. The spelling Witeham (for the former) in Domesday Book suffices. The medial -e-, as in many other examples, regularly represents an A.-S. -an, so that wite means A.-S. witan, gen. of wita, a "wit" or counsellor, also used as a proper name; whence Witham means "Wita's home," as I have said already. The spelling Witteham merely means that the i is short, as is the fact. The welcome note on guith in Old Welsh (ante, p. 466) shows quite clearly that (as I expected) it has nothing whatever to do with Witham. It was meant to explain the name of the Isle of Wight, which it entirely fails WALTER W. SKEAT. to do. Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, &c. La Bretagne. Par Gustave Geoffroy. (Hachette & Cie.) In the latest annual Messrs. Hachette quit the domain of Art for that of Nature. In place of L'Enfant' and other subjects of recent giftbooks, they now present us with a rhapsody concerning Brittany, written by a son of the soil, and inspired by a patriotic appreciation of its beauties. Superb photographs, attaining the latest degree of excellence in what may now claim to be art, illustrate a volume of singular attractions, and recall to the traveller spots of inexhaustible picturesqueness and interest. To the journeying Englishman Brittany is as well known as it is to the average Frenchman, and there are few of us valleys, its rock-bound coasts, its archæological who are not familiar with its rugged hills, its fertile and architectural remains. Without possessing great ecclesiastical monuments such as grace the adjacent districts of Normandy and Anjou, it is surprisingly rich in beautiful churches, ancient chapels, caldoes religion seem to enter so closely into the life varies, and the like. In no other part of France of the people, and nowhere else is there the same sense of dream and reverie. For the lover of Celtic remains its menhirs and dolmens are of unparalleled interest. A representation of the superb Menhirs frontispiece to the volume. To the English traveller du Moulin' at Quiberon constitutes an admirable portions of Brittany have a striking resemblance to England, due in a great measure to the hedgerows, which, if they ever existed in other parts of France, have principally disappeared. Englishmen ordinarily enter the country through the superb portal of St. Malo, with its quickly receding tide, and their first excursion is likely enough to be up the river Rance from Dinard to the grey walls and many another feudal city, the moats and fosses towers of Dinan, picturesque still, though, as in have been filled up and converted into boulevards. With the Frenchman, and notably with the Parisian, it is different. He reaches Brittany from the east by Vitré, upon the Vilaine-a smiling little town,. with a superb château, all towers and pignons-on the route from Paris or Le Mans to Rennes. Thence we are conducted to Northern Brittany,. extending to St. Malo and La Manche. It is im possible to follow M. Geoffroy through his interesting volume, most of which leads us over familiar ground. His book is written with much discretion and some animation. The iniquities of the Revolution in places such as Nantes are glided over, and the book seems to us the product of a confirmed republican. When opportunities for dealing with the atrocities of Gilles de Rais, one of the supposed origins of Bluebeard, are afforded, they are all but neglected. the volume, and comparing its statements with Reading carefully our own recollections, now remote, and with the descriptions of Jules Janin, now almost antiquated, we feel as if a portion of the charm of Brittany that, a well-to-do Breton proprietor near Vannes were being lost, like the language. A propos of told us, half a century ago, that his father knew Breton and no French, that he himself knew French and Breton, and that his son knew French and no Breton. The chief charm of the book lies in the illustrations, which are matchless. Whether we contemplate long stretches of sea with the solitary and almost inaccessible phare, the moorland with its druidical monuments, the cathedrals, châteaux, stretches of pastoral scenery, the black mountains, or peasant costume, the effect is equally delightful. In typographical and bibliographic details the work is no less attractive, and a pleasanter souvenir and a handsomer present is not to be hoped. The Complete Poetical Works of Shelley. Edited, with Textual Notes, by Thomas Hutchinson, M.A. (Oxford, Clarendon Press.) IF we are disposed to call this an ideal edition of Shelley it is because, in view of the demand upon shelf-room involved in elaborate editions of the poets, we are disposed to favour editions in one volume. We have owned from its first appearance Mr. Buxton Forman's library edition, and are compelled to concede that it is in its line, which is the best, unsurpassable. It is, however, a delight to have the entire poetry of Shelley in a handsome, commodious volume of over one thousand pages, which can be held without fatigue in the hand, and will rest comfortably in the portmanteau or dressing-bag. Type and paper are excellent, and the volume, externally and internally, has every thing that gladdens the soul of the lover of beautiful books. So fine is, indeed, the paper that the volume does not even appear thick. Meanwhile, in other and, as some will hold, more important respects it is no less commendable. It contains every accessible line of the poet, every ascertained poem or fragment of verse that has appeared in print. It has a well-selected type that will satisfy and not weary the reader, some judicious textual notes, a table of first lines, much bibliographical information, the introductions of Mrs. Shelley, and, in fact, everything that the student, or even the enthusiast, can desire. The frontispiece reproduces the famous portrait of Shelley in the Bodleian, and there are two facsimiles, both of them from Prometheus Unbound.' Some slight change in the disposition of the poems has been made, but nothing at which the reader of taste will cavil. Queen Mab' thus heads the 'Juvenilia.' Mr. Hutchinson's preface is excellent. For the man with limited space for books the edition is, as we started by saying, ideal. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage, &c., for 1905. By Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms. Edited by Ashworth P. Burke. (Harrison & Sons.) FOR the sixty-seventh edition of 'Burke's Peerage' Mr. Ashworth P. Burke is responsible, as he has been for some preceding editions. Under his careful and erudite supervision the work maintains its position and its authority. Both of these are subject to perpetual assault on the part of rivals, but issue forth, as it appears, the stronger from every conflict. The fact remains that though the statements on which rests, here and there, a descent have enough that is legendary to beget in some quarters a certain amount of scepticism, the evidence generally is unassailable, and the work wins entire acceptance from those best qualified to speak. Like its predecessors, Burke for 1905 is a complete directory to every living person holding honours from the Crown. To the latest editor it is due that the key to the work-which occupies 168 pages, and comprises an immense number of entriesfurnishes a complete guide to precedence. A study of this is to be commended to those of our readers who have attempted nothing of the kind. They will there find the Duke of Norfolk and his Duchess standing in numerical order 1,000 and 1,001, while Lord Halsbury is 994 and his Countess 6,211. Lord Roberts stands in order 5,212 and Lady Roberts 6,212; and Sir John Fisher, who has begun his career in the Admiralty, is 23,105. All the special features of the best of existing peerages in any country are preserved. The armorial bearings remain admirable as works of art, and are, of course, absolutely authoritative. How closely up to date is the volume is proved by the inclusion of the three new bishops nominated on the 14th inst. It is interesting to find that the year now expiring witnessed the creation of no new peerage, not even a promotion in rank, a circum stance without a precedent in any corresponding period for over a quarter of a century. A warm welcome to the establishment during the year of the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, in the Lord Chancellor's department, is accorded by the author, who expresses his wonder that the creation of such an office has been so long delayed. It is futile in the case of those interested in genealogical pursuits to dwell upon the value of a work that remains unique and may be counted as an institution. 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