prefixed to each. The work contains between five and six thousand additional examples, the result of original research, not merely supplementary to Nares, but to other compilations of the kind. A Glossary of North Country Words in use, from an original Manuscript in the Library of John George Lambton, Esq., M.P., with considerable Additions. By JOHN TROTTER BROCKETT, F.S.A. 8vo. Pp. xxxvi and 244. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1825. [Second Edition.] 8vo., pp. xii and 343. Ib. 1829. The author may be permitted to denominate this an entire new work, rather than a second edition of his former publication.'-Preface, p. v. -Third Edition, corrected and enlarged. 2 vols. 8vo., pp. xxv and 254; and 242. Ib. 1846. Every-day Book; or everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, The Table-book. By WM. HONE. 2 vols. 8vo. Ib. 1827-8. These five vols. are sometimes issued together; they have frequently been re-issued by Messrs Tegg. They well illustrate popular customs, &c. A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and Uncommon Words, Antiquated Phrases, &c. . . with Historical Notices of Ancient Customs, Manners, &c. By WILLIAM TOONE. 12mo., pp. viii and 467. London, 1832. 2nd ed., with additions. 12mo. Ib. 1834. The Graphic and Historical Illustrator; an original Miscellany of Literary, Antiquarian, and Topographical Information. By E. W. BRAYLEY. 4to., pp. iv and 416. London, 1834. Quarterly Review (Feb. 1836), No. 110: contains an Article on the Local Dialects of England, written by the REV. RICHARD GARNETT. Afterwards reprinted in Garnett's Philological Essays, pp. 41–77. A History of English Rhythms. By EDWIN GUEST, M.A. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1838. See vol. ii. pp. 187-207, for remarks on the varieties of our Dialects, with references to our old dramatists who made some of their characters speak in a provincial dialect. A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language, etc. By the REV. J. In the Preface, at p. xxvii, is a list of the principal books upon English dialects; and in pp. xxviii-xxxiii are specimens of the Craven, the Derbyshire, the Exmoor, the Lancashire, and the Somersetshire dialects. *A General Dictionary of Provincialisms, written with a view to rescue from oblivion the fast fading relics of bygone days. By WILLIAM HOLLOWAY. 8vo., pp. 218 (double columns). Sussex Press, Lewes, 1839. Far from being a general Dictionary, the compiler appears to have seen only the following works, viz., Tim Bobbin's Lancashire Dialect, Grose's Glossary (but without Pegge's additions), the first edition of the Craven Dialect, Jennings' Somersetshire dialect, Forby's Vocabulary of East Anglia, and Specimens of Yorkshire Dialect. The work, nevertheless, contains much that is new with respect to the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Hampshire. *A Bibliographical List of the works that have been published towards illustrating The Provincial Dialects of England. By JOHN RUSSELL SMITH. 12mo., pp. 24. London, J. R. Smith, 1839. The Nursery Rhymes of England. Arranged in Classes, with an Historical Introduction. Edited by J. O. HALLIWELL. Post 8vo. London (Percy Society), 1842. 5th edition. 12mo. Ib., 1853. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales; with historical elucidations. By J. O. HALLIWELL. 12mo., pp. xi and 276. Ib., J. R. Smith, 1849. On the Language and Dialects of the British Islands. By the REV. RICHARD GARNETT. Several papers. Philological Society's Transactions, 1844-5. Reprinted in Garnett's Essays, 1859. On the North-Anglian Dialect. By J. M. KEMBLE. Phil. Soc. Trans. 1845. MS. List of Provincialisms. By DR ROOTS, of Kingston. See Phil. Soc. Trans. 1845, ii. 149. Lost. MS. List of Provincialisms. By REV. DR WILLIAMSON. See Phil. Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England. Edited by JAMES H. DIXON. Post 8vo. London (Percy Society), 1846. Reprinted in Bell's Annotated Edition of the English Poets; and again by Charles Griffin. Ib., n. d. A Collection of Proverbs and Popular Sayings, relating to the *A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. By JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, Esq., F.R.S. 2 vols. 8vo., pp. xxxvi and 960. Fifth edition. London, J. R. Smith, 1865. The first edition appeared in 1847. An Historical Sketch of the Provincial Dialects of England extracted from the 'Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words.' By JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL. 8vo. London, J. Russell Smith, 1847. Denham Tracts; or a few Pictures of the Olden Time, in connexion with the North of England and Isle of Man. By MICHAEL AISLABIE DENHAM. 12mo. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, G. B. Richardson, 1851-59. There is a catalogue of these tracts, which must be looked to. *A Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English. By THOMAS WRIGHT. 2 vols. 8vo. London, H. G. Bohn, 1857. (In Bohn's Philological and Philosophical Library.) A Volume of Vocabularies. Edited by THOMAS WRIGHT. 8vo. Liverpool (privately printed). 1857. A second volume has since appeared. A new edition, combining both volumes, will shortly be published by Messrs Trübner. *The Philological Essays of the late REV. RICHARD GARNETT. Edited by his son. 8vo. London, 1859. Contains an Essay on English Lexicography, pp. 1-40; on English Dialects, pp. 41-77; and on the Languages and Dialects of the British Islands, pp. 147-195. Choice Notes from Notes and Queries;' Folklore, Local Dialects, &c. 12mo. Tales and Recollections of the Southern Coast. By W. CLAYTON. 1861. Deuxième Catalogue des Ouvrages destinés à faciliter l'étude comparative des langues Européennes, édités par le Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte. Londres, 1862. (Privately printed.) Ouvrages publiés par le Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, dans le courant de l'année 1862, après l'impression de son deuxième catalogue. (Privately printed.) The Prince has presented copies of these two catalogues to the E. D. S. On some leading characteristics of Northumbrian, &c. By R. B. PEACOCK. Philological Society's Transactions, 1862-3; pp. 234-264. -reprinted in 8vo., pp. 35. Berlin, A. Asher; London, Bell and Daldy, 1863. Also in 1869, at the end of his Glossary of the dialect of the hundred of Lonsdale. The Book of Days; a Miscellany of Popular Antiquities. Edited by Essay on local words); in the (July, 1865.) By REV. C. SWAINSON. 8vo., To these may be added the following:*A MS. Collection of Provincial Words, by Bishop Kennett; MS. Lansdowne 1033, in the British Museum. Often referred to in Halliwell's Dictionary; a collection of considerable importance. A transcript of it has been kindly lent to the E. D. S. by Mr Medlicott. *A MS. Provincial Glossary, including a Collection of Obscure and Antiquated Words, Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions, forming a supplement to Grose's Provincial Glossary. By D. A. 1867; and now in the The Glossary is par Purchased by Sir F. Madden of Thomas Rodd in possession of the E. D. S. The author is unknown. ticularly strong in English words used in Ireland. GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE: contains several useful notes, especially at the following references, viz. vol. iii. p. 532 (on West Country dialect); vol. xvi. (1746), pp. 297, 352, 405 (on the Devonshire dialect); 1790, pt. i. pp. 26, 294 (on Provincial Glossaries); Dec. 1793, p. 1038 (on Local Expressions); 1820, pt. i. pp. 115, 116, 202, 411; 1825, pt. i. 396 (on Yorkshire terms for corporal punishment); 1826, pt. ii. p. 620 (review of Jennings' Somersetsh. Glos., with additions); 1827, pt. i. p. 320 (on Stump pye); 1829, pt. ii. pp. 142, 316, 408, 488 (review of Brockett, &c.); 1830, pt. i. p. 37 (review of Forby); 1832, pt. ii. p. 290, and 1833, pt. i. p. 386 (on the word Foy-boat); 1833, pt. 1. pp. 290, 424 (on Spurring); 1836, pt. i. pp. 499, 606 (North of England); 1836, pt. ii. p. 589, and 1838, pt. ii. 489 (on the Shetland dialect); 1839, pt. ii. 239; 1840, i. 31; &c. &c. MONTHLY MAGAZINE: contains several useful articles. See especially the following, viz. 1813; 1814, pt. i. p. 31 (Berwickshire); 1814, pt. ii. p. 114 (on