as well as we do that these latter are as much entitled to the designation animal as are those which he classes under that heading. In a Cornish Township with Old Vogue Folk. By Dolly Pentreath. Illustrated by Percy R. Craft. (Fisher Unwin.) "N. & Q.cannot undertake to draw attention to works which come under the designation of novels. Were we to violate this rule the inflow would be so vast that there would be little room left for the questions and answers of our correspondents. The pretty volume before us must be an exception, for the good reason that it is written from first to last in the racy Cornish dialect. We confess when we began to read it was for the manner, not for the matter. But soon a change came over us; we became absorbed in the story, and forgot all about the language in which it was clothed. We shall have to begin again to read it for dialect purposes. The Churches and Churchyards of Teviotdale. By James Robson. (Hawick, W. Morrison.) THIS is a useful compilation. It makes no claim beyond that of giving an account of the parish churches now existing. The rural districts of Scotland are poor in remains of ecclesiastical art. There are several reasons for this. The storms consequent on the Reformation raged more violently north of the Border than on the southern side; consequently the destruction of the tangible relics which reminded the people of a past they abhorred was more thoroughgoing and complete. We imagine, also, that there never was so great a number of fine churches in Scotland as we know to have existed here. Scotland in the Middle Ages was a far poorer country than many parts of England. It was also constantly desolated by wars, not only between the two kingdoms, but also between rival clans and their leaders. The few who had wealth and artistic feeling would not care to raise stately fabrics, which were certain to be given to the flames the next time the Percy or the Nevil crossed the Border. From what we have seen and heard we have come to the conclusion that the Scotchmen of the last three centuries have had the faculty for writing racy monumental inscriptions in a far higher degree than their southern brethren. Mr. Robson's collections certainly go far towards demonstrating this. We wish we could transfer many of those which he has collected to our own pages. One of them is very noteworthy, if, indeed, "spell" means, as it seems to do, an incantation. It was erected in 1717 by a sorrowful husband in memory of his wife, and runs thus: O bitter feat then did I say, Depraived of wife and health am I, Fisik and spell dos not prevell Lord to my long home would I be. The work has an introduction contributed by Dr. Murray, editor in chief of the 'N. E. D.' We have received Parts V. to VIII. of Mr. A. Gibbons's Notes on the Visitation of Lincolnshire, 1634 (Lincoln, Williamson). It contains matter of far more than mere local interest. The account given of the Scropes of Cockrington is especially important. There is no race of more illustrious lineage; nor is it merely because the Scropes have a long pedigree and have made noble alliances that their annals are interesting. We could mention families with a longer pedigree than theirs, but there is not one whose name is more intimately bound up with the history of the North of England. Their well-known bearing, Azure, a bend or, is said to have glowed in the windows of every northern minster-it is in that of York still. One of the race, Richard, Arch bishop of York, was put to death-murdered is perhaps the more fitting term-during the Ruthless wars of the White and the Red, and was in pre-Reformation times venerated as a saint by the Yorkshire folk. His shrine in the minster was adorned by a great number of costly objects, all of which went to help to fill the royal coffers when the days of pillage came. Another of the line, Adrian Scrope, commanded a troop of horse for the Parliament during the great Civil War. He served the cause he had espoused with great fidelity, and became one of the king's judges, for which he suffered death by the horrible high-treason indexes which these parts contain will be of service to punishment after the Restoration. The portions of Lincolnshire antiquaries as well as to many others who take but slight interest in local genealogy. On February 22 there died at Teignmouth, South Devon, a frequent contributor to our columns. Miss Emily Cole, a friend of the late Mr. W. J. Thoms, had been an occasional contributor to and constant reader of N. & Q.' from its commencement. Her father, Mr. Robert Cole, F.S.A., was a London solicitor, and a wellknown collector of autographs, his collection being one of the finest of his day. 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