small 8vo.
M.
Oxford, Jan. 17. 1850.
_Name of Shylock._--When Mr. Knight says that _Scialac_ was "the name of
a Marionite (Maronite?) of mount Libanus," he appears to consider the
{222} term peculiar, or nearly so, to that personage; but Upton, as long
ago as 1748, in his _Critical Observations_, 2nd ed. p. 299., remarked,
that _Scialac_ was the generic name, and _Shylock_ merely a corruption.
I may also remark, that Mr. Knight dismisses Dr. Farmer's theory as
worthless, without sufficient consideration. It by no means follows that
1607 is the date of the _first edition_ of _Caleb Shillocke_, merely
because Boswell saw a copy bearing that date.
J.O. HALLIWELL.
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SONNET.
_Written on the close of the Session_, 1849.
"The tyme cam that resoun was to ryse."--CHAUCER.
"_Corin_. And how like you this shepherd's life, Master Touchstone?
"_Touchstone._ Truly, shepherd, in respect of itself it is a good
life.... In respect it is in the Fields, it pleaseth me
well."--SHAKSPEARE.
Ho! for the shady grove and silvery stream!
Now that yclosed is the Fane, where I
Am doomed, by no unhappy destiny,
To tend those Mighty Ones who find a theme
For their lives' labour in the nation's weal.
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