Jon: Bouchien NOTES AND QUERIES: A Medium of Entercommunication FOR LITERARY MEN, GENERAL READERS, ETC. "When found make a note of "-CAPTAIN CUTTLE. ADSTANOG UNG FIFTH SERIES.-VOLUME TWELFTH. JULY-DECEMBER, 1879. LONDON: PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICE, 20, WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND, W.C. BY JOHN FRANCIS. LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1879. CONTENTS.- N° 288. NOTES:-Tennyson's Idylls: "Geraint and Enid," 1-The Rutherfurd Peerage, 2-Shakspeariana, 4-The Prince Imperial's Nurse-The Duration of Parliaments, 5-Pope and his Quarrels-Dickens on English Criminal Law-Latimer-New and Altered Scripture Proper Names, 6-Old English Names of Flowers, 7. UERIES:-"The Parson of Calemberg "-A Lottery, 1673A Bermudan Liturgy, 7-"The Rhapsody"-Paul's Knights --Sitwells of Renishaw-A Tercentenarian-"Signum": Signature-Schiller's "Fiesko "-The Yew-The Trial of the Witches of Warbois. 8-Amyas Preston-Magee and Macgregor-Morton's "New English Canaan "-Folk Medicine (Transvaal)—A Shilling of Charles I.-Lieut.-Gen. Fiddes John Newton's Father-in-Law-Authors Wanted, 9. REPLIES:-"Your's," 9-A Custom at the Communion Service-Gifts placed in the Stocking at Christmas: Santa Claus, 11-Parish Documents-Bigland's "Gloucestershire Collections," 12-Isaiah xxii. 18-The Exultet Roll-Namesderived from Ecclesiastical Sources, 13-Swift on Fleas-"The old Agamemnons"-Anonymous Pamphlets (Oxford)-" Lothe" Loff-St. Sampson-John Hodgkins, Suf. Bishop, 14Galbraith of Balgair-Rev. J. Dart-The Coway StakesSuperfluous Pronouns-The Mystical Meanings of Precious Stones, 15-" Muff "-Treasure Trove-"Peter Paragraph" -"Akimbo "-"Nappy," 16-"Sir Bevis of Hamptoun The Groom's "Hiss"-Dante's Voyage of Ulysses-Local Toasts-General Thanksgiving, 1759-" The Confessional ". Ancient Fines, 17-"Slad"-James Wright-Elzevir's Folio "La Sainte Bible "-" Mormos "-The Monitor or Backboard-Good Friday "Marble Day "-Post Days-The First to enter a House on Christmas (or New Year's) Morning, 18-Authors Wanted, 19. NOTES ON BOOKS:-Lefroy's "Memorials of the Discovery and Early Settlement of the Bermudas "-Gilbert Scott's "Personal and Professional Recollections"-Grove's "Dictionary of Music and Musicians," Vol. II.-Bullock's speare's Debt to the Bible "-"Fraser." Notes. Tennyson.-Then the good king gave order to let blow Mabinogion.-When the day came they arose...and Arthur wondered that Gwenhwyvar did not awake... "Disturb her not," he said, "for she had rather sleep than go to see the hunting."...After Arthur had gone...the queen awoke, and...with one of her maidens went thro' the Usk...and behold a knight on a hunter [came riding up]. A golden-hilted sword was at his side...and around him was a scarf of blue purple, at each corner of which was a golden apple... He overtook the queen, and saluted her...then went they [together] to the edge of the forest, and there stood," For," said the queen, "from this place we shall hear when the dogs are let loose." Tennyson.-So with the morning all the court were But Guinevere lay late into the morn... A sudden sound of hoofs, for prince Geraint, "For on this little knoll, if anywhere, There is good chance that we shall hear the hounds." Mabinogion.-[While they stood on the knoll] they beheld a dwarf riding on a horse...and near him...a lady "Shak-...and a knight. "Go, maiden," said the queen, TENNYSON'S IDYLLS: "GERAINT AND ENID." Having already shown, paragraph by paragraph, the minute resemblance between three or four of Tennyson's idylls and the prose versions compiled by Sir T. Malory, I promised, with the editor's permission, to continue the same subject, and will now proceed to compare the Laureate's tale of Geraint and Enid with that contained in the Mabinogion: Mabinogion.-Arthur was accustomed to hold his court at Caerlleon upon Usk...and once on a time he held it there at Whitsuntide...And as [he] sat at the banquet, lo! there entered a youth [who said], "I am one of the foresters...of Dean...In the forest day a stag...pure white, and he does not herd with the other animals thro' stateliness and pride...and I am come...to know thy will concerning him." saw this Tennyson.-Arthur on the Whitsuntide before There on a day, he sitting high in hall, ..with notice of a hart, Taller than all his fellows, milky white, First seen that day. These things he told the king. seems best to me," said the king, "to Mabinogion." It go and hunt him to-morrow at break of day."...Then Gwenhwyvar said to Arthur, "Wilt thou permit me, lord, to go to-morrow to see...the hunt?"..." That will i gladly," said the king. "and ask the dwarf who that knight is."..." I will not tell Tennyson. And while they listened...there rode 66 Nay, by my faith, thou shalt not," cried the dwarf, Mabinogion." I will go myself," said Geraint, "and learn who the knight is."...[But the dwarf gave him the same answer,] and when the prince turned his horse's head towards the knight, the dwarf struck him across the face, so that the blood coloured his scarf. Then Geraint put his hand upon the hilt of his sword, but bethought him it would be poor vengeance to slay the dwarf...so he returned to where the queen was. Tennyson-[The maid returned,] whereat Geraint Exclaimed, "Surely I will learn his name." [But the dwarf gave him the same answer,] and when he Had put his horse in motion toward the knight But he refrained...from e'en a word, and so returned |