1792" (Southey's Life and Correspondence,' 1849, vol. i. pp. 161-2). The World at Westminster: a Periodical Publication. By Thomas Brown the Younger. The first number is dated November 28, 1815, the last May 20, 1816. The Trifler: a Periodical Paper. The first number is dated March 1, 1817, the last September 8, 1817. College and T.B. Life at Westminster. The first number is dated July 19, 1845, the last June 27, 1846. Nuga Westmonasterienses. The first number is dated June 26, 1847, the last December 4, 1847. paper I should perhaps add that the school entitled The Elizabethan, which was started in July, 1874, is still in progress. G. F. R. B. The Light Blue (Cambridge).-I cannot give exact dates, but it came out while I was an undergraduate, i. e., 1864-67, ran to four volumes, and stopped in the middle of the fifth. C. F. S. WARREN, M.A. The Cottage, Fulbourn, Cambridge. Will you allow me to refer MR. BULLOCH to an article of mine on 'Cambridge University Periodicals' in 'N. & Q.,' 6th S. xi. 61? This was the first time such a list was printed, and I believe there are few magazines which are omitted. MR. BUL LOCH will find that all but the Brazen Head are This might be readily compiled from the British Museum Library Catalogue. I may mention two I know: Past and Present. The magazine of the Brighton Grammar School. Published since 1872. The Hurstjohnian. Magazine of St. John's College, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. There are one or two published at Hastings. Brighton. FREDERICK E. SAWYER, F.S.A. [ALPHA obliges with a list similar to that of G. F. R. B.] COMBER FAMILY (7th S. iii. 515).-W. B. inquires about three Thomas Combers, one of whom was rector of Oswaldkirk. Oswaldkirk was, until within the last ten years, a family living of the Combers, and its latest rector, Henry George Wandesford Comber, was, if I mistake not, a son of the Thomas Comber, rector of Oswaldkirk, who is mentioned above. Mr. H. G. W. Comber died in 1883, aged eighty-four or eighty-five. He, and his father before him, were of old acquaintance with my mother's family; I knew him personally, and his son, Charles Thomas Comber, chaplain R.N., and afterwards vicar of Welcombe, in Devon, was an old acquaintance and a schoolfellow of mine. These Combers descend from Dr. Thomas Comber, Dean of Durham in the time of William III., an able and kindly divine, whose name ought to find a place, and perhaps has found · a place, in one or other of Messrs. Abbey and Overton's books on that period. Dean Comber's theology has probably had its day and ceased to be; but, if I remember rightly, he was also the author of a little book on cruelty to animals, called 'Pity's Gift,' which deserves reprinting and has often been reprinted. His fame (unless it has been revived by Mr. Leslie Stephen) seems to have suffered a gradual and painless extinction, for he does not appear in the last edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica,' nor in Charles Knight's 'Cyclopædia of Biography'; but he does appear in a far less distinguished work, the 'Universal Biographical and Historical Dictionary' of John Watkins, A.M., LL.D., published in 1800. Nor is this the only case in which John Watkins, a modest one-volume man, is superior to his bulky successors. Dr. Watkins states that Thomas Comber was born in 1645 at Westerham, in Kent, and was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. As to Thomas Comber of Marton, and Thomas Comber, vicar of Creech St. Michael, see below. The Comber MSS. mentioned by W. B. were lately advertised for sale by Mr. Wm. Downing, of Birmingham. His account of them, a good deal shortened, may possibly deserve record in 'N. & Q.,' and I send it accordingly, with an expression of my own surprise that the family The should have parted with such volumes. MSS. are these: of Marton, in the Parish of Sinnington, J.P. for the North 1. 1744-1750. MS. Journal kept by Thos. Comber, Esq., Riding of Yorkshire (grandfather of the Rev. T. Comber, referred to in subsequent papers), containing hundreds of curious entries in reference to events of the district in which he lived, long entries relating to the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745, &c. 4to. (wants a few leaves at beginning), unique and very curious. An historical manuscript of unusual interest and importance, as illustrative of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, and more especially of that event as it was viewed in the north of England; among other interesting notes respecting the rising is a list of the Yorkshire captains, commissioners for the king's defence. 