games most in | Use, in | England, France, and Spain, | viz. | Basset, Picquet, Primero, L'Ombre, Chess, Billiards, Grand-Tricktrack, Verquere, &c. | Some of which were never before Prin- | ted in any Language. All Regulated by the most Experienc'd | Masters. With a Table to the Whole. London: Printed, and Sold by J. Morphew, near | Stationers-Hall; and by the Booksellers. | Price Bound Sheep, 1s. 6d. calf 2s. [n. d.] Lowndes may, of course, be right; but there is this reason for doubting, in this case, either his accuracy or the identity of this book with that which he describes, viz., that the "Games most in Use" here noted constitute a volume which is partly, at least, the same, even to the typography, as the Gamester of 1721, to be mentioned presently, notwithstanding that a Gamester had, as we have just seen, appeared in 1709, not differing materially from previous editions, except as to date. It is not, therefore, likely that this book did appear before 1709, was then replaced by a reprint of the 1680 edition, and reappeared in the original type in 1721. After all, perhaps, Lowndes alludes to some other book, though he gives the piping out." The Compleat Gamester......The Fifth Edition, with additions. London: Printed for J. Wilford at the Three Golden | Flower-de-Luces in Little Britain. 1725. Collation: Frontispiece, 1 f. (same as in the edition of 1721); Title, 1 f.; The Explanation, 1 f.;* Epistle, 2 ff.; Contents, 1 f.; and 224 pp. 'Hot, piping hot "has now again become "Hot, The treatise "Of Gaming in General" (pp. 1 to 18) Meanwhile an author, who did not hesitate to put his name to his compilation, had produced a rival work, but of smaller scope. This appeared in 1719, under the following title :— The Court Gamester: | or, | Full and Easy | Instructions | For Playing the Games now in | Vogue, after the best Method; as they are Play'd at Court, and in the Assemblies, viz. | Ombre, Picquet, and the Royal Game of Chess. | Wherein | The Frauds in Play are detected, and the Laws of each Game annex'd, to prevent Disputes. Written for the Use of the Young Princesses. By Richard Seymour, Esq; | London: Printed for E. Curll in Fleet-street. M.DCC.XIX. (Price 1s. 6d. Stitch'd, 2s. Bound.) Collation : Title, 1 f.; Dedication ("To Their Royal Highnesses the Young Princesses "), 1 f.; Preface, 4 ff. (on verso of p. ix, a table of errata); and 106 pp. Hombre occupies pp. 1-70, including a quotation from Pope's Rape of the Lock; Picquet, pp. 71-93; and Chess, pp. 94-106, followed by a list of Curll's publications. Bound up with the book, in this and other editions printed by Curll, after the manner of that publisher, Curlicism Display'd (1718) and similar tracts are sometimes found. (H. J.; and J. M.) Collation: Title, 1 f.; Preface, 2 ff.; Court Gamester, 104 pp.; Contents, 1 f.; New Books printed for Mr. Curll in the Strand, 1 f. In this the description of chess ends on p. 99, and is followed by a Postscript, in which the author alludes to the frauds exposed in The whole Art and Mystery of Modern Gaming, 4to., 1726, and to Rizzetti's work (1725), which he soon afterwards translated and appended to his own book. (B.M.; and J. M.) This translation appeared with the following title: The Knowledge of Play, | Written for Public Benefit, and the Entertainment of all Fair Players. | Wherein I. It is demonstrated, that | Fortune has not that Power in Play, which is commonly ascribed to Her. II. The Chances of the Games of Hazard, Pharao, and Basset, are calculated and determined; proving, that in Games of Judgment, Skill will always get the better of Chance. | III. By detecting the Frauds in Play, that eagerness for | Gameing might be suppressed, to the Preservation of Estates, and the advancement of the Sciences. | Translated from the Latin original of | John Rizzetti, with Improvements by Richard Seymour, Esq; Author of The Court Gamester, and | Designed as a Second Part of that Work. | Addressed to the Prince of Wales. | London: | Printed for E. Curll over against Catherine-Street | in the Strand. 1729. (Price 2s, Bound.) Collation : Title, 1 f.; Dedication, 1 f.; Rizzetti's letter to Card. Polignac, Venice, Sep. 30, 1725, N.S., and the Argument, 3 ff.; and 86 pp.* The last fourteen pages of part ii. contain "The Three years later, we have The Court Gamester, in two Parts. London: | Printed, and Sold by J. Wilford, behind the Chapter-House, Another edition of this appeared in the follow-near St. Paul's. 1732. | (Price 2s. 6d. Bound). ing year, entitled The Court Gamester..... The Second Edition corrected. London, Printed for E. Curll next the Temple Coffee House in Fleet-street. 1720. (Price 1s. 6d. Stitch'd; 28. Bound.) This is merely a reprint of the first. (B.M.) Two years later, another impression appeared :The Court Gamester......The Third Edition corrected. London: Printed for E. Curll at the Dial and Bible overagainst Catherine-street in the Strand, | MDCCXXII. (Price 1s. 6d. Stitch'd; 2s. Bound.) Collation : Title, 1 f.; Preface, 2 ff.; and pp. 102. (B.M.; H. H. G.; and H. J.) This edition seems to have sufficed, an edition of Cotton's work (1725) having appeared in the interim, until 1728, when Curll again put forth a new Court Gamester ... .The Fourth Edition Improved. London: Printed for E. Curll, against Catherine-Street in the Strand. 