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much attention to the investigation of tliese peciiharltics of teniu-e and their oriijin. If we cannot say that ho has satisfactorily shown whence they sprung, or wiiy they are so widely scattered, he has certainly collected much valuahle information, and made some useful suggestions, to assist those who may be disposed to go deeper into the subject. Perhaps it would be relieved of some needless ditficultics if the custom of Borough English, as it existed in towns, were investigated apart from the customs in manors which resemble it, and are, there is reason to believe, of later origin ; and in doing so, the early power of disposing of houses and land l)v will in such towns, a remnant of Anglo-Saxon law, is not to be dis- regarded, as it is an important element in judging of the reasonableness of the custom. These numerous exceptions from the general law, though in some manors they may be referrilde to mere caprice, seem to imply a social condition in certain localities, which history has very iniperl'ectly transmitted. Mr. Corner has ascertained that there were like customs to be found in Picardy, Artois, and some other jilaccs on the continent. From the Rev. J. Dale we have a contribution entitled " Extracts from Churchwardens' Accounts and other matters belonging to the parish of Bolney, contained in a MS. book of the time of Henry VIII." Among other curious items are some relative to the building of the steeple, and also the notices of the collections at " Hognel," which word, it is suggested in a note may, like Ilogmcnay, be a corrupt derivative from " an gurj Van neuf," the commencement of some verses sung on New Year's day. From those words, dropping the last, it is easy to understand that aug'lan might be obtained, and then, by a transposition not uncommon, aufjnal, and thence Ogncl and Ilogncl, as the word is spelt in those accounts. The Rev. F. Spurrell has furnished a description of the Architectural Reliques of Lewes Priory which are contained in the British Museum and the Museum at Lewes, with lithographs. One of the most remarkable is supposed to be part of a circular lavatory of black marble, ten or eleven feet in diameter, executed in the twelfth century. The same gentleman has contributed an Inventory of the g<tods of Cornelius Humphrey, a substantial yeoman of Xewhaven, in 1097 ; which shows what were then the home comforts and accommodation of persons of tliat class. And from tlie Rev. E. Turner we have a brief notice of the programme of the funeral ceremony of Sir Anthony Browne, Standard-bearer of Henry VIII., by whom he was held in great esteem, and was appointed one of the executors of his will. He received fr(jm his sovereign a grant of Battle Abbey after the dissolution. Hi; died in 1.1-18, and was interred in IJattle Church, where his tomb remains. I'l lU.lCATIO.NS Ol' THi; CA.M IIKI l)(i i; A N'l'K/l A Kl A N SOCII^TY. IVi.k- nn,'iit>» cjf !i <ircciil0jivi)ti;m work upon .Mii;;ii', I'roiii a rii|iyriis in tlu- llritinli MtiHfuni. IMitfil, wiili n 'rraimliition imd Notes, liy C. Wyi'liHc (iooilxvin, .M.A. Lv pulili-Iiiiig tills rciiiarkaliic IV.igmciit, tlic Ciunliridgc Aiitiipiaiian Society has done much to elucidate a very intiMcstiiig l)ninch of ini|uiry. Tli(r art of the magicians who withstood Mosch and Aaron, the strange magical iloctrines of hoiik; (tf the early Eastern liereti<'s, and the doings of the moih-iii Hgyptian magicians, alike receive illustration from tin; fragment

iiiil tlie v.ihiiihle noti's with which it is ai'coiiip.inird.