2. A Collection of the Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Thomas Comber, Rector of Oswaldkirk, and an Acting Magistrate in the North Riding of Yorkshire, consisting of a number of highly curious pamphlets and manuscript works, bound in one thick volume, 1823, &c. 3. Memoirs of the Life and Death of Mrs. Alice Thornton, daughter of the Right Hon. Sir Christopher Wandesford (temp. Charles I.), collected from Mrs. Thornton's MSS. by her great-great-grandson, the Rev. Thomas Comber, Vicar of Creech St. Michael, Somersetshire; ing matter illustrative of the times of the Stuarts, the Manuscript, about 1810. Contains curious and interestCivil War troubles, &c. 4. Scrapiana, or Detached Pieces of Fugitive Poetry, collected by Britannicus (the Rev. T. Comber). Many of the pieces written by Mr. Comber himself, several addressed to Mrs. H. L. Piozzi, the friend of Dr. Johnson. MS. volume, about 1810-20. 5. The Olio, a Collection of Detached Pieces from various Authors, in prose and verse; being a commonplace-book, containing many curious notes on inventions The Rev. Thomas Comber, who was rector of Oswaldkirk and vicar of Creech St. Michael's, was the eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Comber, rector of Buckworth and Morbourne, and grandson of Thomas Comber of East Newton, who was the eldest surviving son of the celebrated Thomas Comber, D.D., Dean of Durham, by Alice his wife, daughter of Alice Thornton, the gentle lady whose 'Life' was edited by Charles Jackson, Esq., of Doncaster, for the Surtees Society. The other Comber is described in Mr. Downing's 'Catalogue' as a justice of the peace for the North Riding, and doubtless belonged to the same family. rector of Morborne and Buckworth, in Hunts. He was born on his paternal estate of East Newton, near Helmsley, March 6, 1765; graduated A.B. at Jesus Coll., Camb.; was ordained in 1788 to the chapel of Dundry, near Bristol; became vicar of Creech St. Michael, near Taunton, Som., in 1793; and rector of Oswaldkirk, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, in 1813, where he died in March, 1839. He published several volumes and pamphlets, of which I shall be happy to furnish W. B. with a list, if the latter will send his adH. T. GRIFFITH. dress to Smallburgh Rectory, Norwich. A branch of the family of Comber intermarried with the Millers of Hants, and in Froyle Church, Hampshire, appear several achievements on the north side of the chancel, in particular, Quarterly, 1 and 4, A fess wavy az. between three wolfs' The whole series of MSS. must be most in- heads erased gules (Miller); 2 and 3, Or, a fess indented or, dancette gules, between three estoiles teresting, and Mr. Jackson's remarks in the pre-sable (Comber). I have other particulars in my face to Alice Thornton's 'Life' seem to me to apply with equal force to them. He says, "Works like possession relating to the family of Comber. HENRY A. H. GOODRIDGE, M.A. the present, from their intrinsic merit, have a 18, Liverpool Street, King's Cross. right to be considered publici as well as privati [Other contributors are thanked for replies to the juris. Do to them as Archbishop Matthew wrote same effect.] on the title of one of his favourite tomes, as a hint to its future possessor, Lege, Relege, Perlege." The MS. memoirs of the life and death of Alice Thornton, which is one of the series, may be the "tiny book" referred to by Mr. Jackson in the preface. 6 The MS., however, which appears to be of the deepest interest is described thus in Mr. Downing's Catalogue': "A Yorkshire Magistrate's Journal, 1744-1750. MS. Journal kept by Thos. Comber, Esq., of Marton, in the Parish of Sinnington, J.P. for the North Riding of Yorkshire (grandfather of the Rev. T. Comber, referred to in subsequent papers), containing hundreds of curious entries in reference to events of the district in which he lived, long entries relating to the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745, &c. 4to.". It is to be hoped that the fortunate possessor of this gem will be influenced by Mr. Charles Jackson's remarks, and at once take steps to get it published. I have a memorial of Dean Comber in the shape of a book on the fly-leaves of which he has written in a beautiful and small and clear hand, "Tho. Comber," and " sum ex lib. Tho: Comber Stongravens in Com Ebor. Apr. 16. 