W.
[Footnote 1: A daughter of the late Joseph Shrimpton, Esq., of High
Wycombe.]
_Dutch Language_.--"E. VEE" will be indebted to "ROTTERODAMUS," or any
other correspondent, who can point out to him the best _modern_ books
for acquiring a knowledge of the Dutch language,--an Anglo-Dutch
Grammar and Dictionary.
_Horns_.--1. Why is Moses represented in statues with horns? The idea
is not, I think, taken from the Bible.
2. What is the reason for assigning horns to a river, as in the
"Tauriformis Aufidus."
3. What is the origin of the expression "to give a man horns," for
grossly dishonouring him? It is met with in late Greek.
L.C.
Cambridge, March 27.
_Marylebone Gardens_.--In what year did Marylebone Gardens finally
close?
NASO.
_Toom Shawn Cattie_.--I find these words (Gaelic, I believe, from
_Tom John Gattie_) in an old Diary, followed by certain hieroglyphics,
wherewith I was wont to express "_recommended for perusal_." I have
lost all trace of the recommender, and have hunted in vain through
many a circulating library list for the name, which I believe to
be that of some book or song illustrating the domestic life of our
Western Highlanders. Can any of your readers assist me in deciphering
my own note?
MELANION.
_Love's Last Shift_.--In the first edition of Peignot's _Manuel du
Biblioplide_, published in 1800, the title of Congreve's "Mourning
Bride" is rendered "L'Epouse du Matin.
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