Notes On Literature , Science And Art.

the memories of the people . * * * Still \ he old instinct survives , and we do not cease to love the lore which our fathers loved , mythical and fabulous though it may be . The mind easily grasps what it cannot see and Avhen ideas are Avedded to familiar

objects they are easily retained , and we unconsciously clothe our hero-Guys with all the attributes of heroism , and our Godiva ' s with the perfection of goodness and of charity . Give these embodiments of loveof valourand of beauty a local

, , habitation , and Ave have a key to the charm which the novelist and the poet throw round the objects they describe . " And " old names , " he tells us , " frequently guide the etymologist to some long forgotten battle-field , ancient temple , or lonely tomb .

Hartshill and Yarningale have been pointed out as instances of this . Brailes indicates anoutAVork , and here are fortifications , . the outAVork of the greater fortifications on Edge-hills . Donniiee , the ancient name of Baudesert , Avould imply the place nf the fort . The Roman station of

Bennones evidently alludes to its site at the top of the hill , as Manduesednm shoAvs that it Avas the seat of the stone ; and in its modern name , Mancetter , Ave have literally the stone camp , the British prefix being added to the Saxon castra . There is scarcely a parish in Warwickshire Avhich

does not possess a field or hillock known as the Castle Hill or field , though Ave knoAV that no castle in the mediaeval sense of the term ever stood there . The name points to the older tongue , Avhen the ccesail stone fort , or fortified dAvelling of the old

inhabitants , stood on the spot . There is one of these fields close to the scene of the legend of the bell at Whitnash . There are two castle sites at Fillongley , one of the modern moated , fortified dwelling , the other belonging to the older time and

people , and is a good example of these ancient dwellings . Frequently , however , as at Allesley , the older mound has been adapted to the more modern purpose . Warwick and TamAvorth mounds are probabl y other instances . "

I could take Mr . Burgess to a Castle Hill within four miles of my study , remarkably perfect , "though Ave know that no castle in the mediaeval sense of the term ever stood there , "—it being simply a camp on an eminence above the Leven ,

which washes one side of it . My friend , Mr . Thomas Gail , kindly accompanied me to the place some years ago , and sketched it very accurately for my " History of Cleveland , " the engraving in Graves , being poor , and Ord passing it by Avithout an illustration . The site is remarkably

Avellchosen , as signals could be seen at once from all the Cleveland hills , Avhich Avere one chain of defences in the days of the Brigantes . At Northallerton too , was a Castle Hill , really a camp on an eminencewhich was destroyed in making

, the railway , of Avhich Ingledew has given us an illustration . It Avould be interesting to examine and report on all the Castle Hills in the country , before they are obliterated from the laud .

We will return to Mr . Burgess s book in other numbers of the Magazine , that p leasure and profit may be the result . I will only say now , that I am glad to learn the Society of Antiquaries in London have clone themselves honour by electing him a Fellow . Although perhaps the best

antiquary in AVarwickshire , I am told that he would not have been eligible for election had he been engaged in any retail trade . This is a piece of flunkeyism Avhich ( if I am correctly informed ) said society Avould do Avell to '' reform it altogether , " as

Hamlet Avould say . They remind me of the snob AA'IIO inquired for " the gentlemen ' s lodge of Freemasons , "—just as though the practice of genuine Freemasonry would not make the poorest brother a true gentlemen , as the study of antiquities Avould make even a retail dealer a true

antiquary . I am glad of the recognition , though it is really such men as Mr . Burgess Avho are honouring the Society of Antiquaries , and not the society Avho is honouring them . Mr . D . SteAvart , of AVarwick Chambers , Paternoster Rowhas commenced a reprint

, of Old English NeAvspapers , Avhich will be acceptable to the student of history , especially of the reign of the first Charles , and the struggle betAveen him and the Parliament . Part 1 , UOAV before me , gives for a shillingthe " Diurnall Occurences

, from 27 . December to the 3 , of January , 1641 , " telling how . the London apprentices , then a formidable body for mischief , broke into Westminster Abbey , and Avere repulsed for the time by the servants of the Arch-