1664 pr 2o Profit." Dr. Marshall's Genealogist's Guide' should be consulted for references to pedigrees of Comber. W. F. MARSH JACKSON. Of Thomas Comber of Marton I know nothing, and should be glad to learn something. The second Thos. Comber mentioned by W. B. was great-grandson of the Dean of Durham of that name, being son and heir of Thos. Comber, LL.D., SITWELL STOTEVILLE (7th S. iii. 27, 154, 314, 397, 505; iv. 16). I must remind CANON TAYLOR that the question of my "utter ignorance "of the first rudiments of a science" in which I have, with "the rashness of youth," ventured to intervene, does not assist him in the point upon which he undertook to enlighten your readers. Putting aside my personality, how does the learned canon account for the absurd suggestion that the name Stuttgart "is derived from the German Stute, a mare, being the place where the Dukes of Würtemberg had their breeding stud"? 66 Let me ask the learned canon, Who is ignorant (he or I) of the plain fact that Stuttgart was so called centuries before the Dukes of Würtemberg Who is had any connexion with the place? ignorant (he or I) of the plain fact that it was a strong fort," and not a mare's nest, centuries before the Dukes of Würtemberg held it? And, lastly, who is ignorant (he or I) that inasmuch as this place was once a Gaelic stronghold, we must look to the word stout, and not to the German Stute, for a solution of the difficulty? If the learned canon and his school would humbly read Dr. Mackay's 'Gaelic Etymology of the English Language' they would save themselves from many similar falls. They eliminate common sense from their system, to say nothing of historical facts. Let them forget their petty systems, their laws, and begin at the rudiments which the canon hurls at me. I decline to answer MR. S. O. ADDY. He is not a great canon in my eyes. I told MR. ADDY the jealousy of literary and scientific compeers than of judicial severity or bigotry. that my statement as to Stuteville was not a guess, but was supported by evidence; and if he chooses to disbelieve me, I can only say I am sorry for it. MR. The paragraph which A. L. L. says is going the ADDY is very fond of correcting others, and he has round of the papers is, like most newspaper paraagain fallen into error. The query as to Stuttgart graphs, an ignorant medley. The Villa Medici was was mine, and not his, and it had no immediate never in any sense a prison, but was, and is, one of connexion with his. the most sumptuous palaces of Rome. In the bioBy the way, CANON TAYLOR asserts that I pre-graphy of Galileo, I believe by Biot, in the 'Biosume to instruct Prof. Skeat, "one of the greatest graphie Universelle,' is a letter of Galileo's, dated I never did anything of the sort; as 1633, in which he speaks of enjoying its delightful it happens, I humbly followed him, without having gardens. It was, indeed, the very opposite of a previously consulted his book, though I did, I prison, for, being the residence of a Tuscan ambasadmit, attempt to correct a much greater master sador, it was exactly the spot where, of all others, in CANON TAYLOR, and hence the " punishment' I have received. PYM YEATMAN. masters." SIR JOHN VANBRUGH (7th S. iv. 28).-The Chester registers have been searched and the bap; tisms of all the rest of the family-seven sons and six daughters—found therein, but not that of John. The register of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, which breaks off at the Fire of London until the rebuilding, is also blank. The biographical account prefixed to the edition of his plays published in 1759 states that he was born in the parish of St. Stephen, Walbrook, in 1666. He was buried in the church of St. Stephen, Walbrook, the register of which runs, "1726, March 21, was buried Sir John Vanburough in ye North Isle." There is a very good biography of Sir John Vanbrugh in the Encyclopædia Britannica,' eighth edition, vol. xxi. p. 515. C. P. In Walpole's 'Anecdotes of Painting' is a portrait of Sir John Vanbrugh, evidently an engraving taken from a picture, but no particulars are given of the original painting. D'Israeli mentions incidentally in one of his letters that Sir John was born in a house at Greenwich, and in the next Lady Vanbrugh, his widow, lived until her death in 1776, æt. ninety. It is, therefore, possible that he may have been buried at Greenwich; perhaps L'Estrange's History of Greenwich' says whether this is so. B. F. SCARLETT. A portrait of this architect will be found in Wornum's edition of Walpole's 'Anecdotes of Painting in England,' vol. ii. p. 638, 8vo. 1849. J. INGLE Dredge. GALILEO (7th S. iv. 9).