S. Wilts.); id. pp. 127, 331 (Somerset); p. 498 (Essex); 1815, pt. i. p. 125 (Essex); id. p. 127 (Lancashire); 1815, pt. ii. p. 297 (Derby); 1816, pt. i. pp. 312, 494 (Derby); &c. &c. NOTES AND QUERIES. First Series, vols. i. to xii., 1850-55; Second Series, vols. i. to xii., 1856-61; Third Series, vols. i. to xii., 1862-67; Fourth Series, vols. i. to xii., 1868-73; Fifth Series, vol. i., &c., 1874—. The indices to N. and Q. will prove of small use to the E. D. S., because there is no special heading for provincialisms. A complete index of these provincialisms ought to be made at once. Members who will volunteer to do this are requested to apply to the Secretary. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. By the Rev. E. C. BREWER, LL.D. 8vo, pp. vi. and 979. London, n. d. We may also note the Chapters on Dialects in The English Language, by R. G. LATHAM, M.A., M.D., F.R.S. See chapters vi. to xvi., in part ii.; pp. 342-411, 5th ed. 1862. It is beyond the scope of this present list to mention the numerous books which may incidentally prove of use, such as the works of Gerard, Culpepper, Gervase Markham, Blome's Gentleman's Recreation, and the like. It must also be borne in mind that there are numerous Technical Glossaries which may occasionally be serviceable, especially such as relate to gardening, husbandry, farriery, mining, manufactures, and other subjects wherein provincial words are occasionally used. SECTION II.-WORKS WHICH ILLUSTRATE THE DIALECTS OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND. Bedfordshire.-*An Orthoëpical Analysis of the English Language; or an Essay on the nature of its simple and combined sounds; the manner of their formation by the vocal organs; the minute varieties which constitute a depraved or provincial pronunciation, and the inadequacy of attempting to explain them by means of the English alphabet. The whole illustrated and exemplified by the use of a new Orthoëpical Alphabet, or Universal Character, which (with a few additions) furnishes an easy method of explaining every diversity of language and dialect among civilized nations; to which is added a minute and copious analysis of the Dialect of Bedfordshire. Designed for the use of Provincial Schools. By T. BATCHELOR, author of 'Village Scenes, and other poems,' and of 'A general View of the Agriculture of the co. of Bedford.' 8vo; pp. viii and 165. London, 1809. Berkshire. The Unton Inventories relating to Wadley and Faringdon, in 1596 and 1620. Edited, with a Memoir of the family of Unton, by JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS. For the Berkshire Ashmolean Society. Sm. 4to. Reading, 1841. Glossary of Berkshire Provincialisms by WILLIAM HEWETT, Junr. (Unpublished.) Reading, 1847. The Scouring of the White Horse. [By T. HUGHES, M.P.] Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. 1859. Contains several specimens of the Berkshire dialect, including songs; also the Zong of the Zummezetshire old Geamster, p. 120. See especially the Ballad of the Scouring of the White Horse,' p. 71; 'The Lay of the Hunted Pig,' p. 139; 'Cupid's Garden,' p. 163; Tovey's Tap,' p. 166; 'Gaarge Ridler's Oven,' p. 170; Buttermilk Jack,' p. 171; "The Barkshire Tragedy,' p. 158; Cork Job, a Berkshire Legend,' p. 225. *A Glossary of Provincial Words used in Berkshire. LOUSLEY.] Post 8vo, pp. 14. London, J. Gray Bell, 1852. [By JOB A few remarks on the Berkshire dialect will be found in Vol. IV. of NICHOLS' Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, 4to, 1783; pp. 55-57; see also pp. 50 and 80. Buckinghamshire. The only specimen of the dialect of this county is to be found in a Dialogue with a Buckinghamshire peasant quoted from Good Words of July, 1869, in the Times, July 12, 1869. It may be observed also, that Bp Kennet's 'Parochial Antiquities' is chiefly concerned with 'Ambrosden, Burcester, and other adjacent parts in the Counties of Oxford and Bucks.' Cheshire. An Attempt at a Glossary of some Words used in Cheshire. By ROGER WILBRAHAM, Esq., F.R.S. and F.S.A. See pp. 13-42 of vol. xix. of the Archæologia (published by the Antiquarian Society of London). |