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London, England, 1824-09-22 00:00:00

LITERARY NOTICE.

ENCYCLOPEDIA of ANTIQUITIES and ELEMENTS
of ARCILEOLOGY. —By Rev. T. D. FOBI3HOILE,
F.S.A., &c.
With much pleasure we again advert to this
important work. It is the result of great erudi-
tion and laborious research; yet. the whole is con-
densed into a popular and entertaining form, by
adopting an alphabetical arrangement under each
Chapter. As its numbers have proceeded, we have
felt an increased interest in it; 21 Numbers have
-non! appeared. . .
CHAPTER X. consists of Manufactures—Trades—lnventions
--Useful Arts—Ornaments—Avocations—Officers, &c.—This
Chapter concludes the First Volume.
CHAPTEn XI. Earthworks—Fortresses—Rude Stonework..
—ln this Chapter Mr. Fosbroke acknowledges his obligations
to Sir Richard Hoare's valuable Work of Ancient Wilts ;
-without A study of which, accuracy respecting Earthworks is not

to be expected.
CHAPTER XII. Manners and Customs of Private Life
among the Laity.—From this we shall extract some interesting
articles in a future notice.
CHAPTER XIII. Festivities at particular Seasons—Theatri-
cals—Jugglers, Tumblers, Rope-danceri, &c.—Games of Skill
and Chance—Gymnasticke—Sports—RustieSports—Children's
Sports—Dancing—Musicals.—A very interesting chapter.
CHAPTER XlV.llistinctions of Rank and Ilonour.—Heral-
dick Matters.
CHAPTER XV. Druidicaland otherllcathen Superstitions—
' Obsolete Ecclesiastical Matters—Popular Superstitions—An-
atoms, Hermits, Nuns, Monks, Pilgrims, Continentes—Ly-
turgical Matters—Fasts, Festivals, and certain peculiar Reli-
gious Rites.
CHAPTER XVI. Military Antiquities.
• CuCHAPTER XVII. quadrupeds—liirds—Reptiles—Fish—
lnsects—Vegetables-11 arbles. 'This chapter chiefly applies
to symbols and curious particulars. Mr. Fosbroke says ‘ all
the accounts of vegetables are imperfect."
CHAPTER XVIII. Arms—Armour. This chapter is di-
vided into Sections—l. Anus and Armour of the Greeks,
Romans, and Barbarians. 11. Of the Britons, Anglo-Saxons,
lanes, Normans, and English.—From Dr. Meynek's value-
Ole work, on ancient Armour, many important additions were
made to this chatter.
CHAPTER XIX. Military Engines—Fire Arms.
CuanTrit XX. Costumes.
Under the head " Domesday Book" in Chapter X. Mr.
Fosbroke says, "The idea was seemingly taken from the Cates.
trent or book, front which assements were formed, mentioned by
Ulpian. Alfred is said to have had a Domesday." Then fol-
lows the most common Abbreviations with their explanations.
With respect to his opinion that it wan " in fact a survey of the
Crown Properly, not of the nation at large" we must, though
reluctantly, alai., if the assertions of Ingtilphus and Stow may
be credited ; the latter of whom says it was " a perfect survey
of the whole laud ; and Inguiphus says—
" King William, for the taxing of his whole land, tooke this
orders in all England, /hire was vol an hide of land, but he
, knew the valetee Meerut' n f the possessor also, neither moire nor
place there was, hut it was valued in The K;ulf a role the rents
and profits; the possession and the posseseor were made mani-
feet and knowne unto the King, according to the fidelitie of
taxers, which being chosen out ()revery country nixed or seized
their own territories, or made their °woo rent role. These
men well willers and friends to our Monasterie (Courland
Abbey) weighed not our tnonasterie ye full prise, nor to the,
true measure thereof, preventing of providing upon zealous af-
fection towardes us, for the King's taxation, and other burdens
that after might befall."
Such a role and very like (lid King A Ord once set forth,
in which lice taxed all the 'Wide of Englande by shires, hun-
dreds and tythings."
" In this role " were taxed and set downy, the Earledomes,
/ hundreds, tythings, woods, parks, and all fames, in every ter-
ritory, or precinct, how many carucates of Wide, how many
plough Woke, and acres, what pastures and ferles, or MR.
mites, what tenements and tenants were conteined, &c. Thus
tar ingulphus.
in ye•el mg's Treasury (slushwas iu ffieCritrcit of Wit-lac-4
ter, or Vs estminstero ltiot place caller) Doton4 Del, or God's
House, and so ye name et' the booke, therefore called Dotnus
. Doi, argil since shortly, Domesday.
In some few respects Mr. Fosbroke has fallen short of the
intended purpose ; several -articles being mentioned only by
Puttte, without their atitiquity being given. In many other in-
stances he has made ample retribution : the article Education
in Chapter X. is very curious.
The following front the. same chapter is amusing ;
Lo tenure Cu MS.—These cries consisted lov. Ilen. VI. of
.tine felthats and epectiteles, peas, strawberries, cherries, pep-
per, saffron, hot sheop'e feet, mackerel, green peas, ribs of
beef, pye, &c. In the Pepysian Library are two very ancient
sets of cries, cut in wood,- with inscriptions; among others,
" my rope of onions, white Sir Thomas's onyons ; rosemary
and hays ; breed and meat tbr poor prisoners: ends of' gold or
silver ; markyng stones ; a mat for a bed ; maids hang out your
lights; glasses, fine glasses; a tanker-bearer; maribones,
maids, maribones; ells or yeardes ; handstringes or hand-
-kereher bottom; a brush or a table; book; smalbconl a penny
pecke ; I have screnes at your desire, to keeps your butey
iron the fire ; buy a cocke, or a gelding (capon)." In the
reign of Charles If. they diflineel much from those now in use.
It was formerly a practice of the mesicians to set the London
Cries to musick, retaining the very musical notes of them.—
It appears front Tom Brown, &c. that beaks were not only
cried, but that persons stood at the doors of coffee-houses .and
cried to invite paieengertn—P. 417.