—The story of the torture and ill treatment of Galileo by the Inquisition is one which people will, I suppose, always go on repeating, however authoritatively it is stamped out; or the succinct and dispassionate narrative of the whole affair in Whewell's History of the Inductive Sciences' (second edition, 1847, vol. i. p. 418-19, and notes Qand R) ought to have informed every one who pretends to have read anything of the true incidence of the events of that case. And any one can gather from it that the bothers that befell him were the work far more of a Tuscan was freest. With regard to his second detention (the same year), the same article says, "Il est certain, par les les cachots du S. Office, quoique le jugement le lettres de l'Ambassadeur, qu'il ne fut pas jeté dans dise." "S'il ne receva pas d'abord," proceeds the biographer, "son entière liberté, il eut pour prison le palais magnifique de l'archevêque de Sienne, Picand where he could write to and receive whom he colomini, son ami, entouré de superbes jardins," faithful and favourite servant. In December of pleased, and was always attended by his own the same year he had liberty to reside in the environs of Florence, and soon after to inhabit any part of his own Florence at will. Here he passed the remainder of his days," entouré d'élèves atFlorence renfermait de plus distingué,” and died tentifs et respectueux, visité par tout ce que in 1642 at the ripe age of seventy-eight. 16, Montagu Street, Portman Square. R. H. BUSK. FAMILY PRAYERS (7th S. iii. 517).-Your correspondent J. S. asks a question which has often exercised my mind, and one not easy to answer, as men's tastes in religious matters are extremely variable. From what I know of the works of J. D. Chambers I should say that probably his 'Order of Household Devotion,' from the ancient English offices, would be about the best. But I cannot speak with knowledge, for the book has long been out of print, and I have never succeeded in procuring a copy. I have used 'Prime and Compline' and 'The Primer,' both published by Masters; the first of these is the simplest. Another very good little book is 'Liturgia Domestica,' published by J. H. Parker. This, I fancy, is out of print. If any fault is to be found with it, it is that the prayers are, perhaps, too long. There is also 'The Office of Compline' (Church Printing Company), a useful office, but not well arranged, as the Creed is placed to be said kneeling, and the Collect for the Day is placed after the Collect for Light. There is great need for a really good collection of family prayers, drawn up on liturgical lines, in which all may take their share of prayer, praise, and thanksgiving. And, to my mind, any such book should contain the memorials of the black-letter saints in our London, C. & J. Rivington, 1826. The prayers Kingstanley, Glos. It is not easy to recommend a book of family prayers unless one knows the circumstances. It should be known, however, that Convocation a few years ago authorized two books, one of private, the It is probably no exaggeration to say that books other of family prayers. There are books by Canon of family prayer may be counted by the hundred. Carter (Masters) and Mr. Bodley (Skeffington), Convocation has lately put forth a manual which both much used by Church people. But for lay supplies Coleridge's desideratum. There are some folk (who do not go to daily prayer in church) very interesting remarks in an article, by the late nothing can be better in the long run than the Dean Alford, in the Contemporary Review, FebBook of Common Prayer. A few additional col-ruary, 1869, on 'Manuals of Family Prayer.' lects for special occasions could easily be supplied, EDWARD H. MARSHALL, M.A. and (if the daily lessons were not used) a reading could be added from some such book as the 'Daily Round.' If