540 NOTES AND QUERIES. [io» s. iv. DK. 30,iwe. from ire, to go. Thus the meaning would be " coming-near-to." In many languages the Deity when favourable is said to draw near (prope ire) to bis worshipper, in order to hearken to his prayer or receive Ins sacrifice. We may instance the use of Heb. garab, as in Psalm Ixix. 18. and the Assyrian Jcirubu, propitious, favourable, from kara.hu, to draw near. Even in the Gothic runes we find " sul gi- niaera" (= nare) as a prayer for the dead, exactly •corresponding to the Latin formula "animie in upii i'.-i m- (Deus)." See G. Stephens, ' Handbook of Old Northern Runic Monuments,' p. 250. We would also query why Prof. Skeat alleges •o'oA.c^os as the Greek for womb, a rare word only found, we think, in Uesychius, when the ordinary word is StA^us. Who will have imagined that it is at bottom the same word as our "calf"? The book is crammed with similar suggestive identifi- cations, all brought under the head of law, to the •exclusion of mere guesswork. There cannot be found a more trustworthy introduction to a subject •of fascinating interest. Who's Who, 1906.—Who's Who Year-Book, 1906. (A. &C. Black.) Fi»; those engaged in literary and journalistic pur- suits ' Who's Who' remains the must trustworthy And important work of personal reference. Its utility has now stood the test of many years' con- otant use. Interesting features appear for the first time in the present issue, which occupies nearly a hundred pages more than the volume for 1905. Among these are motor and telephone numbers and telegraphic addresses, with, in many cases, records of a man's children of both sexes. As regards the ' Year-Book,'containing the tables originally forming part of ' Who's Who," but now, to the great gain in convenience and portability, transferred to u separate volume, progress is also f>erceptible. It is a misfortune to the present as to all annuals that the change in Parliament will follow close upon the appearance of the volumes. The Literary Year-Book and Bookman's Directory, 1906. (Routledge & Sons.) To a certain extent 'The Literary Year-Book ' and 'Who's Who' are complementary to each other, though each has independent features. In the former the list of writers is hardly extensive, when it is considered that it includes some foreigners. What may be regarded as supplementary informa- tion is ample and useful. An Almanack for 1906. By Joseph Witaker, F.S. A. (Whitaker & Sous.) WHAT claims with justice to be the best annual in existence appears afresh with new and important features. An enormous variety of contents is in- cluded. The arrangement is the same as previously, and the man of experience knows at a glance where to look for information he will find nowhere else. Whitaker » Peerage for the Year 1906. (Whitaker ft Sons.) THE cheapest and handiest of peerages is again in our hands. How closely it is up to date is shown by the appearance of the name of the second Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, whose accession belongs to the close of 1905. MB. W. A. GLEMNT writes: "In 'N. & Q.' of the 9th inst. W. C. B. mentions the death of Mr. E.J. Sage. You may like to have a few lines of mine to his memory. He was an antiquary well versed in Essex lore, and formerly resided at Mark's Gate, Dagenliam, and was the chief authority in that district on all historical matters. He was a Commissioner of the Public Library of Stoke Newington, where he resided for yean, and was formerly one of the municipal body there. His own library and collections were priceless, and he was a diligent seeker of all documents, prints, or works of a topographical nature. A large circle of friends were privileged to see his library if they took an interest in literature. His know- ledge of Essex pedigrees and heraldry in general was at the disposal of those who search into these intricate subjects, and he had perused hundreds of old wills at Doctors' Commons merely for their anti- quarian information. Mr. Sage was also a valued correspondent of 'N. & Q.' His father was for a long period the Deputy-Steward of the manor of Barking in the time of Sir Edward Hulse, Bart., when the number of tenants and the amount of unenfranchised land were considerable." JJoticts 10 OJflrrrspotibnits. H't mn*t call special attention to I he notice*:— ON all communications must be written the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for pot- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. WE cannot undertake to answerqueriea privately. To secure insertion of communications corre- spondents must observe the following rules. Let each note, query, or reply be written on a separate slip of paper, with the signature of the writer and such address as he wishes to appear. When answer- ing queries, or making notes with regard to previont entries in the paper, contributors are requested to put in parentheses, immediately after the exact heading, the series, volume, and page or pages !•• which they refer. Correspondents who repeat queries are requested to head the second com- munication "Duplicate." E. SMITH ("Dates of Eighteenth-Century Per- formances of Shakespeare ").—Genest's ' Account of the English Stage,' 10 vols., gives all information accessible. C. HESKETH ("Joseph Capper ").—Not suited to our columns. J. A. B. ("Gashed with honourable scars").— From James Montgomery's ' Battle of Alexandria.' GREGORY GRUSELIKR (" Greeneville and Tus- culum College ").—Tusculum Degrees were discussed at great length in 8"1 S. vi., vii., viii. MEDICOLOS ("Bible 'appointed to be read in churches'").—Fully discussed at 6th S. iv. 34, 7i 130, 171. See especially the late FBAKCIS FRY'S remarks at p. 131. LADY RUSSELL, Da. 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