1728. (Price 2s. Bound.) Collation of part i., same as of 1728 edition, including the advertisement of "New Books." Part ii. has 86 pp., as in the preceding edition, including, as before, "The Journal of a Gameing Lady of Quality, &c. By Messieurs Swift and Pope" (though, on the title, this is attributed to Dr. Swift alone). (B.M.) We now come to an important edition : The Compleat Gamester: In Three Parts. ......The Fifth Edition. | London | Printed for E. Curll in RoseStreet Covent-Garden; | and J. Wilford behind the Chapter-House in | St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1734. Price 2s. 6d. Facing the title is a frontispiece, unsigned, which has been attributed to Hogarth, and which represents a room in which are ten figures, three of which, a lady and two gentlemen, are seated at a * A copy of Rizzetti's work is in the British Museum, entitled Ludorum | Scientia | Publico Beneficio | Illus trata. | Venetiis, MDCCXXV., 4to. three-cornered table in the fore-ground, playing at (1725), reappears here, without the familiar " ExOmbre. Collation: yard, 1 f. Frontispiece, 1 f.; Title, 1 f.; Preface, 2 ff.; Contents, 2 ff.; Part i. 132 pp.; Parts ii. and iii., 94 pp.; Books of Entertainment, Printed for E. Curll, in Burleigh-Street in the Strand, and for J. Wilford in St. Paul's Church This book contains by far the best account of Ombre as played in Seymour's day. In the preface it is stated (p. viii) that "The Second and Third Parts of this Treatise, were originally written by Charles Cotton Esq.; some years since, but are now rectified according to the present Standard of Play." Ombre is said, in a note on p. 1, to be an "Improvement of a Game called Primero," which is now omitted; and "Lanterloo" is for the first time called "Lue." The other games are the same as in Cotton, somewhat emended and altered; but "French Billiards" and Faro " are added, the latter in a Postscript (pp. 89-94). "The Gentleman's Diversion" is wholly omitted. (B.M.; H. H. G.; H. J.; and J. M.) This book reappeared as planation," and faces the title. Collation :Frontispiece, 1 f.; Title, 1 f.; Preface and Contents, 5 ff.; and 324 pp. (H. J.; and J. M.) With this ends the series of Compleat Gamesters. Hoyle had taken their place with his Treatise on Whist, in which other games were soon included. A bibliography of Hoyle would be interesting. Might we hope to get it from the pen of "Cavendish"? None other would be more competent for the task. There are a few other English books on games, as, e. g., the School of Recreation, Annals of Gaming, &c., as well as the more important French manual, called L'Académie des Jeux (otherwise Jeux, &c.), of which I shall, if agreeable to the La Maison Académique, Académie Universelle des readers of " N. & Q.," be happy to offer a sketch bibliography. JULIAN MARSHALL. OLD REGISTERS: GRIMSBY. Grimsby, co. Lincoln, although of extremely ancient foundation, is now essentially a modern town. It contains splendid docks, a fine water The Compleat Gamester,...... The Sixth Edition. The frontispiece is a coarse copy (by Parr) of the original. Collation, same as for 1734 edition, but the book is now paged continuously, 1-324; Faro is placed after Basset; Chess is much enlarged by the addition of Rules and Instructions by Capt. Joseph Bertin (1735), with a number of examples, so as to occupy 66 pp.; and the "Gentleman's Diversion" is reinstated at the end. (B.M.; H. H. G.; and H. J.) The next is the Seventh Edition, London: | Printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass, | facing St. Magnus Church, LondonBridge. 1750. | [Price Three Shillings.] This is a mere reprint of the preceding edition, with a new date. (B. M.; and H. J.) We arrive finally at The Compleat Gamester: | .First Written for the Use of the Young Princesses, | By Richard Seymour, Esq; And now carefully revised, very much enlarged and improved, agreeable to the present Method of playing the several Games, | By Charles Johnson, Esq; The Eighth Edition. | London | Printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass, facing | St. Magnus-Church, London-Bridge, 1754. | [Price Three Shillings.] In this edition Chess is reduced to 15 pp., and Whist is very much more fully treated than before, advantage having been taken (without any acknowledgment) of nearly the whole of Edmond Hoyle's treatise on that game, first published in 1743. The book otherwise is the same as before. The old plate, last seen in Cotton's Gamester * According to Mr. H. H. Gibbs, a high authority on the subject. out at sea-a good statue of the Prince Consort, a well-built town hall, and a fine old cruciform church, together with numerous long straight streets, which house somewhere about 40,000 inhabitants. Of the ancient buildings the church of St. James alone remains; the rest are gone utterly, and it would not be easy to point out over a dozen old stones worked into other walls. The site of St. Mary's, with its burial-ground of two acres, is now covered by the post office and houses; what was the Abbey of Wellow is now a private house; the nunnery is now the Nuns' Farm; other institutions, such as Raynor's Chantry, are commemorated only in name; and the traveller hearing of Carter Gate, Bar Gate, Dean's Gate, Brighow Gate, Wellow Gate, &c., might well ask, Where are now the gates themselves and the walls, if ever they existed? Gervase Holles, the local historian belonging to the seventeenth century, wrote of old Grimsby, "Fuit Ilium." But the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company have since that time caused a new Ilium to rise over the ruins of the ancient town. There is only one old monument in the church, the recumbent effigy of a knight in armour (popularly called "Old Gryme"); and on a pier of the tower is an inscription in church text:-"Orate. P. aia. iohis Ingson. q. hanc. colupnam. fecit.a. m.iij.lx.v." (1365). This was John Kingston, mayor of Grimsby, who was buried in St. Mary's. Two years since, in digging the foundations for the new chancel (a restoration carried out happily on the pure Early English lines of the nave), there were found what are believed to be |