W.
_French Maxim._--Who is the author of the following French saying?--
"L'hypocrisie est un hommage que le vice rend a la vertu."
R.V.
_Ave Trici and Gheeze Ysenoudi._--If "S.W. SINGER" can give information
as to what convent, English or foreign, the sisters _Ave Trici_ and
_Gheeze Ysenoudi_, mentioned in his note on Otloh, state themselves (or
are assumed) to have belonged, he will much oblige, by doing so,
H.L.B.
_A Latin Verse._--Everybody has seen the following quotation--
"Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis,"
and everybody thinks he knows from whence it is taken. Which of your
readers can verify it?
E.V.
_Table-Book._--Can any of your readers refer me to a museum containing a
specimen of an ancient _table-book_? Douce had one, which was in Mr.
Rodd's catalogue, but now sold; and Hone also possessed one. These two,
and another in the hands of a friend of mine, are the only specimens I
have heard of; but they are not quite as old or as genuine as one could
wish.
J.O. HALLIWELL.
_Origin of the name "Polly."_--Will you allow me to ask how persons of
my name came to be called _Polly_?
MARY.
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