the prayers are good, it is an advantage to know them by heart, and they do not tire. W. C. B. The Lower House of Convocation has issued through Mr. J. Whittaker, of 13, Warwick Lane, 'The Book of Private Prayer,' and there was also published a few years since by Messrs. Cassell & Co. Convocation Family Prayers.' J. S. will, therefore, see that Coleridge's wish has been carried out, although I do not think we are any nearer having a generally acceptable domestic liturgy than we were before these two volumes were published. J. S. may not be aware of the existence of the following: Unsectarian Family Prayers,' by the Rev. H. R. Haweis; 'Prayers (Family), First and Second Series,' by George Dawson. For private devotions, if Thomas à Kempis has been cast aside, there are 'Hora Sacra,' Dumbleton's Private Prayers,' Wilson's Sacra Privata,' and scores of others. A. L. HUMPHREYS. 2, Kirchen Road, Ealing Dean. I would recommend Pravers Ancient and Modern, adapted for Family Use,' published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday. It contains prayers for six weeks, gathered from most varied sources, so that one escapes the sameness that must attend the continued use of one man's thoughts and language. If a liturgical form is required, nothing can be better than the Family Prayers' issued "by authority of the Upper House of Convoca tion" a few years ago. It is published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. ERNEST B. SAVAGE, F.S.A. St. Thomas, Douglas, Isle of Man, J. S. might find helpful "Prayers of Eminent Persons. Selected, arranged, and generally adapted to the Purposes of Family Worship and Private Devotion, by the Rev. Henry Clissold, M.A." Hastings. "The Family Prayer Book; or, Morning and Evening Prayers for Every Day in the Year, with Prayers and Thanksgivings for Special Occasions,' by the Rev. Edward Garbett, M.A., and the Rev. Samuel Martin, published by Messrs. Cassell, appears to answer the description of book required by J. S. EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road. WHEN WAS "APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES " FIRST USED? (7th S. iii. 248.) – MR. WALTON BROWN will find this subject fully discussed in 6th S. iv. 24, 72, 130, 171. The late MR. FRANCIS FRY said at p. 131: "These words [Authorized Version] are probably a name given to this version for convenience in common parlance, to indicate that it was authorized by the king to be used in the churches, although it is not known exactly in what way this authorization was expressed, if the version was authorized." JOHN RANDALL. 'THE COUNTRY BOX,' BY ROBERT LLOYD, M.A. (7th S. iv. 9).—Robert Lloyd was the son of the Rev. Dr. Lloyd, second master of Westminster School. Robert was educated under his father, afterwards repairing to Oxford, where in due time he graduated. Returning to Westminster, he acted for some time as a master, but the duties were irksome to him, and he gave up his post to devote his time to writing. The first work to gain him fame, if not money, was 'The Actor,' addressed to Bonnel Thornton, who was at that time one of his best friends, but who afterwards became his bitterest enemy. Mr. Lloyd was frequently in precarious straits, and finally he was confined in the Fleet for debt. Whilst in prison he supported himself with his pen. In conjunction with his friend Mr. Charles Denis he undertook a translation of the Contes Moraux' of Marmontel, and he also composed a ballad opera, 'The Capricious Lovers,' which was afterwards acted at Drury Lane. He died in prison of an illness brought on by the shock he received by the news of the death of his boon companion Churchill, and he was attended in his last illness by Churchill's sister, to whom he was engaged. His poems were collected and published. The "Poetical Works of Robert Lloyd, M.A., to which is prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by W. Kenrick, LL.D. 2 vols. [with vignette portraits]. London, printed for T. Evans in the Strand, 1774." "The Cit's Country Box, 1757,' is to be found in the first volume, p. 41. Rusholme, Manchester. ERNEST PARTINGTON. 