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Contents of Periodical Publications. London: LONGMANS. GREEN & CO. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. 368. By THOMAS SPENCER BAYNES, LL.D., Late Professor of Logic, Metaphysics, and English Literature in the University of St. Andrews, and Editor of the Ninth Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.' With a Biographical Preface by Prof. LEW18 CAMPBELL. The Essays in this volume consist of three articles which appeared in Fraser's Magazine, 1879-80, entitled What Shakespeare learnt at School,' the article on Shakespeare which appears in the Encyclo Edinburgh: DAVID DOUGLAS, 10, Castle-street. pædia, and one on English Dictionaries which appeared in the Edin London: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO. burgh Review of July, 1868. London: LONGMANS, GREEN & CO. LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1894. CONTENT S.-N° 121. NOTES:-Joan I. of Naples, 301-The Eve of Naseby, 303- -"Crepusculum," 306. QUERIES:-Leo Zaringicus-Cleveland-Duke of Kingston -Author Wanted-Glasgow University-"Hey, Johnnie Cope "--Bombardment of Barton-Egyptian Dynasties Yate-Shelley: The Question'-Baildon: Holdenby, 307 -Arkwright-Pilgrimages in London'-Folk-lore-Stow's 'London-Bonfires - Drawings-Harvey-Preston Candover Churchwardens' Accounts, 308-Sir Thomas Hasely and) are in a heavy, perhaps vinous, slumber (more probably under the influence of some strong narcotic administered to them in their wine). Friar Robert is away in the capital. Mabrice, one of the queen's maids, enters the royal bed-chamber and arouses the prince by telling him that a messenger is waiting without and wishes to deliver him some very important verbal message. The Prince rises, walks across the bed-chamber to a On quitting the queen's room, dressing-room. the door is suddenly fastened behind him, so as to prevent his return, and the next moment he is in the clutches of five assassins (he himself being wholly unarmed and off his guard). A fierce struggle ensues. Andrew fights hard for dear life, REPLIES:-Charles Bailey, 309-End-leaves of Books-The but is finally overcome and a cord is slipped round Pharaoh of the Oppression, 311-Rood Lofts, &c.-Henry his neck. His assassins drag him along the pasVII.'s Entry into London-Sophy Dawes-Engraving, 312 -Golf-Browning or Southey-Accurate Language-In- sage and, still struggling, force him over a stone scriptions to Dogs, 313-Title of Prince George-Thomas balcony. A few minutes thereafter he dangles a Miller, 314-Composer Wanted - English Prosody. 315- corpse from the balustrade. In the mean time an London Street Tablets-Nelson's Marriage, 316-"Oof "Hungarian waiting-woman (the prince's old nurse, Crape-Small-pox, 317-Bourchier Cleeve-Strike-Horses faithful Isolda) hears or sees the struggle and raises -Stout-Healthy-Wawn Armorial Bearings-Sir Robert an alarm, whereupon the murderers drop the body Stone, 318. from the balcony, and decamp, leaving the dead Andrew lying on the lawn below.* -Robert Brough-The Gazette de Londres,' 309. NOTES ON BOOKS:-Gomme's Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland'-Horne's 'Binding of Books'-Hardy and Page's 'Calendar to the Feet of Fines for London and Middlesex'-Ogle's 'Marquis D'Argenson.' Notices to Correspondents. Fotes. JOAN I. OF NAPLES. Mr. Baddeley does not tell his readers what became of Mabrice, who brought the false message, nor why she or the queen did not raise an alarm, as they both must have heard the struggle and Andrew's shrieks for help. The only information he vouchsafes is that the queen was paralyzed with terror and that her reason was in an hysterical mist. Joan's standing excuse when called upon to punish the murderers was that she did not know who they were. Surely Mabrice could have supplied We have the authority of Petrarch, as we saw, for the statement that Andrew was the mildest and her some valuable clue. But perhaps Mr. Baddemost inoffensive of men (mitissimus innocentis-ley has not consulted Muratori at all, and is not simusque hominum), and it is therefore hardly credible and utterly at variance with his character, what one or two of the chronicles state about him, namely, that he was having some flags specially prepared for his coronation, bearing the picture of an executioner's axe and a pair of manacles, wishing, we are told, to intimate thereby that he would take bloody revenge on all his enemies so soon as he was crowned King of Naples. This threat, as some writers allege, greatly alarmed the guilty parties, and Andrew's death was therefore decided upon by them out of sheer self-defence. Omitting all the graphic details introduced by Mr. Baddeley for the purpose of heightening the dramatic effect of the narrative, his version of the murder is briefly as follows. It is Sept. 18, 1345, the eve of the day (preceding that) fixed for Andrew's coronation. Naples being too hot, the royal couple are in villeggiatura at Aversa, and occupy apartments in (or rather adjoining to) the convent of San Pietro a Majella. It is late at night, and the court has retired to rest. The Hungarian suite (have been dismissed by Andrew aware of the fact that the story of Andrew's murder as related by him is nothing else but an expurgated version of the account given by Gravina. In fact it is this author's account with Joan's part "excised at any cost." According to the Ghibelline chronicler, while Andrew was struggling with his assassins outside the bed-chamber and shrieking for help, Joan kept silent and did absolutely nothing to save her husband's life and when the nurse came to her door and called aloud for Andrew the queen pretended not to hear her. Mr. Baddeley seems to be completely ignorant of the fact that we possess Joan's own version of how the body of Andrew was found and how she first heard of his death. It is contained in a letter addressed by her to the Republic of Florence, |