6 Robert Lloyd was the son of Dr. Pearson Lloyd, second master of Westminster School. He was born in 1733; was educated at Westminster School, of which he afterwards became an usher; and died in the Fleet December 15, 1764. For an account of his life see Alumni Westmon.' (1852), pp. 357-8; Anderson's Poets of Great Britain,' vol. x. pp. 613-7; Chalmers's English Poets,' vol. xv. pp. 71-4; 'Poetical Works of Robert Lloyd, A.M.' (1774), vol. i. pp. v-xxxix. The Cit's Country Box' was written in 1757, and will be found in the first volume of the last-named book, pp. 41-6. G. F. R. B. In the Dyce Library here is an edition of the poetical works of Churchill's friend Robert Lloyd, to which is prefixed "An Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by W. Kenrick," 1774. 'The Cit's Country Box, 1757,' is in vol. i. R. F. SKETCHLEY. South Kensington Museum. MAZARINE BIBLE (7th S. iv. 28).—The subject of the Mazarine Bible has been often discussed, but an American brother should always be replied to. It would appear that 100 years ago the date of the Guttenburg Bible was not known; several early Bibles competed for the priority-notably those of Pfister of Bamberg and Mentelin of Strasburg-when the librarian of the Mazarine Library at Paris discovered in a copy of the Latin Bible there that the illuminator had added his name "Cremer," and date" 1456." From this it became obvious that the book had been printed a year or two earlier, and its date became fixed 1454-5. None but the Mentz press existed then; hence it became conclusively proved that the Latin Bible without date or printer's name must be the first known printed book, and could only have been printed by Guttenburg and his partners Fust & Schoeffer. There are about nine copies of the Mazarine Bible known on vellum, and about twenty on paper-the paper copies as a rule being earlier than the former. I appealed to the redoubtable bibliopole Bernard Quaritch (who has just given 2,650l. for a copy he sold to an eminent nobleman thirty years ago for 5951.) to tell this story; but he wrote me, in his characteristic way, "The subject has been so much written about that I should be laughed at and considered an idle person if I told the story again." Nevertheless, he told it to me, and I have told it imperfectly again. It is as well, perhaps, as it will be seen that it is altogether a misnomer and very misleading to call this book the Mazarine," only from the above circumstance of it being found in the Mazarine Library. JAMES ROBERTS BROWN. 66 So called because the copy in the Mazarine Library has a MS. subscription by the illuminator which fixes the date of the book. It had better be called the Guttenberg Bible. It is not a very rare book; several copies have come into the market the last few years-two last year. Quaritch gives some very interesting particulars about it in describing the Perkins copy in one of his 1873 catalogues. He says there are two varieties of this Bible; one issued by Guttenberg himself, probably in 1455, the second by "Fust in or after 1456, when he had legally robbed the inventor of his whole stock of types and copies." I should estimate that there are at least thirty copies of it-perhaps R. R. more. Boston, Lincolnshire. ledged with thanks.] [Very many replies to the same effect are acknow THE STOCKS AND THE PILLORY (7th S. iv. 9). -Consult 'N. & Q.,' 1st S. iv. 315, 395, 458; 2nd S. iii. 346, 396; vi. 245, 278, 300, 339, 403; vii. 39; viii. 59; xii. 109, 157; 4th S. i. 536, 570, 617; 454; iv. 36, for any information which may be iv. 116, 168, 187; v. 200; x. 6; 5th S. iii. 266, 354, required on this matter. EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road. [Some instances of stocks still existing are sent, and are at the service of MR. FEA.] So also the JUBILEE OF GEORGE III. (7th S. iv. 7).-The jubilee of George III. was held on the completion of forty-nine years of his reign, because the Israelitish " "jubilee" year, whence the idea of all jubilees has been taken, occurred at the completion of every forty-nine (seven times seven) years. "day of Pentecost" (i. e., fiftieth day) is, according to our reckoning, forty-nine days, or seven weeks, from the sixteenth day of Nisan, the day on which the first-fruits of the barley-harvest were gathered (see Deut. xvi. 9). There were, however, some medals struck in October, 1810, when the king completed fifty years of his reign. I possess a very handsome one. On the obverse is the bust of the king to right, with the inscription over it, "Long live the king": underneath, "George III." On the reverse, a |